Innovative Grant Program
The GME office is currently soliciting Letters of Intent for its 2009 Innovation in Graduate Medical Education Awards Program. Letters should be approximately one page in length and should put forth ideas related to innovative techniques in graduate medical education, including but not limited to those that employ techniques involving education by simulation, or those which explore methods designed to fulfill criteria for the ACGME Outcomes Project. Letters will be reviewed by a selection committee, who will then invite full applications for superior proposals.
If invited to submit, full applications should be no more than 5 pages in length and must include expected outcomes, method of evaluation, personnel needs and budget. Grants will not exceed two years or $50,000 ($25,000/year). If a one year grant is awarded, a final abstract and presentation of data will be scheduled for the end of the year. If a two year grant is awarded, a progress report will be due at the end of the first year, and a final abstract and presentation of data will be scheduled for the end of the second year. All winners are expected to present their data at the Annual Graduate Medical Education Research Seminar.
2009 Time Table:
July 15-Call for letters of intent
August 15- Letters of intent due
September 4- Invitations for full proposal
November 1- Applications for full proposal due
December 1 - Notification of decision
Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Please submit letters of intent to Pam Breeden in the Graduate Medical Education Office (plb5g@virginia.edu).