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.
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