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Cures Within Reach (CWR) has released our funding opportunity Request for Proposals (RFP), Clinical Repurposing Research to Impact Veterans/Military, supporting clinical repurposing trials in any disease area impacting veterans or active military, such as mental health, PTSD and brain injuries. Eligible trials may be conducted at accredited US-based academic, nonprofit and governmental research institutions and/or health systems involved with medical research, including Veterans Administration (VA) health systems and hospitals.
See the full RFP at https://bit.ly/cwrrfps. CWR’s strongest preference is for proof of concept, pivotal, Phase I or Phase IIA clinical repurposing trials supported by strong preclinical evidence, real world evidence, AI/ML drug-disease matching tools and/or clinical observations. CWR is accepting budgets of up to $75,000 for this funding opportunity, which includes the required institutional match, and CWR may provide up to $15,000 in additional funding for optional community engagement. Community engagement must go beyond patient engagement and include collaborations with community-based organizations (i.e. community health, social services and/or faith-based organizations – including veterans-focused groups).
Repurposed therapies must be approved and/or generally recognized as safe for human use by a governmental regulatory agency and can include drugs, devices, nutraceuticals and/or diagnostics, as well as combinations. These repurposed therapies must be tested in a new indication for which they are not already approved or used widely in clinical practice as standard of care. Repurposed therapies may also be added to current standard of care to improve patient outcomes and/or quality of life.
CWR has a 2-stage submission process, starting with the brief Letter of Intent (LOI). The top-rated LOI submissions will be invited to submit a full scientific proposal. All submissions are ProposalCentral (https://proposalcentral.com). Search for “Cures Within Reach” and submit your LOI using the “Veterans Specific Repurposing Research” program. The LOI submission deadline is 11:59pm U.S. Eastern Time on May 29, 2026.
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