Career Bridge Research Grant

Overview

Childhood skin diseases are associated with severe burden on patients, families, and health care providers. Despite this burden, effective treatments are sparse, the pace of research is slow, and board-certified pediatric dermatologists remain few-in-number. Furthermore, mid-career clinician scientists in the field often encounter challenges after receiving early career start up funds from their institution, traditional career development awards, or small pilot grants, which may contribute to stress, increased prioritization of clinic work over research, and high rates of burnout.

To better support the full career trajectory of clinician scientists in the field, the Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance (PeDRA) is offering the Career Bridge Research Grant to support one mid-career investigator in the conduct of an innovative research study in the field of pediatric dermatology.

Goals

The Career Bridge Research Grant is driven by PeDRA’s commitment to support both research and researchers in the field of pediatric dermatology. It is intended to provide protected research time and resources for a mid-career clinician scientist conducting high-impact research in the field. Ultimately, the Career Bridge Research Grant is expected to propagate the career of the recipient through the challenging mid-career phase and give them the potential to obtain larger-scale, longer-term funding from the NIH or other agencies.

Priority consideration will be given to mid-career investigators collaborating with senior mentors, projects that address high-priority patient-centered research questions, and projects that align with the focus of any of PeDRA’s Focused Study Groups. Additional priority will be given to applications that support PeDRA’s commitment to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion across all facets of its organization and pediatric dermatology research. Diversity and inclusion strengthen the PeDRA research network and are critical to the pursuit of its mission.

Award

This award provides $80,000 USD for two years (direct costs only) to support research activities and up to 0.4 FTE of salary support for the applicant. Applicants may choose to use the total award amount over the period of either one or two years.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

• Applicant Eligibility - Must be met on or before July 1st, 2025
  • Must be a pediatric dermatologist residing in the United States, Canada, or Mexico.
  • Must be a faculty member in a department/division of dermatology.
  • Must be eligible to apply for grants under the guidelines of their host institution.
  • Must hold the degree of MD; DO; MD, PhD; or equivalent.
  • Must be a mid-career investigator, defined as being no less than seven (7) and no more than fifteen (15) years out of training. Special exceptions may be made for cases such as maternity leave or military service – please email us with any questions about eligibility.
  • Must be able to provide evidence of IRB or IACUC (or equivalent) approval when relevant.

_You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Must be a current member of PeDRA with membership held at least one (1) year._