PeDRA Consensus Grant

PeDRA Consensus Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Pediatric Dermatology Research Alliance Inc
Amount: Up to US $25,000
Last Updated: October 18, 2025

Summary

The PeDRA Consensus Grant aims to support the development of evidence-based consensus recommendations for pediatric dermatology, offering up to $25,000 to teams of qualified professionals. This initiative seeks to address the lack of up-to-date guidelines for various pediatric skin diseases, promoting best practices through rigorous methodologies. Priority will be given to proposals that tackle diseases without existing guidelines and encourage collaboration with experienced mentors. By fostering diversity and inclusion, the grant contributes to improved healthcare outcomes for children.

Overview

Evidence-based consensus recommendations published by experts in the management of disease are a critical fiber of the healthcare fabric. Healthcare providers rely on guidelines and expert recommendations to inform treatment decisions and insurance providers rely on these to design formularies. Researchers compare new therapeutic or procedural interventions to standard-of-care practice guidelines in randomized controlled trials. However, many diseases still lack up-to-date recommendations or expert consensus recommendations, resulting in wide variability in practice patterns, and leaving many patients without access to treatment they need. Evidence-based guidelines and expert consensus best practice recommendations are lacking for many pediatric skin diseases. To help address this need, PeDRA is calling for submissions to its Consensus Grant program, which will provide up to $25,000 of support for the creation of consensus recommendations, best practice recommendations, or consensus treatment plans for the treatment of diseases in the field of pediatric dermatology in the United States and/or Canada. Interested teams are invited to submit proposals to create consensus-based recommendations or best practice recommendations for a disease of their choice, using a rigorous methodology of their choice. However, priority will be given to proposals that address diseases for which contemporary guidelines do not exist, and which use established consensus methodology. Award Applicants may request up to $25,000 for one year (direct costs only). 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. Applications must be submitted by teams of three or more individuals, including one Project Lead who will be responsible for accepting and managing grant funds and executing the project. Project Leads must hold the degree of MD/ DO (or equivalent), be a member of PeDRA or the Society for Pediatric Dermatology (SPD), and be eligible to apply for grants under the guidelines of their host institution. Other members of the project team are not subject to eligibility requirements, however their reason for being included on the team must be clearly communicated in the proposal. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Must be a member of PeDRA or the Society for Pediatric Dermatology (SPD).

Ineligibility

No indirect costs.