Structural Genomics Consortium
At a glance
This funder does not accept unsolicited applications.
Key takeaways
- The funder does not accept unsolicited requests and gives only by invitation, so a cold application is unlikely to be considered; a small nonprofit should look for an existing connection or invitation before writing.
- Its grants go to recipient institutions under pre-agreed grant agreements, and its themes are drug discovery, structural genomics, structural chemistry and computational chemistry, so work outside those areas is unlikely to fit.
- Using grant funds to pay university overheads is excluded.
- Its annual report gives typical grants of £42,000 to £1,350,000 with a median of £330,000, but that band is not a ceiling, so any request should be sized against what the funder has given to organisations.
Overview
Structural Genomics Consortium is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1097737).
The Structural Genomics Consortium aims to provide open access to research in structural genomics, structural chemistry and computational chemistry as it relates to improving human health. It also aims to understand the function of all proteins encoded by the human genome and to accelerate the discovery of new medicines. It works through a global public-private partnership of research institutions and industry, making its data, reagents and tools publicly available without restrictions. In its latest reported year it paid £3,732,000 in grants.
What they fund
Priority Areas
The Structural Genomics Consortium supports open-access research to accelerate the discovery of new medicines and improve human health. Its work centres on research in structural genomics, structural chemistry and computational chemistry, and on understanding human proteins through structural biology, chemical biology and drug-discovery tools. It operates through a global public-private partnership of research institutions and industry, making the data, reagents and tools generated by its scientists publicly available without restrictions. Grants are awarded to recipient institutions under detailed, pre-agreed grant agreements, rather than to unsolicited claimants. Its approach is collaborative and open-science-led, with research outputs intended to be usable by the wider scientific community.
Themes
- Drug discovery
- Structural genomics
- Structural chemistry
- Computational chemistry
Geographic Focus
Priority: Toronto; Chapel Hill; Frankfurt am Main; Stockholm; Montreal; London.
What they don't fund
- The use of its grant funds to pay university overheads
How to apply
It does not give grants to unsolicited claimants.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Grant awards must accord with the SGC’s charitable purposes and Governing Principles.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Frankfurt am Main
- Chapel Hill
- London
- Montreal
- Stockholm
- Toronto
Grants
How much do they typically give?
Share of 6 grants in year to 30 June 2025 by size
Median £507k (year to 30 June 2025)
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- University of Toronto£1,336,000year to 30 June 2025
- University College London£1,214,000year to 30 June 2025
- UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy Foundation£684,000year to 30 June 2025
- University Health Network£330,000year to 30 June 2025
- University of Frankfurt£136,000year to 30 June 2025
- Hitgen£42,000year to 30 June 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2021 | £10,327,000 | £8,525,000 | £6,885,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2021 |
| year to 30 June 2022 | £4,754,000 | £3,585,000 | £2,433,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2022 |
| year to 30 June 2023 | £0 | £4,004,000 | — | Accounts for year to 30 June 2023 |
| year to 30 June 2024 | £14,000 | £2,424,000 | — | Accounts for year to 30 June 2024 |
| year to 30 June 2025 | £4,719,000 | £5,134,000 | £3,732,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 3 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- thesgc.org
- thesgc.org/about · read on 30 October 2026
- thesgc.org/about/partners · read on 30 October 2026
- thesgc.org/participate · read on 30 October 2026
- thesgc.org/contact-us · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 June 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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At a glance
Applying to Structural Genomics Consortium?
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Contact
- +49 69 798-29871source
- +1 514-398-6644source
- +1 919-962-5349source
- +1 416-946-0237source
- +55 19 3521 2933source
- proteins@thesgc.orgsource
- frankfurt@thesgc.orgsource
- sgc-unc@unc.edusource
- thesgc.toronto@gmail.comsource
- cqmed@unicamp.brsource
- Goethe University Frankfurt, Buchmann Institute for Life Sciences (BMLS), Riedberg Campus, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germanysource
- 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canadasource
- University College London School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, United Kingdomsource
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, 1070H Genetic Medicine Building, 120 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USAsource
- 101 College St. MaRS South Tower, Suite 700, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canadasource
- 550 Av. André Tosello, Térreo, Unicamp Campinas, SP, Brazilsource
- thesgc.org
Applying to Structural Genomics Consortium?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- +49 69 798-29871source
- +1 514-398-6644source
- +1 919-962-5349source
- +1 416-946-0237source
- +55 19 3521 2933source
- proteins@thesgc.orgsource
- frankfurt@thesgc.orgsource
- sgc-unc@unc.edusource
- thesgc.toronto@gmail.comsource
- cqmed@unicamp.brsource
- Goethe University Frankfurt, Buchmann Institute for Life Sciences (BMLS), Riedberg Campus, Max-von-Laue-Str. 15, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germanysource
- 3801 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2B4, Canadasource
- University College London School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AX, United Kingdomsource
- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, 1070H Genetic Medicine Building, 120 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USAsource
- 101 College St. MaRS South Tower, Suite 700, Toronto, ON, M5G 1L7, Canadasource
- 550 Av. André Tosello, Térreo, Unicamp Campinas, SP, Brazilsource
- thesgc.org