Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) Research Grants

The PKD Foundation’s principal mission is to support basic, translational, and clinical research that will benefit patients with autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD and ARPKD).

Special consideration will be given to proposed research in the following areas:

• Autosomal Recessive PKD (ARPKD)
• ADPKD in children
• Innovative approaches to machine learning
• Lifestyle interventions (e.g., in dietary habits)
• Epidemiology/ data analysis (e.g., using existing datasets)
• Extra-renal manifestations of PKD, including but not limited to congenital hepatic fibrosis, polycystic liver disease and intracranial aneurysms
• Clinical care disparities (e.g., race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, rural versus urban)
• Drug delivery mechanisms

Funding: $80,000 per year

Duration: 2 years 

Research Authority due date: 5.8.24

Pre application (required) due date: 12.8.24

Full proposal due date: 14.1.25