The goals of the VF Research Grant Program are to improve the quality of life for patients with vasculitis and ultimately find the causes and cures for vasculitis.

We welcome applications for our grants once a year and this year they are due Monday, August 18, 2008.

The applications are evaluated by the Research Advisory Committee whose members are physicians in various fields and are familiar with the problems of vasculitis patients and are familiar with the research in this field. They evaluate and rank each application and forward their recommendations to the VF Research Committee, which then decides which applications can be funded and presents these recommendations to the VF Board of Directors for approval.

The criteria for funding are very strict. The proposed studies must be planned around a sound hypothesis, must use scientific methods, and must have evidence that supports the hypothesis. The track record of the investigator must demonstrate honesty and ability to produce results and there must be infrastructure present at the institution to strongly support the study.

The study may be directed exclusively at one vasculitis disease which could have overlap with other diseases or toward a basic problem that could affect all vasculitis diseases.

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