Acceleration to Clinic Grant
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Acceleration to Clinic Grant

Tina’s Wish is announcing the launch of a new program, the Acceleration to Clinic (“A2C”) Grant. The A2C Grant is designed to provide integrated grant funding and expert advisory resources to investigator teams whose ovarian cancer-specific biomarkers have achieved a defined level of clinical readiness as measured by the National Cancer Institute’s Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) five-phase biomarker development framework. These advisory resources strengthen translational decision-making, de-risk development pathways, and better position projects for successful clinical advancement and external funding. The A2C grant awards $1M in total costs over 2 years.  The application cycle is now open.

Key Dates

  1. LOI application deadline: September 9, 2026 *
  2. Full application invitation: October 26, 2026
  3. Full proposal submission deadline: December 15, 2026
  4. Finalist presentations: March 29, 2027 (tentative)
  5. Notification of award: April 5, 2027
  6. Start of Year 1 funding: July 1, 2027

A2C LOI Guidelines – Click Here

A2C Full Application – By Invitation Only

* Submission Instructions
  • To start an application, navigate to Proposal Central and select “I am an Applicant.”
    • New User:
      • Click the link “Need an account?” button. Provide the information requested to create an account and click the Submit button. Please do not use special characters in the Username field.
      • An e-mail is sent with a confirmation number. Open the e-mail and copy the confirmation number.
      • Login under the “Applicant” section by providing the username and password you created in Step 2.
      • When prompted, paste the confirmation number found in your email and click the ‘Submit Confirmation Number’ button.
    • ORCID Registrants:
      • Login using your ORCID. If you don’t have one, please obtain one by registering through the link https://orcid.org/register.
      • Once you are successfully signed into ORCID, you will be re-directed back to the Proposal Central registration page, where your ORCID iD, First Name, Last Name, and Email are auto-populated from ORCID. Complete the rest of your details and continue the registration process.
  • Navigate to the “Grant Opportunities” tab and search for Tina’s Wish program A2C. Alternatively click here for the A2C opportunity.
  • Click the “Apply Now” button.
  • The application document must be uploaded as one PDF (maximum of 10 MB), in the Attachments tab. Please see the guidelines for specific format and section instructions.
  • At any point you can exit your application by closing the application window. Make sure to click the Save button for the section before closing the window.
  • Return to the application by logging in and clicking on the Proposals tab; and click on the “Edit” button to proceed.
  • To grant other users access to your application, click the “Enable Other Users to Access this Proposal”. Please note that the person must already have a ProposalCentral account.
  • Once completed, click “Submit”. Within 10 minutes you will receive a confirmation email. Prior to the deadline, you may unsubmit your application to make changes by clicking the “Unsubmit” button on the “Proposals” tab.
  • If you have any questions regarding your Proposal Central account, please contact pcsupport@altum.com. For program related questions, please contact Vidya Ganapathy (vganapathy@tinaswish.org).

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