Research Program - Vasculitis Foundation

The VF Research Program provides one- or two-year seed grants to support pilot studies in researching:

• Etiology/Pathogenesis (could include a broad range of studies of immunity, inflammation, or vascular biology. Relevance to human vasculitis will be taken into account by the reviewers.)
• Epidemiology, including genetics
• Diagnosis, including identification of disease subtypes
• Treatment/Management, including therapeutics to treat vasculitis or prevent complications, bio markers, and psychosocial outcomes

Goals
To improve the quality of life for patients with vasculitis and ultimately find the cause/s and cure for vasculitis.

Funding
The Research Program is funded by donations and special fundraising events, organized by people like YOU.

Maximum Awards
$50,000 for 12 months. Some awards will be available for two years at a maximum of $50,000 per year.  Among applications with similar scores, preference will be given to applications with total budgets of $50,000 or less, to ensure that the Foundation can support as many investigators, and as many approaches to research in vasculitis as possible. The Foundation’s hope is that the results of the research supported by the Research Program will lead to, and provide the basis for, much larger multi-year studies that would be funded by larger agencies such as The US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

International Funding Available
The VF Research Program funds research worldwide.

Application deadline for 2018 funding:  Friday, August 18, 2017

Applications are reviewed annually.  
Funding will be available in early 2018.

Click to access the VF Research Grant Instructions in PDF.

Click to access the VF Research Grant Application in PDF format.

Click here to access the VF Research Grant Application in WORD format.

If you have any questions or problems with the application process, please contact Joyce A. Kullman, VF Executive Director.

From: http://www.vasculitisfoundation.org/research/research-program/