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Dioraphte supports medical scientific research in the field of rare diseases, neglected tropical diseases and food security.

In the field of rare diseases and neglected tropical diseases, we work exclusively through the system of 'calls for research proposals'. For the food security component, Dioraphte works with a procedure called 'requests for proposals'.



Unfortunately, it is not possible for us to respond to mail or postal correspondence about potential applications and/or applications that are not sent at our request.

Call for research proposals on rare diseases (only for NL Centres of Expertise)
The 2022 call for research proposals for rare diseases - CFP-RD2022 - is open.
You can find more information about this CFP-RD2022 here.
You can find the application form for the first round here.

More information

Timeline for the 2022 call for research proposals on rare diseases – CFP-RD2022:

April 30, 2021 – Closing date for submission of project proposals.

May 15, 2021 – Distribution of projects for the peer review process.

July 1, 2021 – Closure of the peer review process.

September 1, 2021 – Announcement of invitations to submit full project proposals.

November 1, 2021 – Deadline for submission of full project proposals.

February 1, 2022 – Advice to the Board.

February 28, 2022 – Announcement of awards CFP-RD2022.

– 2021 –
Call for research proposals on skin-related neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs) The 2021 call for research proposals on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – CFP-NTD2021 – was closed on the 30th of November 2020. We received 54 stage-1 applications from 27 countries. Six applications have been selected for a stage-2 application:
Scabies – Australia
Leprosy – Indonesia
Buruli ulcer – France
Leishmaniasis (Cutaneous) – Switzerland
Leishmaniasis (Post Kalazar Dermal) – Sweden
Mycetoma – Netherlands

For this call the Indirect Cost Policy – that can be obtained here (PDF) – is applicable.
(Please note we will not be able to give feedback on decisions made by the scientific advisory committee and/or the board of Dioraphte.)

– 2020 –
The 2020 call for research proposals on rare diseases – CFP-RD2020 – closed on August 31st 2019. 72 proposals were submitted.
On Rare Disease Day February 29th 2020, Dioraphte notified five centres of expertise in the Netherlands that their applications had been accepted.
In total, an amount of almost EUR 1,700,000 has been awarded as part of a ‘call for proposals’.
A summary of the awards can be found here.

– 2019 –

The 2019 call for research proposals on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – CFP-NTD2019 – was closed on the 31th of October 2019. We received 19 stage-1 applications.
In May 2020, Dioraphte informed two applicants that their application had been granted. The total amount involved was almost 1,700,000 euros.
A summary of the two awards can be found here.

Projects Pre-application Advisors and contact

Advisor(s) and contact

Prof. Dr. Ype Elgersma

Erasmus MC

Advisor Rare Diseases

Prof. Dr. Simon Croft

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Advisor Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dr. Bouke de Jong

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp

Advisor Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dr. Abraham Aseffa

WHO TDR Geneva

Advisor Neglected Tropical Diseases

Henk J.Th. van Stokkom

DoenDenkers

Contact person

henkvanstokkom@dioraphte.nl *

* Above email address(es) are for questions, not for (preliminary) applications

Project administration (applications – reports – payment requests)

After you have received a request from an advisor to submit a complete application, please send it to Inge van Stokkom – Van Veen postbus@dioraphte.nl.

You should also send reports and payment requests to postbus@dioraphte.nl. Submitting preliminary applications and unsolicited complete applications to postbus@dioraphte is not appreciated. You will not receive a response.

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