FARA Postdoctoral & Graduate Training Awards

FARA groups its early-career training support into three routes that bring new researchers into Friedreich's ataxia: the Postdoctoral Research Award, the Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the Graduate Research Fellowship. Together they are meant to expand and retain young investigators in the FA biomedical research space. The Postdoctoral Research Award provides up to $100,000 per year for one to two years, with the trainee as principal investigator and a 75% effort requirement. The Postdoctoral Fellowship covers trainee salary and fringe for up to two years, while the Graduate Research Fellowship provides $50,000 per year for up to three years to full-time PhD students who have reached the qualifying-exam stage or have at least six months of lab experience. Postdoctoral awards follow FARA's twice-yearly cycle, while the graduate route has its own March and May deadlines and a September award date. The strongest fit is a trainee already committed to FA work, because the structure is built around sustained research time, field entry, and retention rather than short-term exploratory support.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.