CDF has provided over $10 million in funding since our inception in 1969, with over 500 awards given.

2024 CDF Research Grant Recipients

Dr. Tashmeeta Ahad
Dr. Mercy Alexis Skin of Color Dermatology research grant
University of British Columbia
Longitudinal Non-Invasive Optical Biopsy of Keratinocyte Cancers to Monitor Efficacy and
Response to Treatment; Innovation Grant – $100,000

Dr. Jan Dutz
Pfizer High Impact Grant on inflammatory skin disease
BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, UBC Skin Care Centre
Phototherapy to treat chronic inflammatory disease; Innovation Grant – $100,000

Dr. David Croitoru
Longitudinal assessment of lesional immune response to treatment induction in pyoderma gangrenosum
Women’s College Research Institute
Innovation Grant – $100,000

Dr. Samantha Buzimungu
Epidermiological and clinical charecteristics of atopic dermatitis in the adult black African population
University of Montreal, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Frederick Kalz Bursary 

SKIN INNOVATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2024
Dr. Liren Tang
Outstanding achievement in the development of AHR agonist therapies for skin diseases