The Institutional Research Fellowship Grant (IRF) program provides outstanding opportunities for early-career physicians to conduct investigation on dermatologic conditions that need more scientific research across a broad range of skin types and tones, and to prepare for leadership roles in clinical care, public policy, health services research, and biomedical research.
Application Opening Soon!
Application Deadline: October 15, 2024; 11:59pm CT
The Institutional Research Fellowship (IRF) is a groundbreaking initiative that supports critical research on dermatologic diseases in skin of color and provides valuable opportunities for physicians of color, who are disproportionately underrepresented in dermatology and medicine. SOCS aims to address unmet dermatologic health needs by increasing the number of investigators who can deliver evidence-based care in communities that experience disproportionate disease burden.
- UMass Chan Medical School
- Henry Ford Health
Each institution will receive $40,000 to support a researcher who has an interest in skin of color dermatologic and/or health equity research.
This is a successful program which has already distributed nearly $1.45 million dollars to support institution-based research.