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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt; background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#004990">The Scleroderma Research Foundation is pursuing opportunities to expand its research program to advance understanding
of the pathogenesis of scleroderma and to promote the design, development and pilot testing of hypothesis-driven innovative therapeutic approaches. The SRF encourages applications from scientists who have not previously worked on scleroderma, as well as those
with substantial ongoing scleroderma-focused effort.</span></b></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#333333">Research grant applications for studies for up to three years and an annual maximum award of $200,000 are currently
being accepted for 2018 awards. Funding support from the SRF may NOT be used for administrative overhead, indirect expenses or other institutional charges. The sole exception to this prohibition is that the SRF will pay indirect costs of up to 7.5% of the
direct project costs for multi-center (including more than 10 distinct clinical centers), longitudinal patient studies (with an agreement for at least 3 years of follow-up) that are intended to enroll more than 1,000 scleroderma patients. The deadline for
receipt of new applications for a SRF Research Grant is December 15, 2017.</span></p>
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