Funding is provided annually for basic research and clinical studies. Research must be conducted by dermatology residents, fellows, and young faculty (5-10 years post first academic appointment) from institutions within the US and educational programs related to skin cancer. Proposals are evaluated by the members of the Grants Review Committee. All projects are selected on the basis of their applicability to the Foundation's mission of reducing the incidence, morbidity and mortality of skin cancer.

Only applications for research projects relevant to skin cancer will be accepted for consideration. The Foundation's Grants Program is intended for pilot projects, which, if successful, can be further developed in order to be eligible for larger grants from other sources. Research must be conducted at institutions within the U.S. Preference is given to projects that address, at the basic science and clinical level, improved methods of prevention, detection, and treatment of skin cancers.

Because the amounts of the grants are small, it is the Foundation's policy not to fund overhead or indirect costs.

2009 Research Grants Awarded by The Skin Cancer Foundation

A one-year, $10,000 grant for a research project
“T-oligo as a Novel Therapeutic Agent for Melanoma”
Dr. Neelu Puri, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences

A one-year, $10,000 grant for a research project
“The Integration of a Genome-wide Approach to the Discovery of a Unique Molecular Signature of Nodular Melanoma”
Iman Osman, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology and Medical Oncology, Director, Interdisciplinary Melanoma Cooperative Research Group, NYU School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology

A one-year, $10,000 grant for a research project
“Targeting c-Jun and c-Fos for Skin Cancer Treatment”
Jennifer Yunyan Zhang, Assistant Professor, Duke University

Funding for this Award has been provided by The Melissa K. Bambino Melanoma Foundation through their Annual SUN RUN 5K Run/Walk

A one-year, $10,000 grant for a research project,
“Vitamin D, DNA Repair and Skin Cancer Prevention”
James E. Cleaver, Ph.D., Professor of Dermatology & Pharmaceutical Chemistr, Auerback Melanoma Laboratory, University of California - San Francisco, USCF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Funding for this Award has been provided by The Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf Research Award Society

A one-year, $10,000 grant for a research project,
“Investigating the Immunogenomic Landscape of Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma”
Dr. Michael Girardi, M.D., Associate Professor & Residency Director, Yale School of Medicine, Dept. of Dermatology

Funding for this Award has been provided by The Dr. Marcia Robbins-Wilf Research Award Society