HSF Mentored Experience Grant
HSF Mentored Experience Grant supports residents, fellows, and faculty through mentorship that builds hidradenitis suppurativa care skills and advances careers in clinical care, research, and teaching.
Funder: Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation
Due Dates: January 31, 2027 (Application deadline) | March 2027 (Award notification) | April 1, 2027–December 31, 2027 (Project period)
Funding Amounts: Up to $4,000 in direct expenses for up to four weeks of mentorship
Summary: Supports mentored educational experiences that develop clinical and procedural skills and advance careers in hidradenitis suppurativa care, research, and teaching.
Key Information: At least ten days must be spent on site with a mentor outside the applicant’s institution.
Description
The Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation (HSF) supports mentored educational experiences that build clinical and procedural skills in hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) management. The program connects residents, post-dermatology residency fellows, and faculty with HS experts when distance or funding might otherwise prevent mentorship. Its goal is to improve patient care and foster careers that include HS-related clinical care, research, and teaching.
Awardees and mentors jointly tailor the experience to the awardee’s interests. Activities include collaborative outpatient, procedural, and/or inpatient care focused on HS, reviewing and synthesizing medical literature, and participating in quality improvement and/or research projects that may lead to publications. Awardees may also attend educational conferences at the mentor’s location and assist with general dermatology outpatient care. Priority is given to practitioners applying from states without an HS clinic.
