The Peripheral Nerve Multi-Omics Request for Proposals from the CMT Research Foundation funds the generation of high-value bioinformatics datasets that expand knowledge of mouse and human gene expression profiles in the peripheral nervous system, to accelerate discovery and translation for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease and related peripheral neuropathies. Projects may draw on human peripheral nerve tissue, mouse models of CMT or other peripheral neuropathies, or human iPSC-derived models, and priority goes to work that strengthens translation between preclinical models and human disease and produces datasets suitable for the Neuropathy Open Data Exchange (NODE) Bioinformatics Workbench.
Applications are open to early-career and established independent investigators at academic, nonprofit, contract research organization, or pharma/biotech institutions in any country. Applicants without an independent laboratory must include a letter of support from a PI sponsor or mentor. Applicants must have access to equipment or core facilities for large-scale sequencing, and multi-PI or cross-institutional collaborations are highly encouraged.
Awards provide up to 75,000 USD for 1 year, with salary support capped at 50% of the total request and indirect costs capped at 10% of the total budget. Awardees may request up to 1,500 USD for travel and receive free registration for the Global CMT Research Convention.
Applications close on November 20, 2026.