[ Lupus Research Alliance – Global Team Science Award | Research Funding ]
Event details
| Date | 15.09.2020 |
| Category | Call for proposal |
Aim: The Lupus Research Alliance seeks to fund biomedical research that will discover better diagnostics, improve medical treatments and advance translational and clinical research that will ultimately lead to a cure for lupus. The Lupus Research Alliance Global Team Science Awards will support interdisciplinary, collaborative, and highly synergistic projects that push the boundaries of innovation and bridge research and clinical efforts in lupus. The successful Teams will focus on unraveling human lupus heterogeneity by applying cutting-edge technologies to address critical questions that could bring about breakthroughs in lupus care, research or drug development.
Funding: max. $3’000’000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, DVM or equivalent academic degree and hold a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, or comparable institution. The Lupus Research Alliance does not impose geographic restrictions on its applicants and researchers working outside of the USA are also encouraged to apply. The consortium should also meet the following requirements:
How to Apply: Applications must be submitted electronically, via proposalCENTRAL. A two-stage application process—bridged by a planning grant—will be employed. A Letter of Intent (LOI) will be used to judge the significance, innovation and alignment of the proposed project concept with the Global Team Science Award funding mechanism. Applicants with approved LOIs will be invited to submit a full application and will be provided a 4-month planning grant of up to US$10,000 to develop the full proposal.
Deadline: 15-September-2020 (Letter of Intent)
Further information
Funding: max. $3’000’000
Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Applicants must hold an MD, PhD, DVM or equivalent academic degree and hold a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medical school, or comparable institution. The Lupus Research Alliance does not impose geographic restrictions on its applicants and researchers working outside of the USA are also encouraged to apply. The consortium should also meet the following requirements:
- The core team must consist of at least three but ideally not more than five Co-Principal Investigators.(Co-PIs)
- One of the Co-PIs must serve as the corresponding Co-PI.
- The core team must be multi-disciplinary, and it is encouraged to be inter-institutional and/or multi-national.
How to Apply: Applications must be submitted electronically, via proposalCENTRAL. A two-stage application process—bridged by a planning grant—will be employed. A Letter of Intent (LOI) will be used to judge the significance, innovation and alignment of the proposed project concept with the Global Team Science Award funding mechanism. Applicants with approved LOIs will be invited to submit a full application and will be provided a 4-month planning grant of up to US$10,000 to develop the full proposal.
Deadline: 15-September-2020 (Letter of Intent)
Further information
- More information about the program is available here
- The Request for Applications can be found here
- Letters of intent can be submitted on proposalCENTRAL
- For any other questions, please contact the Research Office
Practical information
- General public
- Free