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Research Program Areas

AKC Canine Health Foundation Requests for proposals (RFPs) are categorized by Research Program Area and grant applications must be submitted in response to specific RFPs.

For more information about Research Program Areas and other changes to the application process for 2013 please read an open letter to applicants and view a presentation on how to be successful in writing a grant to the AKC Canine Health Foundation.

Within each Program Area you will find:

  • a description of the Program Area
  • links to apply for grants in the Program Area
  • links to view research recently funded by the AKC Canine Health Foundation in the Program Area 

Program Areas:

Behavior

Bloat Initiative

Blood Disorders

Canine Athlete Initiative

Cardiology

Dermatology and Allergic Disease

Endocrinology

Epilepsy

Gastrointestinal Disease

General Canine Health and Obesity

Hepatic Disease

Immunology and Infectious Disease

Lung and Respiratory Disease

Musculoskeletal Conditions and Disease

Neurology

Oncology

Ophthalmology

Renal Disease

Reproductive Conditions and Disease

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