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Projects to Accelerate Research Translation (PART) and Innovative, Developmental or Exploratory Activities (IDEA) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 8) is sponsored by New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center (Spinal Cord Injury Research Board). This RFA is for projects aimed at accelerating research translation and supporting innovative, developmental, or exploratory activities in spinal cord injury research.
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RFA 20733 - New Investigator Award in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 1) RFA 20690 - Projects to Accelerate Research Translation (PART) and Innovative, Developmental or Exploratory Activities (IDEA) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 8) RFA 20705 - Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 7) Translational Research Projects (TRP) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 7) RFA Projects to Accelerate Research Translation (PART) and Innovative, Developmental, or Exploratory Activities (IDEA) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 7) Organization Principal Investigator Project Title Recommended Award Research Foundation – SUNY Hang Jin Jo Ph.
D. Neuromodulation to Improve Grasping Function After Spinal Cord Injury $357,582 The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Ona Bloom, Ph. D.
Tolerability and preliminary efficacy of galantamine to treat metabolic syndrome in people with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) $340,57 Research Foundation – CUNY John Martin, Ph. D. Combined biomaterial scaffold - neuromodulation strategy for recovering function in preclinical model of rodent SCI $990,000 Research Foundation – SUNY Janet Paluh, Ph.
D. Molecular and Functional Outcomes of Combined Epidural Spinal Stimulation and Neuron Interneuron Excitatory Ribbons $905,054 Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Jill Wecht, Ed. D.
AI-Guided Predictions of Blood Pressure Dysregulation using Perfusion Index as a Novel Biomarker in Persons with Spinal Cord Injury $926,228 Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Carlos Toro, Ph. D. Parenterally administered formulations of boldine to preserve function after SCI.
$345,000 Research Foundation – CUNY Maria Knikou, Ph. D. Cervical and Lumbosacral Transspinal Stimulation to Reconnect the Injured Human Spinal Cord $922,983 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Zou, Ph.
D. Transcriptional regulator of axon regeneration in SCI $360,000 Sunnyview Amy Teale, Ph. D.
Effectiveness of Sensorimotor Versus Motor-Only Training in Restoring Upper Limb Sensory and Motor Function for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury: A Comparative Study $319,861 Total(9 awards) $5,467,285 Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 6) Organization Principal Investigator Project Title Recommended Award Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Edmund Hollis, Ph. D.
Corticospinal dendritic dynamics during SCI rehabilitation $192,000 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Zou, MD, Ph. D. The role of guidance molecule PlexinB1 in astrocytosis and wound compaction in SCI $192,000 Syracuse University Victor Duenas, Ph.
D. Development of a robotic leg stretching protocol to mitigate spasticity in people with SCI $107,790 Total (3 awards) $491,790 Translational Research Projects in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 6) This RFA has been withdrawn. Translational Research Projects in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 5) RFA .
Although no applications were recommended for this round, applicants are encouraged to resubmit their projects with revisions in response to the peer review critiques.
Projects to Accelerate Research Translation (PART) and Innovative, Developmental, or Exploratory Activities (IDEA) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 6) RFA Organization Principal Investigator Project Title Recommended Award Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Thomas Bryce, MD Biomarkers of Spinal Cord Injury Pain Evolution during Acute Rehabilitation (BioSPEAR) $910,611 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Edmund Hollis, PhD Ephrin-mediated cortical motor circuit rewiring $988,622 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Jenny Zou, MD, PhD Investigate glial communication in neural repair after SCI $360,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Vibhu Sahni, PhD Structural plasticity of cortico-brainstem projections after spinal cord injury and their contribution to functional recovery $360,000 Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Noam Harel, MD, PhD Optimizing spinal cord associative plasticity to enhance response to hand training in cervical spinal cord injury $946,581 University of Rochester Bradford Berk, MD, PhD PDE10A treatment for neuropathic pain after spinal cord injury $359,294 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Edmund Hollis, PhD The contribution of Wallerian degeneration to neural tissue inflammation and axon regenera $360,000 Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Weiping Qin, MD, PhD Novel Targeting Nanotherapeutics for Functional Recovery after Acute SCI $990,000 Total (8 awards) $5,275,108 Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 5) RFA Organization Principal Investigator Project Title Recommended Award Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Burke Neurological Institute Alzahraa Amer, PhD, PT and Yutaka Yoshida, PhD Restoration of Motor Function following Spinal Cord Injury via Optical Stimulation $180,581 Columbia University Windsor Ting, PhD and Jason B.
