Thinking about grant funding your research?

• Alfred P. Sloan Foundation http://www.sloan.org/major-program-areas/

• BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/Welcome.html

• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:- Focus on Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Pneumonia/Flu, Polio. http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Pages/home.aspx

• British Medical Association http://www.bma.org.uk/aboutbma/awardsgrants/researchgrants.jsp

• Burroughs Wellcome Fund http://www.bwfund.org

• Brain and Behaviour https://bbrfoundation.org/grants

• Cordis http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

• Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative http://www.dndi.org

• EU Framework Programme 7 http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

• EUREKA network http://www.eurekanetwork.org/

• Global Health Initiative Technology Fund https://www.ghitfund.org/en

• Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/how-get-funding

• Innovative Medicines Initiative http://www.imi.europa.eu/content/home

• Mental Health Research UK http://www.mhruk.org

• MRC http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Calls/index.htm

• NIH http://grants.nih.gov/grants/index.cfm

• Royal Pharmaceutical Society http://www.rpharms.com/science-and-research/research-funding.asp

• Technology Strategy Board https://www.innovateuk.org

• Wellcome Trust http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node2630.html

Companies

• AbbVie http://www.openinnovation.abbvie.com

• AstraZeneca https://openinnovation.astrazeneca.com

• GSK http://www.gsk.com/en-gb/partnerships/academic-collaborations/#biopharmaceuticals

• Bayer https://innovate.bayer.com/what-we-offer/

• Daiichi Sankyo http://www.daiichisankyo.com/rd/taneds/

• Eli Lilly https://openinnovation.lilly.com/dd/

• Genetech https://www.gene.com/good/grants

• Merck http://www.merckgroup.com/en/innovation/grantsawardsinitiatives/innovationgrantsawards_initiatives.html

• Novartis Venture funds http://www.novartis-venturefunds.com/

• Pfizer http://www.pfizer.com/research/rdpartnering/investigatorinitiated_research

Disease Specific

There are an increasing number of disease specific groups who are funding research, or providing a resource for identifying research opportunities or potential collaborations.

• Alliance for Lupus Research http://www.lupusresearch.org/lupus-research/funded-research.html

• The ALS Association http://www.alsa.org

• Alzheimers Research UK http://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/grant-schemes/

• Alzheimer Org http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/research

• Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation http://www.alzdiscovery.org/research-and-grants/funding-opportunities

• American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology http://www.aaaai.org/professional-education-and-training/grants-awards.aspx

• American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases http://www.aasld.org

• American Asthma Foundation http://www.americanasthmafoundation.org/funding-2014

• Arthritis Research UK http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/

• Asthma Research UK http://www.asthma.org.uk/research-applying-for-funding

• Brain Research Foundation http://www.thebrf.org

• British Heart Foundation http://www.bhf.org.uk/research/research-grants/what-we-fund/project-grant.aspx

• British Lung Foundation http://www.blf.org.uk/Page/Available-grants

• British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy http://www.bsac.org.uk/FundingOpportunities/Project+Research

• Canadian Institute of Health Research Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/13533.html

• Cancer Research UK http://science.cancerresearchuk.org/

• Cancer Research Fund of the Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation http://www.damonrunyon.org

• Chordoma Foundation http://www.chordomafoundation.org

• Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation http://www.ccfa.org

• Cure Parkinsons Trust http://www.cureparkinsons.org.uk/applyforfunding

• Cystic Fibrosis http://www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/our-research.aspx

• Diabetes UK http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Research/For-researchers/Apply-for-a-grant/Project-grants/

• Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy http://www.fsma.org/Research/DrugDiscovery/

• Fight for sight http://www.fightforsight.org.uk/research-overview

• Foundation Fighting Blindness http://www.blindness.org

• Grants4Targets https://www.grants4targets.com/scripts/pages/en/index.php

• Heart Disease UK http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/grants

• Hereditary Disease Foundation http://www.hdfoundation.org/home.php

• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation http://www.jdrf.org.uk/research

• Leukemia & Lymphoma Society http://www.lls.org

• Medicines for Malaria Venture http://www.mmv.org/

• Melanoma Research Alliance http://curemelanoma.org/research/research-overview/

• Mesothelioma Group http://www.mesotheliomagroup.com/treatment/finding-a-cure/

• Mesothelioma Help http://www.mesotheliomahelp.org

• The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research https://www.michaeljfox.org

• Motor Neurone Disease https://www.mndassociation.org/research/.

• Muscular Dystrophy Association http://www.mda.org

• Multiple Sclerosis International Federation http://www.msif.org/about-us/international-ms-research/research-awards-grants-and-fellowship/du-pré-grants/

• Multiple Sclerosis Society http://www.mssociety.org.uk/research/fundedresearch/applyfor_funding/index.html

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/ann/pages/default.aspx

• National Multiple Sclerosis Society http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Research/Research-We-Fund

• Parkinson’s Disease Foundation http://www.pdf.org

• Parkinson's UK http://www.parkinsons.org.uk/content/research

• PKD Foundation http://www.pkdcure.org

• Rare Disease Foundation https://www.rarediseasefoundation.org/about

• Research Crossroads Diseases database http://www.researchcrossroads.org/index.php?option=comcontent&view=article&id=220&Itemid=114&crossroadtype=Disease

• Royal National Institute for the Deaf http://www.rnid.org.uk/howwehelp/researchandtechnology/rnidresearchgrants/grants/

• Skin Cancer Research Fund http://www.skin-cancer-research-fund.org.uk

• Shaffer Fund for Innovative Glaucoma Research http://www.glaucoma.org/research/pilots.php

There have been a couple of articles discussing what projects get funded and one I found interesting was written from the view of a venture capital team The Calculus of Cures.

It is not mysterious why projects get funded. As venture-capital investors, we evaluate projects along four primary dimensions: development costs, selling costs, differentiation of the drug relative to current treatments, and incidence and prevalence of the targeted disease . For a project to be attractive, it needs to be favorably reviewed on at least two of these dimensions.

Projects targeting life-threatening orphan diseases are attractive because they are easily differentiated from existing treatments (if any exist) and the development costs are lower. In contrast some psychiatric diseases may require extensive (and costly) clinical trials, especially to differentiate from older generic drugs.

If you are thinking about contributing to these charities don’t forget those that provide care and support.

Arthur Rank Hospices
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer
Macmillan Cancer Support
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Multiple Sclerosis Trust

These sites may also be of interest.

Cord Blood Stem Cells Rare Diseases UK

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