Medical Schools Grants

Society for Neuroscience Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award

Application Deadline: May 14, 2010

The Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award was established in 2000, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Women in Neuroscience, predecessor to the Committee on Women in Neuroscience (C-WIN). The award recognizes an individual with outstanding career achievements in neuroscience who has also significantly promoted the professional advancement of women in neuroscience.

The award includes complimentary SfN annual meeting registration and a monetary prize of $5,000.

Eligibility
Eligible candidates are evaluated by the following criteria:

* Sustained exceptional achievements in neuroscience as evidenced by publications, inventions, and/or awards
* Served the profession through C-WIN, SfN, and/or related organizations
* Recognized at national or international levels as a scientist, educator, businessperson, or administrator in neuroscience
* Demonstrated a high degree of imagination, innovation, and initiative in the pursuit of neuroscience
* Exhibited an unusual dedication to facilitating the mentoring and entry of young women into neuroscience or to the advancement of women in neuroscience

Nominations must be made or endorsed by an SfN member. If the nominator is not an SfN member, the nomination package must include a letter of endorsement from a current Society member. Due to potential conflicts of interest, members of the Achievement Awards Selection Committee cannot serve as nominators. Nominees do not have to be SfN members. Self-nomination is not permitted.

Application Instructions
Please submit the following materials to awards@sfn.org prior to the deadline in order to be considered. Be sure to include the award's name in the subject line.

* 1-3 three letters of recommendation
* A summary of key research accomplishments (2 pages)
* A summary of mentoring, leadership, and service (2 pages)
* A curriculum vitae, including a list of students and postdoctoral fellows who have been mentored

Society for Neuroscience
1121 14th Street, NW
Suite 1010
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 962-4000
Fax: (202) 962-4941
E-mail: info@sfn.org

Picker Institute/Gold Foundation 2010-2011 Challenge Grant Program

The purpose of the Picker Institute/Gold Foundation Challenge Grant Program is to provide annual grants to support the research and development of innovative projects designed to facilitate successful patient-centered care initiatives and best practices in the education of our country's future practicing physicians.

The Picker Institute/Gold Foundation Challenge Grant Program is seeking proposals that illustrate how certain interventions and innovations in graduate medical education programs can facilitate the development of best practices regarding patient-centered healthcare and/or humanism in medicine. The expected outcome of a grantee's project will be a demonstration of the measurable effects and sustainability of the effort to enhance compassionate, patient-centered care in residency education.

2010-2011 Funding Level In the year 2010, up to 10 deserving proposals that pursue the goal of enhancing patient-centeredness and humanism in medicine will be awarded a Challenge Grant from Picker Institute of up to $25,000 for a project period of up to one year. The grantees and/or their institutions will be required to provide a matching contribution.

Letter of Intent Deadline: March 31, 2010

The Picker Institute Inc. is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the global advancement of the principles of patient-centered care.

Arnold P. Gold Foundation
619 Palisade Ave.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

(201) 567-7999

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine 2010 Sherry R. Arnstein Minority Student Scholarships

AACOM Now Accepting Applications for 2010 Sherry R. Arnstein Minority Student Scholarships
This award, named after former AACOM Executive Director Sherry R. Arnstein, recognizes two underrepresented minority students at AACOM's member colleges of osteopathic medicine (one newly accepted student and one continuing student). The award amount for 2010 will be $2,500.

To be eligible, an applicant must be an underrepresented minority (African-American; Native American, including American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians; mainland Puerto Rican or Hispanic) student in good academic standing and currently enrolled in his or her first, second or third year at an AACOM member college of osteopathic medicine OR an underrepresented minority student who has been accepted and is planning to matriculate at one of the AACOM member colleges. Previous Arnstein Scholarship awardees are ineligible.

Entries must be post-marked by March 31, 2010. All entries must include the required Cover Page, with all appropriate signatures, in addition to the required essay. Incomplete entries will not be considered. Awardees will be notified by July 21, 2010. Visit AACOM's web site for more information.

American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
5550 Friendship Blvd., Suite 310
Chevy Chase MD 20815-7231
Fax: (301) 968-4101

Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Award

Deadline for Nomination Submission: May 7, 2010

Each year residency training program department heads are asked to nominate one Resident surgeon from their program to receive the SLS Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Award.

