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Explore Competition 2013
Documentation related to the competition
The main goal of the CQDM Explore program is to support new unconventional and highly innovative research projects that could strongly impact the drug discovery process.
Explore program is widely open to the scientific community from the public and private sectors.
CQDM's funding will be awarded following a competitive process in 2 stages. Applicants must submit a letter of intent on February 28th, 2013. The selection of the letters of intent will be overseen by the CQDM's Explore Advisory Committee. Only applicants whose letter of intent will be selected will be invited to submit a full project proposal on July 2nd, 2013. Evaluation of the proposals will involve an international peer review led by the Fonds de la recherche du Québec - Santé (FRQS) and a risk analysis performed by CQDM.
The research agenda for this competition covers three major themes: (i) biologics, (ii) proteinprotein interaction modulation and (iii) innovative drug delivery technologies. Consequently all research applications submitted in response to this Call must fall into at least one of the themes, or else they will not be considered. For information purposes only, examples are listed below; however, applicants with other project proposals falling within the scope of one of the three themes are encouraged to apply.
Important dates:
Call for proposals - launching |
December 20nd, 2012 |
Deadline for submission of the letters of intent |
February 28th, 2013 |
Announcement of the selected letters of intent |
May 2nd, 2013 |
Deadline to submit full proposals |
July 2nd, 2013 |
Final selection announcement |
September 24th, 2013 |
Signature of a research agreement |
November 26th, 2013 |
Funding release and beginning of the projects |
December 3rd, 2013 |
Workshop
A workshop with the pharmaceutical industry took place on January 21st 2013
See presentation here :
For last year's presentation :