afm 2011 call cancellation

The second Call for AFM grant/fellowship Proposals in 2011 has been cancelled. We arrived at this difficult decision bec...

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The second Call for AFM grant/fellowship Proposals in 2011 has been cancelled. We arrived at this difficult decision because France Television has not yet renewed its partnership to broadcast the 2011 AFM Telethon, the major source of funding for AFM-sponsored research programs.

As such, we are not in the position to open the next call for funding, initially scheduled for March 4th, 2011. Unfortunately, this includes new proposals for research projects (including Trampoline projects), requests for new PhD student fellowships, 4th year PhD student fellowships, and new postdoctoral fellowships.

However, despite these uncertainties, the AFM will maintain the scheduled 2011 Call for 2nd year financing for projects/postdoctoral fellows accepted in 2010 as well as for AFM-funded PhD students (prior to the 3rd year of studies). In these cases, the progress report/application should be submitted for the March 4th deadline and will be evaluated by the AFM Scientific Council using the same evaluation criteria as previously applied.

The AFM, the patients and their families all deeply regret this situation and we extend our sincere apologies to all research groups who are affected by this very difficult decision. We are aware that it will significantly hamper your research efforts but unfortunately the situation is outside our control. We remain optimistic that a new agreement between AFM and France Television will allow the 25th annual Telethon to be broadcast in December 2011 as previously planned. This will allow us to provide financing for the extensive high quality research programs that you, the scientists at the source of innovative therapies for rare diseases, have come to expect from the AFM.

President of AFM Laurence TIENNOT-HERMENT

President of AFM Scientific Council Naomi TAYLOR