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Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program 2012 Call for Applications
Deadline: March 15, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
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 dentistry and who will encourage and foster the development of succeeding classes of such physicians and dentists. Four-year postdoctoral research awards are offered to universities, schools of medicine and dentistry and research institutions to support the research and career development of physicians and dentists from historically disadvantaged backgrounds who are committed to developing careers in academic medicine and dentistry 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.
Total Awards:
We will fund up to nine four-year awards 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.
Key Dates:
March 15, 2012 (3 p.m. ET)—Deadline for receipt of completed applications. March 16, 2012—Deadline for postmark of supporting documents. July 18–20, 2012—Applicant interviews with national advisory committee members. December 2012—Notification of awards.
Contact:
Nina Ardery, deputy director amfdp@indiana.edu Office: (317) 278-0500 Fax: (317) 278-0508
Call for Proposals: 2012 Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) Program in the Care of Older Adults
Applications are due in the ADGAP office by close of business on March 12, 2012.
Developed at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC), the Chief Resident Immersion Training (CRIT) program improves Chief Residents’ understanding of geriatrics principles and leadership and teaching skills. The program focuses on Chief Residents because of the key roles that they play in the quality of patient care; medical student and resident training; mediating between faculty, nursing staff, and residents; and communicating with patients and families.
The CRIT program fosters collaboration among disciplines in the management of medically complex older patients. Program participants include both Chief Residents and faculty responsible for residency training in surgical and medical specialties. The program brings these individuals together for an intensive two-day program focused on:
incorporating geriatrics principles into Chief Resident teaching and administrative roles; developing Chief Resident teaching and leadership skills with a focus on the care of complex older patients; enhancing leadership and teaching skills that are necessary for a successful term as Chief Resident; enhancing Chief Residents' abilities to collaborate with other disciplines in the management of complex older patients; developing an achievable action project focused on a geriatrics care issue that the Chief Resident will carry out during his/her Chief Residency year. Since its inception at BUMC in 2003, the CRIT program has been disseminated to 15 institutions nationwide. The program has produced institution-wide cultural changes in residency training and collaborative geriatrics care across disciplines, and an increase in Chief Residents' geriatrics knowledge, confidence to teach geriatrics, and leadership skills.
The CRIT program is administered by the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs (ADGAP) in partnership with BUMC, with grants from the Hearst Foundations and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation Program for Faculty Development to Advance Geriatrics Education (FD~AGE).
Who Should Apply
Applications for CRIT grants are welcome from any institution that trains Chief Residents.
The Principal Investigator must be a senior faculty person who has the influence at his/her institution to garner the necessary institutional support to offer this type of training to Chief Residents and to ensure broad participation of Residency Program Directors and Chief Residents across multiple specialties.
The Co-Investigator can be a more junior faculty person who is substantively involved in residency training.
At least one investigator should be from the geriatrics division or department.
Available Funding
Through generous funding from The Hearst Foundations and the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, ADGAP and BUMC expect to award ten CRIT grants in the 2012 grantee cohort. Three programs will be funded by the Reynolds Foundation, and seven by the Hearst Foundations. Past and current Reynolds grantees are not eligible for Reynolds funding, and only academic medical centers (institutions with schools of allopathic or osteopathic medicine) can apply for funding from the Reynolds Foundation. These stipulations do not apply to applicants receiving funding from the Hearst Foundations.
Each CRIT grant will provide grantees with two years of funding ($37,500 in Year 1 and $36,000 in Year 2) to reproduce the BUMC CRIT model at their institutions. This funding will cover approximately 75% of annual CRIT-related expenses. In order to receive a CRIT grant, applying institutions must commit to contributing an in-kind match to cover the remaining 25% of expenses ($12,500 in Year 1 and $12,000 in Year 2).
Grantee institutions will also receive travel reimbursement of up to $2,500 to send two representatives to observe the June 2-3, 2012, BUMC CRIT program in Salem, Massachusetts.
Grant monies will be released in July 2012.
