CDMRP Lupus Research Program: Impact award

The Lupus Research Program Impact Award encourages applications that support research projects or ideas that focus on lupus issues, which, if successfully addressed, have the potential to make a major impact in lupus research.

Applicants are required to address at least one of the following FY23 Focus Areas:

• Understanding how lupus disease heterogeneity impacts risk of disease, disease presentation, clinical course, and outcomes; using a diverse range of research disciplines.
• Understanding the biological mechanisms of lupus disease 
• Determining the pathobiology of end organ injury related to lupus disease in target human tissues
• Improving quality of life for individuals living with lupus
• Understanding the underlying genetic and epigenetic components and gene - environment interactions of lupus and how they may relate to clinical disease characteristics, variations, disparities and differences in response to therapies using functional genomic studies

It is expected that  five (5) awards will be granted. 

Funding: $1,000,000 total 

Duration: 4 years 

Research Authority due date: 13.7.23

Pre application (required) due date: 20.7.23

Full proposal due date: 10.8.23