Explore Our Funding Opportunities
PeDRA is committed to funding studies, investigators, and high-priority initiatives through its grants and awards. Applicants and awardees should carefully review PeDRA’s Grants and Awards Guidelines.
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Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
PeDRA and the National Eczema Association (NEA) collaborate to support targeted clinical research investigations focused on pediatric eczema…
Study Support Grants – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
To fund statistical and/or publication support of active PeDRA Studies
Research Fellowships Program – CLOSED
Research Fellowships are intended to support the development of the next generation of physician scientists and the advancement…
Career Bridge Research Grant – CLOSED
The Career Bridge Research Grant is driven by PeDRA’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the…
PeDRA Research Grants – CLOSED
Intended to provide financial support for early-stage studies that are unlikely to be funded elsewhere, and to provide…
William Weston Career Development Award – CLOSED
The Weston CDA is driven by PeDRA’s and SPD’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the…
Consensus Grant – CLOSED
Evidence-based consensus guidelines published by experts in the management of disease are a critical fiber of the healthcare…
I’m looking for career support or research training…
Research Fellowships Program – CLOSED
Research Fellowships are intended to support the development of the next generation of physician scientists and the advancement…
Career Bridge Research Grant – CLOSED
The Career Bridge Research Grant is driven by PeDRA’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the…
PeDRA Research Grants – CLOSED
Intended to provide financial support for early-stage studies that are unlikely to be funded elsewhere, and to provide…
William Weston Career Development Award – CLOSED
The Weston CDA is driven by PeDRA’s and SPD’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the…
I have a developed idea or want to pursue a special project…
Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
PeDRA and the National Eczema Association (NEA) collaborate to support targeted clinical research investigations focused on pediatric eczema…
Study Support Grants – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
To fund statistical and/or publication support of active PeDRA Studies
Consensus Grant – CLOSED
Evidence-based consensus guidelines published by experts in the management of disease are a critical fiber of the healthcare…
I have an early-stage idea or am an early-career investigator…
Research Fellowships Program – CLOSED
Research Fellowships are intended to support the development of the next generation of physician scientists and the advancement…
PeDRA Research Grants – CLOSED
Intended to provide financial support for early-stage studies that are unlikely to be funded elsewhere, and to provide…
William Weston Career Development Award – CLOSED
The Weston CDA is driven by PeDRA’s and SPD’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the…
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2021 Research Grant Recipients:

Anna Garza-Mayers, MD, PhD
Research Grant
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Assessment of hearing and vision in pediatric vitiligo patients
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Sonal Shah, MD
Research Grant
Case Western Reserve University
Needle-free delivery of intralesional triamcinolone for pediatric alopecia areata: a pilot study of patient tolerability
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Naiem Issa, MD, PhD
Research Grant
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine
Pharmacologic Characterization of NTI-001 as First-In-Class Gαq R183Q Mutant Small Molecule Inhibitor
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JiaDe Yu, MD
Research Grant
Massachusetts General Hospital
Evaluation of the Efficacy of Popular Over the Counter Ointments in Atopic Dermatitis: A Double Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial
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2021 Weston Pediatric Dermatology Career Development Award Recipient:
Co-funded with the Society for Pediatric Dermatology.

Rebecca Levy, MD, FRCPC
Weston Career Development Award
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Characterizing the Cutaneous Late Effects in Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Recipients
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2021 Consensus Grant Recipient:

Nanette Silverberg, MD
Consensus Grant
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Pediatric and Adolescent Vitiligo Guidelines
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2021 Career Bridge Research Grant Recipient:

Elena Hawryluk, MD, PhD
Career Bridge Research Grant
Massachusetts General Hospital
Noninvasive Molecular Diagnostic Tests for Pediatric Pigmented Lesions
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2021 Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant Recipient:
Co-funded with the National Eczema Association.

Jen Schoch, MD
Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant
University of Florida
Neonatal cutaneous microbiome predictors of infantile eczema
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2021 Research Fellowship Recipients:


Wenelia Baghoomian & Eric Simpson, MD
Research Fellowship Award
Oregon Health & Science University
The Impact of Topical Prescription Drug Delivery Devices in the Adherence and Ease of Use of Corticosteroids in Pediatric Patients with Atopic Dermatitis


Henry Chen & Heidi Jacobe MD, MSCS
Research Fellowship Award
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Identifying Dysregulated Immune-Related Gene Networks at the Single-Cell Level in Pediatric Morphea


Jennifer Gionah Laborada & Wynnis Tom, MD
Research Fellowship Award
University of California, San Diego
Characterization of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver in Pediatric Psoriasis


Angel Pagan & Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD
Research Fellowship Award
Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Investigating the Role of Age, Race and Ethnicity in Response to Immunomodulating Agents in Children with Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis


Mitchell Braun & Erin Mathes, MD
Research Fellowship Award
University of California, San Francisco
Long term outcomes and quality of life in PHACE syndrome


Emily Croce & Moise Levy, MD
Research Fellowship Award
The University of Texas
Effects of poverty and environmental exposures across race and ethnicity in children with atopic dermatitis


Ashley Ng & Beth Drolet, MD
Research Fellowship Award
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Multi Center Phenotype-Genotype Analysis of Vascular Overgrowth Syndromes
Special thanks to AbbVie, Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and Sun Pharma for their support of 2021 PeDRA Research Fellowships.