Identify the Grant for which You Wish to Apply

The following are only a sampling of the research grants available to and applicable to rheumatology researchers. If connected to the Internet, then clicking on the hyperlinks below will take you the respective Web sites. If not connected to the Internet, the Web sites are listed beneath each hyperlink for future reference.

First Grants are Typically “Mentored Grants”

NIH Career Development Awards (K Awards)

Table comparing K-Awards Across NIH Institutes
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/K-Awards_Across_ICs.xls 

K Awards for Health Professional Doctorate
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/kawardhp.htm

K Awards for Research Doctorate
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/kawardresearch.htm

• K01 (Mentored Research Scientist Career Development Award)
• K08 (Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award)
• K23 (Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award)
• K99/R00 (Pathway to Independence Award)

NIH Research Awards (R Awards)

R series Grant Table--NIH Web Site
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm#RSeries

American College of Rheumatology

Research and Education Foundation
http://www.rheumatology.org/ref/awards/applicant_index.asp

Training and Career Development Awards
http://grants1.nih.gov/training/kawardresearch.htm

• Training and Career Development Awards
  1. Rheumatology Scientist Development Award
  2. ASP Career Development in Geriatric Medicine
  3. Career Development Bridge Funding Award
• Established Investigator Awards
  1. Rheumatology Investigator Award
  2. Disease Targeted Research Initiative Grants

Arthritis Foundation

2009 Arthritis Foundation Research Grant Request for Applications
http://www.arthritis.org/media/research/RFA%202009final72709.pdf 

• Training and Career Development Awards
  1. Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants
  2. Chapter Grants
• Established Investigator Grants
  1. Innovative Research Grants in OA
  2. Innovative Research Grants in Juvenile Arthritis
  3. Innovative Research Grants in Assessment of Risk/Benefit Interventions in Arthritis

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Five Awards in Clinical Research
http://www.ddcf.org/page.asp?pageId=786

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Seven Program Areas for Grants
http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/

Institutional Grants

• University-specific grants or awards
• Department-specific grants or awards

Local Grants

• Community specific companies
• Community specific chapters of national organizations
  1. Arthritis Foundation (local chapters)
  2. Lupus Foundation (local chapters)

Department of Defense (highest funding rate of unsolicited grant submissions)

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Grant Web Site
http://www.darpa.mil/funding_opportunities.html

National Science Foundation

NSF Grant Web Site
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/

Pharmaceutical Foundations

Investigator-Initiated Research Award or Grant

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