Educational Research Funding Opportunities
W. Eryn Perry
AACOM & AOA
• Identification of best practices in teaching and assessment of the core
competencies
• Novel curriculum development approaches that positively change
learning outcomes
• Identification of strategies to encourage students to develop critical
reasoning and problem solving skills
• Studies comparing the outcomes of student learning in inpatient and
outpatient teaching / learning environments
• Impact of technology integration into the learning practice
• Methods of teaching unique to osteopathic medicine
• Institution-based research (decision-making and policy)
Classroom-Based Research
National Board of Medical Examiners: Stemmler Medical
Education Research Fund
• Program Goal: To fund innovative assessment methods in
medical education or practice
• Professionalism
• Communication Skills
• Simulation technology
• Studies that improve theory, knowledge or practice of assessment
of medical education
• Developmental or descriptive studies
• Effectiveness studies
• Clarification studies
Classroom-Based Research
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation &
Arnold P. Gold Foundation
• Curricular projects on communication skills, caring attitudes,
compassionate care
• Curricular interventions
• Strong evaluation components
• Disseminated to other institutions
• Self sustaining
• Multi-institutional proposals are encouraged
Classroom-Based Research
US Department of Education: Funding for Improvement
of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) Program
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Innovative reforms in curriculum and instruction
Improvement of postsecondary instruction and operations
Retention and program completion
Equal access to underrepresented students
Classroom-Based Research
National Science Foundation:
Advancing Informal STEM Learning
• Evidence-based understanding of design and development of
STEM learning experiences
• Provide multiple pathways for broadening access of STEM
learning experiences
• Advance innovative research on, and assessment of, STEM
learning in informal environments
• Projects supported:
Pathway Projects
Service to Practice
Innovations in Development
Broad Implementation
STEM & Pipeline Programs
American Educational Research Association
• Interdisciplinary teams studying STEM learning and/or
student achievement in STEM
• Develop or benefit from new quantitative measures or
methodological approaches for addressing educational
issues
• Proposals must use data sets supported by federal agencies
• Projects must be related to science or mathematics
education
STEM & Pipeline Programs
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
WK Kellogg Foundation
Honda Foundation
• Initiate pipeline programs to improve educational trajectory
• Develop successful STEM education practices
• Underserved populations / underrepresented minorities
• Develop base of evidence for quality improvement within
current programs
STEM & Pipeline Programs
Health Resources and Services Administration
• Expand health care delivery into rural areas and
improve access to healthcare
• Conduct health screenings and health fairs, education
and training, etc.
• Base projects on evidence-based or promising practice
models
• Must demonstrate health outcomes and sustainability
Outreach & Service-based Programs
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Program development and service demonstrations
• Health services research and evaluations
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
• Improve education for care of underserved populations
• Emphasis on primary care
WK Kellogg Foundation
• Increase access to care and improve quality of care for
children – nationally and internationally
Outreach & Service-based Programs
Gates Foundation: Global Health Initiatives
• Delivery of healthcare interventions
• Develop affordable and reliable new solutions
• Develop integrated health solutions
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Community health worker programs
Information and communication systems
Behavior change
Nutrition programs
Outreach & Service-based Programs
AACOM
• Best practices in teaching and assessment of
interprofessional competencies
• Identification in the unique features of OME
• Impact of technology integration
• Impact of interprofessional education
Patient Care & Quality Improvement
Arthur Vining Davis Foundation
Arnold P. Gold Foundation
• Integrated approach to patient support
• Patient as partner on the healthcare team
• Effective methods of interprofessional education
• Link humanistic practices and patient outcomes
• Patient-centered perspectives
Patient Care & Quality Improvement
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Training and fellowship programs
• Interprofessional collaboration
WK Kellogg Foundation
• Development of model curricula towards providing primary health
care to children
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation
• Interprofessional education and teamwork
• New models for clinical education
Patient Care & Quality Improvement
National Institutes of Health: Innovative Programs to
Enhance Research Training (IPERT)
• Creative and innovative educational activities to
complement and enhance training to meet nation’s clinical
research needs
• Program supports
• Short courses for skills development
• Academic development
• Enrichment activities
Patient Care & Quality Improvement
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ):
Demonstration and Dissemination Program
• Dissemination and implementation of a specified project
concerning delivery of care
• Evidence to make health care safer, higher quality and more
accessible
• Priority: Implement patient centered outcomes research
(PCOR)
• Priorities include an interest in rural healthcare delivery.
Patient Care & Quality Improvement
• Look for sponsors with a good fit (identify mission and
priorities of sponsors)
• Make sure your research interests align closely with the
program and agency/organization’s interests
• Research each program and determine how your vision can be
crafted to match funding priorities
• Understand review criteria and process
• Get to know the program officer or grants manager
• Contact the Office of Research Administration!
Final Thoughts