Funder: Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Data and sample requests) | April 2027 (Application)
Funding Amounts: One award of €50,000 EUR or USD equivalent for two years
Summary: Seed funding for early-career CARRA and PreS investigators to develop joint pediatric rheumatology research and pursue larger collaborative grants.
Key Information: Requires two co-PIs: a current CARRA member from North America and a current PreS member from outside North America.
Description
The CARRA-PreS Collaborative Research Award supports joint research by early-career investigators in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) and PreS. It provides seed funding to convene meetings, generate preliminary data, and conduct collaborative pilot studies that establish a foundation for larger research initiatives and future grant applications.
Proposals should leverage both organizations’ infrastructure, address research priorities shared by their communities, engage patients, and bring together expertise beyond what either group could achieve alone. Projects should advance knowledge in pediatric rheumatology, benefit its scientific community, and further both organizations’ missions. Plans for dissemination, sharing data for future research, and sustaining the collaboration beyond the award are integral to the application.
