Innovation grants

Ferring is committed to supporting exploratory, discovery and pre-clinical research in collaboration with a broad range of organisations and through our global research grants.

The Ferring Innovation Grants Program, an initiative of the Ferring Research Institute, provides annual non-renewable grants of up to $100,000 for early-stage research focused on novel extracellular drug targets addressable with peptides or proteins in our key therapeutic areas.

You can learn more about the Ferring Innovation Grants Program and the application process here.

Ferring also supports a number of local grant and sponsorship initiatives in countries such as the US, Canada and Singapore. Visit your local Ferring website for more information.

Discovery & early stage collaborations

Ferring works in close collaboration with world-leading academics and biotechnology companies to translate new ideas into innovative medicines. We value partnership and working together to move science forward.

We are focused on identifying emerging new ideas, targets, assets and technologies based on cutting-edge biomedical research in our key therapeutic areas.

Areas of particular interest include:

• Identification of novel drug targets addressable with peptides and/or proteins with an emphasis on our core therapeutic areas.
• Convergence of peptide-protein technology and identification of novel peptide chemistry.
• Peptide modulators of stem cell fate, the immune system and/or interaction with gut microflora.
• Biomarkers for indications including but not limited to endometriosis, prostate cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
• We are also seeking pre-commercial opportunities that complement our existing portfolio and development competencies.