External Funding Opportunities
Below is a collection of opportunities external to the AOE (some are internal to UNC) that our members have collected and submitted. We welcome any and all submissions. Please email them to aoe@med.unc.edu.
| Funder | Grant Name | Deadline | Description | Amount | Special Instructions |
| Carolina Women’s Center | Faculty Scholars Program | March | The grants support scholarly, engaged, or creative research on topics related to women, sex, gender equity, and/or all intersections of gender. | 3 grants of $10,000 each | Applicants should have a minimum of three years of service at UNC by the start of the grant in any department, center, or school of the University. Applicants must have an endorsement from their chair, director, or dean that describes how the project will contribute to the applicant’s career development. |
| UNC Office of the Provost | Junior Faculty Development Awards | November | For untenured assistant or associate professors looking for support for a research or scholarly project | $10,000 | Any permanent, full-time, salaried member of the faculty without tenure who holds the rank of assistant professor or associate professor is eligible to apply. Research assistant and associate professors, and clinical assistant and associate professors may also apply. |
| (AMEE) Association for Medical Education in Europe | Research Grant Awards | Varies | Promotes scholarship in health care professions education to advance knowledge and best practices in education as well as to build a community of scholars working in the field | up to $10,000 pounds | only open to current paid AMEE Individual and Student Members |
| AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges) | Group on Educational Affairs | Varies | Advances medical education and medical educators through faculty development, curriculum development, educational research, and assessment in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education | varies | |
| AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) | Varies | Varies | 1. Research to improve health care patient safety. 2. Harnessing data and technology to improve health care quality and patient outcomes and to provide a 360-degree view of the patient. 3. Research to increase accessibility and affordability of health care by examining innovative market approaches to care delivery and financing. | Varies | Link to page with Funding Opportunity Announcements |
| AMA | 2018 Accelerating Change in Medical Education Innovation Grants Program | May | Innovations in the curriculum, faculty development, or new assessment tools especially as it relates to health systems science curriculum development, implementation, evaluation and dissemination. Coaching in medical education. The learning environment. Learner well-being | $10,000 small group, $30,000 larger projects over one year | AMA Members, submitted through Qualtrics, abstract for the ChangeMedEd Annual fall meeting, preference given to Consortium members |
| American Honda Foundation | Grants | Feb., May, Aug., Nov. | Intended to help meet the needs of American society in the areas of youth and scientific education by awarding grants to nonprofits, while strategically assisting communities in deriving long-term benefits. The Foundation engages in grant making that reflects the basic tenets, beliefs and philosophies of Honda companies, which are characterized by the following qualities: imaginative, creative, youthful, forward-thinking, scientific, humanistic and innovative. The Foundation supports youth education with a specific focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in addition to the environment. | $20,000 – $75,000 | OHSU is only allowed to submit one application every 12 months. This opportunity requires internal coordination because OHSU may only submit a limited number of applications. Find this funding opportunity on the Competitive Application Portal (CAP) and apply by the internal deadline. Learn more about the OHSU Limited Submission process. |
| APGO (Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics | Medical Education Endowment Fund | June | Innovations in Health Systems Science including development, implementation, evaluation and/or dissemination of Health Systems Science curricula including value-based care, patient safety, quality improvement, social determinants of health, population health, public policy, informatics, teamwork, leadership, change management, or systems thinking. Alternative metrics for medical student evaluation which can be used in screening and evaluation of ob-gyn residency applications. These can include but are not limited to assessments in student qualities such as sound judgment and decision-making, strong work ethic, problem solving skills, self-awareness and assessments of Health Systems Science competency domains. | $15,000 | All principal/lead investigators must hold an active individual membership in the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics. |
| DOE (Department of Education) | Education Research | LOI: June
Deadline: August |
increased access to and opportunity for postsecondary education. NCER research examines the effectiveness of educational programs, practices, and policies, including the application of technology to instruction and assessment. The goal of NCER research programs is to provide scientific evidence of what works, for whom, and under what conditions. | Varies | |
| FAER (Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research) | Research in Education Grant | August & February | advances the careers and knowledge of anesthesiologists interested in improving the concepts, methods and techniques of education in anesthesiology. The REG is focused on developing innovative approaches for anesthesia education. The REG is a two-year $100,000 primary investigator (no co-investigators) award that provides funding to anesthesiologists who have completed their clinical anesthesia training and have academic faculty appointments. It is available to faculty members of all ranks. Years one and two are funded up to $50,000 each. The REG requires 40 percent research time. | 2-year $100,0000 40% research time | Eligibility: Be a graduate physician with an unexpired, permanent, unconditional and unrestricted license to practice medicine or osteopathy in at least one state or jurisdiction of the United States.* • Be a graduate of an ACGME-accredited anesthesiology residency program.* • Be certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology or in the examination system.* • Be an active member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). |
