Funding Opportunities / RFPs
Currently Available Funding Opportunities / Requests for Proposals (RFPs):
Clinical Repurposing Research to Impact Veterans (budget examples here): up to $50,000 to a U.S.-based institution for a repurposing clinical trial in any disease area impacting veterans, including mental health, PTSD and brain injuries. CLOSED; SUBMISSIONS UNDER REVIEW.
CureAccelerator Live! for Pediatric Rare Diseases: up to $50,000 for a repurposing clinical trial in any pediatric rare disease. CLOSED; SUBMISSIONS UNDER REVIEW.
Repurposing Research to Improve Clinical Patient Outcomes in Meniere’s Disease and Related Symptoms / Consequences: up to $100,000 for a repurposing clinical trial to address Meniere’s disease and symptoms / consequences of Meniere’s disease, including tinnitus and hearing loss. Proposal submissions due May 26, 2021.
Preclinical Repurposing Research to Address Meniere’s Disease and Related Symptoms / Consequences: up to $50,000 for a repurposing preclinical project to address Meniere’s disease and symptoms / consequences of Meniere’s disease, including tinnitus and hearing loss. Proposal submissions due May 26, 2021.
Repurposing Research Led by a US-Based Racial / Ethnic Minority Principal Investigator: at least 3 grants of up to $70,000 each for clinical repurposing trials in any disease led by a US-based racial / ethnic minority PI underrepresented in biomedical research, as defined by the NIH. Proposal submissions due July 9, 2021.
Repurposing Research to Address Racial / Ethnic Health Disparities in the Greater Chicago Area: at least 3 grants of up to $80,000 each for clinical repurposing trials from any research institution in the greater Chicago area to address racial / ethnic health disparities in communities of color as defined by the NIH. Proposal submissions due July 30, 2021.
ReGRoW: Repurposing Grants for the Rest of the World – Funding for Underserved Researchers in Low and Lower-Middle Income Countries (LMICs): at least 3 grants of up to $50,000 each for clinical repurposing trials led by an underserved researcher in any LMIC, as defined by the World Bank. Proposal submissions due August 6, 2021.
Closed Funding Opportunities / Requests for Proposals (RFPs):
2020
- ReGRoW Pilot: clinical repurposing research projects from PIs based in low and lower-middle income countries (LMICs) to find treatments for patients in LMICs
- Rare Blood Cancers and Retinitis Pigmentosa: clinical repurposing research projects – up to $50,000
- Meniere’s Disease: clinical repurposing research projects – up to $100,000
- Meniere’s Disease: pre-clinical repurposing research projects – up to $50,000
- Canine-Focused Comparative Trials: repurposing research projects from PIs based in North America and Europe – up to $25,000
- Chicagoland Clinical Repurposing Trials: repurposing research projects from PIs based in the Chicago area – up to $50,000
2018
- Repurposing Research to Improve Patient Outcomes in Huntington’s Disease
- Repurposing Research to Create Patient Impact in Blood Cancers
- Repurposing Research to Create Patient Impact in Retinitis Pigmentosa
- CureAccelerator Live! – A Repurposing Research Pitch Event for Researchers in the Mid-Atlantic Region
- Repurposing Research to Improve Clinical Patient Outcomes in Meniere’s Disease – up to $100,000
- Preclinical Repurposing Research to Address Meniere’s Disease – up to $25,000