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Submitted by G_Wiley on Fri, 11/11/2011 - 12:10

NephCure, ASN Unveil $200,000 Grant Opportunity

PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 11, 2011) - The NephCure Foundation and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) will co-fund a new two-year, $200,000 Career Development Grant, the organizations jointly announced today.

This new funding will foster independent careers of junior faculty in research on topics relevant to idiopathic Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSFG), Minimal Change Disease (MCD) and other diseases that result in Nephrotic Syndrome. The discovery of treatments and a cure for these diseases is the mission of The NephCure Foundation.

“ASN is pleased to work with a non-profit like NephCure that is truly making a difference,” ASN President Joseph V. Bonventre, MD, PhD, FASN. “This is an opportunity to recruit and inspire young, innovative researchers in the field. NephCure’s funding and focused approach to its mission make alliances like this possible.”

NephCure, which has committed over $10 million to research of FSGS and Nephrotic Syndrome in recent years, is the only organization solely committed to seeking a cause and cure for the kidney disease FSGS and Nephrotic Syndrome. Comprised of patients, their families and friends, researchers, physicians and other healthcare professionals, NephCure aims to help science unlock the biological mechanisms that cause these serious diseases and ultimately find a way to cure and prevent them.

“NephCure is pleased to partner with ASN and strongly supports the goals of its Career Development Grants Program,” said NephCure Research and Education Manager Marilyn Hailperin. “Kidney disease research is an area that has been underfunded in the past and. thanks to a partnership like this, we see progress being made.”

ASN’s Career Development Program provides funding for young faculty to foster evolution to an independent research career and to support their efforts to, ultimately, present a successful application for additional funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) or similar institutions.

The next application deadline is Friday, January 27, 2012 at 4 p.m. ET. More information about the grant and requirements to apply can be found here.