Genetics & Genomics Research Funding

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

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $3.8M in Grants for Open-Source Biomedical Software Projects

The funding marks the second cycle of CZI's Essential Open Source Software program, which awards between $50,000 and $250,000 in total costs per project.

Illumina, UK Agencies Partner on £28M Sequencing Study of COVID-19 Patients

Illumina will sequence 35,000 whole genomes for the Genetics of Mortality in Critical Care (GenOMICC) study and will provide an in-kind contribution.

Australian Government Awards A$33M in Grants for Genomics Research

The grants were awarded as part of Australia's Genomics Health Futures Mission, which was launched in 2018 as part of a broader health research initiative.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grants $750K to COVID-19 Studies Using Single-Cell Methods

Research institutions in the US and Europe will lead the studies, which will explore different aspects of COVID-19 such as host immune response.

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Awards $1.9M in Grants for Diagnostic Research

The charity also announced a partnership with Sage Bionetworks to establish an online repository for biomarker data generated by grant recipients.

Apr 29, 2020

Lexogen Nabs Austrian Funding for RNA-Seq Coronavirus Test

Apr 29, 2020

UCSF, Stanford, CZ Biohub Receive $13.6M to Study Bay Area COVID-19 Spread

Apr 23, 2020

Roswell Park, Catholic Health, University of Buffalo Partner on Coronavirus Sequencing Study

Apr 22, 2020

New Zealand Funds Research Pairing Ubiquitome, Oxford Nanopore Devices for SARS-CoV-2 Detection

Apr 20, 2020

Tangen Biosciences Wins $696K BARDA Contract to Develop Point-of-Care Coronavirus MDx Test

Apr 10, 2020

Israeli Consortium Launches Patient Sequencing Study to Uncover COVID-19 Genetic Risk Factors

Apr 06, 2020

Coriell Institute Awarded $9.2M to Continue Operating NIGMS Biobank

Mar 27, 2020

NIH, CDC to Receive Billions in Additional Funding Under Coronavirus Stimulus Bill

Mar 16, 2020

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Awards $400K in Funding for Asian Immune Cell Atlas Project

Mar 13, 2020

Qiagen Nabs $598K in BARDA Funding to Add SARS-CoV-2 to Respiratory Pathogen Panel

Mar 10, 2020

Henry Ford Health System Receives $25M Donation for Precision Cancer Medicine

Mar 03, 2020

First Release of All of Us Program Data, Research Tools Set for Spring 2020

Mar 02, 2020

Genome BC Announces C$10M to Study Clinical Genomics Implementation

Feb 28, 2020

NHGRI Precision Health Research Program Using Reverse Phenotyping to Better Understand Genomics

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Feb 20, 2020

BC Centre for Disease Control Launches Genomic Study to Track SARS-CoV-2

Feb 20, 2020

Biological Dynamics Gets $1M Grant to Advance TB Test

Feb 14, 2020

NHGRI Creates New Precision Health Research Program

Feb 10, 2020

President Trump Calls for 8 Percent Cut to NIH Budget

Feb 04, 2020

BARDA Seeking Submissions for New Coronavirus Dx Funding

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Feb 04, 2020

NHGRI to Award $14.3M in Funding for Mendelian Genomics Centers

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The Scan

Not Up to the Promise

The Hastings Center's Erik Parens argues in a Scientific American opinion piece that the current pandemic underscores the need to reconsider the hope placed in genomic medicine.

Quick!

The Los Angeles Times writes that Operation Warp Speed has an ambitious timeline for developing a COVID-19 vaccine.

Preconception Carrier Screening Trial Begins in Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Australia is launching its trial of preconception carrier testing Tuesday.

PNAS Studies on Common LoF Genes, Testis Development Determinants, Coral Interactions

In PNAS this week: autosomal genes commonly affected by loss-of-function variants, variants implicated in testis development disorders, and more.

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