The Foundation for Rare Diseases is launching its 9th call for research projects: “Human and social sciences & rare diseases”.

As part of the Foundation’s participation in the RHU project ‘COSY’, 4 projects addressing the challenges of patients affected by Overgrowth Syndromes (OS) will be supported for up to 12 months and with a maximum budget of €20,000.

All projects should formulate a research question, the benefits of which being transposable to other pathologies, involving at least a research team in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), a medical team specialized in rare diseases and a patient advocacy group. Finally, the bearer must be an expert in the HSS field. All rare diseases of children and adults are concerned.

Click here to find more about this projects call: https://fondation-maladiesrares.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/SHS9-Call.pdf