Research Funding
News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Biden Cancer Moonshot Announces New Initiatives to Improve Diagnosis, Precision Treatments
The program announced a series of new public and private initiatives and projects designed to support its stated goal of halving the cancer death rate over the next 25 years.
Grifols Secures $21M MJFF Grant to Search for Early Parkinson's Biomarkers
Grifols subsidiary Alkahest will lead a pilot study to track proteomic changes in patient plasma samples over a 10-year period.
Abu Dhabi Health Department Awards AED 19M to Fund Precision Medicine Research
The grants, awarded in partnership with the Authority of Social Contribution-Ma'an, will fund 11 research projects across multiple disease areas.
New European Project to Fund PGx for Personalized Medicine Research With €36.5M
Earlier this week, EP PerMed issued its second joint transnational call for proposals for the PGxPM2025 project involving 35 funding organizations.
Cambridge University Hospitals Net £1.5M Grant to Develop Cell Therapy Hub in Eastern England
The funding will allow CUH to buy new equipment for administering treatments such as CAR T-cell therapies, reducing patients' need to travel long distances.