North American Hair Research Society

Grant Programs

SPECIAL NOTE:

Interested applicants can apply to the Mentorship Program. Due date for Mentorship Applications is November 30.

NAHRS Research Grant Program

Research grant awards for scientific investigations on hair disorders.

Since 2003, NAHRS has awarded, on a competitive basis, small grants as “seed” money to investigators studying hair biology, hair growth and hair disorders.

One goal of these awards is to provide funds to allow the investigator to generate preliminary results necessary for subsequent funding from organizations such as the NIH.
Another goal is to support unique valuable resources used by investigators studying hair biology and disorders.

NAHRS Research Grant Awards

2005 RESEARCH AWARDS:

Helen Everts, PhD
Research Award to Study Retinoid Metabolism in Human Cicatricial Alopecia

Faith Durden, MD
Research Award to Study The Assessment of Hair Shaft Changes in Individuals of African Descent

Amor Gilhar, PhD
Research Award to Study Factors in Initiation of Alopecia Areata in C3h/HeJ Mice

Partima Karnik, PhD
Research Award to Study Macrophage Activiation, Apoptosis, and Tissue Remodeling in Cicatricial Alopecia

Kathrin Giehl, MD
Research Award to Study Potential Animal Model for Pili Annulati

John Sundberg, DVM, PhD
Research Award to Study Ongoing Work on Path Database for Animal Models in Human Hair Disease

In the past 3 years: 13 grants for a total of $59,500
(These grants have been sponsored by Pfizer)
In the past 3 years: 20 grants for a total of $48,500
(Sponsor: Bosley Medical Institute: Ken Washenik)

Research Grants Funded by the NAHRS:

The NAHRS members share a vision to fund much needed research in hair biology and hair disorders. Our goal is to establish a secure financial base to continue and increase the level of funding for scientific research awards.

Towards this goal, we have initiated a grant program for research in the areas of:

Basic hair biology, immunology, morphology, development and differentiation of hair follicles
Mechanisms involved in the pathophysiology of hair disorders
Clinical and basic science research on rare hair disorders, such as cicatricial alopecia
Clinical applications for treating patients with hair disorders

NAHRS Current Ongoing Projects:

Current Ongoing Projects:

Additional goals of the NAHRS include sponsorship and awareness of work needed in areas such as:

Cicatricial (Scarring) Alopecia
Pathology substudy: To determine what histological features are useful to catalogue in cases of potential cicatricial alopecia
Lexicon substudy: To determine a consensus clinical description of each of the primary cicatricial alopecias to facilitate research
Collaborative clinical database on patients with cicatricial alopecia to help identify external, genetic and infectious pathoetiologic factors
Collaborative therapeutic trials in cicatricial alopecia
Collaborative work with our international colleagues on these disorders
Funding of a NAHRS subfund for cicatricial alopecia and support of basic and clinical research in this field

NAHRS Research Grant Downloads:

2007 Research Grant Application (PDF Format)

2007 Research Grant Application (WORD Doc)

Application & Supporting Material Must Be Received By Dec 31, 2006