POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned, as a Section 16 reporting person of Curis, Inc., hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Ali Fattaey, James Dentzer, Nancy Soohoo,
William Steinkrauss and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, as outside
counsel to the Company, and each of them individually, as his or her true and
lawful attorney in fact and agent with full power of substitution, for him or
her in any and all capacities to:

(1)		Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of the "Company", Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act")
and the rules thereunder, or any successor laws and regulations promulgated
thereunder;

(2)		Perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be
necessary or appropriate to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney in fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney in fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney in fact may approve in such
attorney in fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney in fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney in fact, or such attorney
in fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys in fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 13th day of December 2016.


/s/ Robert Martell
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Signature
Robert Martell