Letter of Intent Due: June 21, 2017 (12:00 pm)
Full Proposal Due: August 10, 2017
We are very pleased to offer project funding for members of Duke AHEAD. This funding is intended to provide critical start up support for projects aimed at improving health professions education through innovative approaches to instruction or assessment.
Eligibility: Duke University School of Medicine and School of Nursing faculty who are Duke AHEAD members. Membership information can be found here. Trainees and students may be included as collaborators. One faculty member must be designated as the Principal Investigator/point person.
Letters of Intent with estimate of total budget are due by June 21st at noon. Feedback from reviewers will be provided by August 4, 2017 and the full proposal will be due by August 30, 2017. Recipients will be notified beforehand and will be recognized at a presentation at Duke AHEAD’s Health Professions Education Day, October 16, 2017. Funds will be available on 12/1/17.
Reviews will be performed by a subcommittee of the Duke AHEAD steering committee and prior grant recipients and evaluated according to alignment with the mission and goals of Duke AHEAD including:
- strength of professional development plan for educators
- interprofessional collaboration
- depth of collaboration (interdepartmental, interprofessional, vertical across learners)
- rigor of assessment plan (outcomes)
- broader impacts (collateral benefits beyond study/project participants)
- potential sustainability of project
- potential for scholarship
- organization and quality of proposal
- dissemination plan
We anticipate funding three projects in amounts up to $10,000 and four projects up to $5,000. Support will be limited to resources and services necessary for project implementation with up to 25% of the total budget to allow for PI support if necessary. The grant review committee does reserve the right to redistribute funds based on number of applications received.
Both the letter of intent and, if selected, the full submission will be submitted electronically. Please submit the final LOI using the Qualtrics form linked here. The submission site will close at 12:01 pm on June 21 and no late submissions will be accepted. You will receive confirmation that your application was received. If you have not received confirmation within 24 hours, email dukeahead@dm.duke.edu. Applicants will be notified with feedback on or before August 4, 2017.