The Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium has over 20 academic institutions which receive infrastructure support grants to support readiness for testing new lupus therapies. 

The organization engages in many different types of educational activities aimed at demonstrating the need for lupus clinical research and highlighting issues that are unique to lupus clinical research. 

The Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium strives to be a unifying force in the lupus community, with the goal of advancing the science of lupus clinical research collaboratively.