Cytokinetics Opens Call for Proposals for Annual Communications Grant Program

Cytokinetics, a specialty cardiovascular biopharmaceutical company, has announced a call for proposals for the ninth annual Cytokinetics Communications Grant Program. The program aims to provide financial support to patient advocacy organizations focused on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and heart failure, with a deadline for applications set for October 2, 2026.

Mary Pomerantz, Cytokinetics’ Senior Director of Patient Centricity and Corporate Responsibility, emphasized the importance of effective communication in patient advocacy.

The grant program will support patient advocacy organizations in expanding their reach, awareness, and community engagement by providing resources for new or crucial communications, marketing, or outreach initiatives. Funding from the Cytokinetics Communications Grant Program may help with programming or personnel, depending on each organization’s needs.

Eligible organizations must have nonprofit organization or registered charity status in the United States, Canada, Europe, or the United Kingdom and serve the patient communities in HCM or heart failure. Organizations applying for the grant are required to submit a proposal outlining communication activities that the funding would support and the potential impact of the funding. Applications will be evaluated by a committee of representatives from Cytokinetics based on the proposal’s alignment with selection criteria.

The recipients of the 2026 Cytokinetics Communications Grants were Camp Taylor and The Canadian Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome (SADS) Foundation. The program has supported patient advocacy organizations for the past nine years, helping them to expand their reach, awareness, and community engagement by providing resources for new or crucial communications, marketing, or outreach initiatives that would otherwise be challenging to implement.

Cytokinetics has no oversight, involvement, or management of the actual projects, programs, or outputs. The goal of the Communications Grant Program is to assist patient advocacy organizations by increasing resources in order to better support patient communities and bring increased disease awareness in the communities they serve.