The DIM Gene Therapy launches its annual call for proposals to support research projects in the Paris Region including a gene therapy approach.

This year, two calls are open:  

Call for proposals in investment

Call for proposals in investment finances heavy scientific laboratory equipment in the fields of gene therapy among all the thematic areas of the DIM (grant up to 66% maximum).

Eligibility criteria:

• A co-financing of 34% minimum must be justified in the application form;
• The team receiving the regional grant and the host laboratory must be located in Île-de-France;
• The submitted project must not have been the subject of a request / support within the framework of another DIM or the SESAME program, the Genopole program or a collaborative project of a competitiveness cluster.

Call for proposals in operation

Call for proposals in operation finances fellowship (post-doc, engineers, technicians …), as well as laboratory consumables for projects focused on “Gene therapy safety”.

Eligibility criteria:

• The project must focus on “safety of gene therapy” (safety studies, genotoxicity, immunotoxicity, integration, transmission, prediction of adverse effects, long-term monitoring, etc.);
• The project must present preliminary results and a timeline to reach the clinical stage within 2 years;
• The application must be related to a fellowship for a maximum period of 12 months;
• The team receiving the regional grant and the host laboratory must be located in Île-de-France;
• The submitted project must not have been the subject of a request / support within the framework of another DIM or the SESAME program, the Genopole program or a collaborative project of a competitiveness cluster.

The deadline for projects submission is June 21^st, 2021 11:00 am

Call for proposals schedule

• June 21^st, 2021 : Submission deadline
• July to september 2021: Application transmission to selection committees
• September 2021s: Notification of selection results