Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation Blog

December 2, 2025

Make the Most of Your RLS Foundation Membership!

As an active RLS Foundation member, you have exclusive access to the member portal on www.rls.org. Here, you can explore over 30 publications, past editions of NightWalkers, and previously recorded webinars. Register for the member portal today to unlock these valuable resources and make the most of your membership!

If you have already registered for the member portal, you may need to reset your password, as it expires after one year of inactivity. Follow the steps below to register for the member portal or log in to your existing account!

Creating a Member Portal

If you have not registered for the member portal, follow the steps below. If you already have a username and password, skip to the next section.

1. Go to www.rls.org/login-member.
2. Click "New User Registration" in blue under the yellow "Login" button.
3. Enter your contact information.
4. Create a username. (You may use your email address as the username.)
5. Create a password and enter it once in the box and again in the second box to confirm. See password requirements below.
6. Click submit.

Password Requirements

1. The password must be at least 12 characters and must contain at least one number, one lowercase letter, one uppercase letter, and one special character ($, #, %, *, &, @, !).
2. The password cannot contain your name(s), username, "Password," or “RLS Foundation” in any text direction (e.g., drowssap is invalid).
3. The password cannot contain any indicator of time, date, or season in any text direction (e.g., My0rg1976).
4. The password cannot contain any of the above even with special character variations (e.g., spring, $pring, spr1ng, $unday, Sunday, Sund@y).

Please note that password requirements are determined by our website provider and cannot be modified by the RLS Foundation.

You will not have immediate access to the member portal upon registering. Please allow 24 business hours for your registration to be linked to your active membership.

Logging into the Member Portal

1. Go to www.rls.org/login-member.
2. Enter your username and password.
3. Click submit.
4. You now have access to the member portal! All resources can be found under the “Member Portal” tab. You will be logged out after one hour of inactivity.

If you have successfully logged in but are still unable to view the resources listed under the “Member Portal” tab, your membership may be expired. To view the status of your membership, select “Renew my membership” by hovering over the “Member Portal” tab. If your membership is inactive, click “Renew Now.”

All memberships are active through September 30 of the following year. You will not have immediate access upon renewing; please allow 24 business hours for your renewal to be linked to your account.

Resetting My Password

If you are unsure whether you have an existing member portal or need to reset your password, follow the steps below:

1. Go to www.rls.org/login-member.
2. Click "Forgotten Password" in blue under the yellow "Login" button.
3. Enter the email associated with your member portal.
4. Select and enter either "Username" or "First and Last Name."
5. Click submit to receive your username and a link to reset your password (check your Junk folder).
6. Click the reset password link in the email. Refer to the “Password Requirements” section above.
7. Once you reset your password, return to www.rls.org/login-member and enter your username and new password.
8. Click submit.

If you do not receive a password reset email, you may not have an existing member portal. In that case, follow the steps in the Creating a Member Portal section above.

Additional Support

If you have further questions regarding your membership status or portal registration, please email info@rls.org with the subject line: Assistance with Member Portal.

Call for RLS Research Grant Proposals

December 3, 2025

The RLS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that aspires to achieve universal awareness of restless legs syndrome, to support the identification of effective treatments, and to find a cure for the millions of individuals who suffer from RLS.

The RLS Foundation calls for grant proposals of a one year-duration, with funding levels of up to $50,000 (including 8% for F&A costs), based on the number of funded applications. A renewal or extension of a previously funded proposed project may be considered, but any extension would be subject to the regular competitive approval process for year two.

The number of total awards will depend on the number and quality of the applications submitted. Currently, the Foundation is expecting to support up to two proposals for the 2026 – 2027 grant cycle. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has agreed to co-sponsor two grant awards for the 2026 round of funding.

Spring 2026 Priorities

For this round of funding, the primary research priorities are:

• Iron homeostasis: - e.g. Elucidate the genetic/epigenetic, developmental and biological factors that contribute to RLS-relevant alterations in the central nervous system.
• Comorbidities: - e.g. Elucidate the interactions between RLS and comorbid disorders, such as cardiovascular disease and sleep apnea.
• Genetic/epigenetic: - e.g. Elucidate the interactions between RLS-relevant genetic/epigenetic factors or the consequence of these genetic/epigenetic factors on RLS-relevant neurobiological factors.
• Other topics: Other research areas related to RLS may also be accepted for funding consideration.