| Fogerty International Center | Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) | No plans to recompete at this time | Supports global health research, building partnerships between health research institutions in the United States and abroad, and training the next generation of scientists to address global health needs | Varies | Supports medical Education activities in subsaharan Africa |
| Foundation Directory Online | Database | Varies | Provides a comprehensive database for finding foundation support. Includes records for 100,000 grant makers and over 500,000 grants. Updated weekly. | Varies | (requires institutional or individual subscription) |
| Friends of Doernbecher | Friends of Doernbecher Grant Program | February | pediatric-related research project or any program that impacts children’s health; …research or develop projects and programs at the hospital. In many cases, these grants provide the initial, seed-stage funding that can get a project underway and provide a platform and track record to assist in securing longer-term grants from the National Institutes of Health or other sources. | up to $175,000 Avg. $20,000 – $75,000 | Please work with your pre-award analyst to determine if your project requires IRB/IACUC approval. Note: Projects do not require IRB/IACUC approval at the time of submission. However, funding for projects that require an IRB/IACUC protocol may be delayed pending approval. |
| Gold Foundation | Literature Review Grants | June | rigorous reviews on topics related to humanism in healthcare. | 5000/ eligible for Advocacy Grant | Awarded to teams. Example: Advancing humanism in anesthesiology: A meta-analysis and systematic review |
| Grants.gov | Database | Varies | Provides a centralized location for federal funding opportunities. Contains information on over 1,000 grant programs. This resource centralizes funding announcements that are difficult to find in individual agencies. | Varies | searchable |
| Health Resources and Services Admin | Varies | Provides grants to improve and expand health care services for underserved people | Varies | Focus on Primary Care training and enhancement and addressing areas of shortage. | |
| HRSA (Health Resources & Services Administration | Varies | Varies | Health Workforce Training Programs for colleges, universities and other accredited health professions training programs | Varies | Bureau of Health Workforce |
| IAMSE | IAMSE Educational Scholarship Grants and Curriculum Innovation Grants | Varies | Grants to encourage and support scholarship in medical science education | $5000 | |
| Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation | Board Grants | LOI – Invite to submit full proposal | Interprofessional Education and Teamwork. New Curriculum Content. New Models for Clinical Education. Career Development in Health Professions Education. | ~$400,000 | OHSU awarded grant for PACER in 2015 http://macyfoundation.org/grantees/profile/pacer-professionals-accelerating-clinical-and-educational-redesign |
| Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation | President’s Grants | Anytime | Interprofessional Education and Teamwork. New Curriculum Content. New Models for Clinical Education. Career Development in Health Professions Education. | max. $35,000 | |
| Lumina Foundation | Lumina Fund for Racial Justice and Equity | No plans to recompete at this time | Many higher education leaders are working hard to close equity gaps in hopes of expanding access and opportunity through postsecondary attainment. The grants described here will provide support to institutions that are addressing equity directly and substantively, catalyzing existing work and deepening impact. | Up to 50k | The one-time investment of up to $1 million will be used to support colleges and universities that are working to improve their campus climates by providing opportunities for constructive racial dialogue. |
| Lumina Foundation | Unsolicited inquiries | Year-round | How does the work accelerate progress on Lumina’s overarching goal (by 2025, 60 percent of the population in the United States will hold a high-quality postsecondary degree or credential)? | Varies | Most grant money is given out through solicited partnerships |
| NBME (National Board of Medical Examiners) | Stemmler Fund | LOI – July | support for research or development of innovative assessment approaches that will enhance the evaluation of those preparing to, or continuing to, practice medicine. | up to $150,000 up to 2 years | medical schools accredited by the LCME and the AOA. |
| NIH (National Institutes of Health) | Varies | Supports a wide range of biomedical and clinical (and sometimes educational) research through various institutes | Varies | ||
| NIH | T32 Training Program for Institutions that promote Diversity | Varies | enhance the participation of individuals from nationally underrepresented backgrounds in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematologic and sleep disorders research across the career development continuum by providing support to institutions that promote diversity. | Varies | |
| NIH | Maxmizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) | Open: November
Due: March |
focus on skills development, rigor and reproducibility, the responsible and safe conduct of research, and promote inclusive research environments; use evidence-based, innovative educational practices; promote cohort-building activities and interventions that enhance the trainees’ science identity and self-efficacy; provide individualized mentoring and oversight throughout the trainees’ undergraduate career introduce trainees to a variety of scientific research areas and career trajectories; encourage Program Director/Principal Investigator teams to broaden program leadership and provide complementary expertise; display coordinated interactions and synergies with other NIGMS-funded training programs at the institution; and improve long-term tracking and posting of program trainee outcomes. |