Notice of Hearst Foundations Funding Pending Please note: For the 2012 CRIT grant cohort, funding for seven of the ten grantee institutions is dependent on ADGAP’s receipt of funding from the Hearst Foundations for national CRIT dissemination. This funding is subject to an annual review by the Board of the Hearst Foundations, and this review is scheduled to take place in June of each year of the CRIT dissemination.
Continuing the process established in 2011, Hearst-funded grantees will be notified of their selection in April 2012, with notice that Year 1 and Year 2 funding is contingent upon renewal of the Hearst Foundations grant. These grantees will be expected to attend the June 2012 BUMC CRIT program (travel expenses will be reimbursed from currently available grant funding). A final notice of funding will be sent in June 2012, following the Hearst Foundations board meeting.
For program related questions contact:
Sharon A. Levine, MD Professor of Medicine Boston University School of Medicine Geriatrics Section 88 East Newton Street, Robinson 2 Boston, MA 02118 salevine@bu.edu
For administrative questions contact:
Joe Douglas Coordinator Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs The American Geriatrics Society 40 Fulton St., 18th Floor New York, New York 10038 Phone: 212-308-1414 Fax: 212-832-8646 jdouglas@americangeriatrics.org
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Institutional Research Training Grant
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
The Institutional Research Training Grant (IRTG) is intended to identify, develop, and fund promising institutions dedicated to providing high quality training to research fellows in emergency medicine. Its specific goals are:
To increase the number of emergency medicine investigators with training in research. To develop and support programs that can serve as advanced research training sites for emergency medicine graduates who wish to pursue a career that involves research. To establish a culture supporting advanced research training within the department of emergency medicine. To enhance the academic development and productivity of the specialty of Emergency Medicine.
Duration of the award: July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2014
Financial award: The IRTG will provide a total of up to $150,000 for two years (up to $75,000 per year), commencing when the fellow is selected and begins training (academic year: July 1 through June 30). Detailed budgets will be required. Funds must be used for salary, training or related infrastructure needs required to meet the training goals stated in the grant. The award will be offered annually. Funds for the second training year will be made available to the host institution only upon submission of a progress report that is judged by the SAEM Grants Committee to demonstrate satisfactory accomplishment in the first year of the fellowship. Failure to meet the award guidelines or inability of the candidate to complete the term of the award shall result in the return of residual funds to SAEM. The number of awards granted annually will depend on the quality of applications and status of endowment funds. Recipients are not eligible to receive a second award during the first grant period. Award extensions may be made at the discretion of the Grants Committee under certain circumstances. Award extensions will be evaluated on a case by case basis. SAEM grants are contingent upon the amount of available funds from the SAEM Foundation. SAEM may discontinue, postpone, or alternate grant funding mechanisms based on the amount of funds available.
Eligibility Applicant:
The applicant for the award will be the institution not the trainee. It will be expected that the faculty member overseeing the grant will be an active member of SAEM for greater than 12 months at the time of the grant application deadline and hold an academic appointment in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine within the institution during the entire duration of the grant. The grant will not be transferable to another mentor or another institution. Applicants who have previously received an SAEM IRTG award are not precluded from applying again, but may not begin a second award during a prior award's funding period. When there are equally competitive applications submitted preference will be given to applicants who have never received an SAEM IRTG.
Department: The institution should host or be affiliated with a department or division of emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine. Departments outside the United States are eligible. The department must be able to demonstrate a track record of academic excellence and a commitment to the support of research and research training. The department must also demonstrate that it has the infrastructure (space and interdepartmental affiliations) in place to provide an appropriate training environment (funds from the award may be used to develop and enrich this infrastructure).
Training site: The primary training site should be an academic department or division of emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine. Any appropriate site would be expected to have access and facilities for training similar to those outlined in the NIH guidelines for clinical research training (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-00-002). For example, affiliations with departments or universities offering advanced degrees and training in research methodology are strongly encouraged.
