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 Dates
- Dec 15, 2023: Proposal Central opens for application submissions
- Feb 5, 2024: Deadline for all data/sample requests related to grant applications
- March 15, 2024: Application Deadline
- June 2024: Applicant Notifications
- July 1, 2024: Project Period Start Date
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.
Funding Opportunities
See all current opportunities in Proposal Central
Open Opportunities
Travel Support Grants
PReS Meeting
CARRA is funding up to 2 travel awards for Early Investigators and/or fellows to attend the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society (PReS) annual meeting and the preconference meeting for young/early investigators in Gothenburg, Sweden from September 11 through September 14. 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.
Prior awardees are not eligible.
Application deadline: May 6, 2024
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
This award funds publication costs (not eligible for support from the investigator’s institution or other funding mechanisms) for CARRA-related manuscripts that have been accepted for publication.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Up to $3000
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.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Up to $10,000
Closed Opportunities
CARRA-Arthritis Foundation Grants
Small Grants
Large Grants
Fellow Grants
Health Equity Research Grants
Mentored Career Development Award
Advancing Biosample Collection Awards
Bridge Award
CARRA-PReS Collaborative Research Grant
In cooperation with PReS, CARRA accepts the following application:
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)
Travel Support Grants
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
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 7-12, 2024 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: April 2, 2024
Maximum award is $2,000 USD
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].
Read more about findings from CARRA-supported awards.