Institutional Research Fellowship Grant

Institutional Research Fellowship Grant is sponsored by Skin of Color Society (SOCS). The Institutional Research Fellowship (IRF) supports physicians in conducting critical research on dermatologic diseases in skin of color, aiming to address unmet dermatologic health needs and increase investigators who can deliver evidence-based care in communities experiencing…

Institutional Research Fellowship Grant - Skin of Color Society Institutional Research Fellowship Grant 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 in skin of color and to prepare for leadership roles in clinical care, public policy, health services research, and biomedical research.

The Institutional Research Fellowship (IRF) is a groundbreaking initiative that provides valuable opportunities to physicians in support of critical research on dermatologic diseases in skin of color. 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.

This award will grant up to $40,000 to support a researcher who has an interest in skin of color dermatology and/or health equity research. October 5 – December 1, 2026 The IRF intends to support institution-based fellowship opportunities with a research focus on dermatologic diseases in skin of color, particularly in areas where further clinical, translational, and observational/ prospective research is needed.

Institution must affirm its commitment to offer the fellowship opportunity to an early-career physicians in support of critical research on dermatologic diseases in skin of color and to prepare for leadership roles in clinical care, public policy, health services research, and biomedical research.

Institution must ensure that any fellow that will receive grant funds must be a U.S. Worker (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, or asylee), or hold an appropriate non-immigrant visa status authorizing employment in the U.S. Funding will be awarded to the institution, not an individual. Each institution may apply for funding to support one fellow for up to one year at a cost of up to $40,000 USD.

The budget can only include salary and benefit support for the fellow. Grant funds cannot be used for overhead or indirect costs. Overhead costs include rent, utilities, insurance, office equipment or supplies.

Fellow time spent in the clinical setting that is supported through grant funds must not be billed as patient care.

Institutional Research Fellowship Grant Winners 2026 University of Pennsylvania UMass Chan Medical School Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Wake Forest University Health Sciences Duke University School of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Montefiore Medical Center Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Trustees of Boston University, Medical Campus University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center University of California San Francisco University of Pennsylvania Wake Forest University Health Sciences