Carmel, MD, PhD Functional Dissection of the Rat Corticoreticular Pathway in Spinal Cord Injury $190,000 The Research Foundation of CUNY - City College of New York Jasmine Pathan, BA and John H. Martin, PhD Activity and connectivity maintain premotor interneuron viability after SCI $118,000 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Adelle Hamilton, BS and Ryan J.
Gilbert, PhD Novel Poly(Pro-Gabapentin) Films to Provide Neuroprotection and Increase Neurite Extension $122,400 Columbia University Priya Kulkarni and Sunil K.
Agrawal, PhD Improving Trunk and Neck Coordination during Reaching Tasks with a Robotic Neck Brace in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury $116,000 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Nicholas Johnson, PhD and Ravi Iyengar, PhD Multi-drug combination effects on physical therapy-enabled recovery after SCI $191,978 Columbia University Cahwin Ophaswongse, PhD and Sunil K.
Agrawal, PhD Improving Trunk Control while Seated on Wheelchairs in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury using Robotics $180,000 Cornell University Catia Dombaxe, BS and Yadong Wang, PhD Examine the effects Goldfish Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Hydrogel and Chondroitinase ABC (ChABC) in Injured Mice $122,400 Total (8 awards) $1,221,359 Translational Research Projects (TRP) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 4) RFA . A total of $7.
57 million in the form of two (2) TRP awards were recommended. These projects are five-year awards. Organization Principal Investigator Project Title Recommended Award Columbia University Sunil K.
Agrawal, PhD Improving Balance after Spinal Cord Injury Using a Robotic Upright Stand Trainer $3,995,925 The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Chad E. Bouton, MS Constant and Cortically-Modulated Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation for the Treatment of Upper Extremity Impairment $3,570,469 Total (2 awards) $7,566,394 PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 5) RFA . A total of $5.
75 million in the form of four (4) PART and five (5) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively.
Organization Principal Investigator Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Albany Research Institute, National Center for Adaptive Neurotechnologies Disha Gupta, PhD IDEA Operant Conditioning of Somatosensory Evoked Potentials to Improve Motor Function after SCI $356,538 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Leif A.
Havton, MD, PhD PART Augmentation of Bladder Function by Transcutaneous Spinal Cord Stimulation after Conus Medullaris Injury in Primates $995,000 Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research Dimitar B. Nikolov, PhD IDEA Promoting Neuronal Regeneration by Targeting the Alpha Secretase Cleavage of p75 with Monoclonal Antibodies $360,000 Stony Brook University Irene C.
Solomon, PhD PART Therapeutic Intermittent Hypoxia to Reduce Detrusor Overactivity and Symptom Severity in Chronic Incomplete SCI: Translation and Mechanisms $986,610 The City College of New York Ashiwel S.
Undieh, PhD IDEA Nucleolipid Signaling for Spinal Cord Regeneration $360,000 The City College of New York John Martin, PhD PART Leveraging LTP to Promote CST Axon Sprouting in the Spinal Cord $982,800 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Burke Neurological Institute Edmund R.
Hollis, PhD IDEA Role of SPARC in Pathological Wound Healing after Spinal Cord Injury $360,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Burke Neurological Institute Edmund R. Hollis, PhD PART Enhancing Nerve Transfer Surgery to Restore Hand and Arm Function in Chronic Tetraplegia $990,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute DBA Brain and Mind Research Institute Vibhu V.
Sahni, PhD IDEA Mechanisms Controlling Early and Segmentally Distinct Loss of Long Distance Corticospinal Axon Regenerative Ability $360,000 Total (9 awards) $5,750,948 TRP in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 3) RFA . Although no applications were recommended for this round, applicants are encouraged to resubmit their projects with revisions in response to the peer review critiques. PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 4) RFA .
A total of $3. 8 million in the form of one (1) PART and eight (8) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively.
Organization Principal Investigator Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Cornell University Yadong Wang, PhD IDEA Investigating Regenerative Goldfish Extracellular Matrix in Mammalian SCI $360,000 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mar Cortes, MD IDEA Long Term Effects of rTMS in Chronic Neuropathic Pain in People with SCI $357,170 Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook Michelino Puopolo, PhD IDEA Targeting CaV3.
