Seed Grant
The BDCI Summit Seed Grants are awarded annually to groups that form and pitch original research ideas at the annual BDCI Summit. In advance of the Summit each year, the BDCI will release the theme for the event, which helps to focus brainstorming efforts. After a morning of networking and faculty lightning talks, individuals are invited to form groups, brainstorm, and pitch original research ideas towards the Summit theme. The winning groups will be provided with seed funds to pilot and/or de-risk these innovative team science projects over a 6-month funding period.
For the inaugural BDCI Summit in 2022, we had 6 groups form and pitch exciting, new ideas around the topic of driving innovation in precision medicine. Ultimately, 2 groups were selected for funding and were given $5,000/person across 6-months to pilot their idea. Read more about these projects below:
Team 1: The effect of radiation therapy on NAD+ redox homeostasis in cancer cells
- Aparna Kesarwala, MD, PhD - Radiation Oncology
- Eric Miller, PhD - Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
- Anupam Patgiri, PhD - Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
- Yueming Zhu, PhD - Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Team 2: Repurposing and modifying known drugs for chemoresistant prostate cancer
- Frank McDonald, PhD - Chemistry
- Daqing Wu, PhD - Biological Sciences (Clark Atlanta University)
If you're interested in participating in next year's Summit and pitching for Summit Seed Grant funds, save the date for Friday, March 3rd! (and stay tuned to our Events and Programming page for an official announcement)