Scleroderma Foundation Established Investigator Grants
Scleroderma Foundation
Award: $150,000
Deadline: Sep 15, 2026
To provide an propose pilot studies to obtain preliminary data dealing with a highly innovative and/or highly relevant theme related to the disease. Qualifications: Applicants must be foreign organizations and institutions are eligible; applicants must have a doctorate degree in Medicine, Osteopathy, Veterinary Medicine or one of the sciences; must have completed a postdoctoral fellowship; and have been principal investigator on grants from the National Scleroderma Foundation or other national, private or government agencies in the past. Selection criteria: Applications will be reviewed and scored by the foundation's peer review committee; reviewers will evaluate applications based on NIH guidelines for review that include evaluating strengths and weaknesses of the application. innovation, significance, approach, investigator(s), and environment are considered. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application; introduction to revised application (not to exceed 2 pages); introduction to supplemental application (not to exceed one page); number of publications and manuscripts accepted for publication (not to exceed 3); the appendix should be as a separate pdf file as follows: last name, first name_appendix; applications should be submitted by one of the following methods: pdf files of application and appendix; email pdf files of application and appendix; pdf files of application and appendix to a flash drive and mailed; project abstract, performance site and key personnel (page 2); lay person summary (page 3); budget: use national scleroderma foundation budget forms for 1st and each subsequent year(s); pages 4-6; resources (page 7); biosketch of principal investigators and co-investigators; sponsor letter and professional reference letters (required for new investigators awards only) and letters of agreement from co-investigators; introduction to revised application (limit two pages); research plan (10 pages): section a-d is limited to 10 pages. Focus: Medicine, Osteopathic.