Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: National Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network

The Canadian Institute of Health Research – Institute of Genetics is pleased to announce the upcoming funding opportunity “National Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Trials and Treatment Network”.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

  • Develop a platform to support pediatric rare disease clinical trials in Canada;
  • Increase the capacity to perform rare disease clinical trials in Canada;
  • Attract international clinical trials;
  • Foster diversity and inclusion in and improve access to clinical trials;
  • Implement processes to acquire data from clinical trials, real world registries, health economics evaluation, and post-marketing surveillance;
  • Increase the number of new rare disease drug submissions for authorization of commercialization to Health Canada.

More details on the grant award and application process: here.