Grants, Funding, Awards and Fellowships
Are you interested in doing research on health sciences education or furthering your knowledge of education in the health sciences? Here are some sources of funding and fellowships that you can consider applying for.
Association for the Study of Medical Education grants and fellowships
The fellowship for 2003, to an amount of GBP 15 000 has been awarded. Watch this space for information on the fellowships for 2004. You must be a member of ASME to apply for the fellowship.
The FAIMER® Institute is a fellowship program designed for international medical school faculty who have the potential to play a key role in improving medical education at their schools. This intensive, yearlong program consists of two residential sessions in the United States, and an intersession curriculum innovation project at the participant's home institution. The program is uniquely designed to teach education methods and leadership skills, as well as to develop strong professional bonds with other medical educators around the world. The FAIMER Institute is sponsored by the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), which is a separate, nonprofit foundation of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®), in collaboration with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey—Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Twelve selected participants will travel to the Philadelphia area for an 18-day session the first year, return to their home institutions to complete an intersession project, and then travel back to the U.S. for a 10-day session the following year. Additionally, Fellows will interact with the previous class, and with the class succeeding them, during the residential sessions.
FAIMER International Fellowships in Medical Education
Background Information
The International Fellowships in Medical Education (IFME) is sponsored by the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER®), which is a nonprofit foundation of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG®). The IFME program allows faculty from schools of medicine abroad to gain access to educational opportunities in the United States that are tailored toward specific home country needs. Fellows study aspects of medical education that have the potential to improve and expand medical education programs in their home country institutions and departments.Program Objectives
IFME program objectives include:
- Assisting international medical schools in improving and advancing the process of medical education.
- Facilitating placement of medical education leaders from abroad in U.S. host institutions able to provide excellent instructional experiences in areas of recognized home country need.
- Advancing the international exchange of information in the medical sciences and in medical education.
- Contributing to the promotion of international understanding and exchange among nations.
Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education
This international prize (50 000 euro) will be awarded for outstanding research in medical education. It will be presented each third year, beginning in 2004.
The Prize has been initiated, and is financed, by the Gunnar Höglund and Anna-Stina Malmborg Foundation.
The purpose of the prize is to stimulate research in medical education in order to promote long-term improvements of educational practices in medical training. "Medical" includes all education and training for any health science profession.For more information please see the information leaflet (pdf) or contact:
Kirsti Lonka
Professor of Medical Education
Kirsti.Lonka@lime.ki.se
Phone +46 8 728 7004Johan Stålhand
CEO Svensk Stiftelseförvaltning
js@abssf.se
Phone +46 8 545 017 70
Learning and Teaching Support Network funding opportunities
Most of the funding on this page is limited to institutions in the UK but there are some that are more widely available.
Wynand Wijnen Award
Emeritus Professor Wynand Wijnen made a pivotal contribution to the implementation of the educational approach of Maastricht Medical School. In 1999, at the occasion of his retirement a Wynand Wijnen Award was created to commemorate his important work.
In 2004 this award will be given to a person, group, project, institution, or organisation in the developing world that has made an extraordinary (innovative) contribution to health professions education.
The award amounts Euro 13,000.-; two other nominees will be awarded Euro 500.- each.
Please motivate your proposal - that needs to be submitted before December 1, 2003 to Gerard Majoor (member of the jury) - in no more than 500 words. Those to be nominated will be invited by Dr. Henk van Berkel, chairman of the jury for the Wynand Wijnen Award to submit a more elaborate description of their work.
