Genetics & Genomics Research Funding

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

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

The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control will use genomic analysis to identify the origins and spread of SARS-CoV-2, formerly known as 2019-nCoV.

Biological Dynamics Gets $1M Grant to Advance TB Test

The funding comes from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which previously provided the company with $500,000 for the test's initial development.

NHGRI Creates New Precision Health Research Program

The program will aim to develop and evaluate genomics and informatics tools to improve the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

President Trump Calls for 8 Percent Cut to NIH Budget

The president's latest budget request marks the fourth time he has sought to reduce funding to the National Institutes of Health.

BARDA Seeking Submissions for New Coronavirus Dx Funding

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The agency is also hosting a portal for submissions and inquiries as part of the newly created Medical Countermeasures Taskforce.

Feb 04, 2020

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

Jan 31, 2020

NIH Grants $4.8M for Mulit-Omic Study of ApoE4 in Alzheimer's Disease

Jan 24, 2020

British Columbia Team to Study Campylobacter Omics With $500K in Genome BC, Genome Canada Funding

Jan 24, 2020

NIH to Establish Expert Panels for Curation of Disease-Linked Genes, Variants

Jan 20, 2020

Multi-Disease Diagnostic Platform Project Receives €22.5M in EU Funding

Jan 15, 2020

IARPA Commits $48M to DNA Data Storage

Jan 07, 2020

Phase Genomics Wins $1.5M for Proximity Ligation-Based AMR Tracking

Dec 23, 2019

President Trump Signs Spending Package Boosting NIH Budget

Dec 18, 2019

Jackson Laboratory Receives $2.5M Grant to Study Influence of Host Genetics on Immunotherapy

Dec 17, 2019

House Subcommittee Bill Proposes 7 Percent NIH Budget Increase

Dec 13, 2019

NIH Awards $102.5M for Antibacterial Resistance Research, Dx Development

Dec 06, 2019

NIH Seeks Applications to Continue All of Us Program Technical Support Center

Dec 05, 2019

Amgen Gifts $1M to Keck Graduate Institute for Genomics Education Center

Dec 04, 2019

Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Awards $5.5M in Grants for Diagnostic Development

Dec 04, 2019

Enpicom, Cytura Therapeutics to Develop Cancer Diagnostic

Nov 26, 2019

Geisinger Awarded $2.8M Grant for Familial Hypercholesterolemia Research

Nov 21, 2019

NINDS Awards Coriell Institute $7.7M to Support Biorepository

Nov 21, 2019

DiamiR Wins $492K Grant for Alzheimer's Disease Dx Research

Nov 20, 2019

XD Bio Gets $150K NHGRI Grant to Develop Web Interface for ENCODE Project

Nov 08, 2019

Wellcome Sanger Institute Commits $11.8M to Darwin Tree of Life Project

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PLOS Papers on Prostate Cancer by Ancestry, Korean Liver Function Genetics, Vibrio Cholerae

In PLOS this week: transcriptomic and genomic analysis of prostate cancer by ancestry, genes linked to liver function in Korean cohort, and more.

Genomics for Viral Tracking

British Columbia is incorporating genomics into its tracking of the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, Business in Vancouver reports.

Even More Personalized Medicines

An analysis by the Personalized Medicine Coalition finds that about a quarter of new drugs approved in 2019 by the US Food and Drug Administration were personalized medicines.

Plan for Alzheimer's

The governor of New York has proposed a five-year plan to study the genomes of people with or who are at high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.

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