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Research Priorities

AKC Canine Health Foundation research grants are awarded for projects that seek to prevent, treat and cure canine diseases, and help dogs and their owners live longer, healthier lives. Our funded research projects range from molecular research that may identify the genetic cause of disease or study the underlying mechanism of disease pathogenesis to clinical research that may test the efficacy of a drug.

Within the context of our Research Program Areas, these diseases are considered the top 20 specific health concerns of our breed associations and therefore are funding priorities within our research portfolio:

Hip Dysplasia
Hypothyroidism
Allergies
Hemangiosarcoma
Epilepsy
Lymphoma
Atopic Dermatitis
Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus or Bloat
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Patellar Luxation

Anterior or Cranial Cruciate Ligment Rupture
Mammary Tumors
Cataracts or Pannus
Elbow Dysplasia
Cryptorchidism
Food Allergy
Cleft Palate
Pyometra
Periodontal Disease
Mast Cell Tumors

Please note: within each of our Research Program Areas you will find a far more extensive list of topics of interest.
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One Health

One Health is an initiative to improve animal and human health globally through collaboration between veterinarians, physicians, osteopaths, dentists, nurses and other scientific-health professionals. CHF recognizes and supports proposals that improve the health of dogs while simultaneously advancing research for human medicine.

Academia-Industry Partnerships

The CHF recognizes that early academia-industry collaboration increases the potential for moving research from the laboratory bench to the veterinary clinic faster and more efficiently than if academia works alone. Therefore, the CHF supports academia-industry partnerships in grant applications.