NEA Engagement Research Grant

The NEA Engagement Research Grant aims to enhance the research capabilities of early-career eczema investigators. This grant supports exploratory pilot research or secondary data analysis, fostering innovative insights in eczema research. Eligible applicants include Assistant Professors, post-doctoral fellows, and medical residents. The research can be conducted internationally. The grants are intended to lead to new research avenues and may serve as a foundation for future funding applications.

Purpose
This award is intended to build the productive research experience and capacity of early-career eczema investigators through funding of highly-focused, exploratory pilot research or secondary analysis of existing data.
Engagement Research Grants provide small amounts of funding to undertake self-contained research projects that may yield interesting insights and potentially lead to a new line of research. Data from Engagement awards can then be used as the premise to support a larger proposal in the future from NEA or other funding institutions.
Proposals should address at least one of the following research priorities:

• Cutting Edge Basic & Translational Science
• Eczema Heterogeneity: Novel Insights
• Innovations in Clinical Practice & Care
• Understanding & Alleviating Disease Burden
• Eczema Prevention

Eligibility

Assistant Professors (or equivalent) without current or previous NIH R funding as a Senior or Co-PI, Post-doctoral fellows, Medical Residents or Fellows, Research Associates, Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants, Medical and Pre-Doctoral students/fellows are eligible to apply.
Previous recipients of NEA research grants still meeting these eligibility criteria may apply.
The applicant must be personally and actively responsible for the conduct of the proposed research. The applicant need not be a United States citizen and the research need not take place in the United States.

Ineligibility

Indirect costs are not allowed on NEA research awards.