Women’s Health

While Cures Within Reach is disease-agnostic and geography-agnostic, some of our funding partners have strategic interests in specific population groups.  Therefore, in addition to our disease-specific and geographic repurposing communities, we have a Women’s Health Community (part of our overall Health Equity efforts) that utilizes the speed and cost-effectiveness of testing already approved therapies in new indications to improve the quality and length of life of women around the globe.

Our repurposing research and events within the Women’s Health Community all focus on connecting our many stakeholder groups together in our shared goal: driving more treatments to more patients more quickly through repurposing.

Our efforts include finding and funding clinical repurposing trials to quickly impact women’s health issues at any age, in any disease area.

Funding Opportunity RFPs for Women’s Health:

• Clinical Repurposing Research to Impact Veterans/Military 2026: accepting budgets of up to $75,000 to a U.S.-based institution for a repurposing clinical trial in any disease area impacting veterans or active military, such as mental health, PTSD and brain injuries. LOI SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 29, 2026.

   

• Repurposing Research for Chicago 2026: accepting budgets of up to $125,000 for clinical repurposing trials from Chicago area research institutions in one or both of the tracks listed below. LOI SUBMISSIONS DUE MAY 8, 2026. 
  • Track 1 – Investigator Groups: clinical repurposing trials in any unsolved disease led by an Early Stage Investigator or an underrepresented researcher.
  • Track 2 – Patient Groups: clinical repurposing trials impacting specific patient groups, such as health disparities, pediatrics, rare diseases and/or veterans issues (including mental health, PTSD and brain injuries).

• ReGRoW: Funding for Underresourced Researchers in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries 2026: accepting budgets of up to $70,000 for clinical repurposing trials in any disease led by an underresourced researcher in any LMIC, as defined by the World Bank. LOI SUBMISSIONS DUE APRIL 10, 2026. 

Our ongoing women’s health trials: