Lupus Innovation Award
Offers high-risk high-reward approaches to fundamental lupus research challenges through the Lupus Innovation Award.
The Lupus Innovation Award is a grant program of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA) that supports high-risk, high-reward approaches to major unresolved challenges in lupus research. The LRA, a New York-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit (Federal Tax ID #58-2492913), has awarded more than $284 million across 675+ grants, with 100% of donated funds directed to research programs. The Innovation Award is distin…
High-risk, high-reward lupus research exploring fundamental mechanisms, novel targets and pathways, novel technologies, and interdisciplinary approaches, open to early-career and established investigators new to lupus.
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