Educational Grants, research and otherwise

1. Educational Grants, research and otherwise John Wiecha, MD, MPHAssistant Dean for Academic Affairs BUSM

2. How I FoundMy Grants • ACS research fellowship- Circulated by Chair (small department at UMASS) • RWJ fellowship- Chair approached me • Asian-Am health fellowship- word of mouth • HRSA x 4 cycles- monitor grants.gov; lobbyist • Commonwealth Fund-through chair • Physicians Foundation- word of mouth • ARRA x 2 NIH- email and word of mouth • WHO- relationship

3. Strategies Get experience writing grants Get on grants...even if volunteer at first Find a mentor   Start small....pilot Meetings- present Evaluation and publish Looks for seed grants....BU used to have innovation grants Stake out an area and become expert in it...focus is key. Emerging areas, content or method Try to match to strategic plan Consider write a review article Get educated in educational theory.. expertise Ignore naysayers- ARRA example BMC-- develop office will push out, tell colleagues Hrsastatus Write a good grant...often interested in sustainability and dissemination, new models Look for fac dev grants....Macy, others- protected time!

4. Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices NIH Guide for Grants and ContractsFebruary 08, 2013Table of Contents (TOC)Web VersionNoticesNotice of Participation of Additional NIH Institutes and Centers in PA-11-110 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (Parent F30)(NOT-OD-13-032) National Institutes of Health Requests for ApplicationsGenomic Centers for Infectious Diseases (U19)(RFA-AI-13-009)National Institute of Allergy and Infectious DiseasesApplication Receipt Date(s): June 24, 2013 Program AnnouncementsObesity Policy Evaluation Research (R01) (PA-13-110)National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesNational Cancer InstituteNational Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteNational Institute on AgingEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Office of Behavioral and Social Science ResearchApplication Receipt/Submission Date(s): Multiple dates, see announcement.

5. Med Ed Research Funding Sources • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Grants: http://www.ahrq.gov/fund/grantix.htm • American Association of Neurology Educational Research Grants: http://www.aan.com/go/education/eduresearch (must be a member of the American Association of Neurology to apply) • Arnold P. Gold Foundation: http://humanism-in-medicine.org/index.php/programs_grants • Arthur Vining Davis Foundations: http://www.avdf.org/FoundationsPrograms/HealthCare.aspx • Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) http://www.apgo.org/grantsandawards • Association for Surgical Education Foundation (an arm of the Association for Surgical Education (ASE), which awards grants in its CESERT program -- Center for Excellence in Surgical Education, Research and Training. http://www.surgicaleducation.com/mc/page.do?sitePageId=28551&orgId=ase • AstraZeneca Medical Education Research Grants: http://www.astrazenecagrants.com/ • Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE): http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/index.html • George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health (Gwish):http://www.gwumc.edu/gwish/awards/index.cfm • The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: http://www.kff.org/ • HRSA- U. S. Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.hrsa.gov • Josiah Marcy, Jr. Foundation: National Institutes of Health: http://www.josiahmacyfoundation.org/apply/grant-programs • NIH NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) (R25): http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-206.html

6. Med Ed Research Funding Sources Continued • National Institutes of Health: http://grants1.nih.gov/gov/grants/index.cfm • NBME Stemmler Medical Education Research Fund: http://www.nbme.org/research/stemmler.html • NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources: http://www.nbme.org/research/stemmler.html • NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources: http://www.nfs.gov/dir/index.jsp?org=EHR The PEW Charitable Trust: http://www.pewtrusts.com/ • Pfizer Medical Education Grants: http://www.pfizer.com/responsibility/grants_contributions/medical_education_grants.jsp • RSNA Foundation Radiology Education Grants: http://www.rsna.org/foundation/EducationScholarGrant.cfm • The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: http://www.rwjf.org/index.jsp • Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education: http://www.sacme.org/SACME_grants • Research Grants in Continuing Medical Education • UVa Academy of Distinguished Educators Medical Education Research Grants: http://www.medicine.virginia.edu/administration/faculty/ade/grants • UVa Innovations in Graduate Medical Education Grants: http: //www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/housestaff/awardsgrants.cfm