2 Calcium Channel to Treat Chronic Neuropathic Pain Following SCI $360,000 Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook Irene C. Solomon, PhD IDEA Neuroprotective Strategies to Minimize SCI Tissue Damage and Improve Bladder and Respiratory Function $357,782 Research Foundation for SUNY, University at Albany Ben G.
Szaro, PhD IDEA Elemental Analysis of a Gene Network Implicated in CNS Axon Regeneration $351,031 The Research Foundation of CUNY obo College of Staten Island Maria Knikou, PT, PhD IDEA Function of Spinal Locomotor Centers During Transspinal Stimulation After SCI $359,004 The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Sunil K.
Agrawal, PhD IDEA Wheelchair Robot for Active Postural Support (WRAPS) of People with Spinal Cord Injury $346,220 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Yutaka Yoshida, PhD IDEA Modulation of Presynaptic Partners of Corticospinal Neurons to Improve Motor Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury $360,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Yutaka Yoshida, PhD PART Novel Combinatorial Approach to Improve Motor Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury $990,000 Total (9 awards) $3,841,207 Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 4) RFA .
A total of $1. 16 million in the form of three (3) predoctoral and four (4) post-doctoral awards were recommended. Projects are three-year awards.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Burke Medical Research Institute Jason B. Carmel, MD, PhD and Bushra Yasin, MD, PhD Postdoc Paired Brain and Spinal Cord Stimulation to Augment Motor Responses in People with Cervical Myelopathy $192,366 Columbia University Sunil K. Agrawal, PhD and Tatiana D.
Luna, MS Predoc Improving Upper Body Trunk Control in Spinal Cord Injury Patients Through Robotic Rehabilitation Training $135,600 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Ann M. Spungen, EdD and Chung-Ying Tsai, PhD Postdoc The Effects of Incorporated Exoskeletal-Assisted Walking in SCI Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation $189,476 New York University School of Medicine Dan R.
Littman, MD, PhD and Hyeon Kyu (Alice) Kwon, BS Predoc Enteric Glial Cells Cause Gastrointestinal Complications Post Spinal Cord Injury $135,600 Regenerative Research Foundation Sally Temple, PhD and Elizabeth Fisher, PhD Postdoc Modulation of Inflammation Following SCI Using Plasmid IL-10 Microbeads $184,686 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ryan J.
Gilbert, PhD and Jessica Funnell, BS Predoc Neuroprotective Curcumin-Releasing Hydrogel for Treatment of Acute Spinal Injury $135,600 University of Rochester Medical Center Bradford C. Berk, MD, PhD and Chia Hsu, PhD Postdoc The Role of Phosphodiesterase 10A in Inflammation After Spinal Cord Injury $189,366 Total (7 awards) $1,162,694 PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 3) RFA . A total of $4.
1 million in the form of three (3) PART and four (4) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively. Organization Principal Investigator Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation William A.
Bauman, MD PART Romosozumab to Improve Bone Mineral Density and Architecture in Chronic SCI $826,939 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Ravi Iyengar, PhD IDEA Systems Therapeutics for Spinal Cord Injury $342,914 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai David F. Putrino, PT, PhD IDEA Virtual Reality to Reduce Pain in the Upper Extremities After Spinal Cord Injury $357,639 University of Rochester Gail V. W.
Johnson, PhD IDEA Transglutaminase 2 as a Therapeutic Target to Facilitate Recovery After Spinal Cord Injury $360,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Edmund R. Hollis, PhD PART Rehabilitation and Cortical Remodeling After Surgical Intervention for Spinal Cord Injury $963,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Botir T.
Sagdullaev, PhD IDEA Blood Flow Control and its Impairment in Spinal Cord Injury $357,566 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jian Zhong, PhD PART Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation as a means to Promote CST Axon Regeneration $990,000 Total (7 awards) $4,198,058 Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 3) RFA . A total of $1.
2 million in the form of two (2) predoctoral and five (5) post-doctoral awards were recommended. Projects are three-year awards. Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ryan J.
