{"id":9712,"date":"2025-12-03T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/?p=9712"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T18:21:36","slug":"ihqi-improvement-scholars-program-now-accepting-proposals-for-next-cohort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/intranet\/2025\/12\/ihqi-improvement-scholars-program-now-accepting-proposals-for-next-cohort\/","title":{"rendered":"IHQI Improvement Scholars Program Now Accepting Proposals for Next Cohort\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement<\/a>\u00a0(IHQI) is excited to announce its 2026-2027 call for concept proposals for the\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/programs\/improvement-scholars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">Improvement Scholars Program<\/a>\u00a0(ISP). IHQI is seeking proposals for quality improvement (QI) projects that focus on improving clinical care and outcomes for patients.<\/p>\n<p>ISP is a structured, experiential learning program for UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health clinicians that gives participants the opportunity to design and lead a QI project with guidance from clinical improvement leaders from IHQI.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants whose proposals meet selection criteria will be invited to submit a full project proposal. Participants whose proposals are selected will spend a year working on their project while learning QI concepts and tools they can use to improve patient care.<\/p>\n<p>The submission deadline is\u00a0<b>Monday, January 5, 2026<\/b>. To submit your concept proposal,\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/how-to-apply\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ihqi\/how-to-apply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"2\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC\u00a0Institute for Healthcare Quality Improvement\u00a0(IHQI) is excited to announce its 2026-2027 call for concept proposals for the\u00a0Improvement Scholars Program\u00a0(ISP). IHQI is seeking proposals for quality improvement (QI) projects that focus on improving clinical care and outcomes for patients. 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