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The research of PDF-funded investigator Christine Klein, M.D., into a gene called Parkin, has helped to translate the genetic discoveries in the lab to benefit people with Parkinson’s in the clinic.
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International Research Grants Program (IRGP)
Investigator-driven projects are a core piece of PDF’s philosophy to empower the community – of scientists, clinicians, people with Parkinson’s and health care professionals – to find creative solutions benefitting the seven to 10 million people worldwide living with Parkinson’s.
One way PDF supports investigator-driven projects is through the competitive International Research Grants Program (IRGP). The IRGP is designed to promote innovative research that has high potential to significantly advance the knowledge of Parkinson’s disease, but that is unlikely to secure funding through more traditional sources.
By supporting novel, “high risk/high reward” research, the goal of the IRGP is to enable investigators to demonstrate the feasibility of their ideas while generating preliminary data necessary for the support of future funding (typically, from the National Institutes of Health and other government funding agencies).
PDF currently supporters the work of five researchers with $825,000.
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