Nominees receive:
An Award Certificate honoring their selection as an SLS Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident.
Inclusion in the listing of Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Residents to appear in JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.
Free membership with the Society for the year of nomination, which includes...
A Subscription to JSLS, Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Discounts on SLS conference registration, including automatic $300 scholarship toward registration for the SLS Annual Meeting and Endo Expo.

Additionally, all Residents are invited to participate in SLS's Annual Meeting and compete with surgeons from around the world for the $1000 Resident Paper Award!

Make your nomination by providing SLS with the following information by completing our online nomination form.

http://www.sls.org/i4a/ams/forms/form.cfm?id=162&pageid=3451&showTitle=1

The online nomination form is to be completed by department personnel for the Residency Program Director or Chairman. A link to this form will be emailed to Residency Program Directors and Chairmen before the end of March. If they have not received the link by that date, please contact us via email with the name of the Residency Program Chairman or Director who will be nominating the Resident, his or her title, the name of the program, the residency specialty, mailing address, telephone, fax, and email.

If your institution has an awards ceremony, SLS will send the nomination packet in time for you to make your presentation to your Outstanding Resident, or the packet can be sent to the Resident's address. Please let us know to whom and where you want the packet delivered and the date of the awards banquet.

PLEASE NOTE: Deadline for nomination submission is May 7, 2010, however nominations will not be accepted within 30 days of your banquet date.

Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
7330 SW 62nd Place, Suite 410
Miami, FL 33143-4825

Telephone: (305) 665-9959
Fax: (305) 667-4123

Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program 2009-2010 Call for Applications

Deadline: Mar 17, 2010

Purpose:
The Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program was established to increase the number of faculty from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who can achieve senior rank in academic medicine and who will encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians. Four-year postdoctoral research awards are offered to universities, schools of medicine and research institutions to support the research and career development of physicians from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine and to serving as role models for students and faculty of similar background. The program defines the term “historically disadvantaged” to mean the challenges facing individuals because of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or similar factors.

Eligibility & Selection Criteria:
To be eligible to apply, candidates must be physicians who:

are from historically disadvantaged backgrounds (ethnic, financial or educational);
are citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of application; and
are now completing or have completed their formal clinical training. (Preference will be given to physicians who have recently completed their formal clinical training.)

Key Dates:
March 17, 2010 (8 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of online applications.
March 18, 2010—Deadline for postmark of supporting documents.
July 2010—Applicant interviews with national advisory committee members.
September 2010—Deadline for receipt of online Finalist Documentation.
December 2010—Notification of awards.

Total Award:
Up to eight four-year awards will be funded in this grant cycle.
Scholars will receive an annual stipend of up to $75,000 each, complemented by a $30,000 annual grant toward support of research activities.

Contact:
Nina Ardery, deputy director
amfdp@starpower.net
Office: (301) 565-4080
Fax: (301) 565-4088

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
P.O. Box 2316
Route 1 and College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08543

2010 Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships

Honoring individuals who assist medical schools achieve their diversity objectives and eliminate health care disparities

The deadline for receipt of nomination packets is May 3, 2010.

These awards consist of five scholarships given to outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care and have demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing educational, societal, and health care needs of minorities in the United States. Each recipient receives a $5,000 scholarship in November of the year the scholarships are awarded.

A medical school may nominate one student per year for this award. A candidate must be:

* a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and
* entering the third year of study in a LCME-accredited U.S. medical school in fall 2009. Students enrolled in combined degree programs (such as M.D./Ph.D.) are eligible when they are entering their third year of medical school.

A nomination packet must contain 10 stapled sets (one with originals; nine with photocopies). Each stapled set must be collated in the following order:

1. a nomination letter from the medical school's dean or the dean's designate discussing the nominee's:
* leadership efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care,
* demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing the educational, societal, and health-care needs of minorities,
* excellent academic achievement through the first and second years of medical school (this is essential when a school has a pass/fail grading system),
* awards and honors, special research projects, and extracurricular activities in which the student has shown leadership abilities;
2. a letter of recommendation from the medical school's designed minority affairs representative or office;
3. a letter of recommendation from a faculty member;
4. a personal statement by the nominee, which does not exceed 250 words, discussing his or her motivation for pursuing a medical career and how he or she anticipates working to improve the health and health care of minorities;
5. a curriculum vitae (CV) for the nominee which clearly indicates contact information; and
6. the nominee's official medical school academic transcript (remember to photocopy both sides of the transcript).

