Research Development Grants Program

Research grants are made to encourage regional collaborations and stimulate submission of major multidisciplinary life sciences proposals from regional researchers to government and/or private funding agencies.

The grants help generate the critical preliminary data needed to develop competitive proposals. Awards are up to $50,000 for one year and are intended to leverage institutional strengths and investigators collective expertise. Submitted proposals undergo rigorous scientific peer review modeled after that used by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Completed reviews from submitted proposals are provided to investigators, regardless of whether they are selected for funding, which they use to refine future grant proposals.

 

CURRENT OPEN RFP: Transforming KC: Health Outcomes Research Grants Program

Research Grants Program Data

165 Grants Awarded

From 2002-2024

$10+ Million Funded

From 2002-2021

$13.10 returned

For every $1 invested, $13.10 has been returned to the region from follow-on funding.

Meet the recipients of these grants:

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Explore Our Grant Programs

 

Blue KC Outcomes Research Grants

The Blue KC Transforming KC Research Grants fund local researchers and physicians to make advancements in areas including autism, asthma, sepsis, heart disease, child/teen health and maternal/fetal medicine. This program helps local organizations improve the health and wellness of our community.

Patton Trust Research Development Grants

This funding mechanism specifically focuses on the genetic basis of diseases that predominately affect children and do not require inter-institutional collaborations.

Collaborate2Cure Research Grants

Scientific collaboration can cultivate more creativity, increase funding and result in higher impact publications. For all these reasons, BioNexus KC created Collaborate2Cure with the goal of stimulating regional scientific collaboration and developing innovative ways to solve scientific challenges.

Customized Research Grants Program

BioNexus KC has nearly 20 years of experience soliciting, funding, and administering scientific research projects via the Research Development Grants program. Other organizations frequently find themselves in a position of funding scientific research without sufficient infrastructure and/or expertise to determine the highest quality, most impactful projects. BioNexus KC can share our infrastructure and access to expertise to partner with a funding organization to administer a customized grants program.

Components
  • Funder determines size/duration of grants and target disease or research focus area
  • BioNexus KC negotiates the fee to administer the grant program
  • Although BioNexus KC facilitates the scientific review process, funder makes final decisions
  • BioNexus KC monitors and reports project progress and budget to funder
  • Coordinated news releases announce funding awards for each grant cycle
  • BioNexus KC would work with partners to define the specific focus of grants
Benefits

to Partnering Organization and the regional life sciences

  • Partnering organization and their customized grant program prominently featured at our annual dinner attended by over 500 regional leaders.
  • Funder sponsors research in an important area of health care need.
  • Annual joint news release to announce grant recipients.
  • Seed grants have been identified as adding significant value to BioNexus KC stakeholders.
  • Research results lead to additional grant applications and future funding in the region.

Please contact Dennis Ridenour if you would like additional information.