*** This opportunity will be available soon. The next call is expected to open in spring 2022. The following information is subject to change. ***
The European League Against Rheumatism and the American College of Rheumatology invite proposals for their collaborative projects call. This supports collaborative projects in the area of rheumatism. Specifically, proposals should focus on one of the following areas:
•classification criteria including the revision or revisiting of old criteria sets that are no longer working due to shifts in disease understanding or management;
•response criteria for evaluating meaningful change in disease status for use in clinical trials and possibly clinical practice.
Proposals which fall under one of the following categories will be favoured: a disease with high prevalence; a less prevalent disease with a large impact on morbidity or mortality; a disease for which criteria exist but are suboptimal; and other projects that advance the criteria development field by using innovative methods. Proposals must consist of suggested collaborators from North America and at least three European countries.
One to two grants are available, each comprising USD 65,000 from ACR and matched funding from ELAR.