George and Cleary Simpson Award for Emerging Researchers
George and Cleary Simpson Award for Emerging Researchers supports early-career researchers pursuing innovative research within an annual focus area to advance treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Funder: CMT Research Foundation
Due Dates: Contact the program for award-specific deadlines
Funding Amounts: $75,000 for one early-career researcher per cycle
Summary: Supports innovative early-career research advancing treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease within an annually designated focus area.
Key Information: Applicants must be early-career researchers working within the cycle’s designated research focus.
Description
The George and Cleary Simpson Award for Emerging Researchers is administered by the CMT Research Foundation (CMTRF) to support research advancing treatments and cures for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). Each cycle addresses a specific scientific challenge, topic, or priority selected annually by the foundation’s research and drug development team, aligning the award with its scientific priorities and therapeutic-development mission.
Within the designated focus area, CMTRF strongly encourages bold, creative, and innovative approaches. Collaboration between research groups, including partnerships between academic and industry investigators, is highly encouraged. The award contributes to the foundation’s broader goal of developing therapeutics for all types of CMT, with an emphasis on research that can move toward clinical treatments.
