Funder: Dermatology Foundation
Due Dates: October 15, 2026 (New applications) | January 1, 2027 (CDA renewals) | March 20, 2027 (Award announcement) | July 1, 2027 (Funding begins)
Funding Amounts: $75,000 annual salary stipend, renewable once for up to two years
Summary: Supports junior faculty developing academic careers that advance dermatopathology and dermatology through research and/or education.
Key Information: Requires completed U.S. residency and dermatopathology fellowship training, plus a primary dermatology faculty appointment.
Description
The Dermatology Foundation’s Dermatopathology Research Career Development Award supports the academic development of future intellectual leaders committed to advancing dermatopathology and dermatology through research and/or education. It provides salary support for junior faculty, with experienced mentorship and strong institutional commitment to their career development. Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to skin research that can advance dermatopathology.
Supported work spans molecular and cellular studies of skin disease, biomarkers, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Featured research uses transcriptome studies and biomarker analysis of lymphocytes from affected tissue to improve diagnosis and treatment of mycosis fungoides across clinical stages. Other funded projects address melanoma treatment failure, oncogenic NRAS, nutrient metal sequestration in inflammatory and infectious skin disease, and molecular determinants of squamous cell carcinoma in situ.
