Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Healthcare Disparities Award
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Healthcare Disparities Award supports investigators studying atopic or contact dermatoses in skin of color to understand inequities and healthcare disparities.
Funder: American Contact Dermatitis Society
Due Dates: October 15, 2026 (Annual application deadline, 11:59 p.m. CST)
Funding Amounts: Up to $10,000 per year; awards of $3,000–$5,000 favored; funds spent within 18 months
Summary: Supports research on diversity, equity, inclusion, and healthcare disparities in atopic or contact dermatoses 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) offers this research award to advance understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and healthcare disparities within dermatitis. Projects may examine how race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic factors affect the pathophysiology, epidemiology, education, diagnosis, management, or prevention of atopic or contact dermatoses in skin of color.
Research topics may include access to dermatitis care and patch testing, quality of life, differences in dermatitis management and outcomes, and risk factors in skin of color. Occupational dermatoses affecting people with skin of color and disadvantaged socioeconomic groups are also within scope. Every proposal must explain how the project will improve understanding of diversity, equity, inclusion, and healthcare disparities in dermatitis.
