12th Call for Projects
The Thierry Latran Foundation was established in 2008 to a) finance basic, applied and clinical research with potential therapeutic benefit in sporadic ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and b) to support academic and industrial scientific research efforts in Europe to cure this disease.
The Foundation has enabled to reach significant milestones in terms of understanding ALS disease mechanisms and developments. After having paved the way for such progress, the Foundation will, for this new Call, focus on validating promising therapeutic targets.
The Thierry Latran Foundation is pleased to announce the opening of its
12th call for projects for a total amount up to € 800 000.
Scientific themes
Applicants are encouraged to submit projects that bring results closer to therapeutic or diagnostic valorisation
Eligibility criteria
- Researcher with a position within an institution for the duration of the project
- Teams based inEU-member states or in a country belonging to the Horizon 2020 Third Country Agreements (Iceland, Norway, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Moldova, Switzerland, Faroe Islands, Ukraine, Tunisia, Georgia, Armenia)
- Applications involving a single or several European research teams
- Applications from public, private and for-profit institutions
- Compliance to the Thierry Latran Foundation Call for Projects policy
- Principal Investigator can reapply for funding in the year he has to present the final report
Scientific Advisory Board
Albert Ludolph (Ulm University, Germany) (Chairman)
Séverine Boillée (ICM, Paris, France)
Adriano Chio (University of Torino, Italy)
Jan Egebjerg (Lundbeck Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark)
Linda Greensmith (University College London, UK)
Eva Hedlund (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
Philip Van Damme (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Time Schedule
- December 2, 2019 12th Call opening
- January 24, 2020 Deadline for abstract submission
Please make sure to follow the mandatory instructions before sending abstract
- February 28, 2020 Notification of selected projects for Full Grant Applications
- April 8, 2020 Deadline for receipt of Full Grant Applications
- June 29, 2020 Announcement of awarded grants
Questions can be asked to
Dr Elke Bogaert, SAB secretary: elke.bogaert@gmail.com
Dr Valérie de Broglie, General Manager : valerie.debroglie@fondation-thierry-latran.org