Our Research Director, Dr. Teodora Staeva, presented at the “Meet the Funders: NIH & Foundation Roundtable Grant Discussion” October 22 at the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) annual meeting. Dr. Staeva spoke about the Lupus Research Alliance many grant programs available to scientists including the Target Identification in Lupus, Novel Research Grant, Analysis of Lupus Patient-Focused Drug Development Pre-Meeting Survey Data, andd Investigator Initiated Clinical Trial Grant.
The ACR’s goal for this session: “to allow for grant writers of all stages, including trainees preparing for a Rheumatology Research Foundation Scientist Development Award, junior faculty preparing for an NIH K award and established investigators preparing for an NIH R01 award, to discuss specific questions with program officers or representatives of various grant programs.”
