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American Skin Association (ASA)

Dear Friend,

We are delighted to announce American Skin Association’s (ASA’s) 2024 funding opportunities to support top researchers and physicians dedicated to the field of dermatology. Through our grants, ASA has developed a nearly forty-year history of broadening understanding and increasing knowledge of various skin diseases. We have funded hundreds of grants which have resulted in critical dermatological discoveries. ASA has proven to be a vital resource for those seeking funding for their innovative research.

The following grants are offered this year:

  • ASA Sanofi Investigative Scientist Award in Atopic Dermatitis  ($100,000)
  • ASA Bristol Myers Squibb Investigative Scientist Award in Psoriasis & Related Biology ($100,000)
  • ASA Sun Pharma Investigative Scientist Award ($100,000)
  • ASA Calder Research Scholar Award in Vitiligo/Pigment Cell Disorders  ($60,000)
  • ASA Incyte Research Scholar Award in Vitiligo/Pigment Cell Disorders  ($60,000)
  • ASA Research Scholar Award in Atopic Dermatitis  ($60,000)
  • ASA Janssen Research Scholar Award in Psoriasis & Related Biology ($60,000)
  • ASA Mulvaney Family Foundation Research Grant in Vitiligo/Pigment Cell Disorders  ($15,000)
  • ASA Bristol Myers Squibb Research Grant in Psoriasis & Related Biology ($15,000)
  • ASA Arcutis Biotherapeutics Research Grant in Psoriasis & Related Biology ($15,000)
  • ASA Leo Pharma Research Grant in Atopic Dermatitis (3)  ($15,000)
  • ASA La Roche-Posay Research Grant in Melanoma and Skin Cancer ($15,000)
  • ASA Bristol Myers Squibb Medical Student Grant in Psoriasis & Related Biology ($7,000)

CLICK HERE for a PDF version of the awards available…

Guidelines (attached) and applications can be found online at americanskin.org. The submission deadline is Friday, March 15, 2024, at 11:59 PM EST. Applications will be reviewed by ASA’s Medical Advisory Committee, which is comprised of experts in their respective fields. Award recipients will be notified in June 2024. The grant period for all awards is one year beginning on July 1, 2024, and a progress report outlining expenditures and research (in layman’s terms) is required at the six-month mark and upon completion.

If you have any questions concerning these opportunities, please contact ASA at grants@americanskin.org.


CLF Young Investigator Award for WCCL

Young Investigator Award for the 5th World Congress of Cutaneous Lymphomas (WCCL)

The Young Investigator Award (YIA) is a $1500 grant in support of young investigators attending and presenting cutaneous lymphoma-related research at the WCCL meeting being held in Pasadena, CA. Applications are currently being accepted through February 29, 2024.

Click here for official flyer:  YIA-WCCLFlyer2024


Harvard Dermatology T32 Training Grant at Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School is seeking additional candidates for post-doctoral training on our Dermatology NIH Training Grant (T32) for appointments starting on July 1st, 2023. For more information, please see our website: https://lnkd.in/evacAgn9


PeDRA Study Support Grants:

This non-competitive grant accepts applications on a rolling basis through the end of the calendar year! Apply for up to $4,000 for 6 months to support an active PeDRA study.


Human Skin Disease Resource Center Scholar Grants Request for Applications

The Human Skin Disease Resource Center (HSDRC) at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School provides access to human specimens and cutting edge human analytic techniques to investigators at any institution who wish to carry out translational research on human skin disease.
The Center is committed to supporting diversity in skin disease research. We have funds available to support individuals from groups underrepresented in medicine (URiM) who wish to carry out projects through the Center. Center Scholar grants will provide up to $20,000 to support research stipends, laboratory supplies, reagents, and Center Services. Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis.

Who is eligible?
• High School students
• Undergraduate Students
• Medical or Graduate School Students
• Medical Residents
• Post-Doctoral Fellows

How do you apply?
• Get in touch with us at humanskin@bwh.harvard.edu
• We will work with you to develop a project (if needed) or help you define how best to allocate resources to a project of your own design.
Technologies and Services provided by the HSDRC include:
• Access to human healthy skin, pathologic specimens of skin diseases, human skin grafted mice
• Single cell RNA sequencing, CITE-seq, ATAC-seq, mass cytometry (CyTOF), multiplex immunostaining, single cell imaging, NanoString RNA & DNA profiling, digital spatial profiling

Already have a project you’d like help with? Send it in!

The scientific proposal should be no more than 5 pages. Please follow the format outlined below:

• Introduction and Specific Aims
• Preliminary data
• Experimental design
• References (not counted in 5-page limit)
• Biosketch or CV (not counted in 5-page limit), including current funding
• Submit to: humanskin@bwh.harvard.edu