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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
ForTra gGmbH für Forschungstransfer der Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (ForTra), supports the legally compliant production of new pharmaceutical products under GMP conditions that will be directly used in clinical first-in-human gene and cell therapy trials.
ForTra is announcing a call for proposals to produce cell and gene therapeutics under Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) conditions which are intended to be subsequently utilized in a clinical study involving patients.
Gene and cell therapies are developing rapidly and are key to future medical treatment strategies. This is being addressed, among other things, by the funding measures of the National Strategy for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies.
The implementation of clinical studies is a cost-intensive and mandatory step on the path to translating novel gene and cell therapies into clinical application. ForTra is going to enable individual innovative projects that address a high medical need to carry out a clinical study by financially supporting the production of the given study material under GMP conditions as prescribed by law. The entire production process or individual parts thereof shall be funded for a variety of gene and cell therapeutics. Up to four million euros will be provided for the whole call for proposals.
Eligible to submit proposals for non-profit funding by ForTra are clinician and medical scientists employed by academic research facilities (hospital clinics, research institutes, etc.) or other non-profit scientific entities.
The selection procedure for identification of funded projects consists of two steps: Proposal outlines can be submitted via email until November 14, 2025 to antrag@fortra-forschungstransfer.de. Information regarding the details of proposal submission can be found among the Downloads on the EKFS-Website.
An external panel of expert reviewers will use the outlines to identify projects whose principal investigators are subsequently asked to submit a full application. Following assessment and recommendation by the expert reviewers (including personal pitching of the project) and approval by the Boards, ForTra might send out the funding decisions presumably in the first quarter of 2026.
ForTra gGmbH für Forschungstransfer der Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (ForTra gGmbH)
ForTra is a nonprofit subsidiary of the Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung. Its objective is to promote medical science and research and to promote public health care by translating the results of medical research into clinical practice to benefit patients and health care in the public sector. For more information, see: https://www.ekfs.de/en/scientific-funding/translational-research-ForTra/funding-...
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung (EKFS) – Advancing research. Helping people.
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the funding and advancement of medical research and the support of humanitarian projects. To date the foundation has funded around 2,800 projects. With an annual funding volume currently amounting around 60 million euros it is the largest foundation in Germany that actively funds and supports medicine. You can find more information at: https://www.ekfs.de/en
Press Contact
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung
Bianka Jerke
Public Relations
Tel.: + 49 6172 8975-24
Email: b.jerke@ekfs.de
Prof. Dr. Martin Zörnig
Managing Director ForTra gGmbH für Forschungstransfer der EKFS
m.zoernig@fortra-forschungstransfer.de
+49 (0)6172 8975-12
https://ekfs.de/en/current-topics/call-for-proposals/fortra-eur-4-million-gmp-pr...
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