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Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Program Enhancement Award

The Program Enhancement Award, initiated in 2013, will enable family medicine programs to implement an enhancement at their institution while developing the leadership skills of family medicine faculty with a preference for the project leaders to be early in their academic careers. This award replaces the Faculty Enhancement Experience Award. Up to four awards are available per year, depending on the availability of funds.

Program Details

The applicant program will design a project that enables a hands-on learning and leadership opportunity for a faculty member (project leader) around a specific program enhancement. A project consultant(s) from another institution will be identified. The project leader will receive skills/training related to the defined program enhancement such that they will be expected to serve as the leader of the implementation at their home institution.

This training experience may be conducted at the applicant program's institution (home) or at the consultant's institution (host). These enhancements may be in one of several possible areas enumerated under funding preferences. The host institution(s) may be any outside institution relevant to the project. Examples of qualified hosts are other departments or teaching programs in any specialty, other universities, foundation, or government agencies that are leaders in areas relevant to the program enhancement.

Project funds may be used to support travel expenses for the project leader and/or for a site visit by the project consultant. Funds may not be used for salary support.

Eligibility Criteria

The program must be a department of family medicine or one of its divisions or a family medicine residency program.

The faculty member designated as project leader must:

Be a current member of STFM.

Be a full-time faculty member at a family medicine department of family medicine residency program and employed in academic family medicine no more than 10 years.

Attend an STFM Annual Spring Conference (at their program's expense) within 2 years after receipt of this award.  The project leader agrees to attend all designated Foundation functions at that meeting and may be asked to speak about their experience during the conference at the Foundation's annual reception and/or other venues.

The Program Director and the Project Leader agree to jointly submit two reports:

At 12 months a report on progress made toward implementing the program enhancement will be due.  The report will describe the impact of the experience on the faculty, learners, and on the educational program, and will include any preliminary data.  Either this report or the final report should also describe the recipients' (program and faculty) satisfaction with the experience.

At 2 years a final report on the implementation of the project, along with appropriate outcomes data will be submitted.

Funding Preferences

Preferences will be given to applications in which the designated project leader is early in their academic career and who are about to undertake or have recently accepted a new level of responsibility for leadership in 1) medical education, 2) family medicine residency education, 3) research programs, 4) clinical practice management, 5) implementing innovations in practice, 6) shaping strategic institutional policy, or 7) leading faculty development programs.

Application Requirements:

Stated objectives for the project.

The planned activities, including methods for demonstrating achievement of objectives.

Letter from project consultant and host institution stating cooperation and understanding of planned activities.

Confirmation that the project leader will be given ample protected time to lead the project.

Budget request (maximum $2,000) and explanation of intended use of funds.  Any other sources of funding should be stated.

Statement about how applicant meets funding preference, if applicable.

Application Deadline

The application must be submitted electronically to Kay Frank and must be received by August 31, 2013.  Award recipients will be announced in mid-November.

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group Project Funds

The Foundation responded to the expressed needs of STFM members for funding for research and education by establishing the Group Project Fund in 2008. It was designed to reward the creative and collaborative proposals of STFM group members.

This fund encourages STFM Group members to collaboratively plan, develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate findings from educationally related scholarly projects. The outcomes of the projects will benefit group members, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, and the discipline of family medicine.

Proposals that would conduct a survey must be coordinated with CERA (CAFM Education Research Alliance). 

The Foundation's Trustees will allocate up to 50% of the net revenue from unrestricted and undesignated Annual Giving Campaign donations to the Group Project Fund. The program will be coordinated by the STFM Executive Committee.

Funding Details

Projects are funded for a maximum of 2 years, and funding is not renewable. Funds may be budgeted in the categories below. Indirect costs are not provided.

Required equipment (e.g., a laptop computer) and supplies (e.g., photocopying).

Travel (e.g., funds to present project outcomes at STFM meetings and/or attend project team meetings).

