- Grant Amount – $120,000
- Deadline – August 11, 2025
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
The PKD Foundation’s principal mission is to support basic, translational, and clinical research that will benefit patients with autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD and ARPKD).
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Under this RFA, the PKD Foundation solicits research grant applications in the following areas:
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- Basic research – to enhance understanding of molecular bases of PKD and its pathobiology
- Translational research – to accelerate development of predictive and therapeutic strategies for PKD
- Clinical research – such as small pilot studies
- Epidemiology/data analysis research – to conduct secondary data analyses utilizing existing database resources, or to develop new statistical methodologies or test hypotheses using existing data
Funding Information
- Award amounts will equal $120,000 direct costs per year for two years, for a total grant award of $240,000 (or $360,000 for a three-year Young Investigator Award).
Eligibility:
- Applicants must have an M.D., Ph.D. or equivalent degree and hold a faculty appointment or equivalent at the institution where the research will be conducted at the time of award. Applicants do not need to be United States citizens. No fellowships will be awarded under this RFA, although salary support for personnel working on the project may be requested. Applicants may only submit one grant proposal per funding cycle.
- Young Investigator Award (YIA) An optional third year of support will be available to a young investigator(s) to support the transition of a junior scientist to an independent investigator.
- Specific eligibility criteria not necessary at the time of application, but required by start of funding include:
- – Primary faculty appointments are not required at time of application but must be held by start of funding
- – A letter of support is required from the department/division chair outlining the applicants’ path to independence and institutional/divisional commitment to the candidate’s research career development (commitment to the candidate having ability to devote required effort to activities under the award, access to appropriate office/laboratory space etc.,). If the applicant is a post- doctoral fellow at time of award submission, the letter needs to provide assurance of promotion to a faculty appointment at time of award initiation.
- – No other career development award may currently be held (e.g., NIH K-award or equivalent)
- – No major research award may currently be held (in the role of lead investigator) (e.g., NIH R01 or equivalent)
- – No more than 7 years from completing post-doctoral or clinical fellowship training
- – Does not include parental leave or FMLA
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