Research Funding
News on research grants, RFPs, government funding trends in genetics, genomics, and molecular diagnostics.
NIH Awards $2.4M to Improve Syphilis Diagnostics
The 10 awards cover different novel diagnostic approaches as well as biomarker discovery and pre-analytical methods.
UCalgary, Cornell Get $2.4M DoD Grant for Trial of Syantra Breast Cancer Test
The liquid biopsy test was developed in the lab of University of Calgary researcher Kristina Rinker, who cofounded a company to commercialize it.
RADx Tech Launches $3M Endometriosis Dx Challenge
The challenge is open to US-based developers, and submissions require a working prototype and proof-of-concept data.
BARDA Initiatives Award Approximately $2.8M to Four Diagnostics Developers
The contracts were awarded to Karius, Signature Science, In Diagnostics, and Tufts University through BARDA's Agnostic Diagnostics and Lab at Home initiatives.
Gates Foundation Awards Multiple Omics, Dx Grants in July
Awardees include PATH, Prolific Machines, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Wits Health Consortium, Washington University in St. Louis, and Cedars-Sinai.