Call for Applications: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Research Grants Program

Call for Applications: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Research Grants Program Submission Deadline: February 14, 2014 AACOM’s Grants Program includes awards for medical education research and institutional research.  Institutional research is a broad category of work done at colleges (and across colleges within a profession) to inform decision-making and planning. Topics related to workforce issues—such as the implications of the expansion of osteopathic medical colleges, branch campuses, additional teaching sites, and class sizes—are of increasing interest. A generous grant from the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation has allowed AACOM to increase its grant offerings. Researchers are invited to request up to $10,000 for collaborative research projects. Researchers may still seek funding of up to $5,000 for single campus research or smaller collaborative studies. Purpose To provide topic-specific medical education research and institutional research grants.  While collaborative, multi-institution research studies are most appropriate for each year's topic areas, the grant could support a pilot study or serve as the basis for seeking matching funds at individual institutions. Medical  Education Themes: Identification of best practices in the teaching / learning and assessment of the core competencies Identification of best practices in the teaching / learning and assessment of student int...

Source: ScanGrants feed - January 30, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine Source Type: funding