Personnel (e.g., to purchase a statistical consultant's time). Funds for faculty and/or staff release time must be contributed "in-kind" by departments/programs.

Production and technical support (eg, producing CDs or uploading information on FMDRL).

A project may be funded for 1 or 2 years at one of the two levels below:

Full Funding: A few proposals of exceptional quality and potential impact may be funded up to $10,000 total.

Seed Money: To support projects up to $5,000 total.

Proposals at either funding level must have matching in-kind contributions for personnel (e.g., faculty and/or staff), equipment, and/or supplies.

The project PI must submit a semi-annual and an annual written project report to the STFM Executive Director until the project is completed.

Funds will be disbursed as follows:

2-Year Award – ¼ upon award, ¼ upon receipt of each semi-annual report

1-Year Award – ½ upon award, ½ upon receipt of semi-annual report

The entity agreeing to receive and administer the grant funds must be listed in the grant proposal.Grant awards are disbursed as lump payments to no more than 2 entities per approved project.  Those entities are responsible for distributing the funds in accordance with the proposal and for accounting reports.  Grant funds may be disbursed by the STFM Foundation to for-profit or to not-for-profit entities.  Examples of acceptable entities are institutional foundations, departments of family medicine, and family medicine clinics.

Any unspent dollars from the Project must be returned to the STFM Foundation.

Preparing and Submitting a Proposal

Any recognized, active STFM Group may submit a proposal for funding. Proposals must follow the format shown on the Application Form and received in the STFM office by December 1. Proposals must be submitted electronically to jmorrill@stfm.org.

The STFM Executive Committee will fund selected proposals at one of the levels stated above. Proposals will be assessed using the Proposal Rating Form. Principal Investigators will be notified about the funding decision on February 15, and funds will be dispersed by March 1. The project period runs from March 1 – February 28. Principal investigators of funded proposals must submit a progress report to the STFM Executive Director on September 1 of the project period, and at six-month intervals until the final report due by March 20 in the year of completion.

American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Research Stimulation Grants

Since September 1, 2013 is on Sunday and Labor Day follows on Monday, the deadline for the second cycle of 2013 is Tuesday, September 3.

This program provides $7,500 per project to support research that poses questions of high relevance to family physicians and their patients. Applications for studies with lower costs are also welcome.

The program goals are to:

• Support research of value to the practicing physician

• Encourage proposals by junior investigators

• Fund pilot studies

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association's Research Fellowship

The purpose of the fellowship project is to fund research projects that will significantly assist the learner's development while contributing to the collaborative care field.

Facets of the Fellowship:

Eligibility: Applicant must be a member of CFHA who is either in training (student, resident, or fellow) or is less than 3 years post training.

Submission Deadline: June 1, 2013

Description of Proposed Project:  Proposals may include work being done in fulfillment of a thesis, dissertation, or other research initiative.  Applicants must describe their topic, hypothesis(es) and methodology.  Applicants may be a member of a research team but should be identified as the project's leader.  All proposals must have a research question guiding their design and be able to produce reportable outcomes by October 2014.

Project Impact:  CFHA leadership is interested in how applicants plan to measure the efficacy and/or effectiveness of their project.  The fellowship recipient will be invited to present the conclusions of their project at the 2014 CFHA conference.  The recipient will be required to select a poster or podium presentation for their work.  The recipient will be required to submit a mid-year report detailing the project's accomplishments thus far and proposed plans.  A final report of the project should be written in the form of a 1,000-1,500 word CFHA blog.

Project Mentor:  Applicant will identify a project mentor with expertise in collaborative care who will be responsible for providing regular supervision and oversight of the project's implementation.  Applicants are required to submit a letter of support from the project mentor describing their support of the applicant and plan for oversight and supervision.

Review and Selection: Applications will be reviewed by the Research Committee with a finalist presented to the Board of Directors for selection. Applicant's Name, Institution and Mentor information will be blinded prior to all review. The proposals will be evaluated using four criteria: 1) innovation, 2) feasibility, 3) method and 4) possible contribution to the collaborative care field.

