LIFE SCIENCE
Programme Rare Diseases:
Call New Approaches
since 2009
The research programme «Rare Diseases – New Approaches», started in 2009, invests CHF 2 mio. p.a. There is a yearly call open to researchers at Swiss universities, university hospitals, federal institutes of technology, research institutions affiliated with Swiss universities and universities of applied sciences. Calls are launched in early spring, application deadline is in summer, decisions are taken in autumn.
Role of snoRNAs in the Development of Prader Willi Syndrome – Rare Diseases 2011
GRS-046/11 CHF 110'000 Shivendra Kishore 02.2012 - 12.2013
Rational Targeting of FOXC2 Haploinsufficiency - Rare Diseases 2011
GRS-045/11 CHF 500'000 Tatiana Petrova 03.2012 - 02.2015
Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis - Rare Diseases 2011
GRS-044/11 CHF 500'000 Salomé LeibundGut-Landmann 03.2012 - 02.2015
Vaccination for the Prevention and Cure of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
GRS-043/11 CHF 190'000 Anne Müller 02.2012 - 01.2015
Therapies for Dysferlinopathies
GRS-042/11 CHF 480'000 Michael Sinnreich 04.2012 - 03.2015
Prodrug Platform for Rare Colonic Diseases - Rare Diseases 2011
GRS-041/11 CHF 300'000 Jean-Christophe Leroux 05.2012 - 04.2015
Novel Mechanisms Causing Lafora Disease – Rare Diseases 2010
GRS-049/10 CHF 250'000 Oliver Kötting 04.2011 - 03.2013
Rescue of Dysfunctional RNA Processing in Spinal Muscular Atrophy – Rare Diseases 2010
GRS-048/10 CHF 400'000 Christoph Handschin 07.2011 - 06.2014
Identification of the Genomic Cause of Rare Autosomal Recessive Disorders using Consanguinity – Rare Diseases 2010
GRS-047/10 CHF 500'000 Stylianos Antonarakis 01.2011 - 12.2013
Role of Macroautophagy in CGD and Correction of the Defect – Rare Diseases 2010
GRS-046/10 CHF 390'000 Janine Reichenbach 07.2011 - 07.2014
Towards a better mechanistic understandig of Friedreich’s Ataxia – Rare Diseases 2010
GRS-045/10 CHF 498'000 Marc Bühler 02.2011 - 01.2014
Identification of new factors implicated in genetic gonadal disorders – Rare Diseases 2009
GRS-048/09 CHF 450'000 Serge Nef 04.2010 - 03.2013
Seltene Nervenkrankheit – Rare Diseases 2009
GRS-047/09 CHF 340'000 Thorsten Hornemann 03.2010 - 03.2013
Gene hunting for recessive hereditary peripheral neuropathies by recent and highly-parallel technologies – Rare Diseases 2009
GRS-046/09 CHF 440'000 Carlo Rivolta 07.2010 - 06.2013
Genetic screening for disease-causing mutations in familial polycythemia using next generation DNA sequencing – Rare Diseases 2009
GRS-045/09 CHF 300'000 Radek Skoda 04.2010 - 03.2012
Towards preventing nodule formation in Hyaline Fibromatosis patients – Rare Diseases 2009
GRS-044/09 CHF 450'000 Gisou van der Goot 04.2010 - 12.2012
Kommunikation Programm «Rare Diseases»
GRS-063/08 CHF 85'000 Thomas Pfluger 01.2009 - 12.2009