To prevent, treat and cure lupus through medical research. 100% of all donations goes to support lupus research programs because the ALR board of directors funds all administrative and fundraising costs.

We are charged to find better treatments for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus), a debilitating autoimmune disease. Ultimately, by supporting medical research, we hope to prevent lupus and cure it. We believe the solution to lupus is increased biomedical research into the disease, and all our efforts reflect this belief. The ALR adopted a model rarely seen in the science world by applying a business approach to the research process. Like venture capitalists in other areas, we look to fund scientifically sound, but also “high risk, high reward” projects. Through our longest-running grant mechanism, Target Identification in Lupus, we provide large grants with a relatively short funding window of two years to researchers working in areas most likely to lead to a cure. With the lupus research funding from this program, ALR has accelerated the pace of biomedical research studies of lupus.

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