Beginning with an initial investment in 1987 through the Pilot Program award, NPF has invested over $30 million in grants and fellowships focused on psoriatic disease and related comorbidities. This funding has provided support to undergraduate, graduate, and medical students, postdoctoral and early career researchers, young doctors, academic scientists, and clinician-scientists. Each dollar, and each person, works towards the goal of improving the lives of people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Impact of NPF-Funded Reseach
NPF is the largest nonprofit funder of psoriasis and PsA research in the world.
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NPF has funded many successful psoriatic disease research programs over the years. This funding often builds the foundation for investigators to pursue larger federal research grants. The Psoriasis Prevention Initiative, a priority grant mechanism, will invest an estimated $6.5 M across five years with the aim of identifying an intervention that will prevent the onset of psoriatic disease, disease relapse, or relevant comorbidities. Another key funding initiative is the PsA Diagnostic Test Grant, which will progress the development of the first diagnostic test for PsA, dramatically reducing guesswork and long delays in diagnosis and treatment
Stay up to date with the latest research outcomes and news including our quarterly newsletter, explore publications from NPF-funded researchers and NPF staff, or learn more about the individual research projects currently being funded by NPF.
Latest News
The National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF) is pleased to announce the awarding of 5 Summer Student Research Grants and 3 Psoriatic Disease Research Fellowships, a commitment totaling $175,000 in support of the next generation of psoriatic disease and comorbidities researchers under the mentorship of leaders in the field.
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Research Quarterly Archive
- Research Quarterly - May 2023 (May 12, 2023)
- Research Quarterly - January 2023 (January 19, 2023)
Research News
- 2023 NPF Grant and Fellowship Awards Announced (July 1, 2023)
- NPF Announces New Rheumatology Fellows Meeting (May 22, 2023)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Welcomes New Chief Scientific and Medical Officer (May 10, 2023)
- NPF Awards 8 Research Grants and Fellowships (April 19, 2023)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards 2 Cycle 1 Bridge Grants (February 1, 2023)
- NPF Awards $3.2 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 1, 2022)
- New Data Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Stressed, Posing a Threat to the 8 Million Living With Psoriasis (August 9, 2022)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Partners with National Institutes of Health and Others to Identify and Map Key Biological Pathways That Drive Immune-Mediated and Autoimmune Diseases (December 17, 2021)
- NPF Announces Funding of Multi-Center Clinical Trial Aimed at Reducing Cardiovascular Risk for the Next Phase of the Psoriasis Prevention Initiative (September 24, 2021)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation Awarded Significant Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (August 26, 2021)
- NPF Task Force Issues New Guidance Statements Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters (August 25, 2021)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards $2.82 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 2, 2021)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Issues New Guidance Statements in Response to CDC Guidelines (June 1, 2021)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Reinstates Guidance for Johnson & Johnson Vaccine (April 30, 2021)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Updates Guidance Statements Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines (March 5, 2021)
- Updated Guidance for Management of Psoriatic Disease During the COVID-19 Pandemic Accepted for Publication in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (January 7, 2021)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Issues New Guidance Statements Regarding COVID-19 Vaccines Along with Updates to Prior Guidance (December 14, 2020)
- NPF Announces Opening of 2021 Grant Program (October 15, 2020)
- NPF Announces New Mental Health Grant (October 8, 2020)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Guidance for Management of Psoriatic Disease During the Pandemic Accepted for Publication in the Esteemed Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (September 9, 2020)
- NPF COVID-19 Task Force Provides Guidance for People with Psoriatic Disease (August 19, 2020)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards $3.28 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 6, 2020)
- Corrona® Psoriasis Registry Shares Real-World Evidence at AAD Virtual Meeting Experience (June 12, 2020)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Forms COVID-19 Task Force (Jun 11, 2020)
- The National Psoriasis Foundation and the American Academy of Dermatology Releases First-Ever Guidelines for Pediatric Psoriasis Treatment (November 5, 2019)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Releases New Funding Opportunities (November 18, 2019)
- National Psoriasis Foundation Awards $2.8 Million in Research Grants and Fellowships (July 12, 2019)
NPF Publications
NPF staff and partners have contributed dozens of publications to the scientific record.
Help Fund Critical Research
Improved treatment options, disease detection and prevention, and therapies with curative potential require significant investment, year after year.