Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Healthcare Disparities Award
Forecasted
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Healthcare Disparities Award supports researchers studying dermatitis in skin of color to understand how race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors shape care and disparities.
Funder: American Contact Dermatitis Society
Due Dates (Anticipated): October 2027 (Annual application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Up to $10,000 per year; $3,000–$5,000 requests favored; funds must be spent within 18 months
Summary: Supports research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and healthcare disparities in atopic or contact dermatitis in skin of color.
Key Information: Either the applicant or sponsor must be a fellow of the American Contact Dermatitis Society.
Description
The American Contact Dermatitis Society (ACDS) supports research that advances understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and healthcare disparities within dermatitis. Projects may examine how race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic factors affect the pathophysiology, epidemiology, education, diagnosis, management, or prevention of atopic or contact dermatoses in skin of color.
Research areas include access to dermatitis care and patch testing, quality of life, differences in management and outcomes, and risk factors for dermatitis in skin of color. Occupational dermatoses affecting people with skin of color and disadvantaged socioeconomic groups are also within scope. Proposals must explain how the project will improve understanding of DEI and healthcare disparities in dermatitis.
