Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$1,933,050.00

Award Date

9/28/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetically dominant progressive myopathy affecting approximately 25,000 individuals in the United States. It is the third most common muscular dystrophy by incidence with a prevalence near or surpassin

Recipients Connected to Award

Recipient	Role	Amount
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA	Primary recipient	$1,312,356.00
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	Sub-recipient	$620,694.00