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 FY26 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.
• 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.
• Improving outcomes for lupus through innovative health care delivery models.
• Designing an intervention either at the individual and/or health care system level to improve the quality of life and mental health for individuals living with lupus.
   

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

Funding: $1,000,000 total 

Duration: 4 years 

Research Authority due date: 22.7.26

Pre application (required) due date: 29.7.26

Full proposal due date: 19.8.26