Overview
CARRA’s peer-reviewed Intramural Grant Program offers various funding opportunities to support investigators at all career levels and advance research that furthers our mission. CARRA values collaborative research, including studies with an international reach and those that are high impact, innovative and may lead to additional funding.
Important Information
- All grant applications will be submitted via Proposal Central.
- All applicants must register as users on Proposal Central here.
- Click here for Proposal Central’s guide on how to set up an account.
- Click here for Proposal Central’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s).
- Still need help with Proposal Central? Reach out to Proposal Central’s Support Desk.
CARRA-AF Important Dates
- October 16, 2024: Proposal Central opens for application submissions
- January 15, 2025: LOI for Reg and Biobank related RFAs
- February 28, 2025: Application Deadline (except Team Science Planning Grant)
- March – April 2025: Reviews conducted
- April 2025 – Early May 2025: Study sections meet
- May/June 2025: Applicant Notifications
- July 1, 2025: Project Period Start
Team Science Planning Grant
- February 20, 2025: Letter of Intent (LOI) due
- April 2025: Present concept if LOI accepted
- August 22, 2025: Application Deadline
- September – November 2025: Reviews conducted & Study sections meet
- December 31, 2025: Project Period Start
CARRA Travel Support Grants
PReS Meeting Travel Award
- May 6, 2025: Application Deadline
- July 1, 2025: Applicant Notifications
- September 11 – 14, 2025: Meeting
Utrecht Travel Award
- March 31, 2025: Application Deadline
- May 1, 2025: Applicant Notifications
Download the full timeline for grants (PDF)
Funding Opportunities
See all current opportunities in Proposal Central
Open Opportunities
Travel Support Grants
PReS Travel Award
CARRA is funding up to 2 travel awards for Early Investigators and/or Fellows to attend the 32nd Annual Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) Congress, and the preconference meeting for young/early investigators in Helsinki, Finland from September 17 through September 20, 2025. This opportunity is open to all CARRA US and Canadian Early Investigator and Fellow members. This is an outstanding meeting and a great chance to present your work and network.
The project PI must be an Early Investigator or Fellow who is a current CARRA member in good standing and who is up to date on both membership dues and membership information (location, contact information, and membership status). CARRA Board of Directors and Executive Committee members are not eligible to apply.
Prior awardees are not eligible.
Application deadline: May 5, 2025
Maximum award is $2,000 USD
Download RFA (PDF)
Additional Grant Opportunities
CARRA also accepts the following applications on a rolling basis:
Publication Support Grant
The purpose of this funding mechanism is to aid investigators by supporting publication costs for CARRA-related manuscripts that have been accepted for publication for CARRA-AF grants awarded prior to the 2025 grant year, CARRA and Committee or workgroup research. Up to six grants will be awarded. Awards can be up to $3,000 based on the justification provided. Applications not adhering to requirements will not be considered for funding. Indirect costs are not allowed. All manuscripts must be reviewed/approved by the CARRA Publications Committee.
Up to 6 awards
$3,000 per award
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Download RFA (PDF)
Closed Opportunities
CARRA Utrecht Travel Award
This funding opportunity provides travel support to Early Investigators who attend the Utrecht Summer School research course “Translational Medicine: Doing the Right Research Right,” offered July 6-11, 2025 in the Netherlands.
The project PI must be an Early Investigator who is a current CARRA member in good standing and who is up to date on both membership dues and membership information (location, contact information, and membership status). CARRA Board of Directors and Executive Committee members are not eligible to apply.
Prior awardees are not eligible.
Application deadline: March 31, 2025
Maximum award is $2,000 USD
Download RFA (PDF)
Data Analysis Support Grant
This award supports qualitative or quantitative data analyses on existing CARRA datasets from collaborative research projects. Funds may be requested to complete a fixed set of tasks that will result in the timely publication of results. The investigator should have the necessary data in hand at the time of the application submission.
Up to $10,000
Small Grants
Large Grants
Mentored Career Development Award
Bridge Award
Advancing Biosample Collection Award
Clinical Management JIA Grant
This award supports a retrospective study of existing CARRA Registry data that directly addresses an impactful clinical treatment decision in the management of JIA. It is anticipated that proposed studies will likely assess the effectiveness or safety of medications used in the treatment of JIA, although other topics will be considered. Comparative effectiveness studies are encouraged, while purely descriptive and cross-sectional studies are highly discouraged.
2-year award
Up to 1 award
$75,000 per award
Download Instruction Sheet (PDF)
Download RFA (PDF)
Fellow Grants
Pilot JIA Translational Research Grant
This pilot grant opportunity supports research that utilizes the CARRA Registry and/or biorepository and is intended to address promising new JIA projects and/or pursue novel ideas in basic, clinical, and translational JIA research that will provide preliminary data for future grant applications from other agencies and programs.
2-year award
Up to 1 award
$175,000
Download Instruction Sheet (PDF)
Download RFA (PDF)
Team Science Planning Grant
The CARRA-Arthritis Foundation Team Science planning grant aims to stimulate the
development of high-quality, multi-investigator, multi-disciplinary program projects that
advance to extramurally funded grant awards.
1-year award
Up to 1 award
$100,000 per award
Download RFA (PDF)
Not Offered in 2025
VERITY/Brigham Course in Clinical Rheumatology Research
Through a partnership with Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, CARRA is able to select two members to receive travel support to participate in the VERITY/Brigham Course in Rheumatology Clinical Research at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA on April 2-5, 2024.
Eligibility: Fellows and junior faculty
Up to two $1000 travel scholarships
Scholarship application deadline: January 19, 2024
Health Equity Research Grants
CARRA-PReS Collaborative Research Grant
This award supports collaborative research activities between CARRA and PReS early career investors and provides seed funding that allows CARRA and PReS investigators to successfully plan and apply for other grants that could support large-scale collaborative research activities.
2-year award
1 award per year
€50,000 EUR or USD equivalent per award
Download RFA (PDF)
over 143
grants awarded since 2016
5.3 million+
awarded
65
institutions funded
“The impact of this grant (CARRA-Arthritis Foundation Career Development Award) on my career cannot be overstated. This award is an “infusion of life support” to my research career.”
– 2022 Awardee Tamar Rubinstein, MD, MS, Children’s Hospital at Montefiore.
“Engagement and Depression in Adolescents and Young Adults with Childhood-onset Lupus”
For questions about CARRA’s peer-reviewed, intramural grant program, please contact Emily Klein, Sr. Grants Manager at [email protected].
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