Requirements

• Eligibility: All institutions within the United States, Canada and other countries where supervision of grant administration is possible are eligible.
• Human Subject Protection: Approval by the institution’s human investigation committee is necessary for all projects that involve human subjects.
• Recombinant DNA Research and Animal Welfare: The RLS Foundation has adopted the regulations pertaining to these areas, as established by the US Public Health Service.
• Multiple Awards: Individual investigators may receive a maximum of one RLSF grant award of any kind in a given year.

Application process

• The grant submission is a two-step process requiring both "pre-application” (letter of intent) due no later than January 23, 2026 and, if invited, a full application as indicated further below. Both pre-application and full application will be submitted via a specific link.
• The application title and all information for the Principal Investigator (PI), Business Official(s), Performing Organization, and Contracting Organization must be consistent throughout the entire preapplication and full application submission process.
• If submitting a joint proposal involving multiple PIs (Partnering PI Option): The Initiating PI must complete the preapplication submission process and submit the contact information for the partnering PI.
• Fund disbursement for successful applications will be contingent upon documentation of approved institutional review or animal user protocols, as appropriate.

Preapplication (Letter of Intent) Submission Components

The Letter of Intent (LOI) should consist of a preproposal with:

• Rationale (500-word limit): State the hypothesis and reasoning on which the proposed research project is based. Briefly describe how preliminary data, scientific rationale, and referenced literature support the research hypothesis. Clearly demonstrate that there is sufficient rationale for the project.
• Focus Area: Identify the research priority(ies) from the Spring 2026 Research Priorities list above that the proposed study seeks to address, if applicable.
• Specific Aims and Study Design (500-word limit): Clearly describe the type of research study being proposed. Concisely state the project’s objectives, specific aims and ultimate endpoints. As applicable, briefly describe the proposed recruitment strategies and methods, how they will accomplish the project’s aims, as well as the outcome measures that will be used.
• Research Team (250-word limit): Provide a description of the research team that clearly demonstrates the appropriate background and experience to accomplish the proposed work.
• Impact and Relevance to RLS (250-word limit): Describe how the proposed work will impact healthcare and quality-of-life needs for patients and/or family members or beneficiaries living with RLS.

In addition, for the pre-proposal, applicants need to provide a reference list (one-page limit), a list of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols, and biographical sketches (NIH format) of all key personnel. The pre-application and the supporting documents need to be converted into a single PDF file before uploading.

Formatting Requirements

For both pre- and full submissions, applicants need to abide for all documents by the NIH-based formatting requirements for grant applications:

• Paper size no larger than standard letter paper size (8 ½" x 11”).
• At least one-half inch margins (½”) — top, bottom, left and right — for all pages.
• No more than 6 lines per vertical inch.
• Font size at least 11 pt in fonts: Arial, Georgia, Helvetica, or Palatino Linotype.

To be considered, the LOI can be submitted online starting December 3, 2025 and must be submitted by January 23, 2026 (CT). See sample template for LOI here. Applicants will be informed in late February if their proposal is invited for a full application.

Full Application Submission Components:

If invited to submit a full application, the PI will receive the link to the full application and submission components.

Award Process

Schedule: The RLS Foundation Scientific and Medical Advisory Board (SMAB) and external reviewers strive to review all applications in a timely manner. The goal is to provide the results to the LOI applicants within two months of the respective grant deadline and four months after submission of the full proposals.

Review: The SMAB will evaluate and rank the full proposals based on scientific merit. Overall impact, significance, approach, innovation (conceptual, technical) and individual criteria will be taken into account for funding consideration.

Award: The RLS Foundation Board of Directors will make final award decisions in accordance with available funds, based on the evaluation provided by the SMAB and other prioritization factors as determined by the Board of Directors.

Recipient Requirements:

In order to receive an RLS Foundation research grant, the recipient must:

1. Within one month of the grant award, provide a photo of the grantee and a one-page article for publication in NightWalkers (the Foundation’s quarterly news magazine), describing in layman’s language the importance of the research to the RLS community and the recipient’s intention for future research.
2. Use the terminology restless legs syndrome in all grant-related publications and correspondence.
3. For 1-year awards, agree to submit a progress report after 6 months and 12 months from the starting date of the grant.
4. Acknowledge the RLS Foundation’s support in any published work or audiovisual productions resulting from research that the Foundation has supported. (Provide PDF copies of any reprints to the Executive Director of the RLS Foundation.)
5. Agree, if RLS Foundation funded research is commercialized or generates revenues, to devote a portion of the revenues to repaying the entire amount of the grant received, plus interest at the-prevailing prime rate, to the Foundation. Interest will be calculated semi-annually on the unpaid portion of the amount to be repaid.

