Award Amount: $70,000
Cures Within Reach: Repurposing Research Led by a US-Based Racial/Ethnic Minority Principal Investigator
Cures Within Reach has issued a Request for Proposals seeking clinical repurposing trials in any disease led by a racial/ethnic minority that is underrepresented in biomedical research (as defined by the NIH): Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinx, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
CWR is interested in approved generic or proprietary drugs, devices, nutraceuticals, or diagnostics that could be repurposed to create "new" treatments to reduce the symptoms, progression, or incidence of; restore function lost to; reduce or eliminate severe side effects of currently used therapies for any unmet medical need. Repurposed therapies can be used alone or in combination with other therapies or repurposed from an approved adult indication into a pediatric indication. Therapies must already be approved by the FDA, EMA, or any other regulatory agency or otherwise readily available for human use. At least three grants of up to $70,000 each will be funded through this RFP.
CWR is interested in both previously funded minority PIs and supporting minority PIs who are early-stage investigators and have received little or no extramural research funding to date. PIs who have not received extramural funding previously and/or do not currently have their own lab should include a Letter of Support from a funded, senior researcher who will act as a mentor for the proposed clinical trial and the PI.
Please let Lynn Wong know if you are planning to apply for this opportunity.
Link to Complete RFP
Application Due Date: July 9, 2021
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