Gilbert, PhD, Devan Puhl Predoc Delivery of Neurotrophin-3 mRNA by Electrospun Fibers to Promote Axonal Growth $135,600 Research Foundation of CUNY obo The City College of New York John Martin, PhD, Lillian Yang, PhD Postdoc Harnessing Activity-Dependent Competition to Repair the Corticospinal Motor System After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury $184,734 Stony Brook University Prithvi K.
Shah, PhD, Predoc Activity-dependent Closed-loop Neuromodulation of the Cervical Spinal Cord for the Recovery of Skilled Upper Limb Function After a Spinal Cord Injury $117,570 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jason B.
Carmel, MD, PhD, Postdoc Combined Therapy of Forelimb Area Motor Cortex and Spinal Cord Epidural Stimulation to Improve Hand Function After Spinal Cord Injury and Identifying the Responsible Pathway $186,426 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Caitlin E.
Hill, PhD, Carolin Ruven, PhD Postdoc Role of Ubiquitinated Proteins in Dystrophic Axonal Endings Following Spinal Cord Injury $186,426 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Edmund R.
Hollis, PhD, Hisham Mohammed, PhD Postdoc The Role of Intracortical Circuits in Motor Recovery from Spinal Cord Injury $175,926 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jian Zhong, PhD, Postdoc Generation and Validation of a Transgenic Chainamplifying Tracer (TCAT) Mouse Line $172,926 Total (7 awards) $1,159,608 PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 2) RFA . A total of $6.
5 million in the form of three (3) PART and eleven (11) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Sub-applicant- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai IDEA Role of Synaptojanin 1 in Functional Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury $344,624 Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Jill Wecht, EdD IDEA Dose Effect of Norepinephrine Precursor (Droxidopa) on Blood Pressure and Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity in Hypotensive Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury $344,887 Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Sub-applicant- Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation IDEA Impact of Walking on the Immune System of Persons with Chronic Spinal Cord Injury $222,870 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Jenny Zou, MD, PhD IDEA Enhancing Axon Regenerative Capacity Through Epigenetic Regulation of DNA Methylation Dynamics $360,000 Regenerative Research Foundation Sub-applicant- Marine Biological Laboratory David Butler, PhD, IDEA Developing Intracellular Antibodies Against Alpha-Synuclein as Potential Therapeutics in Spinal Cord Injury and Disease $311,921 Regenerative Research Foundation Sub-applicant- The Children's Hospital Corporation Sally Temple, PhD, IDEA The Role of Zinc in Axon Regeneration Following Spinal Cord Injury $335,000 Research Foundation of CUNY obo City College of New York Sub-applicant- Columbia University John Martin, PhD, IDEA Robotic Rehabilitation to Promote Recovery of Forelimb Function after Cervical SCI in Rats $332,738 Research Foundation of CUNY obo College of Staten Island Sub-applicant- Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Maria Knikou, PT, PhD, PART Activity-Dependent Transspinal Stimulation for Recovery of Walking Ability after SCI $898,595 Research Foundation for SUNY - SUNY Polytechnic Institute Sub-applicant- The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Janet Paluh, PhD, PART Healing the Contusion-Injured Spinal Cord Microenvironment with Nanotechnology- and Stem Cell- Assisted Modulation $970,404 University of Rochester Mark Noble, PhD PART Acute Treatment with 4-aminopyridine Promotes Extensive Recovery from Traumatic SCI $990,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jason Carmel, MD, PhD IDEA Combining 4-AP with Motor Training to Promote Forelimb Motor Recovery in Rats with Pyramidal Tract Injury $359,241 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute John Cave, PhD IDEA Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Cell Adhesion in Reactive Astrocytes and Glial Scar Formation Following Spinal Cord Injury $360,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Sub-applicant- University of Michigan Edmund Hollis, PhD, IDEA Immune-mediated Nervous System Repair $360,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jian Zhong, PhD IDEA Investigating Axonal mRNA Translation in CST Axon Sprouting and Regeneration $360,000 Total (14 awards) $6,550,280 Translational Research Projects (TRP) in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 2) RFA .
A total of $2. 8 million in the form of two (2) TRP awards were recommended. Both projects are four-year awards.
