FARE Innovation Award Diagnostic Challenge

A multi-million-dollar competition designed to promote

the development of an innovative and accessible food allergy diagnosis

An Easy-to-Use, Accurate Alternative to the Oral Food Challenge

Attracting the Best Minds

The FARE Innovation Award Diagnostic Challenge will attract the best minds to develop innovative technologies that will lead to a simple point-of-care test to diagnose food allergy

Opportunity to Prove Concept

Investigators participating in the Diagnostic Challenge will be offered an opportunity to prove their concept and receive modest financial incentives during stage one

Opportunity for Funding

Those that move their concept forward will have the opportunity for increased funding and ultimately the opportunity to offer an alternative to the oral food challenge, or OFC

What we are looking for

Our goal is to create an alternative for OFC that is highly sensitive and specific and has the potential to identify multiple allergens. The optimal assay is easy to use, does not depend on sophisticated instrumentation, and provides clear results that are reproducible.

The Strategy

The multi-pronged approach allows the exploration of several options simultaneously. There will be maximum flexibility to pursue the most promising options, along with head-to-head comparisons and collaboration across multiple research sites. The strategy is results-driven, offering staged investments with future support contingent on progress.

Staged Data-Driven Approach

Exploratory Phase

March 2021 – April 2023

Assessment Phase

May 2023 – May 2024

Validation Phase

June 2024 – December 2025

Want to Learn More?

Download the FARE Innovation Award Diagnostic Challenge Fact Sheet

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Want to Apply?

Download the FARE Innovation Award Diagnostic Challenge Request for Application 2023

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FARE is incredibly grateful to the donors of the FARE Innovation Award Diagnostic Challenge