Funded Grants

FARA-Funded Research Grants

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General Research Grant | Cell & Animal Models

Grant Awarded | Jan 2026

Development and Validation of a New Friedreich’s Ataxia Isogenic Control Mouse

Marek Napierala, PhD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Postdoctoral Research Award | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jan 2026

Exploiting Time-Specific Frataxin Inactivation to Unravel Its Role in Peripheral Neurodegeneration in Friedreich Ataxia

Agostina Di Pizio, PhD
CNR Institute of Neuroscience (IN-CNR)

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Jan 2026

Structural Dynamics of the Iron-Sulfur Cluster Assembly Machinery in Patient-Derived FRDA Cells Using Super-Resolution Microscopy

Javier Santos, PhD
Universidad de Buenos Aires

Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Nov 2025

Organelle-Specific Proteomic Profiling to Elucidate Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Therapeutic Mitochondrial Transfer in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Natalia Gomez-Ospina, PhD
Stanford University

Postdoctoral Research Award | Cell & Animal Models

Grant Awarded | Nov 2025

Unravelling cell type sensitivity to frataxin depletion versus partial frataxin dysfunction using zebrafish models

Jessy Van Asperen, PhD
University of Lyon, France

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Oct 2025

Investigating satellite glial cell phenotypes and functions in the pathogenesis of Friedreich’s ataxia

Cendra Agulhon, PhD
Centre national de la recherche scientifique

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Oct 2025

Discovery of genetic suppressor mutations that rescue frataxin deficiency

Joshua D. Meisel, PhD
Brandeis University

General Research Grant | Drug Discovery

Grant Awarded | Oct 2025

Pre-clinical assessment of protein replacement therapy in the central nervous system of Friedreich’s ataxia mouse models

Macarena Sanchez Navarro, PhD; Jordi Magrane, PhD; Joaquim Ros, PhD
Instituto de parasitología y biomedicine; Weill Cornell Medicine; Universitat de Lleida

Kyle Bryant Translational Research Award | Lead Candidates

Grant Awarded | Oct 2025

Advancing FA Treatment: Exploring the Pharmacology of Neonatal Cardiac Progenitor Cells for Cardiac and Neuroprotection

Sudish Sharma, PhD; Elena Dedkova, PhD
Secretome Therapeutics; University of California Davis

Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Oct 2025

Exploring the Role of Extracellular Traps in the Pathogenesis of Friedreich’s Ataxia

Katia Aquilano, PhD
University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Graduate Research Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Sep 2025

Does Frataxin Deficiency Disrupt GluR2 Trafficking in the Cerebellum via Defects in Palmitoylation?

Elizabeth Mercado-Ayon
University of Pennsylvania

General Research Grant | Outcome Measures & Biomarkers

Grant Awarded | Sep 2025

Leveraging Real-World Data to Define Clinical Milestones and Assess Pharmacologic Impact in Friedreich’s Ataxia Progression

Charles Venuto, PharmD
University of Rochester