Organization Investigators Project Title Recommended Award Health Research, Inc. Sub-applicant- Medical University of South Carolina A Spinal Reflex Operant Conditioning System Suitable for Clinical Translation $1,623,620 University of Rochester Mark Noble, PhD, Pharmacological Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Injury $1,203,455 Total (2 awards) $2,827,075 Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 2) RFA.
A total of $1. 5 million in the form of two (2) predoctoral and seven (7) post-doctoral awards were recommended. These projects are three-year awards.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation, Inc. Noam Harel, MD, PhD, Postdoc EMG Triggered Closed-Loop Stimulation for Spinal Cord Injury Individuals $187,440 Columbia University Sunil K. Agrawal, PhD, Postdoc Improving Locomotor Function After Spinal Cord Injury with a Perturbation-Based Balance Training $193,482 Cornell University Chris B.
Schaffer, PhD, Predoc In Vivo Three-Photon Excited Fluorescence Imaging of Spinal Cord Neural Activity in Awake, Locomoting Mice after Spinal Cord Injury $135,600 Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Ona Bloom, PhD, Postdoc Biomarkers in Adult and Pediatric Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury $168,414 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Zou, PhD, MD, Postdoc Epigenetic Modulation of Immune Response to Enhance Neuroprotection in Spinal Cord Injury $176,550 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ryan J.
Gilbert, PhD, Predoc Estrogen Based Biomaterials Promote Astrocytic Growth Factor Production and Provide Neuroprotection Against Glutamate Excitotoxicity $135,600 University of Rochester Christoph Proschel, PhD, Postdoc Novel Pharmacological Approach to Promoting Myelin Preservation, Neuronal Regeneration and Preventing Muscle Atrophy Following SCI $176,454 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Caitlin E.
Hill, PhD, Postdoc Improving Axonal Growth Through Schwann Cell Transplant by the Activation of Integrin Following SCI $174,090 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Edmund R.
Hollis, PhD, Postdoc Motor Learning Mechanisms During Rehabilitation from Spinal Cord Injury $168,414 Total (9 awards) $1,516,044 Institutional Support for Spinal Cord Injury Research (Round 6) Solicitation of Interest: Twenty (20) eligible organizations received letters of support for the expansion of spinal cord injury research within their organizations. These projects are five-year awards.
PART and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 1) RFA . A total of $6. 2 million in the form of four (4) PART and seven (7) IDEA awards were recommended.
These projects are three- and two- year awards, respectively. Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Hesham Tawfeek, MD IDEA Role of T Cells in Bone Loss After Spinal Cord Injury $356,999 Columbia University Ulrich Hengst, PhD IDEA Pumilio 1 and 2 Control Axon Regrowth by Shaping the Axonal Transcriptome $360,000 Cornell University Chris B.
Schaffer, PhD IDEA Imaging Neural Activity in the Spinal Cord of Awake Mice After Spinal Cord Injury $350,876 Research Corporation of Long Island, Inc. Sub-applicant- Houston Methodist Research Institute Victor L.
Arvanian, PhD, DSci, PART Neuroplasticity Integrting Human Induced Neuralized Pluripotent Stem Cells (NiPSCs) in SCI Animals $935,867 Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook Sue Ann Sisto, PhD, PART Effects of Spinal Electromagnetic Stimulation and Locomotor Training on Motor Recovery and Walking in Incomplete SCI $989,199 Research Foundation for SUNY Stony Brook Irene C.
Solomon, PhD, IDEA Therapeutic Potential of Mild to Moderate AIH on LUT and Respiratory Function in SCI $355,111 Research Foundation for SUNY, University at Albany Ben G.
Szaro, PhD IDEA Functional Analysis of Genes Implicated in Successful CNS Axon Regeneration $359,738 Research Foundation of CUNY obo College of Staten Island Maria Knikou, PT, PhD PART Transspinal-Transcortical Paired Stimulation for Neuroplasticity and Recovery After SCI $947,004 Weill Medical College of Cornell University Sub-applicant- Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute PART NAD-Augmenting Agents to Enhance Neural Survival and Function Following Spinal Cord Injury $890,241 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Sub-applicant- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dylan J.
Edwards, PhD, PT IDEA Improving Hand Function in Chronic SCI with Combined Robot Training and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation $359,000 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jian Zhong, PhD IDEA Visualizing New Synapses and Their Activity in the Injured Spinal Cord $360,000 Total (11 awards) $6,264,035 TRP in Spinal Cord Injury (Round 1) RFA : A total of $8,771,302 was recommended for two (2) TRP awards.
