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A newsletter intended to provide researchers with the latest information about funding opportunities and research news from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
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- Action Required: Final Reporting Deadline for Legacy Awards
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As part of a grants closeout initiative, the CFF Grants and Contracts Management Administration (GCMA) is reviewing all awards with overdue final reporting requirements.
- If you have a (legacy) award that remains open, we ask that you log into CFF’s grants management system (GMS) at www.awards.cff.org and verify the status of any outstanding deliverables.
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To ensure compliance with CFF Terms & Conditions and to avoid administrative closeout or potential de-obligation of remaining funds, all overdue final reports must be submitted no later than August 15th. If you need assistance, please reach out to your designated CFF Award contact listed in the GMS or via the CFF Grants Assistance Request Form. We appreciate your prompt attention to this matter.
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The 2025 Path to a Cure (PTAC) Collaborative grant application is accepting proposals for multi-PI research projects focused on advancing technologies and understanding for the development of genetic therapies. Research programs must be composed of between two and four independent investigators with interrelated research projects that synergize to address critical needs for the development or use of genetic therapies in CF. Research projects will run for three years and up to $1,000,000 in direct costs may be requested yearly. Indirect costs are allowed. Applications are due by November 20, 2025 and will be reviewed for funding in spring 2026. Those interested must contact CFF program staff prior to application.
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The Program for Adult Care Excellence (PACE) RFA. The CF Foundation will recruit another cohort of caregivers to the Program for Adult Care Excellence (PACE) in order to expand the scope of adult care programs by increasing the number of adult caregivers. Accordingly, CFF has released this Request for Applications (RFA) for PACE training awards to physicians interested in developing expertise in the care of adult patients with CF. This is a rolling program accepting applications through October 1, 2025. For questions, please contact Whitney Brown ([email protected]).
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Upcoming RFA Publications |
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New! The Clinical Research Award and Clinical Pilot and Feasibility Award Spring 2026 cycle RFAs will be published on awards.cff.org on August 28, 2025. Letter of intents must be submitted online at awards.cff.org by October 9, 2025. For questions, please contact Dara Riva ([email protected]).
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COMING SOON: SHARING Working Group call for application. Every three years, a competing continuation Request for Application (RFA) is open for membership to the TDN Sexual Health, Reproduction, and Gender (SHARING) Research Working Group. The SHARING-WG is composed of a muti-disciplinary group of people to develop, support and lead the most relevant research projects for people with CF. The mission of the SHARING-WG is to improve the lives of people with cystic fibrosis (CF) by developing a body of scientific evidence to understand the unique interplay of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) concerns and having CF. The RFA will be published on awards.cff.org in late June and will have a deadline of September 8, 2025. For questions, please contact Dara Riva ([email protected])
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Please take our 5-minute Feedback Survey! CF Foundation Grants Team & System Feedback Survey.
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New! Save the date: Post-ETI Workshop Series Kick-Off: August 6, 2025. CFF is hosting the Virtual Post-ETI Workshop Series, occurring in five parts from August through December 2025. The goals of the series are listed below.
- Share important learnings of the post-ETI studies
- Bring clinical and basic researchers together to help build collaborations and share ideas on future work
- Evaluate clinical end points and other outcome measures and their performance in post-ETI era studies
- Identify unanswered questions and approaches to address them, including potential contributing mechanisms
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The series’ kick-off meeting will be held virtually on August 6, 2025, 11:00am-3:00pm est. We will review current large, international post-ETI studies and their key findings. Registration information will be sent in July’s Funding Opportunities Newsletter along with information about the rest of the series’ meetings. For questions, please contact Dara Riva ([email protected]).
- New! Register now: Post-ETI Workshop Series. CFF is hosting the virtual Post-ETI Workshop Series, occurring in five parts from August through December 2025.
- The goals of the series are:
- Share important learnings of the post-ETI studies
- Bring clinical and basic researchers together to help build collaborations and share ideas on future work
- Evaluate clinical end points and other outcome measures and their performance in post-ETI era studies
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Identify unanswered questions and approaches to address them, including potential contributing mechanisms
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W1: Wednesday, August 6 - Series Kickoff - Review current large, international post-ETI studies and their key findings. Register here.
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W2: Thursday, September 11- Lung/sinus health. Register here.
- W3: Wednesday, October 8 – GI/Liver. Register here.
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W4: Friday, November 14 – Infection/Immune. Register here.
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W5: Friday, December 5 - Endocrine/metabolism/understudied and evolving topics; Workshop series wrap up. Register here.
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Agendas, meeting materials, and meeting recordings will be added to the series sharepoint site as they become available. Click here and bookmark.
- For questions, please contact Dara Riva ([email protected]).
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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Clinical Specimens and Resource Library: The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is creating a resource for investigators to connect about non-CF Foundation run-biobanks and labs from various institutions, widening the breadth of specimens and resources available for future research and collaboration. If you are interested in participating in this optional resource, please complete this form. For questions, reach out to Emily Zagnit ([email protected]).
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For faster response times and assistance, use the Grant Assistance Request Form for general inquiries when you're unsure who to contact. Starting October 1, instead of emailing [email protected], use the request form instead. Your GCMA contacts, as listed in the system, will provide the quickest response.
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Call for Career Development Seminar Series Presentations. Are you a CFF-funded junior investigator or trainee? We will be continuing our virtual seminar series this year! If you have a CFF funded project and are a clinical fellow, post-doc, or junior faculty member, we want to give you an opportunity to present to the CF research community via virtual webinar. For questions, please contact Emily Zagnit ([email protected]).
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Register for the CF Foundation's Grants Management System |
If you have questions about navigating the GMS, please visit our How-to guide!
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If you have any questions, please reach out to the Grants & Contracts Management & Administration (GCMA) Office at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 301-841-2614. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Grants & Contracts Management & Administration (GCMA) Office at [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 301-841-2614. The inbox and voicemail are checked periodically. For faster service, we encourage you to use the Grant Assistance Request Form.
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