Mentor: The success of this training award is highly dependent upon mentorship. The identified mentor must therefore be able and willing to oversee the training program, meet frequently with the trainee and ensure the goals of the training program are met. The mentor(s) should have a strong track record of academic and research excellence and should be committed to the training program. The mentor(s) will be responsible for selecting the fellow into the program, supervising the fellow's research project, and ensuring completion of the training program and a research project in the two-year period of the grant. It will be expected that the mentor overseeing the grant will be an active member of SAEM and hold an academic appointment in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine within the institution during the entire duration of the grant. Secondary mentors outside emergency medicine who can add to the research training program are encouraged.
Fellow: The research fellow must have an advanced degree (e.g., MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, DSc or equivalent), hold a university appointment in or be actively involved with a department or division of emergency medicine, and be an active member of SAEM. The award is otherwise not contingent on the fellow, and the applicant does not need to have a specific fellow identified or recruited for the fellowship at the time of application. The mentor will be responsible for selecting an appropriate fellow. After being notified by SAEM, the institution will have two years to notify SAEM of an appropriate candidate and funding will start from the day the fellow starts at the institution. It is expected that the research fellow will be dedicated to a minimum of 70% research effort and it will be the mentor's and chair's responsibility to ensure that a dedicated 70% effort is being made to protect the fellow from clinical, administrative, and other academic activities. Recognizing that most clinicians will want to do some clinical work, SAEM is allowing fellows to work a maximum of one clinical shift per week. As such, fellows are required to spend no more than 12 hours per week performing clinical, administrative, or teaching activities not directly related to research training. Fellows should be considered as junior faculty. Moonlighting should be strongly discouraged to ensure dedication to the training program. A competitive salary from clinical revenue and grant funds is encouraged.
Deliverables: Projects are expected to be submitted as abstracts to the SAEM Annual Meeting when completed.
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2340 S. River Road Suite 200 Des Plaines, IL 60018
Phone: 847.813.9823 Fax: 847.813.5450
Emergency Medicine Interest Group Grant
Deadline: Friday, February 17, 2012
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine recognizes the valuable role of emergency medicine medical student interest groups (EMIGs), and awards grants to support these groups' educational activities.
The goals of the SAEM Emergency Medicine Interest Group grants are:
To promote growth of emergency medicine education at the medical student level, To identify new educational methodologies advancing undergraduate education in emergency medicine, and To support educational endeavors of an EMIG.
Given these broad goals, there are few limitations on the nature of eligible proposals. Proposals should focus on educational activities or projects related to undergraduate education in emergency medicine. Grant monies may be used for supplies, consultation, and seed money. Faculty salary support is excluded.
Duration of the award: July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013
Financial award: An award of up to $500 is provided for one year. Awardees may apply for subsequent years of funding on a competitive basis. Funding cannot be used for salary or institutional overhead.
Eligibility Applicant: Established or developing EMIGs, located at medical schools with or without emergency medicine residencies, are eligible to apply. Medical students can serve as primary applicants if a faculty co-applicant is listed. Applications will be reviewed by a subcommittee of the Clerkship Directors of Emergency Medicine (CDEM) an Academy of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Each application will be judged according to educational merit, significance to emergency medicine, originality, methodology, institutional support, applicant qualifications, and appropriateness of budget. Final determinations of grant awards will be made by the CDEM Executive Committee.
Department: The applicant must submit letters of support if the proposed project utilizes facilities not routinely available to or directly under the supervision of the sponsoring program.
Mentor: The faculty advisor of the grant proposal must be a member of SAEM at the time of the grant application deadline.
Deliverables: All discoveries resulting from work supported in part by SAEM should be made available to the public and scientific community through approved scientific channels such as national meetings and peer-reviewed journals. Publications will acknowledge the support of SAEM with the statement: "This study has been supported by a grant from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine. Two reprints of each publication should be forwarded to SAEM. Publications are encouraged, but not required, to be submitted to Academic Emergency Medicine."
International Association for the Study of Pain Developing Countries Project: Initiative for Improving Pain Education
Grant: US$10,000
Application deadline is February 15, 2012.
