William Polzin Seed Grant

William J. Polzin Seed Grant

NAFTNet offers seed funding opportunities to young investigators. In addition to providing researchers with start-up funds, they honor the lives and contributions of individuals who have had close associations with our organization. This grant honors Bill Polzin, inaugural representative of the Cincinnati Fetal Care Center, past Chair of NAFTNet’s Board of Directors and long-time Secretary-Treasurer of our organization.

2025 Bill Polzin Grant Recipient

Study: Evaluation of in utero Gene Therapy for Canine Krabbe Disease

PI: Laura Galganski, MD

Cincinnati Children's Hospital

2024 Bill Polzin Grant Recipient

Study - Advancing fetoscopic repair: precision prediction via
morphometrics and amniotic fluid cell multiomics in spina bifida lesions

PI: Lovepreet K. Mann, MD

University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston

2023 Bill Polzin Grant Recipient

Study - Creation of a Novel, Synthetic Amniotic Fluid for use in Fetal Therapy- Invivo Testing

Braxton Forde, MD