Apply for an LRI Grant

NEW RESEARCH GRANTS FOR NOVEL APPROACHES TO LUPUS

The deadline to apply for a 2010 grant has passed.

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The Lupus Research Institute (LRI) – founded to support highly promising, idea-driven, novel approaches to discover the cause, improve treatment, and cure lupus – typically invites applications for financial support starting late in the calendar year.

Novel Research Project applications relevant to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus are judged principally on novelty of the hypotheses, scientific quality, strength of approach, relevance to lupus, and likelihood of success. Creativity is valued. Rationale for the hypotheses proposed rather than amount of preliminary data are emphasized.

Continuations of long-term research projects are not appropriate for submission.

Projects on aspects of the disease that have been less extensively studied and applications from investigators in diverse disciplines, including those who may not have previously worked in lupus, are encouraged. Investigations should be relevant to basic, translational, or clinical research on lupus.

While the Institute encourages projects based on novel explorations of human lupus biology—innovative studies that use human material to address the physiological, cellular, molecular and/or genetic basis of human lupus—projects solely based on cellular, molecular, and/or animal models are also encouraged.

Both established and new investigators may apply. Applicants should hold advanced degrees and be affiliated with institutions of higher learning in the United States. Grant application research plans are limited to six pages.

For additional information, contact Laura Hack, Grants Administrator lhack@lupusny.org or 212.685.4118.

Rules Governing Grants (PDF)