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Grant Award Recipients

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Grant Award Recipients 2003 to 2025

2024 Grant Award Recipients

As of November 2024, the KDA has awarded $2,784,117.00 in research grants to help find a cure or treatment for Kennedy's Disease. In 2024, the KDA awarded $330,500 in Research Grants.
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2023 Grant Award Recipients

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2020 Grant Award Recipients

Four research grants were awarded totaling $196,200. Award recipients are listed below.

2019 Award Recipients

Five research grants were awarded totaling $276,125.
  • Understanding of early-stage defects in SBMA by allele-targeted therapeutics

    Kentaro Sahashi
    Award Amount $51,250

  • Exploring the contribution of the function of mutant ar in the pathogenesis of sbma

    Eric Anderson and Emanuela Zuccaro
    Award Amount $50,000

  • Investigating disease pathways and novel therapeutic targets in Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy

    Bilal Malik
    Award $50,000

  • Generation of a high through putin vivo assayto test potentials therapeutics for SBMA

    Heather Montie
    Award Amount $75,000

  • Epigenetic signatures as novel non-invasive blood-based biomarkers for Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy or Kennedy’s disease

    Wooi Fang and Catheryn Lim
    Award $50,000

2018 Grant Award Recipients

Four research grants were awarded totaling $200,000
  • Using SBMA patient derived stem cells to investigate differential AR gene expression regulation in affected cell types

    Helen Cristina Miranda, Assistant Professor Case Western Reserve University Department of
    Genetics and Genome Sciences
    Award $50,000

  • Selective translation of androgen receptor isoform A to prevent polyQ mediated toxicity in Kennedy’s Disease

    Riccardo Cristofani, PhD Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari (DiSFeB)
    Università degli Studi di Milano
    Award $50,000

  • Role of Ser96 phosphorylation in AR pathogenesis

    Laura Tosatto, PhD Institute of Biophysics, National Council of Research, Unit of Trento Italy
    Award $50,000

  • Investigating the role of the Excitation‐Contraction‐Coupling machinery in SBMA muscle pathology.

    Marco Pirazzini, Ph.D Neurotoxins, Neurodegeneration and Regeneration Lab University of
    Padova Dept. of Biomedical Sciences
    Award $50,000

2017 Grant Award Recipients

Five research grants were awarded totaling $199,000

2016 Grant Award Recipients

Three research grants were awarded totaling $150,000. Each grant recipient received $50,000 each.

2015 Grant Award Recipients

Two research grants were awarded totaling $100,000

2014 Grant Award Recipients

Two research grants were awarded totaling $100,000

2013 Grant Award Recipients

Two research grants were awarded totaling $100,000

2012 Grant Award Recipients

One research grant was awarded for $25,000
  • Mechanisms of anti-androgen treatment in SBMA mice muscles

    Jamie A. Johansen, Ph.D., Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
    Amount Awarded: $25,000

2011 Grant Award Recipients

Three research grants were awarded totaling $65,000

2009 Grant Award Recipients

3 research grants were awarded totaling $50,000

2008 Grant Award Recipients

One $ 50,000 research grants was awarded

2007 Grant Award Recipients

Two $ 25,000 research grants were awarded

2006 Grant Award Recipients

Two $ 25,000 research grants were awarded

2005 Grant Award Recipients

One $25,000 research grant was awarded

2004 Grant Award Recipients

One $25,000 research grant was awarded

2003 Grant Award Recipients

One $ 25,000 research grant was awarded

2024 Winners

2024 Winners

2024 Grant Award Recipients

As of November 2024, the KDA has awarded $2,784,117.00 in research grants to help find a cure or treatment for Kennedy's Disease. In 2024, the KDA awarded $330,500 in Research Grants.
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