Office of Medical Education
Faculty Educational Research Grants Program
| The Office of Medical Education is offering a small grants program for School of Medicine faculty to pursue educational research efforts. Up to $5,000 per project is available for research projects across the medical education continuum (including pre-med, UME, GME, and faculty-level research populations). The program provides resources to encourage faculty to undertake hypothesis-driven educational research to increase scholarly activity in medical education at UCSF. |
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Please submit the following in the order indicated, with page numbers and study name on each page:
1) Application Face Sheet 
2) Narrative Research Proposal. Three- to five-pages, single-spaced, including:
- Specific Aims
- Hypotheses/research questions
- Significance
- Background
- Theoretical/conceptual framework
- Preliminary work (if applicable)
- Methods
- Design
- Subjects and setting
- Power calculation (if possible)
- Intervention (if applicable)
- Measures (include reliability and validity or plan to address these)
- Procedures
- Planned analyses
- Timeline
3) Bibliographic References
4) Budget and Budget Justification
- Provide estimates of effort and describe what the faculty member(s), and any student, trainee or research assistant, will be doing. Acknowledge in-kind support.
- Allowable expense examples: research assistant time, materials, equipment (except computer hardware), software, travel to research sites.
- Non-allowable expense examples: faculty release time, memberships, subscriptions, meeting travel, computer hardware.
5) Current CVs and educational portfolios (if available) for all participating faculty.
6) Letter of support from the PI’s department chair or division chief, endorsing the study and time commitment. Letter should be addressed to Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Ed.D., Office of Medical Education.
Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Deadline for proposal plus attachments is October 1, 2008. Please address completed proposal to Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Ed.D. and send electronically to Victoria Ruddick  ruddickv@medsch.ucsf.edu
Each proposal will be reviewed by three researchers using specific criteria. A detailed list of criteria is provided to help focus the proposal. Please feel free to seek consultation from the Office of Medical Education for any criteria which are either unclear or seem beyond the scope of the specific study. Review Criteria List
The Office of Medical Education, Education Research Program will notify applicants of funding decision within two months of the application deadline. A copy will also be sent to the supervisor who provided a letter of support. At this point and prior to any spending, CHR approval must be obtained.
Funding is only by payment of invoices or by reimbursement, and is managed by the Office of Medical Education. No funds will be disbursed directly to the PI or to the department. Payments of invoices or reimbursements will not be made until CHR approval is obtained. Expenses incurred after CHR approval and study start date may be submitted to the Office of Medical Education with original receipts or invoice.
Expenses allowed include: research staff time, materials, equipment (except computer hardware), software and travel required to conduct the study.
Expenses not allowed include: faculty salary, meeting registration, meeting travel, society memberships, computer hardware and journal subscriptions.
Requests for payment or reimbursement should be sent to: Victoria Ruddick at the Office of Medical Education, Box 0410. tel. 415-502-0157.
CHR approval must be sought and received before work or spending occurs.
A final written report, preferably in the form of a manuscript, is required within two years of notification of award. Presentation at UCSF Education Day is required.
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