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Bayer's mission is to provide new treatment options for diseases with high unmet medical need.
Bayer HealthCare allocates grants for the exploration of attractive, novel drug targets in the fields of: Oncology, Gynecology, Cardiology and Hematology.

The grants fund research on novel drug targets as a basis for the development of new therapeutic approaches, as well as research on disease-related biomarkers in the therapeutic fields mentioned below, by combining expertise from industry and academia.

Oncology - Focus on anti-proliferative, survival signaling, transcription and chromatin modulation, cell cycle regulation, tumor metabolism, hypoxia, immunotherapy and antibody-drug conjugates.

Gynecology - Focus on novel treatment options for endometriosis (incl. adenomyosis uteri/endometriosis interna) and uterine fibroids (uterine leiomyoma).

Cardiology - Focus on novel approaches to the care of chronic and/or acute pulmonary hypertension & adjacent lung indications, atrial fibrillation, heart failure, acute coronary syndrome, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial occlusive disease, acute lung injury/adult respiratory distress syndrome, cardiorenal syndrome and chronic kidney diseases.

Hematology - Focus on novel, innovative targets for hemophilia, hemoglobinopathies, bone marrow cell mobilization and renewal

Ophthalmology

The call will not fund proposals with approaches outside the above-mentioned areas, e.g. in gene or cell therapy, vaccination or unspecific approaches without defined molecular targets.

Types of grants

Support Grants to further advance research on targets that are at a very early stage of discovery; fixed grant approval letter; IP rights remain with the applicant

Focus Grants: for more mature ideas, e.g. to address specific aspects of a target as a first step towards transferring it to the drug discovery process; fixed grant approval letter; IP rights remain with the applicant.

Grant types do not need to be selected by the grant applicant.

Requirements

Researchers from universities, other academic research institutes and start-up companies from all over the world are eligible.

Funding

Support Grants: €5,000-€10,000

Focus Grants: €10,000-€125,000

How to apply

Grant applications can only be submitted via the electronic submission platform. It is only necessary to provide a short abstract and answer a few questions regarding yourself and your target.

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/grants4targets

http://www.grants4targets.com/scripts/pages/en/index.php

In case of interest, contact with FSJD Research's Department lo later than 1st September 2015.