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 investigators in skin research as they transition from fellowship to established investigator status.
Key Information: A primary dermatology appointment is required, and prior or current federal principal investigators are generally ineligible, with limited exceptions.
Description
The Dermatology Foundation’s Research Career Development Award provides career development support for junior investigators in skin research. Part of the Foundation’s Research Award Program, it assists researchers transitioning from fellowship to established investigator status. The award combines salary support with an emphasis on institutional commitment, mentorship, and development toward an independent research career in dermatology.
Supported research spans cutaneous biology and dermatologic disease, including chemokine receptor signaling, skin immunoregulation, inflammatory itch, bacterial skin infections, epidermal development, and scarless regeneration. A featured project by Indermeet Kohli, PhD, investigates visible-light photobiology and photoprotection testing, including pigmentation and approaches to preventing and treating hyperpigmentation in skin of color.