These projects are five-year awards.
Organization Investigators Project Title Recommended Award Columbia University Sub-applicant- University of Louisville Research Foundation Tethered Pelvic Assist Device (TPAD) and Epidural Stimulation for Recovery of Standing in SCI $5,033,354 RFCUNY obo The City College of NY/CUNY School of Medicine Sub-applicants- Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute, Bronx Veterans Medical Research Foundation Jason B.
Carmel, MD, PhD, Combined Motor Cortex and Spinal Cord Stimulation to Promote Arm and Hand Function After Chronic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury $3,737,948 Total (2 awards) $8,771,302 Individual Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships in Spinal Cord Injury Research RFA : A total of $822,541 in the form of four (4) predoctoral and two (2) post-doctoral awards were recommended. These projects are three-year awards.
*Denotes that the awardee declined funding due to prior acceptance of National Institutes of Health funding.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Ryan Gilbert, PhD, Christopher Johnson, DL, BS Predoc Magnetic Alignment of Electrospun Fibers for Treatment of Acute Spinal Cord Contusive Injury $135,600 Research Foundation for SUNY, University at Albany Ben Szaro, PhD, Predoc Intracellular Modulations of Cytokine Signaling Leading to Successful CNS Axon Regeneration in a Vertebrate Model $85,585 The Research Foundation of CUNY obo City College of New York John Martin, PhD, Predoc Modulating Spinal Cord Neural Activity to Promote Recovery of Motor Function After SCI $135,600 *The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York Ulrich Hengst, PhD, Predoc Control of the Transcriptome in Regenerating Axons Through mRNA Degradation $127,500 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jason Carmel, MD, PhD, Postdoc Dissecting and Strengthening Corticospinal Connections After Spinal Cord Injury Using Advanced Neuroscience Methods $172,902 Winifred Masterson Burke Medical Research Institute Jian Zhong, PhD, Postdoc Promoting Intrinsic Growth Competency of Injured Neurons Using Genetic and Small Molecule Approaches $165,354 Total (6 awards) $822,541 Collaborations to Accelerate Research Translation (CART) and IDEA in Spinal Cord Injury Research RFA : A total of $5.
7 million in the form of three (3) CART and six (6) IDEA awards were recommended. These projects are three- and two-year awards, respectively.
Organization Investigators Funding Mechanism Project Title Recommended Award Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University David Sharp, PhD, CART Harnessing Microtubules to Enhance Urological Function After Spinal Cord Injury $1,197,182 Burke Medical Research Institute Dianna Willis, PhD IDEA Alterations in Extracellular Vesicle Communication as a Cause of NMJ Dysfunction After SCI $448,978 Burke Medical Research Institute Jason Carmel, MD, PhD IDEA Delayed Versus Immediate Motor Training Following Brain Stimulation to Enhance Recovery in Rats with Chronic Corticospinal Tract Injury $450,419 CUNY City College of New York John Martin, PhD CART Repairing the Damaged Corticospinal Tract after Cervical Spinal Cord Injury $990,000 Health Research Incorporated, Wadsworth Center Jonathan Carp, PhD IDEA Role of Abnormal Urethral Sphincter Motoneuron Properties in Urinary Tract Dysfunction After Spinal Cord Injury $442,373 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hongyan Zou, MD, PhD IDEA The Role of HDAC3 in the Epigenetic Regulation of Functional Polarization of Microglia and Macrophages After Spinal Cord Injury $360,000 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Noam Harel, MD, PhD IDEA Augmenting Hand Muscle Control in Cervical SCI through Paired Cortical and Cervical Stimulation $391,353 Regenerative Research Foundation Sally Temple, PhD CART Sustained Delivery of IL10 and SHH to Promote Spinal Cord Regeneration After Injury $1,097,684 SUNY Downstate Medical Center Joseph Francis, PhD IDEA 24/7 Use of Fully Integrated Bi-Directional Autonomous Brain Machine Interface in Non-Human-Primates $341,559 Total (9 awards) $5,719,548
Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Scientific investigators and institutions involved in spinal cord injury research; eligibility details in individual RFA documents. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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