ME/CFS
Understanding ME/CFS
The call “ME/CFS 2024 - Understanding ME/CFS” invited researchers in Vienna who seek to conduct a cutting-edge research project (15 months max.; max funding per project € 100,000) that aim to advance our understanding of etiopathogenesis, diagnostics and/or therapy of post-acute infectious diseases, namely ME/CFS. This call was co-financed by the WE&ME Foundation and WWTF in equal shares. WWTF funded a total of seven excellent projects.
Funding volume: € 695,445
Number of applications: 19 proposals
Awarding procedure: single stage selection process by international expert panel
Jury meeting: September 12 and 13th, 2024
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: 9th of October 2024
Contact person: Benjamin Missbach
Chair: Chris Ponting / University of Edinburgh
Nancy Klimas / University of Miami, US
Eliana Lacerda / London School of Hygiene & Tropical
Medicine, UK
Elisa Oltra / Catholic University of Valencia, ES
David Putrino / Icahn School of Medicine - Mount Sinai, US
Keith Geraghty / University of Manchester, UK
Funded projects
- ME-CFS24-001 Kathryn Hoffmann (Medical University of Vienna)
Adult patients with severe and very severe ME/CFS in Austria. A multi-perspective study.
Funding volume: € 99,752 - ME-CFS24-002 Matthias Wielscher (Medical University of Vienna)
Genetic architecture of chronic fatigue syndrome
Funding volume: € 99,797 - ME-CFS24-003 Thomas Vogl (Medical University of Vienna)
Deciphering systemic and mucosal antibody repertoires against the microbiota in ME/CFS and PCC
Funding volume: € 99,426 - ME-CFS24-004 Eva Untersmayr-Elsenhuber (Medical University of Vienna)
The impact of mast cell activation on epithelial and endothelial barrier dysregulation in post-infectious ME/CFS
Funding volume: € 99,992 - ME-CFS24-007 Martin Krssak (Medical University of Vienna)
The role of the skeletal muscle and myocardial metabolism in ME/CFS: in vivo MRS study.
Funding volume: € 99,982 - ME-CFS24-016 Davide Ret (TU Wien)
Exploring the Glycome: Identifying Glycosylation-Related Biomarkers for severity stratification in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Funding volume: € 99,946 - ME-CFS24-018 Lukas Haider (Medical University of Vienna)
Investigating Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism Dysfunction as a pathomechanism of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Funding volume: € 96,550