IRSF Rett Syndrome Bridge Awards
International Rett Syndrome Foundation
A rescue mechanism rather than a standing programme: up to $75,000 for one year to keep Rett syndrome research alive when its existing funding has been disrupted. Eligibility is written broadly, with no stated restriction excluding caregiver, family, quality-of-life or psychosocial projects, which makes it unusually open among rare-disease foundation awards. The same page lists the Rett Syndrome Innovation Awards for seed-stage therapeutic work, a rolling compound-testing Scout Program, and rolling clinical research awards restricted to IRSF Centers of Excellence.
- Indicative award
- up to $75k (total award)Up to $75,000 total for a one-year Bridge Award. Amounts for the Innovation Awards, Scout Program and COE Clinical Research Awards are not stated on this page.
- Timing
- Several times a yearSeveral times a year · May, AugPublished deadline: 2026-08-14 — 0 days awayThe 2026 Bridge Award deadline is August 14, 2026 at 8pm ET, with decisions in December 2026 and a January 1, 2027 start. Innovation Awards have run to a May 13 deadline. Compound testing and COE clinical research awards accept rolling applications.
- Who can apply
- Postdoctoral, Early-career faculty, Mid-career & senior, Any faculty rank
- Eligibility
- Bridge Awards are open to all applicants whose Rett syndrome research is at risk because of a funding disruption; IRSF states no citizenship or institution-type bar on this page. The separate COE Clinical Research Awards are restricted to designated IRSF Centers of Excellence, so an outside investigator must work through a Center for that mechanism.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- rett syndrome · bridge funding · funding disruption · rare disease
- Apply at
- https://www.rettsyndrome.org/researchers/funding-opportunities/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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