Request for Letters of Interest: Arthritis Foundation

Request for Letters of Interest: Arthritis Foundation Deadline: September 30, 2014 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time All letters of interest must be submitted through proposalCENTRAL The Arthritis Foundation is requesting letters of interest (LOI) for research projects that show promise to achieve a faster cure for arthritis and related diseases. The LOI will inform the development of a new Scientific Strategy to be announced in November 2014 and a Request for Proposals (RFP) to be released in December 2014. The Arthritis Foundation is particularly interested in research regarding fact-based metrics to guide actions and policies to improve the health of people across the lifespan with arthritis and related diseases; expediting movement between basic research to patient-centered research to population-based research to point of care; and improving clinical decision-making and health outcomes at point of care through the use of new products, tools, and technologies for people across the lifespan with arthritis and related diseases. Who May Submit a LOI The Arthritis Foundation is seeking to engage creative minds across scientific disciplines — including those who have not previously taken part in arthritis research — to work on solutions that could lead to breakthrough advances to find a faster cure for arthritis and related diseases. Receiving advisement across scientific disciplines and/or partnering across disciplines can result in research that accompl...
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