Funding & Award Opportunities

American Academy of Dermatology Awards for Young Investigators
Nomination Deadline September 30, 2009
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) annually recognizes excellence in basic and clinical research by dermatologists-in-training in the United States or Canada through the AAD Awards for Young Investigators in Dermatology. 

The winner of this award will receive a $5,000 prize that is shared with the research institution supporting these scientific achievements.   

For on-line submission information and further details, visit the AAD Web site:
http://www.aad.org/education/grants/young.html 

American Academy of Dermatology
Science and Research Department
930 E. Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173-4965
Phone: 847/330-1762
e-mail:  wsmithbegolka@aad.org  

The AAD Awards for Young Investigators in Dermatology are supported by a grant from Janssen Pharmaceutica

Foundation for Ichthyosis & Related Skin Types
2009 Request for Proposals  
Details of the Ichthyosis Research Grant Program can be found on the Foundation’s
website.

Affiliated Organizations
Association of Professors of Dermatology (APD)
Medical Dermatology Society (MDS)
European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)
Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology (JSID)
Journal of Dermatological Science (Official journal of the JSID)

Coalition of Skin Diseases (CSD)
American Skin Association (ASA)
Basal Cell Carcinoma Nevus Syndrome Life Support Network
Cicatricial Alopecia Research Foundation (CARF)

Cutaneous Lymphoma Foundation
DebRA of America, Inc. (Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Research Association)
Dermatology Nurses Association (DNA)
Ehlers Danlos Natioal Foundation
Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (FIRST)
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, Inc.

Inflammatory Skin Disease Institute
International Pemphigus & Pemphigoid Foundation
National Alopecia Areata Foundation
National Eczema Association for Science and Education (NEASE)
National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias
National Psoriasis Foundation
National Vitiligo Foundation
Pachyonychia Congenita Project
Society for Pediatric Dermatology (SPD)
Sturge-Weber Foundation
Vitiligo Support International

Other Helpful Links
AccessDermatology

American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Dermatological Association (ADA)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Center for Scientific Review

Clinical Immunology Society
Dermatlas
Dermatology Foundation
DermWeb.com

Evidence-based Dermatology

Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies (FOCIS)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Hidradenitis Suppurativa Foundation, Inc. (HSF)

Lexicon Project
National Health Council

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris (PRP) Support Group

Society for Melanoma Research

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