The goal of this program is to facilitate substantive collaborations between TMU and CWRU, and to establish sustainable collaborative teams. This program requires PIs on each side with complementary expertise to jointly write the grant together.

Up to USD 100,000 per year / per project

• Up to USD 50,000 to TMU PI
• Up to USD 50,000 to CWRU PI

• AI-based research
• Precision medicine
• Ribonucleic acid therapeutics
• Gene therapy
• Chemical screening/Drug discovery
• Lung cancers; Oral cancers; Head cancers
• Neuroscience
• Mitochondria in health and disease
• Public health/Comparative oncology

Important Dates

− Call for LOI: Mid-September, 2025

− LOI Submission Deadline: October 17, 2025

− Preliminary Review Results & Eligibility for Full Proposal Submission: End of November, 2025

− Full Proposal Submission Deadline: Mid-January, 2026

− Final Review Results: End of April, 2026

− Program start: June, 2026