Each year, the Mend a Heart Foundation selects one or more projects that support our mission of extending and enriching the lives of children born with congenital heart defects. For grant consideration in 2012, please submit a grant application no later than August 31, 2012. A final decision and announcement of grants will be made no later than October 1, 2012. The Mend a Heart Foundation will acknowledge receipt of proposals and will notify applicant of grant proposal status. Click here to download a grant application.
Children's Hospital of Boston Harvard Medical School
Jane Newburger, MD, Primary Investigator
Boston, MA
Research Project: International Study of Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Following Cardiac Surgery in Neonates and Infants
Amount funded in Year 1 of study: $17,500
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
David Hehir, MD, Primary Investigator
Herma Heart Center
Milwaukee, WI
Research project: Correlation of Cerebral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy with Serum
Biomarkers of Brain Injury in Infants after Cardiac Surgery
Amount funded in Year 2 of study: $9,714
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Camp Odayin
Sara Meslow, Executive Director
Stillwater, MN
Funding granted: $7,500
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University of Utah
Shaji Menon, MD, Primary Investigator
Division of Pediatrics
Salt Lake City, UT
Research project: Effect of Sildenafil on Exercise Capacity in Pediatric Fontan Patients
Amount funded: $24,106
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
David Hehir, MD, Primary Investigator
Herma Heart Center
Milwaukee, WI
Research project: Correlation of Cerebral Near-Infrared Spectroscopy with Serum
Biomarkers of Brain Injury in Infants after Cardiac Surgery
Amount funded in Year 1 of study: $20,000
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Camp Odayin
Sara Meslow, Executive Director
Stillwater, MN
Funding granted: $5,000
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Camp Odayin
Sara Meslow, Executive Director
Stillwater, MN
Funding granted: $15,000
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Dr. Charles E. Murry
University of Washington
Induction of Cardiac Differentiation from IPS Cells
Funding granted: $37,500
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Children's Hospital of Wisconsin
Dr. Nancy Ghanayem
Herma Heart Center
Milwaukee, WI
Research project: Long-term neurological outcomes of children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Funding granted: $20,000
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