{"id":1726,"date":"2009-05-27T22:30:28","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T22:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/05\/27\/if_it_sounds_too_good_to_be_true\/"},"modified":"2009-05-27T22:30:28","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T22:30:28","slug":"if_it_sounds_too_good_to_be_true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/05\/27\/if_it_sounds_too_good_to_be_true\/","title":{"rendered":"If it sounds too good to be true&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A colleague just alerted me to a new initiative from Bayer Healthcare. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants4targets.com\/scripts\/pages\/en\/index.php\">From Targets to Novel Drugs<\/a> offers up to \u20ac250,000 in exchange for a brief abstract.<br \/>\nThe stated objective:<br \/>\n<code>With this initiative, Bayer Schering Pharma aims to encourage research on novel targets in areas of mutual interest. By combining expertise from industry and academia we intend to accelerate the transition from basic research to new promising treatment options.<\/code><br \/>\nThe stated benefits to the researchers:<br \/>\n<code>Bayer Schering Pharma wishes to dedicate grants to further develop promising targets. In addition, we will bring in our expertise and technologies to help develop your ideas. [\u2026] In addition to the financial support, successful applicants may benefit from the pooling of expertise. This may include specific know-how in drug discovery and development. Bayer Schering Pharma has long-standing experience in drug discovery and development as well as a proven track record of collaborations with academic institutes, start-ups, and biotech companies.<\/code><br \/>\nThe competition is open to academic and industry researchers from anywhere in the world.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve already had a brief debate about \u201cinnovative and courageous funding mechanism\u201d versus \u201cfishing for new targets\u201d.<br \/>\nThe FAQ brought up a potential red flag:<br \/>\n<code>No, the information provided will not be considered confidential. Information provided has to be sufficient to allow a first evaluation of the proposal. If you have further data that you are only willing to disclose subject to the execution of a Confidential Disclosure Agreement (CDA), please indicate this in the abstract. In case your application is considered for further evaluation, we may contact you to discuss a CDA.<\/code><br \/>\nSo, wise and mighty internets: any thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A colleague just alerted me to a new initiative from Bayer Healthcare. From Targets to Novel Drugs offers up to \u20ac250,000 in exchange for a brief abstract. The stated objective: With this initiative, Bayer Schering Pharma aims to encourage research &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2009\/05\/27\/if_it_sounds_too_good_to_be_true\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}