PREMIER Core Usage Grant

Funds $1000-6000 for pilot studies using PREMIER core services
Deadline: Mon. June 16, 2025 5pm PDT

Core Usage Grant

PREMIER

Precision Medicine in Rheumatology (PREMIER) is an NIH/NIAMS funded Center at UCSF with the overarching goal of facilitating and enhancing precision medicine studies in rheumatic diseases

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PREMIER Biorepository

The GT Core now has a searchable database of thousands of patient samples from autoimmune disease cohorts.

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GT Core

Genomic Technology Core provides access to biospecimens from rheumatic disease patients and facilitate access to state-of-the-art genomics and cellular molecular technologies

CDI Core

Clinical Data and Informatics Core provides expertise in study design, clinical informatics, and rheumatic diseases to facilitate the identification and recruitment of defined patient groups for research

IB Core

Integrative Bioinformatics Core provides expertise in state-of-the-art computational approaches required for study design, bioinformatics data analysis, data integration, and data dissemination

RAP Pilot Grants

Resource Allocation Program
Fall 2023 cycle
Applications open: 8/28/23
Submissions deadline: 10/2/23 2pm PT

CLUES

California Lupus Epidemiology Study (CLUES) is an ongoing study of the ways in which lupus affects people's daily lives as well as the genetic and environmental factors for lupus

Mission

PREMIER will provide investigators with access to biospecimens, expertise, training, and pilot funding to advance precision medicine studies in rheumatic diseases.

UCSF is a national leader in the area of precision medicine. PREMIER, Precision Medicine in Rheumatology is an NIH/NIAMS funded Center at UCSF with the overarching goal of facilitating and enhancing precision medicine studies in rheumatic diseases. PREMIER can provide investigators with resources to enable studies that will better define rheumatic disease subgroups with different etiologies, prognoses, or treatment responses. Core resources can provide access to clinical data and biospecimens along with new technologies for cellular, molecular and genetic phenotyping and bioinformatics analyses.

Funding Opportunities

PREMIER has several funding opportunities throughout the year, including pilot grants for established and junior investigators managed by the Resource Allocation Program (RAP), and Core Usage Grants managed by PREMIER. More details are available on the Funding Opportunities page of our website.