Can I recruit partners after receiving funding?

While it’s reasonable to recruit additional staff during the project, you must already have the core team in place for the applicable stage at the time of application— including key personnel and institutional partners. This means wet lab expertise will not be essential at Stage One and we encourage participants with computational backgrounds to form partnerships to support the validation phase. Please consult Handbook for more information on how the Prize can support your team in forming partnerships ahead of applications and during the development phases.