ARCAID features an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral approach to train a diverse group of ESRs to become the future leaders in autoimmune rheumatology research and creators of improved bench-to-bedside approaches. The long-term ambition of the ARCAID programme is to establish a strong and coherent international network that connects highly skilled young researchers as well as established scientists, who will continue to inspire each other to excel in making discoveries in translational immunological rheumatology far beyond the funding period.