Career Bridge Research Grant
Forecasted
Career Bridge Research Grant supports a mid-career pediatric dermatologist with protected time and resources for innovative research on childhood skin diseases, helping sustain a long-term research career.
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Funder: Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance
Due Dates (Anticipated): December 2026 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $80,000 USD in direct costs over one or two years, including up to 0.4 FTE salary support
Summary: Provides protected research time and resources for a mid-career pediatric dermatologist conducting innovative, high-impact research.
Key Information: Applicants must be 7–15 years out of training and have held PeDRA membership for at least one year.
Description
The Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) offers the Career Bridge Research Grant to support one mid-career clinician scientist conducting an innovative study in pediatric dermatology. The grant provides protected research time and resources at a career stage when institutional start-up funds, career development awards, or small pilot grants may no longer sustain research activity.
The program responds to the substantial burden childhood skin diseases place on patients, families, and health care providers, alongside limited effective treatments and slow research progress. It aims to sustain investigators’ long-term research careers. Priority consideration goes to applicants collaborating with senior mentors, projects addressing high-priority patient-centered research questions, and work aligned with PeDRA’s Focused Study Groups.
