Genetics & Genomics Research Funding

News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.

Broad Institute Launches Patient-Partnered Cancer Research Non-Profit Organization

Count Me In is aiming to sign up more than 100,000 patients across all major cancer types, as well as rare cancers, over the next several years.

Illumina Accelerator Program Adds Five Startups to Eighth Investment Cycle

The five startup companies are focused on molecular diagnostics, precision oncology, personalized medicine, and more.

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center, Indiana U Win $1.3M in NSF Funding for Genomics Program

With the three-year grants, the institutions will continue an initiative that is developing tools and technologies for genome biology research.

DiaCarta Lands $2M SBIR Grant to Develop Radiation Toxicity Assay

DiaCarta scientists will partner with the University of Florida Health Cancer Center to analyze blood samples from up to 500 cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy.

Clinical PGx Implementation Consortium Developing API for Guidelines Integration Into Health Records

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A $5 million NIH grant will fund CPIC's ongoing work to develop PGx guidelines and an API for incorporating them into EHRs and clinical decision support systems.

Oct 09, 2018

UCLA Team Wins $5M NCI Grant to Develop Lung Cancer Dx Tech

Oct 08, 2018

European PEP-NET Consortium Aims to Integrate Epigenetic Data With Mathematical Models

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Oct 04, 2018

Genomics Investigators Among Beneficiaries of $282M in New NIH Director's Awards

Oct 03, 2018

UK Plans to Sequence 5M Genomes in Next Five Years

Oct 03, 2018

National Research Council of Canada Contributes C$500K to Contextual Genomics

Sep 27, 2018

NanoView Wins $750K NSF Grant for Extracellular Vesicle Characterization Tech

Sep 27, 2018

House of Representatives Approves NIH Funding Increase

Sep 26, 2018

NIH Funds $54M Project to Build Detailed Map of Cells Within Human Body

Sep 26, 2018

TGen, University of New Mexico Win $2.8M NIH Grant to Study Diabetic Blindness

Sep 20, 2018

European Cancer Charities Award $39.4M in Research Grants

Sep 19, 2018

Quadrant Biosciences Wins $2M NIH Grant for Autism Test

Sep 17, 2018

Golden Helix Gets $1.8M to Improve Detection Algorithms for Complex Variants in NGS Data

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Sep 17, 2018

Congressional Committee Approves $2B Increase in NIH Funding

Sep 12, 2018

CellDom Wins $1.5M NIH Grant To Develop Single-Cell Analysis Platform

Sep 11, 2018

UMich Researcher Wins $6.5M NCI Outstanding Investigator Award

Sep 07, 2018

Cell Microsystems, UNC HIV Cure Center Win $283K NIH Grant to Develop HIV Reservoir Assay

Sep 07, 2018

George Washington University Team Wins $1.7M NCI Grant to Study Cancer-Causing Parasite

Aug 31, 2018

NSF Awards $10M in EDGE Program Grants

Aug 31, 2018

TGen Wins $2M NIH Grant for Blood-Based Melanoma Monitoring Approach

Aug 24, 2018

UCSD Using $12M NIH Grant to Expand 'One-Stop Shop' for Metabolomics Data

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Sharing, But Kinda Sorta

Researchers describe a way to share data while keeping it secure, Agence France Presse reports.

This Week in Science

In Science this week: genetic mutations typically associated with esophageal cancer are common in older, healthy individuals, and more.

Structural Biologist Leads India's CSIR

India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research has a new director-general, according to ScienceInsider.

Upward of One Hundred

A new study links more than a hundred genes to autism spectrum disorder, Discover's D-brief blog reports.