Research Funding
News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
Broad Institute, Novo Nordisk Foundation Launch Center to Study Genomic Mechanisms of Disease
The center, which is being funded by a $47.5 million commitment from the foundation, will initially focus on type 2 diabetes and obesity.
NIH Awards $185M to 25 Teams Studying Genomic Variation, Function
The funding for the Genomic Variation on Function consortium will be provided over five years through grants awarded to investigators at 30 sites across the US.
All of Us Research Program Awards $8.7M to Community Partners
The funding goes toward strengthening recruitment of underrepresented participants and investigators in biomedical research.
NHGRI Awards Coriell Institute $4.6M to Manage Biobank
The National Human Genome Research Institute has renewed its agreement to have the Coriell Institute manage its collection of cell lines and DNA.
Current RNA-seq methods that use cDNA conversion are missing important information in SARS-CoV-2 genomes and other significant RNA molecules, researchers say.