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Our SMRT Grant Programs support outstanding research projects that advance scientific discovery with long-read sequencing. From the microbiome, to dancing dingoes, disease genes and beyond!
Calling All Scientists
Have an interesting research project that could benefit from SMRT Sequencing? Apply for an upcoming SMRT Grant Program to win sequencing from one of our Certified Service Providers.
SMRT Grant Program
2019 Neuroscience SMRT Grant – Now Open!
Discover the benefits for your research and explore the range of Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) Sequencing Applications
| Research Focus | Application | Grant Opens |
| Neuroscience Research | Multiple Applications | Now Open |
| Human Biomedical Research | Whole Genome Sequencing | October |
| Celebrate Advances in SMRT Sequencing | Multiple Applications | November |
2019 SMRT Grant Programs
 | 2019 Plant and Animal Sciences SMRT Grant Program – co-sponsored by Histogenetics Awarded to Susannah Sample of University of Wisconsin-Madison for her project to sequence the genome of German Shepherds. Read blog post. |
 | 2019 Targeted Sequencing SMRT Grant Program – co-sponsored by McDonnell Genome Institute Awarded to Stéphanie Tomé of the Centre de Recherche en Myologie at Sorbonne Université/INSERM for her project to determine the size of repeat expansions in myotonic dystrophy type 1. Read blog post.
2019 RNA Sequencing SMRT Grant Program – co-sponsored by Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology at Mount Sinai Awarded to Christopher Cogle of the University of Florida for his project “Inhibiting Splicing Repression as a New Therapeutic Strategy in Acute Myeloid Leukemia.” Read blog post. |
 | 2019 Metagenomics SMRT Grant Program – co-sponsored by Maryland Genomics at the Institute for Genome Sciences We have received many excellent submissions, check back as the winner will be announced on our blog. |