Lastly, the intent of the RLS Foundation Research Grant Program is to provide seed monies to support researchers in their research endeavors and help them obtain the data to successfully request large scale funding elsewhere.

Thus, while an application may be also submitted to other organizations or agencies for funding, the applicant may not receive funding from the RLS Foundation, if any of those other projects are awarded or funded prior to the award being granted by the RLS Foundation.

The applicant will notify the RLS Foundation in writing of award funding for the same proposal from another organization and withdraw the application from consideration.

Costs Not Permitted

The following costs are not allowable under the RLS Foundation’s grant programs:

• New construction, alterations, or renovations of existing facilities
• Consultant fees, unless specified in the original grant application
• Travel and healthcare costs

RLS Research Grant Program

The RLS Grant Program started in 1997 and has funded over 50 grants totaling over $2 million. Membership support is the primary funding support of the RLS Foundation Research Grant Program. Help us to continue to fund promising new RLS research and end RLS for future generations.

December 1, 2025

RLS Foundation Certifies Thomas Jefferson University Hospital as a QCC

As an RLS Quality Care Center, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital is certified to provide expert care to patients with restless legs syndrome, a chronic neurological sleep disorder.

AUSTIN, TEXAS, August 15, 2025 – The Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Foundation announces it has certified Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (TJUH) as an RLS Quality Care Center.

An estimated 2%-3% of adults need daily clinical treatment for RLS, a chronic neurological disease that disrupts sleep and can have a devastating impact on overall quality of life. As an RLS Quality Care Center, TJUH will serve as a destination for RLS patients who need expert medical care.

“We are honored to be designated as a Quality Care Center by the RLS Foundation,” says Zhikui Wei, MD, PhD, director of the Quality Care Center at TJUH. “This recognition reflects our commitment to providing comprehensive, evidence-based care for individuals with RLS. Our team has particular expertise in managing complex cases, including augmentation, iron deficiency associated with RLS and refractory RLS that do not respond to first-line therapies,” he adds.

TJUH joins a network of 15 other institutions in the US and Europe that are certified by the RLS Foundation as Quality Care Centers. Through this program, the Foundation aims to improve the diagnosis and treatment of the disease worldwide.

RLS Quality Care Centers:

• Provide expert care to RLS patients
• Serve as information and referral resources for healthcare providers who treat patients with RLS and regional support groups
• Support patients and families through educational offerings and literature
• Share information with other centers to improve clinical best practices
• Partner with the RLS Foundation on quality improvement projects to raise the standard of care for RLS patients everywhere

“We are pleased to welcome TJUH to the RLS Foundation Quality Care Center network,” says RLS Foundation Executive Director Karla Dzienkowski. “Individuals with moderate to severe RLS face significant challenges in managing symptoms and finding experienced healthcare providers who are skilled in designing effective treatment plans. The goal of care at a QCC is to improve overall quality of life.”

Dzienkowski adds, “The RLS Quality Care Center network promotes access to healthcare providers with expertise in RLS management. We look forward to our partnership with TJUH to advance the quality of care for RLS patients.”

The contact information for USC is listed on the RLS Foundation website. Other certified RLS Quality Care Centers are:

• Johns Hopkins Center for Restless Legs Syndrome
• Mayo Clinic Center for Sleep Medicine
• Houston Methodist Neurological Institute
• Stanford Sleep Medicine Center
• Emory Sleep Center
• Yale Center for Restless Legs Syndrome
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Scripps Clinic Viterbi Family Sleep Center
• Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland
• Innsbruck Medical University
• Massachusetts General
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Virginia at Charlottesville
• Barrow Neurological Institute

To learn more about the RLS Quality Care Center Program, visit www.rls.org/quality-care-centers.

About the RLS Foundation

The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of all who live with restless legs syndrome (RLS). Founded in 1992, the Foundation’s goals are to increase awareness, improve treatments and advance research to find a cure. The Foundation serves healthcare providers, researchers, over 6,000 members, and an estimated 12 million individuals in the United States who have the disease. The Foundation’s Research Grant Program has awarded over $2 million in funding for medical research on RLS causes and treatments. For more information, visit www.rls.org.

