CDMRP Lupus Research Program: Concept award

The Lupus Research Program Concept Award supports the exploration of highly innovative new concepts or untested theories that address important problems relevant to lupus.

Applicants are required to address at least one of the following FY19 Focus Areas:

• Understand how lupus disease heterogeneity impacts risk of disease, disease presentation, clinical course, and outcomes; 
• Understand lupus disease heterogeneity including, but not limited to, strategies and technologies to subtype patients and understanding lupus disease mechanisms.
• Improve quality of life for individuals living with lupus.
• Understand how the underlying genetic components of lupus relate to clinical disease characteristics using functional genomic studies.
• Determine the pathobiology of lupus disease in target human tissues

Funding: $200,000 total 

Duration: 2 years

Research Authority due date: 30.5.19

Pre application (required) due date: 7.6.19

Full proposal due date: 4.9.19