Teaching Academy Curriculum Development and Educational Scholarship Award

This is an award to fund projects that foster innovation and improvement in teaching, learning, and educational scholarship.

The Teaching Academy at the Larner College of Medicine sustains and supports an interdisciplinary community of educators who value the scholarship of teaching and learning while facilitating educator development; improve the efficiency and quality of medical education through collaboration and scholarship; and promote an academic environment that increases the value and impact of educators locally, regionally, and nationally.

2023 Call for Proposals is NOW OPEN! Proposals due May 1, 2023.

Click here for the Call for Proposals

 

Eligibility and details:

  • The PI must be a member of the Teaching Academy. Non-members may participate as collaborators.
  • A maximum of $10,000 will be awarded.
  • Proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file by midnight May 1, 2023.
  • Awardee(s) will be contacted by June 30, 2023. Award-supported activities will begin immediately.
  • Priority areas:
    • Interprofessional Education (IPE)
    • Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs)
    • Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Antiracism in education
    • Health Systems Science (HSS)
    • Innovative in-class delivery of Active Learning
  • Required Proposal Components:
    • Cover page with PI name, collaborator names, title, contact information.
    • Two-page description of the proposed project, not including references.
    • One-page statement of interest, including goal, anticipated outcomes, and plan for evaluation and dissemination.
    • Curriculum Vitae (CV) for each contributor.
    • Timeline for one-year completion (June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024).
    • Budget for salary support and project resources (use attached template). Proposals are strengthened by evidence of shared costs by departments.
    • Two letters of support describing the applicant’s qualifications to undertake the project and likelihood of completion. One of the letters should be from the candidate’s chair, division chief, or supervisor. NOTE: If the proposal involves a curricular innovation, applicants are advised to include a brief statement of support from the course/clerkship/program director or other administrator (e.g., Foundations Director).

Past Recipients

2021

Nathalie Feldman, MD Closing the Medical Student Perioperative Skill Gap with Interprofessional Education

Vicki Hart, PhD Development of asynchronous online modules to support medical student education in public health science

2020

Jonathan Flyer, Md, FACC Active learning in the clinical years: Improving pediatric ECG interpretation competency through a novel PACE (Pediatric ACtive Learning Electrocardiography) module

2019

Deepak Gupta, MD Priming Medical Students in the Technological, Regulatory and Financial aspects of Clinical (TEREFIC) Practice

2018

Stephanie Mann, MD Health Systems Science Curriculum for the Larner College of Medicine Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship

2017

Molly Moore, MD Proposal for Curriculum Development in a Global Health Scholars Track