CONTACT
Adrianna Colucci
Communications and Marketing Coordinator
adrianna@rls.org
512-366-9109

October 27, 2025

Request for Symposia: Peter Brooks International RLS State of the Science Conference 2026

The RLS Foundation is in the process of planning the program for the Peter Brooks International RLS State of the Science Conference to be held at the Washington Dulles Hilton Hotel from September 23-26, 2026. The planning committee has proposed several broad topic areas for 90–120-minute symposia (see the list below).

Since this meeting is an opportunity to highlight the cutting edge of basic and clinical scientific inquiry, we invite the RLS research community to propose symposia topics with 3-4 potential presenters for consideration. Proposals do not need to follow the topic areas listed below. All basic and clinical RLS science presentations, as well as symposia that combine these approaches are of interest. Innovative proposals that connect RLS with other areas of basic and/or clinical research are also highly encouraged. At this point, we are seeking pre-proposals submissions of the intended symposia or presentations (titles and tentative speakers) only, with a due date of December 31, 2025. The RLSF Scientific and Medical Advisory Board will then review the submissions and contact the selected speakers / symposium chairs to request the finalized topics and titles by March 31, 2026 (final due date).

Proposal submissions should include the following:

1. Symposia title with a brief description of the session focus and learning objectives (limited to one paragraph).
2. Individual presentation topics/titles
3. Name and affiliation of each presenter.

Participation fees for symposium chairs and speakers will be waived and, pending funding support, presenters may be eligible for an additional discount for lodging or partial travel reimbursements.

All pre-proposals should be submitted by December 31, 2025 to Stefan Clemens (clemenss@ecu.edu) and copied to Karla Dzienkowski (karla@rls.org) and Adrianna Colucci (adrianna@rls.org).

If you have any questions, please contact the RLS Foundation Executive Director Karla Dzienkowski at karla@rls.org.

Examples of suggested symposia topics (non-exclusive):

• RLS over the last 20 years (basic and clinical research & practice)
• Epidemiology and genetics in the clinic
• The connection between RLS and PLMS
• The role of animal models in RLS
• The role of iron and dopamine systems in RLS
• The role of adenosine and glutamatergic systems in RLS
• Opioids and THC in RLS
• Emerging new treatment options, pharmacological and nonpharmacological
• Pediatric RLS and associated conditions
• Pregnancy and women's health and RLS
• Funding for RLS and sleep & circadian research (US, International, NGO, Gov’t)
• Other symposia topics for submission

RLS Discussion Board Moderator - Now Recruiting Volunteers!

Join the RLS Foundation volunteer network

The RLS Foundation is seeking volunteers to join our dedicated team of discussion board moderators! The RLS discussion board is a forum where individuals can post questions and discussion topics, connect with other individuals and provide virtual support: http://bb.rls.org/. If you enjoy online communication, offering encouraging and supportive messages to fellow community members and bringing awareness to RLS Foundation resources, this role might be a good fit for you! If you are interested in learning more about this volunteer position or the application process, please email elyse@rls.org. You can fill out the volunteer application by clicking here.

Responsibilities of discussion board moderators:

• Function as part of a team of moderators with shared responsibilities (currently, we have a team of four discussion board moderators).
• Monitor and respond to new threads to maintain active engagement and ensure all new posts receive a welcoming and supportive reply.
• Provide thoughtful, empathetic and supportive responses without providing medical advice.
• Process new discussion board registrations.
• Handle emails from individuals who may require assistance creating an account, logging in or finding their username and password.
• Regularly monitor the email provided to you by the RLS Foundation. This email will be posted publicly in NightWalkers and on the website.
• Respect and maintain the confidentiality of all users by keeping any personal information shared strictly within the forum.
• Understand and uphold Foundation policies on acceptable forum participants and appropriate content.
• Always remind participants that it is best to consult a qualified medical provider before making any changes to their RLS treatment plan.
• Promote RLS Foundation membership, resources and events.

Relevant Skills:

• Strong written communication skills. Use concise and supportive language.
• A deep understanding of RLS, its impact and challenges faced by those living with RLS.
• Familiarity with RLS Foundation resources and membership.
• Experience with technology, troubleshooting basic tech issues and operating the computer programs administrative control system (training provided).

