{"id":4208,"date":"2024-10-16T10:00:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/strategicplan\/?p=4208"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:16:44","slug":"education-pillar-grants-available-for-som-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/strategicplan\/2024\/10\/education-pillar-grants-available-for-som-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Pillar Grants Available for SOM Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UNC School of Medicine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/strategicplan\/accelerate-forward-together\/education\/\">Accelerate Forward Together education pillar<\/a> team is inviting SOM faculty members to apply for grants in two areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Curricular Innovation, $10,000-$100,000 per awarded project ($200,000 awarded annually)<\/li>\n<li>Educator Professional Development, $5,000-$15,000 per awardee ($50,000 awarded annually)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please see below 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beginning January 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selection Criteria<br \/>\n<\/strong>Proposals will be evaluated in the following areas including, but not limited to, alignment with SOM mission, education pillar goals\/funding priorities, impact, innovation, and feasibility.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Written Reports<br \/>\n<\/strong>Awardees must submit mid and final reports.<\/p>\n<p>Questions can be directed to <a href=\"mailto:ebms@med.unc.edu\">Elizabeth Steadman, PhD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>SOM: Accelerate Forward Together education pillar<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><strong>Overall Education Pillar Measures:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In-State Placement Post Graduation (%)<\/li>\n<li>Data Accessibility and Data Driven Decision-Making<\/li>\n<li>SOM Education Satisfaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong>: Invest in the infrastructure and technology needed to support SOM decision making and ensure SOM has capacity to provide the best education and training for all 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