A nomination packet with 10 collated and stapled sets must be received by May 3, 2010. Late nominations will not be considered. All nominations must be submitted to:

Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships Award Committee
c/o Angela R. Moses
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1127

For more information, e-mail nickensawards@aamc.org.

Herbert W. Nickens Award

Honoring an individual who assists medical schools achieve their diversity objectives and eliminate health care disparities

The award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care for people in the United States. The recipient received a $10,000 award and presents the Nickens Lecture at the 2010 AAMC annual meeting.

Dr. Nickens believed that a multidisciplinary approach is needed to address inequities in health. Because of this, nominees may come from a wide range of fields, including medicine, public health, education, law, nursing, and the social sciences.

A nomination packet must contain 10 stapled sets (one with originals; nine with photocopies). Each stapled set must be collated in the following order:

* a nomination letter, which does not exceed five double-spaced pages, explaining the nominee's qualifications for the award and
* a current curriculum vitae (CV) for the nominee.

A nomination packet with 10 collated and stapled sets must be received by May 3, 2010. Late nominations will not be considered. All nominations must be submitted to:

Herbert W. Nickens Award Committee
c/o Angela Moses
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1127

For more information e-mail nickensawards@aamc.org.

David E. Rogers Award Request for Nominations

2010 Nomination Deadline: May 3, 2010

The Rogers Award, jointly funded by the AAMC and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, honors Dr. David Rogers, a former president of the Foundation and an exemplar of academic medicine's commitment to meeting the health care needs of our country. Throughout his life, Dr. Rogers was a dynamic influence in stimulating programs in medical education and medical care delivery, especially in areas of significant social interest. The Rogers Award is granted annually to a member of a medical school faculty who has made major contributions to improving the health and health care of the American people.

Nominations may be made by any faculty or staff member of a medical school or teaching hospital or by any member of an academic society. The Award is limited to an individual who has spent the majority of his or her career in academic medicine in the United States.

Nominations for the Rogers Award must include:

* Eight (8) copies of a statement of evidence in justification of the nomination, not to exceed five pages.
* Eight (8) copies of the nominee's curriculum vitae including current address.

Seconding letters of support are not necessary; however, if such letters are solicited, 8 copies must be submitted. The committee will accept no more than three supporting letters for any nomination.

Presentation of the Rogers Award and a prize of $10,000 will be made at the 2010 AAMC annual meeting.

Send nominations to:

Office of the President
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037-1127

202-828-0472

Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teacher Awards Request for Nominations

2010 Nomination Deadline: May 3, 2010

The Alpha Omega Alpha Robert J. Glaser Distinguished Teaching Awards recognize the significant contributions to medical education made by gifted teachers. Up to four awards will be granted each year. Each awardee will receive a $10,000 grant. The awardee's nominating institution will receive $2,500 for teaching activities, and, if the nominating institution has an AOA chapter, the chapter will receive a stipend of $1,000 toward its activities.

Each medical school in the United States and Canada may nominate one faculty member. The nomination is made by the dean.

Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1126
Phone: 202-828-0400
Fax: 202-828-1125

Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education Request for Nominations

2010 Nomination Deadline: May 3, 2010

The Abraham Flexner Award for Distinguished Service to Medical Education is awarded annually to an individual for extraordinary contributions to the medical education community. The award was first presented by the Association in 1958 and is the AAMC's most prestigious honor. The Flexner Award recognizes the highest standards in medical education and honors individuals whose impact on medical education is national in scope.

Nominations may be made by any faculty or staff member of a medical school or teaching hospital or by any member of an academic society. The Award Selection Committee may also solicit nominations. Any individual who has made a significant contribution to academic medicine is eligible for nomination.

Nominations for the Flexner Award must include:

* Eight (8) copies of a statement of evidence in justification of the nomination
* Eight (8) copies of the nominee's curriculum vitae, including current address.

Seconding letters of support are not necessary; however, if such letters are solicited, 8 copies must be submitted. The committee will accept no more than three supporting letters for any nomination.

Presentation of the Flexner Medical and a prize of $10,000 will be made at the 2010 AAMC annual meeting.

For more information, please contact:

Office of the President
Association of American Medical Colleges
2450 N Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037-1127

202-828-0472