Funder: National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation
Due Dates: No open funding cycle; no future deadline announced
Funding Amounts: Historical named fellowships: typically $40,000 for one year; not current award terms
Summary: Supports research on Niemann-Pick disease mechanisms, models, diagnostics, screening, and potential treatments.
Key Information: Proposals may be considered case by case, depending on available funding and alignment with NNPDF research priorities.
Description
The National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation (NNPDF) supports research that improves understanding of Niemann-Pick disease and advances potential treatments. Its historical fellowship program has supported work on Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) and Acid Sphingomyelinase Deficiency (ASMD), including disease mechanisms, experimental models, diagnostic tests, newborn screening, and therapeutic approaches.
NNPDF documents 22 historical research fellowships spanning March 2003 through October 2023. Supported projects have explored membrane deficiency and brain glucose supply in NPC, humanized mouse models, small-molecule activators of acid sphingomyelinase, and intranasal drug delivery for ASMD brain pathology. These examples illustrate the program’s research scope rather than separate open funding opportunities.