The IASP Developing Countries Project addresses the need for improved education about pain and its treatment in developing countries by providing educational support grants. These grants are intended to improve the scope and availability of essential education for pain clinicians of all disciplines, taking into account specific local needs. For example, funds may be used to combine practical instruction with theory, to develop specific written teaching materials, or to develop distance-learning materials.
Eligibility Requirements:
The principal organizer must be based in a developing country and must have been a member of IASP for at least one year. Those who received an award from this program in the previous year are not eligible to reapply. Applications should be for one-year projects that are ready to begin within three months of the date of submitting this application. Grants will not be awarded for projects that are in the planning stages, and projects must have specific start and completion dates.
Ten grants will be given, each for up to US$10,000. Applicants must identify the total funds necessary for the project and the additional sources of funding.
Grants will support one-year educational projects designed to meet identified needs within a developing country.
Grants are not intended for projects that are still in the planning stages.
The project should be an educational course, written educational materials for general distribution, or a distance-learning course.
It is desirable, although not essential, for the project to be multidisciplinary.
If awarded, no funds will be sent to personal accounts. The grant award will be administered for the organizers of the education project by a non-profit institution, association, or organisation, with the understanding that no fees or overhead will be charged to IASP for this educational grant, or taken from the award.
The successful applicant must submit a quarterly progress report, as well as a detailed final report within 3 months of the project’s completion to IASP. This final report should include the following details:
The original aims of the project and a general assessment of its value; this must include measurable outcomes (measures of the impact and/or results of the project).
The number of persons taking part in the project and their professional status (undergraduates, doctors, nurses, and other health professionals).
Details of the course conduct, assessment methods, and results, including a final measure of the difference that the project has made. This includes the intended long-term follow-up with the participants or materials.
A record of any problems or difficulties encountered during the project.
A description of how the project can be developed and improved in the long term.
A financial statement accounting for the use of all the funds.
How to Apply:
(All applications must be submitted in English and as a single PDF file.)
Include a short form CV with your application.
Email your completed application and short CV to: IASPDesk@iasp-pain.org or Fax your completed application and short CV to: +1-206-283-9403
The deadline for receipt of applications is February 15. Awardees will be announced by May 1.
Please contact iaspdesk@iasp-pain.org if you have any questions, or call +1-206-283-0311.
2012 Pfizer Fellowships in Amyloidosis
This fellowship represents an opportunity for young investigators to spend 2 years of their career adding to the science of the amyloidoses. Applications for this fellowship are welcome from programs and institutions that focus on educating clinicians on the recognition, diagnosis and treatment of patients with amyloidosis, especially those of the hereditary/familial type.
Funds Available: One award of up to $100,000, paid over 2 years at $50,000 per year
Application Deadline: February 10, 2012
Awards Announced: April 1, 2012
Funding Begins: July 2012
Eligibility
Institutions
Must be an accredited US-based academic institution Must not be located in the State of Vermont The institution cannot host another recipient of this same award during the proposed term Senior staff, division heads or department chairs should work on behalf of their institution to prepare and submit an application for consideration
Proposal
Proposals requesting to study any pharmaceutical product are ineligible for MAP awards. Requests to study Pfizer products must to be submitted through our Investigator Initiated Research portal (http://www.pfizer.com/research/investigator/investigator_initiated_research.jsp). Basic science and/or fundamental research (animal model, in-vivo / in-vitro) are not permissible Proof of harm or otherwise highly invasive studies (unethical) will not be considered
Fellows
Prospective fellows at the institution CANNOT apply directly for the award. A Fellow may assist the senior staff, division head or department chair at the institution in the development of the grant application A fellow supported by a Pfizer MAP fellowship must have the opportunity to carry out supervised biomedical or clinical research with the primary objective of preparing them for their respective discipline and subspecialty Upon receipt of the grant award, the Fellow selected by the Institution must meet the following criteria: US citizen or foreign national with permanent US residence Hold an advanced degree (i.e., MD, DO, NP, PharmD, etc.) Be enrolled in fellowship program (Clinical award recipients) Hold a non-tenured, junior faculty appointment (Research award recipients)
Selection Process
Quality of the Research Proposal:
Is the proposal innovative, significant, and feasible, and does it have depth? Does the proposal reference interdisciplinary knowledge? Does the proposal bridge the academic and practice communities?
