Grants

The purpose of the Health Science Education Small Grants Program is to stimulate research and innovation in health science education. This program will make small awards (up to $5,000 per project) from an overall project pool of $30,000-$35,000 to faculty at a University of Texas health institution who submit a written proposal and budget for a project that strives to improve education by innovative approaches.

These projects may involve curriculum development, evaluation methods, faculty development, or use of technology. Projects demonstrating a direct, measurable, positive impact on health science education will be most competitive for the award. Applications will be accepted from all health science disciplines, including medical, nursing, dental, allied health, health information sciences, and basic biomedical sciences.

A successful application will be based upon merit with the intention to be responsible to the needs of a given program. Collaboration between or among units or schools is strongly encouraged where possible. Individuals who received funding in the initial year of the program can reapply for a second year of funding, but this application requires submission of a progress report as well as a proposal for additional funding.

APPLICATION INFORMATION: Next Deadline - August 17, 2009 at 5:00pm

2008 grant recipients (announced at annual conference):

GRANTS
22 SUBMISSIONS: 8 - UTHSCSA; 6 - UTHSC-H; 2 - UTSW; 2 - UTMDACC; 4 - UTMB
Proposal Title Principal Investigator Institution
Faculty Development Programs: Measuring the Impact of Instructional Practices, Student Learning and Motivation Roberta Ambrosino, EdD UTHSC - SA
Preparing the Future of Public Health: The Student Epidemic Intelligence Society's Public Health Preparedness Training Program Kristy Murray, DVM, PhD UTHSC-Houston SPH
Primary Care Management of Cancer Survivors: An Educational Progam for Family Medicine Residents Lewis E. Foxhall, MD UT MD Anderson
Use of a Constructionist Learning Module to Teach Complex Models of Statistics William W. Morgan, MD UTHSC - SA
Leadership Luminaries on Public Health Beth e. Quill, MPH UTHSC-Houston SPH
Simultaneous Dramaturgy in health Science Education: an Innovative Tool for the Interdisciplinary Classroom Sandra Riegle, PhD UTMB
A 3-dimensional Skull- Pathways of Arteries Frank J. Weaker, PhD UTHSC - SA