The Crisp Award for Innovative Mindset (Crisp AIM)
Funds high-risk, high-reward Friedreich ataxia research ideas with major translational upside.
The FARA Award for Innovative Mindset (AIM) is a one-year, high-risk research grant designed to fund bold Friedreich's ataxia research concepts that would not ordinarily qualify for standard competitive grants due to limited preliminary data. FARA created the AIM award specifically to ensure that potentially ground-breaking ideas with insufficient pilot evidence are not crowded out by more establi…
High-risk, potentially ground-breaking Friedreich's ataxia research concepts where limited preliminary data would otherwise preclude standard grant funding, up to $100,000 for one year.
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