Standard BioTools is pleased to announce the 2025 SomaScan European Research Grant Award for European researchers. Each successful applicant will receive high-plex proteomic data from 40 samples – a full 11,000 protein targets per sample.
This award covers delivery of data from the analysis of human serum or plasma. There are two awards on offer, each valued at USD$38,000.
Standard BioTools invites researchers to submit a brief outline of their inventive plans to use the SomaScan 11K Assay in their research. The goal of this program is to assist researchers in Europe to generate pilot data, which can be used to support their future grant applications, and to promote use of the SomaScan 11K Assay as an essential tool for generating high-quality proteomic data.
Applicants’ proposals will be reviewed within four weeks of the submission close date. Applicants should write a short proposal of 500 words or less, outlining a pilot research project that uses the SomaScan 11K Assay. A committee of Standard BioTools staff will review and select the winning applicant based on the following criteria:
- The overall application completeness
- Does the applicant have an original proposal with clear goals and outcomes?
- Does the applicant provide a clear approach and design that matches the goals and outcomes?
- Does the applicant show how the protein data and analysis are intended to be used?
- What are the next steps the researcher intends to take with this additional knowledge?
- How does SomaScan 11K Assay data increase insight into health and disease for the applicant’s given focus area?
Two winners will be selected and awarded 40 samples to be processed on the SomaScan 11K Assay, together with upstream and downstream support from Standard BioTools (including time with Technical Support to validate sample type and discuss limitations, and access to a project management team to discuss sample prep/shipping and downstream bioinformatic support), excluding shipment costs to Citogen, a Standard BioTools authorized site in Spain. The samples for this program need to be banked, frozen and ready to go.
Submission close 14 May 2025