Time Commitment:

We are looking for a long-term volunteer dedicated to helping the RLS community. This role typically requires 2-3 hours per week.

Benefits:

• Complimentary RLS Foundation membership during your time as a volunteer.
• Joining a network of RLS Foundation support volunteers.
• Annual training provided by the RLS Foundation.

If you are interested in learning more about this role, please email elyse@rls.org. You can access the volunteer application by clicking here.

September 5, 2025

The Night Sky Surrounds Me: My Journey with RLS

By Margaret O'Donnell, RLS Foundation Member

Margaret O’Donnell is a Seattle playwright, poet and retired immigration attorney active in pro bono asylum cases. She writes about the migration of people, the effects of climate change on all of Earth’s creatures, the intricacies of human relationships, and the workings of US law and government. You can find more of her work at www.odonnellplaywright.com.

I watch the night sky. On clear nights, when Orion moves slowly from east to west, his archer belt pointing directly to Sirius, I feel myself moving with the Earth’s turning as I keep company with the moon, new to crescent to half to gibbous to full, cycling, ever cycling. Once in my nighttime wanderings, I saw an atmospheric river rushing directly over my head, exactly as if I were standing in a transparent bubble on a river bottom, looking upwards.

The night sky and keeping up with the weekly New Yorker were the best and the only good things about the four years I spent nightwalking during the COVID-19 pandemic. No matter how exhausted I was from lack of sleep, I had to keep moving.

Gabapentin, my RLS medication of 18 years, stopped working suddenly in December 2019. For two years, I saw three well-meaning but underinformed sleep physicians, who tried and failed to treat my refractory RLS. These doctors advertised themselves as experts in RLS; I believe they sincerely thought they were. They prescribed medications that had no effect, medications that worked for a few months and then augmented my symptoms beyond bearing, and medications that made me so sick I thought I was overdosing. My husband called 911 then – the result of one misguided prescription.

It's difficult to describe the despair that RLS evoked in me, because the disease robs me of both reason and creativity, of both hope and perspective. I was ashamed to tell even my close friends and family about my agony. When I tried, I saw the incomprehension in their eyes. After all, everyone knew someone with mild RLS symptoms. They could sleep. Why was it so hard on me? I didn’t know either.

I lived with this despair for the last two years of my RLS excursion to hell before I found the RLS Foundation in late 2023. I had no RLS medication during those terrible two years. I thought I was condemned, that nothing could help me. I was in a black hole, which swallowed up my ability to connect with my friends and family, scrubbed beauty out of every day, made my nights a torture chamber, and destroyed my ability to write.

I am a writer. Writing is my passion and my joy. When I retired in 2019 from the practice of law, I was free at last to devote myself full time to writing the plays and poetry that give my life expression and fully engage every part of my brain and body. Writing connects me with the world around me – the trees, the air, the soil, the Earth’s creatures. My life lost meaning a few months after I retired, in the years before I found the RLS Foundation. Does that sound overly dramatic? I assure you; it is not. The disease consumed me, body and mind and soul. My joy and my creativity died.

Scrolling for any information that could help, one day in August 2023, I found the RLS Foundation website. I called. Staffer Adrianna Colucci immediately sent me a packet of information – brochures, back issues of NightWalkers magazine, reports of RLS studies, and a list of RLS Quality Care Centers. The nearest expert was a thousand miles away, in southern California. I called Dr. Mark Buchfuhrer’s office at once and made an appointment to see him – a pulmonologist and sleep specialist with extensive RLS management experience and a leading RLS researcher – in September.

Then I had second thoughts. I couldn't bear the thought of sitting in a car on the way to an airport, getting through a security line, sitting for three hours on the plane, and sitting in a car to get to his office. I couldn’t sit still for more than an hour. And what if the visit was useless? So, I canceled the appointment. I made another appointment for November. I canceled that appointment, too. Finally, I made an appointment and kept it in March 2024.

March 2024 saw the worst flooding in a century in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles River raged far over its banks, fed by torrents of rain and whipped by wind. On the train platform at the airport, people dressed for spring wrapped their arms around themselves and cowered. At the hotel, there was no central heat; my husband and I huddled together over a space heater throughout our stay. We walked the half-mile to the doctor’s office the next morning along a street as wide and busy as a highway, as I castigated myself for coming to southern California and dragging my husband along.

