ATTRACT-call for International Clinical Studies for rare cancers 2024 - pre-announcement

Research

Funding organisation:

Kom op tegen Kanker vzw

What?

ATTRACT, is an initiative from Anticancer Fund (Belgium), Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (Spain), Fondation ARC (France), Kom op tegen Kanker (Belgium), KWF Dutch Cancer Society (the Netherlands) and, joining the consortium for this new edition, Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research (Switzerland). This initiative wants to stimulate international clinical research on rare cancers. The goals are improving treatment for rare cancer patients and accelerate the development of drugs for rare cancers.

Indicative budget: up to 12,4 million euro, provided by the 5 collaborating funding organisations: Anticancer Fund (Belgium), Scientific Foundation of the Spanish Association Against Cancer (Spain), Fondation ARC (France), Kom op tegen Kanker (Belgium), KWF Dutch Cancer Society (the Netherlands) and Rising Tide Foundation for Clinical Cancer Research (Switzerland).

Who?

Eligible for this call are multicentre, international phase 2/3 clinical trials on medicinal products for rare cancer treatment (including drug repurposing). Main applicants as well as research consortium partners should be located in one of the funding countries (Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain), with a minimum of 3 participating countries. Applicants (funding recipients) should be either Academic research groups or Clinical/Public health sector research groups. To support swift enrolment of study patients in clinical trials, inclusion centres outside of the funding countries may be included in the proposal. Public-private collaborations are accepted under strict conditions; note that private parties will not receive direct funding. Active patient participation in the set up and execution of the proposals is required. A strong regulatory and implementation strategy (incl. EMA advise, orphan designation, early HTA) is not obliged but highly recommended.

Application?

The call will make use of a pre- and full proposal review process. Applications have to be submitted via the electronic application system of KWF: Grant Management System (GMS). Please note that registration in the system is required prior to submitting your application. It is recommended to register as soon as possible. Please check at least six weeks before the call deadline if your registration is approved. Instructions how to register are provided in the Instructions for GMS for Applicants (available for download below). A preview of the application form is also available for download, but please do not use it to submit. You have to apply via the form in GMS.

More information?

All information regarding the ATTRACT-call, including background, scope, application requirements, preferences and recommendations, review procedure, timelines, funding conditions and estimated budgets can be found in the Guidelines for Applicants on the website www.kwf.nl/en/attract

If you are planning on submitting an application, please contact research@uhasselt.be

A dedicated Question & Answer Session (webinar) for applicants will be held online in September.

Timeline

•  Application deadline pre-proposal: 11 October 2024 15:00
• Application deadline full-proposal: End of April 2025
• Rebuttal week: First half of Sep 2025
• Grant decision: Oct-Nov 2025

Deadline

11.10.2024

Contact Hasselt University?

E-mail sarah.szyr@uhasselt.be

Tel. +3211269052