Notice of Award: The fellowship recipient will be announced at the 2013 CFHA Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado.  Award will be presented to the lead investigator on the project.  All applicants will be informed about the outcome one month prior to the 2013 conference.

Award: Research Fellowship Awardee will receive a taxable award of $1,000, one free conference registration to the 17th Annual Conference to be held at the Omni Shoreham, Washington DC, October 16-18, 2014, and will be acknowledged in both 2013 and 2014 conference materials.

Collaborative Family Healthcare Association
P. O. Box 23980
Rochester, New York 14692-3980

Phone (585) 482-8210 
Fax (585) 482-2901
info@CFHA.net

Childhood Obesity Project for Residency Programs

MetLife Foundation has awarded the Americans In Motion - Healthy Interventions (AIM-HI) initiative funding to distribute grants in the amount of $10,000 to $30,000 to Family Medicine Residency Programs (FMRPs). Ten to 18 FMRPs will be selected to develop family-centered community projects designed to reduce childhood obesity and promote fitness for the entire family.

Key Dates

Application deadline is Friday, May 31, 2013.

Please scan, email and submit your application to Jacklyn Cremer at JCremer@aafp.org.

Selected FMRPs will be notified in August 2013. Grant funding period will be September 15, 2013 through July 15, 2014.

This is the second time that MetLife Foundation has given AIM-HI funding for FMRPs.

This project was made possible by MetLife Foundation.

Family Medicine Philanthropic Consortium Grant Awards Program

The goal of the FMPC Grant Awards is to support Constituent Chapters and Chapter Foundations projects that help fulfill the mission of improving the health of all people.

Eligibility Requirements:

• The applicant must be a Constituent Chapter or Chapter Foundation of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a 501(c) (3) organization or a 501(c) (6) organization.

• Each state is limited to submitting a total of three (3) grant applications per year.

• Program funding will only be made to support philanthropic activities.

• The application must address one or more of the health care priorities of the FMPC: outreach, public health, and resident/student support.

• The amount of funding requested from the FMPC must be at least 70% for program services with a maximum of 30% for staff and administration.

Grants will not be made to individuals, endowment funds, support political campaigns or lobbying any public official about specific legislation, or for constituent chapters or chapter foundations to accomplish fundraising.

Grant applications that fail to comply with all eligibility and submission requirements will not be considered for funding.

Applications can be submitted by the state AAFP Chapter, Chapter Foundation, or a combination of both. The call for 2013 Applications is from February 1 through June 15, 2013. Each state may submit up to three grant applications per year. The deadline to submit the completed application is midnight, Saturday June 15, 2013.

American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Joint Grant Awards Program

The Joint Grant Awards Program (JGAP) supports research that poses questions of high relevance to Family Medicine.

The maximum award for JGAP grants has been increased from $30,000 to $50,000. Applications for smaller-scale studies with lower costs are also welcome.

The program goals are to:

Support research of value to the practicing family physician
Encourage proposals by junior investigators
Fund pilot studies

JGAP applications are accepted twice a year:

December 1
June 1

Grant awards are typically announced within six months of the submission deadlines.

Eligibility

The following candidates may apply:

Individual family physicians

Family Medicine organizations or associations

Family Medicine residency programs

Departments of Family Medicine

Educational and health care institutions or organizations that will use the JGAP support exclusively for research projects directly involving and impacting Family Medicine

JGAP encourages the submission of proposals for which a family physician is the principal investigator. In addition, priority will be given to new researchers or those who mentor new investigators on the research team.

There are some types of proposals that DO NOT qualify. These include proposals seeking:

Support for cost of instituting programs
Support for activities such as videotape production, curriculum design or implementation of a project, etc.

The principal investigator or one of the co-investigators must be a member of the AAFP.

The principal investigator must be a Family Medicine researcher (a clinician or PhD), the one individual designated by the applicant organization to direct the project.