When Dr. Buchfuhrer walked into the examination room, I was stiff with armor against inevitable disappointment. Why should this be different from my past experiences? Slowly, as he asked me about my long history with the disease, I saw that this time, this doctor would be different. It was the way he spent at least half an hour on my history, asking questions, that gave me new insight into my own journey. He wasn’t fidgety or bored. He seemed genuinely interested in me as a patient. It was when he said, “I know I can help you,” that I began to let my armor go. No other doctor had ever said that.

Dr. Buchfuhrer worked closely with me over the course of the year, tweaking the medication that has given me sleep again. Within three months of my first visit to his office, I slept three or four hours at a time. Within six months, I was sleeping through the night on most nights, with few daytime RLS episodes. In July 2024, Dr. Buchfuhrer enrolled me in an RLS research study for the new Nidra leg bands, a nonpharmacological device that uses tonic motor activation to alleviate RLS symptoms quickly, before they take over the body and mind. I didn’t need to use the bands until the beginning of this year, when, inexplicably, my symptoms began to recur every two to three hours during the night and sometimes during the day.

I didn’t want to increase the dosage of my medications, since I’m already somewhat drowsy and unsteady in the evenings under their influence. Now I use the bands most nights once and sometimes twice or three times a night. But instead of staying up for an hour, walking until the symptoms subside and I can sleep, I now get up, turn on the bands, and get back in bed within 10 minutes.

It's been expensive, tiring and time-consuming to travel to California for doctor visits and the Nidra band fitting, but what is it worth to have your life back? Dr. Buchfuhrer listens carefully to me and takes what I say seriously. I am the best source of information about my experience of the disease, and he honors that. He carefully calibrates my medication and dosing regimen and isn’t put out when it doesn’t work as well as he wants it to. I no longer blame myself for the disease.

RLS is a chronic condition. I know I’m not going to be cured, but now I am sleeping. I have my brain back. My doctor’s attention to and belief in me, the carefully calibrated medication, and the Nidra bands brought me back to life. I’m writing. I travel again. I connect with friends and family. I’m walking in the woods. I no longer blame myself. I am at peace.

September 2, 2025

Submit A Design for Our Spring Fundraiser!

Are you an artist, photographer, graphic designer or simply artistic? Submit your original artwork or photography to be considered for use in the RLS Foundation's Spring Fundraiser campaign!

As part of our RLS Awareness Day activities for September, we are asking RLS community members to submit a design to be used in our Spring Fundraiser campaign. Selected artwork will be featured on the greeting cards mailed to RLS Foundation members during our annual spring fundraiser. This design contest is an opportunity to showcase your skills and get involved in supporting a meaningful cause. All designs should be emailed to elyse@rls.org with the subject line: RLS Foundation Spring Fundraiser Artwork

Submission Details:
Deadline: October 10
File formats accepted: PDF, PNG, or JPEG
Card dimensions: 5” x 7”

Design Guidelines:
The RLS Foundation’s mission emphasizes hope as we push for continued research to improve treatments and a cure. Artwork should reflect this message, shining light on the progress that has been made while letting others know that they are not alone in their RLS journey. In the past, the spring fundraising cards have used images of sunsets, flowers or fields through various mediums (watercolor, photography etc).

• There are no required color schemes.
• Designs must be non-partisan and appropriate for all ages.
• Both artwork and photography are accepted, with a certification that the work is original and created wholly by the submitting artist, and that artificial intelligence was not used to create the artwork in whole or in part.
• The card featuring the design will also contain fundraising and other messages inside the card, but text will not be superimposed on the image.

Artist Acknowledgement:
A brief credit and biographical note about the artist is included on the back of the card. Selected artists will be asked to provide a short paragaph (30 words or fewer) about themselves and their artistry.

• The selected artist will receive a complimentary set of printed cards and envelopes featuring their design.
• Artist will be recognized on our website and in Foundation communications.

Rights and Usage:
By submitting, artists grant the RLS Foundation the right (not subject to royalty, licensing fees or other compensation) to reproduce, distribute and sell printed materials featuring the selected designs as part of our fundraising campaigns. Artists retain copyright and may use their work elsewhere. Artists will be asked to sign a model release agreeing to these terms.

Please email elyse@rls.org with any further questions.