Funding, News and Announcements

The Rare Disease Foundation is delighted to announce the new Innovative Therapies Program. This is a program of up to $20,000 grants available to conduct pilot or early stage human clinical trials for any kind of therapy to improve the lives of those with rare diseases.  

Therapy types could include: surgical, physical therapy, bibliotherapy, small molecule, biologics and so many more types – check the descriptors on page 3 of the application. The terms are for 2 years with one two year extension possible. As with the microgrants, applications are short, de-identified, reviewed by multiple scientific, medical and lay reviewers and you will receive the answer in 30 business days or less. Up to 4 grants are available this round.

Click here for full competition details.

Deadlines

Internal: January 31, 2020 at 4:30pm. Contact the grants facilitator for your faculty.

Funder: February 14, 2020 at 8pm AST. Contact Chloe Kim at rarediseasefoundation.org.