Quality of the Institution:
Assessment of the academic and/or medical facilities and the institution's commitment to research. Are the institutional support, equipment and other physical resources available to the fellow(s) adequate for the proposed project? Will the project benefit from the unique features of the environment, subject populations, or collaborative arrangements offered by the institution?
Quality of the Mentor(s):
Is the mentor(s) well suited to the project? What is the mentor(s) experience within the field? Is the mentoring relationship beneficial for the development of potential fellow?
Contact Us
Questions about the programs and/or applications:
The Pfizer MAP Team Phone: (877) 254-6953 E-mail: MAPinfo@clinicalconnexion.com
Research to Prevent Blindness Medical Student Fellowships
Please note: Grant applications are not available on RPB's website. For complete grant guidelines and applications, or if you have any questions regarding RPB's Grants Program, contact RPB's Grant Administrator at 212.752.4333 or pmoran@rpbusa.org.
RPB accepts grant applications twice a year, January 1st and July 1st, for the grant categories listed below. Guidelines and application forms must be requested by the chair of the department of ophthalmology or the department's grant coordinator. Departments of ophthalmology must have an RPB Unrestricted / Challenge Grant in order to apply for individual grants, and only permanent, full-time department chairs are eligible to apply for an Unrestricted / Challenge Grant.
New chairs should speak with RPB's Chief Operating Officer prior to the submission of an application. If a proposal for an Unrestricted or Challenge Grant is rejected, the chair must wait two years before reapplying, so RPB strongly encourages thorough preparation and planning before an application is submitted.
RPB MEDICAL STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS allow gifted students to take a year off from medical school and devote time to the pursuit of a research project within an RPB grantee department. The fellowship, which must take place prior to the third or fourth year of medical school, will be funded for one year with a $30K grant, a portion of which should be utilized to help finance the recipient's eye research activities. It is neither intended that the program become a vehicle to assure the candidate a residency, nor that it be used simply to provide technical assistance. Both the candidate and the training program proposed are evaluated in the review process. Since outcomes are not announced until almost six months after submission, the applicant should be aware of the risk of rejection.
Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Awards
RPB CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS help recruit young MDs &/or PhDs to eye research and support promising junior ophthalmology faculty. The $250,000 grant is payable in equal annual installments over four years. Candidates may be sought from either ophthalmology or basic science departments within one's own institution or from other institutions. Nominees must have, or be recruited to, primary appointments in ophthalmology with academic positions up to and including Assistant Professor. Nominations must be made during the last year of the candidate's most recent postdoc training (residency or fellowship), or within the ensuing three years. MDs will be required to devote at least 50% of their time to research activities. PhDs must have secondary appointments in basic science departments (which must provide a small portion of salary support).
Research to Prevent Blindness Special Scholars Awards
RPB SPECIAL SCHOLARS AWARDS, ranging in amount from $25K to $75K, are granted each spring to encourage promising young ophthalmic researchers. Nominees must be Assistant Professors, with primary appointments in the department of ophthalmology. Proposals should reflect independent research. Only one Scholars Award candidate per school may be nominated per spring review cycle.
Research to Prevent Blindness Research Sabbatical Grants
RPB RESEARCH SABBATICAL GRANTS offer up to $50K to match funds provided by RPB Grantee departments to support a leave of either six months or a year, providing that such support does not exceed 50% of the base salary ordinarily paid to the candidate. The award is intended to support mid-career candidates rather than senior scientists nearing retirement or those who might simply want to take time off to publish. Nominees should become involved in educational and scientific programs that would either enhance their professional expertise or allow them to pursue a new ophthalmic research career path.
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