Research Funding Strategy
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In 2008 the NNPDF Board undertook an extensive review of its research funding strategy and produced a new Strategic Plan for Research.
Account was taken of the needs of our Membership; current knowledge in the field of Niemann-Pick Disease; the funding strategies of other NPD organizations; and the advice and expertise of the members of the NNPDF's Scientific Advisory Board.
As a result, we are pleased to announce that the NNPDF will fund Post Doctoral Research Fellowships in all areas of promise -- basic, translational and clinical research - with regard to Niemann-Pick Disease.
The NNPDF strives to enable promising new researchers to make a career in the field of Niemann-Pick Disease, thus providing for a new generation of scientists to accelerate the pace of NPD research.
Our current level of funding will enable us to fund research fellowships to improve the understanding of the biology and pathogenesis of Niemann-Pick Disease Type C.
As further funding becomes available, we will also fund research fellowships examining the biology and pathogenesis of Acid Sphyngomyelinase Deficiency Niemann-Pick Disease (NPD Types A and B).
The NNPDF Board is determined to ensure that research funds are well spent and to provide funding that is most likely to accelerate finding an effective therapy or cure for all types of Niemann-Pick Disease.
[Mar 5, 2010 mem]
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