The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a new grant call, on Use of Digital Health Technologies in Clinical Investigations to Support Drug and Biological Product Development (U01) Clinical Trials Optional. The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to address topics related to the use of digital health technologies (DHTs) for […]
FDA: Call for applications for the Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Grants Program
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a new funding opportunity on “Natural History, Clinical Outcome Assessment, and Biomarker Studies of Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases (U01) Clinical Trials Optional”. The purpose of this funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support efficient natural history studies alone or in conjunction with the development and validation of clinical […]
Future Opportunities – IHI Call 7
The Rare Disease Moonshot coalition encourages the rare disease research community to seize the opportunity presented by the Innovative Health Initiative’s call for proposal on Biomarkers, in alignment with the Research Needs Recommendations on Diagnosis In line with its mission of facilitating public private collaborations to address rare disease research “white spots”, the members of […]
Rare Disease Day 2024: What IRDiRC member organizations are up to?
Join us in spreading awareness this Rare Disease Day.The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) is bringing together the efforts of member organizations. Check out this collaborative post showcasing their impactful contributions towards rare disease research this Rare Disease Day. Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease This year, to celebrate the Rare Disease Day, Alexion is hosting […]
Innovative Health Initiative launches new calls for proposals
The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) has now launched IHI – call 6 and IHI – call 7. IHI – call 6 is a two-stage call for proposals with the following topics: Topic 1: Support healthcare system resilience through a focus on persistency in the treatment of chronic diseases Topic 2: Development of evidence based practical […]
Call for proposals: Establishing novel approaches to improve clinical trials for rare and ultra-rare diseases
Under the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, a new two-stage call for proposals for “Establishing novel approaches to improve clinical trials for rare and ultra-rare diseases” was published on 27 July, 2023. The project generated from the topic should not only develop capacities and capabilities to execute innovative trial designs, but also plan to identify solutions […]
IHI Announces Considered Topics for Upcoming Calls for Proposals + Related event (IHI Call Days)
The Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) has revealed the potential topics for inclusion in their upcoming calls for proposals. With the aim of enabling potential applicants to begin preparations, IHI has decided to publish the draft topic texts ahead of the official call launch, scheduled for summer 2023. IHI call 4 (two-stage call) Expanding translational knowledge […]
Pre-announcement of Joint Transnational Call for proposals “Healthcare of the Future”
The European Partnership on transforming health and care systems (THCS), a Cofund action under the Horizon Europe Programme designed to support coordinated national and regional research and innovation programmes along with capacity building, networking, dissemination and other key activities to support health and care systems transformation, will launch its first Joint Transnational Call (entitled “Healthcare […]
New Request for Applications for FDA Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Grant Program
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a new funding opportunity for the FDA Rare Neurodegenerative Disease Grant Program to support efficient natural history studies and/or biomarker studies that fill unmet needs for rare neurodegenerative diseases for children and adults. Through the support of prospective natural history and/or biomarker studies with high quality and interpretable data elements, FDA […]
Call for Members : 2023 IRDiRC Task Forces
IRDiRC launches the Call for Members for the four new Task Forces of the 2023 Roadmap. Check out the newly approved Task Forces: Funding Models to Support the Spectrum of Rare Disease Research and Development The overall objective of this Task Force is to identify how different types of funders make decisions about when to […]