We are now accepting Educational Seed Grant applications for the academic year (AY) 2022-2023, for funding commencing on July 1, 2022.
- Up to $8,000 per project
- Submission deadline: May 31, 2022
- Please direct submission and questions to Dr. Tetsuro Sakai & Barb Chismar
The purpose of our Educational Seed Grant program is to inspire and assist aspiring department-related anesthesiology investigators who have no current funding to start an educational project. Both curriculum development projects and educational research projects are eligible. Basic, translational, and clinical research projects are NOT eligible.
Eligibility
- Must be a current member of our department or a medical student at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
- Must not have received any prior non-departmental extramural research funding for the proposed project
- Medical students or trainees (residents or fellows) submitting projects as principal investigator must have a mentor with a primary academic or clinical faculty appointment in our department.
- Awardees must agree to present the completed study at one or more of the following meetings: UPMC GME Leadership Conference, the annual Safar Symposium and Multi-Departmental Trainees Research Day, the Pennsylvania Anesthesiology Resident Research Conference (PARRC), or national meetings (ASA, SEA, IARS, and others) following the award.
- Awardees must agree to submit a financial report detailing how the grant funds were used.
- Awardees must agree to submit a manuscript on the funded work to a peer-reviewed journal for publication with acknowledgment of Educational Grant funding.