Community Practice Innovative Award |
The mission of the Rheumatology Research Foundation is to advance research and training to improve the health of people with rheumatic disease.
The purpose of the Community Practice Innovation (CPI) Award is to promote and grow ideas that are directly generated from the rheumatology practice community that will have a meaningful impact on practice implementation, efficiency and sustainability. These grants are meant to support projects which can be successfully conducted with the resources available in a clinical practice setting. Examples include (but are not limited to):
- Quality improvement studies,
- Implementation projects,
- Access/workflow/shared care/practice efficiency initiatives,
- Practice based learning collaboratives,
- Quality improvement resource use or cost analysis projects and
- Feasibility or pilot studies aimed at generating preliminary data to support larger definitive studies.
To help disseminate the scholarly work accomplished during the award period to the broader rheumatology community, the Foundation will require a commitment by the practitioner to disseminate the findings in an appropriate, transparent, and timely manner. This includes presentations at local/regional/state society meetings and a Foundation-coordinated session at the ACR Convergence. In addition, award recipients should describe how any tools/toolkits/resources developed with Foundation funds will be shared with the broader rheumatology community when appropriate.
Annually, the Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Council will choose one recipient of this award to receive the special designation of the Norman B. Gaylis, MD Clinical Research Award. This designated award was established in 2015 with a generous commitment from Norman B. Gaylis, MD.
Award Amount: Up to $80,000 for 1-year, competitive renewal available for year 2 funding (up to $80,000) based on need and progress achieved during year 1.
Required, non-binding letters of intent are due January 15th. All applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM ET on the deadline day via email to foundation@rheumatology.org.
Read the Request for Applications and the Instructions for All Awards thoroughly prior to preparing your application (links below).
All applications must be submitted electronically via e-mail by 5:00PM ET on XXX. Required questions are indicated by a red star and must be completed in order to submit your application.
We ask that all application submission must be saved as a PDF with ½ inch margins, 11-point Arial Font, and single-spacing.
For additional information contact Foundation staff at Foundation@rheumatology.org or (404) 633-3777.
| Letter of Intent Deadline | Application Deadline | Notification | Award Start Date |
| January 15, 2026 | February 2, 2026 | May 2, 2026 | July 1, 2026 |
| Instructions |
All applications must be submitted electronically via e-mail by 5:00PM ET on XXX. Required questions are indicated by a red star and must be completed in order to submit your application.
We ask that all application submission must be saved as a PDF with ½ inch margins, 11-point Arial Font, and single-spacing.
For additional information contact Foundation staff at Foundation@rheumatology.org or (404) 633-3777.