• Support the Academy’s strategic framework.
• Be related to dermatology and/global health care, and serve beneficiaries in underserved regions of the world.
• Be sustainable, community-based, and rely on additional sources of funding.
• Demonstrate how the project would be monitored and evaluated.
• Be submitted online (no emails).

In addition, Academy members and non-members are eligible to apply for the grants. Multi-year projects can be funded for up to three years.

Submit a request by January 31, 2014 for 2014 grants!     

2012 recipients

• Carrie L. Kovarik, MD, University of Pennsylvania, Teledermatology in Underserved Areas (Botswana, Guatemala, and South Africa)
• Barbara Wilson, MD, and Michelle Bayer, MD, Medical College of Wisconsin, Teledermatology Outreach to Hillside Healthcare International (Belize)
• John Strasswimmer, MD, PhD, Evaluation of Volunteer Host Program in Africa project (Gabon Uganda, Rwanda, and Tanzania)
• Isabel Maria del Pilar Casas, MD, Community Dermatology Argentina
• Sydney N. Klaus, MD, Dermatology Training Program for Primary Health Workers (Ethiopia)

Deadline to apply for 2014 grants:  Jan. 31, 2014. 

You must complete the following sections to submit your request:

• Principal investigator(s)/project director(s).
• Project information.     
• Budget plan.
• One letter of recommendation from an AAD member.

• Proposal.
• Project status report.