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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Pediatric Alopecia Areata Challenge Grant – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
PeDRA and the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) collaborate to support research investigations focused on pediatric alopecia areata…
Consensus Grant Program – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Evidence-based consensus guidelines published by experts in the management of disease are a critical fiber of the healthcare…
Study Support Grants – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
To fund statistical and/or publication support of active PeDRA Studies
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…
Career Bridge Research Grant – CLOSED
The Career Bridge Research Grant is driven by PeDRA’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the…
Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant – CLOSED
PeDRA and the National Eczema Association (NEA) collaborate to support targeted clinical research investigations focused on pediatric eczema…
Research Fellowships Program – CLOSED
Research Fellowships are intended to support the development of the next generation of physician scientists and the advancement…
I’m looking for career support or research training…
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…
Career Bridge Research Grant – CLOSED
The Career Bridge Research Grant is driven by PeDRA’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the…
Research Fellowships Program – CLOSED
Research Fellowships are intended to support the development of the next generation of physician scientists and the advancement…
I have a developed idea or want to pursue a special project…
Pediatric Alopecia Areata Challenge Grant – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
PeDRA and the National Alopecia Areata Foundation (NAAF) collaborate to support research investigations focused on pediatric alopecia areata…
Consensus Grant Program – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Evidence-based consensus guidelines published by experts in the management of disease are a critical fiber of the healthcare…
Study Support Grants – ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
To fund statistical and/or publication support of active PeDRA Studies
PeDRA Research Grants – CLOSED
Intended to provide financial support for early-stage studies that are unlikely to be funded elsewhere, and to provide…
Childhood Eczema Challenge Grant – CLOSED
PeDRA and the National Eczema Association (NEA) collaborate to support targeted clinical research investigations focused on pediatric eczema…
I have an early-stage idea or am an early-career investigator…
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…
Research Fellowships Program – CLOSED
Research Fellowships are intended to support the development of the next generation of physician scientists and the advancement…
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2022 Research Fellowship Recipients:
Siri Choragudi & Gil Yosipovitch, MD
Research Fellowship Award
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Effects of IBAT inhibitors on itch in pediatric liver disease patients
Jaron Nazaroff & Jean Tang, MD, PhD
Research Fellowship Award
Stanford University
Online, Home-Based Epidermolysis Bullosa Patient Registry
Roseline Okonkwo, MD & Michele Ramien, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Research Fellowship Award
Alberta Children’s Hospital
Consensus Management of RIME in Children and Adolescents
Yaron Noam Zafrir & Elena Pope, MD
Research Fellowship Award
SickKids Hospital – Toronto, Canada
Hypopigmented mycosis fungoides True lymphoma or T-cell dyscrasia: A Retrospective and prospective cohort study
Austin Johnson & Joyce Teng, MD, PhD
Research Fellowship Award
Stanford School of Medicine
Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex Disease Activity and Response Tool (EBSdart): Scoring Clinical Severity and Outcomes in Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex
Micah Pascual & Lucinda Kohn, MD, MHS
Research Fellowship Award
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Daxpe: Native Skin Health Survey
Jennifer Sui & Dawn Eichenfield, MD, PhD
Research Fellowship Award
UC San Diego School of Medicine
Characterization of non-coding genetic loci and transcription factors that drive development of linear morphea
Diana Zarowin & James Treat, MD
Research Fellowship Award
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
N-Acetylcysteine for Habit – Based Cutaneous Conditions: A Review of Real-World Use in the Pediatric Population
Special thanks to AbbVie, Incyte, Pfizer, Sanofi Genzyme and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and individual donors for their support of 2022 PeDRA Research Fellowships.
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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