Description
The Department of Defense (DOD) is soliciting applications for the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) Lupus Research Program (LRP) Impact Award. The LRP IPA encourages applications that support the full spectrum of research projects or ideas that specifically focus on scientific and clinical lupus issues. Applications should include a well-formulated, testable hypothesis based on strong scientific rationale that is established through inferential reasoning and/or critical review and analysis of the literature. The LRP IPA supports high-risk, high-reward studies that have the potential to make a significant advancement in lupus research.
Key areas of focus for the FY24 LRP IPA include:
• Understanding how lupus disease heterogeneity impacts risk of disease, disease presentation, clinical course, and outcomes
• 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
• Innovative health care delivery models improving outcomes for lupus.