Funded Grants

FARA-Funded Research Grants

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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

Graduate Research Fellowship | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Sep 2025

Preclinical evaluation of novel targets for FRDA cardiomyopathy

Li Li
St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia

General Research Grant | Mechanism or Pathway of Disease

Grant Awarded | Sep 2025

Lipidomic profiling and analyses of Friedreich’s Ataxia iPSC-derived dorsal root ganglia sensory neurons

Mirella Dottori, PhD
University of Wollongong

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

Grant Awarded | Aug 2025

Histone H3 Enzyme Activity as a Regulator of Iron-Sulfur Cluster Stability in Friedreich’s Ataxia

Siavash Kurdistani, MD
University of California Los Angeles