TBD | Each institution will be eligible for one diversity-focused undergraduate program (either MARC or U-RISE) and one diversity-focused graduate program (either IMSD or G-RISE). |
| NIH | Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) | Open: November
Due: February |
developing a diverse pool of biomedical scientists through a variety of institutional training and student development programs. | TBD | Convert the current IMSD research education program into an IMSD training program that supports predoctoral training at Research-Intensive institutions. |
| NSF | ADVANCE: Increasing the Participation and Advancement of Women in Academic Science and engineering Careers | LOI: December
Proposal: April |
All projects are expected to build on prior ADVANCE work and gender equity research and literature to broaden the implementation of organizational and systemic strategies to foster gender equity in STEM academic careers. | 18-26 awards for a total of $22,200,000 over 2 years | Institutional Transformation (IT) track supports the development of innovative organizational change strategies to produce comprehensive change within one non-profit two-year or four-year academic institution; Adaptation track supports the adaptation and implementation of evidence-based organizational change strategies, ideally from among those developed and implemented by ADVANCE projects.; Partnership track will support partnerships of two or more non-profit academic institutions and/or STEM organizations to increase gender equity in STEM academics. |
| Pivot | Database | Varies | Provides access to funding opportunities globally. It is not limited to educational research. | varies | (requires institutional or individual subscription) |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Pioneering Ideas Brief Proposal | Varies | Challenge assumptions or long-held cultural practices. Take an existing idea and give it a new spin—or a novel application. Offer a new take or perspective on a long-running, perplexing problem. Apply cutting-edge ideas from other fields to health. Explore the potential for emerging trends to impact our ability to build a Culture of Health. | Invitation to submit full proposal | links to our Pioneering Ideas Podcast, How We Work Discovering New Ideas and What’s Next Health: Conversations with Pioneers videos and blogs. |
| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Grants and Grant Program (CFP) | Varies | Health Systems; Healthy Children, Healthy Weight; Healthy Communities: Health Leadership | 3k-23 million over varying periods of time | Fosters environments that promote health and on improving how health care in America is delivered and paid for, and how well it does for patients and their families |
| SACME | Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Medical Education | December | original, scientific research related to physician and/or health professionals lifelong learning. | $50,000 over two years | Opportunities for research funding are one of the benefits of SACME membership. The finished work must be appropriate for publication in a health professions education journal (e.g. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, Academic Medicine) or equivalent peer reviewed journal, as well as for presentation at a future SACME Annual Meeting (Phil R. Manning Research Award Plenary) or CPD World Congress. |
| SDRME (Society of Directors of Research in Medical Education) | Sponsored Scholarship | September | research review paper proposals that will make a substantial contribution to advancing practice, theory or research in medical education. | $5,000 | examples of proposals, budget justication, and work in progress available |
| Society of Education in Anesthesia | SEAD Grant | Phase 1 begins December 1st | The purpose of the grant is to inspire and assist aspiring faculty who have no previous funding to start an educational research project. | $10,000 | |
| Spencer Foundation | Small Research Grants/Conference Grants Program/Lyle Spencer Research Awards | Small Grants – November Conference Grants – September Lyle Awards – October |
Supports high-quality investigation of education through its research programs and strengthening and renewing the educational research community through its fellowship and training programs and related activities | Grants of up to 1 million, varying time | The following requests fall outside of the Spencer Foundation’s funding guidelines: Curriculum development Program development and implementation Program/curriculum evaluation Professional development programs |
| SPIN (Sponsored Programs Information Network) | Database | Varies | Primarily targets institutions of higher education and currently contains information from more than 2,500 different sponsors. | Varies | (requires institutional or individual subscription) |
| Stemmler Fund | Varies | Provides support for research or development of innovative assessment approaches that will enhance the evaluation of those preparing to, or continuing to, practice medicine | $90,000 – $150,000 | ||
| Teleflex | Teleflex Medical Education Grant | 12 weeks prior to event | Geared towards Event support: must include: 1) Needs assessment that clearly defines the unmet educational need or gap the activity will address. 2. Learning Objectives for the program/event that will help close the gap(s) identified in the Needs Assessment | N/A | Teleflex provides cash or in-kind support for accredited medical educational programs or events which promote genuine scientific or educational discourse. |
| U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs | Varies | Funds research on the health care of U.S. military veterans, including quality assurance and improvement innovations | Varies | ||
| United States Agency for International Development | Varies | Partners with a variety of organizations to support and implement a wide range of development programs around the world | Varies | Search site for partnership opportunities | |
| Group on Education Affairs | Medical Education Scholarship Research and Evaluation | February | The GEA seeks to fund research projects that address important problems or questions in medical education. | $20,000 for two or more proposals | Proposals that foster collaboration are strongly encouraged. |