Scholarships and Job Search

Applications are now being sought for the 2009 Cutting Edge Research Grant Program. This year, financial support for the CERG Program has been increased to $100,000 to allow for a greater number of individual, well-conceived proposals to be funded. Grants ranging from $5,000 – $20,000 will be awarded in order to stimulate a broad scope of research relevant to dermatologic surgeons and the dermatology specialty at-large.

• $100,000 in grants to be presented in 2009
• Awards ranging from $5,000 to $20,000
• New “call for research” component on Board-directed socioeconomic topics
• Awards will be announced at the 2009 ASDS Annual Meeting, October 1 – 4 in Phoenix, AZ

Besides increased funding, the program has been expanded to include a first-ever “call for research” based on specific, Board-directed socioeconomic topics to demonstrate our depth of training, scope of practice, safety record, efficacy and similar issues (please see the full list below). We specifically encourage ASDS members to submit proposals in these areas, as well as clinical research with specific relevance in:

• Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery
• Core Surgical Procedures and Techniques
• Cutaneous Oncology
• New Technologies

Deadline for submission of completed applications: August 14, 2009

Contact:
American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
5550 Meadowbrook Drive, Suite 120 • Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
phone: 847-956-0900 • fax: 847-956-0999