Science and Research

Dioraphte supports scientific research in the field of neglected tropical skin diseases (international) and rare diseases (national).

We work exclusively with “calls for research proposals” that alternate every other year.

CFP-NTD2025

– 2025 –

The 2025 call for research proposals on skin-related neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) – CFP-NTD2025 – was closed on the 30th of June 2025. We received 43 stage one applications for the larger grants and 51 stage one applications for the smaller grants. Dioraphte informed five applicants that their application had been granted. The total amount involved was almost 2,700,000 euros. A summary of the five awards can be found here.

CFP-RD2026

The winners of the fourth Call for Research Proposals for Rare Diseases will be announced on Rare Disease Day, 28th of February 2026

Download information and conditionsDownload pre-application form

Please note we will not be able to give feedback on decisions made by the scientific advisory committee and/or the board of Dioraphte.

Examples of projects

Advisor

The e-mail address below is for questions, not for (pre-)applications.

Jasmijn Melse

jasmijnmelse@dioraphte.nl

Scientific advisors

Ype Elgersma

Erasmus MC Rotterdam
Advisor Rare Diseases

Bouke de Jong

Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Advisor Neglected Tropical Diseases

Mitali Chatterjee

Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research Kolkata
Advisor Neglected Tropical Diseases

Isra Cruz

Instituto de Salud Carlos III Madrid
Advisor Neglected Tropical Diseases