Small/ Pilot Studies

"Funding for Small/Pilot studies with clear aims and milestones related to the Trust’s research
strategy. The Myrovlytis Trust provides grants for research into our priority areas of Birt-Hogg-Dubé Syndrome, related kidney disorders and osteosarcoma."
 

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-The Lead Applicant should hold an employmentcontract that extends beyond the period of the grant.
-Encourage early-career researchers to apply as Lead Applicant. If the Lead Applicant has a fixed-term position, a letter from the Head of Department must be included in your application to indicate your salary will be covered for the duration of the term of the grant. If an early-career researcher is Lead Applicant, the application should also include an experienced (tenured) Co-Applicant
-Please note that Small/Pilot Studies will not cover salary costs

Funding to initiate a one-year study with clear milestones related to our aims. Applications can be made at any time.
The following principles guide the Myrovlytis Trust’s research strategy:
1. Relevance to the treatment or cure of rare conditions.
2. Potential to improve the prognosis and quality of life of people affected by rare conditions.
3. Evidence that funding cannot be suitably obtained elsewhere.
4. Originality and excellence of science.
5. Dissemination of research to the scientific community through publication of results, and to the wider
population through public engagement in line with the aims of the Myrovlytis Trust to bring clinicians,
researchers and patients together to advance the field.
6. Potential of new advances in technologies and tools in the clinic to be applicable to other related rare
disease
-They accept applications from innovative laboratories worldwide
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