Education Research Grant

Deadline: August 1, 2013

The following is an overview of the education research award. For complete instructions on applying, please see the detailed instructions. For submission instructions, visit How To Apply.

All applications must be submitted electronically to grants@saem.org, including letters of recommendation.  All applications must be received on the due date by 5pm Central Standard Time (6pm EST, 4pm MST, 3pm PST).  If electronic signatures are not available please submit the application and letters of recommendation electronically without signatures.  Applications must be in a single file (PDF format only) and attached to an email.  The subject line of the email should indicate the grant for which the applicant is applying.

Purpose of the Award

The SAEM Education Research Grant strives to foster education research in emergency medicine at faculty, fellow, resident and medical student level learners.  The mission of the grant is to provide support for a medical education research project. The education research project should be novel but also generalizable to educators within SAEM.  The project outcome should be measurable, reproducible, and able to be disseminated to the SAEM membership.  Whenever possible, the outcome should be clinically relevant or compared to a gold standard educational measurement. Both qualitative and quantitative projects are encouraged. 

 We specifically encourage innovative projects involving the practice of emergency medicine that:

Eligibility 

The Applicant (Project PI)

The applicant must be a member of SAEM at the time of application and during the award period.

 The applicant must be one of the following:

1) Be board eligible or certified by the American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Osteopathic Emergency Medicine, or Pediatric Emergency Medicine practicing in an emergency care setting.

2) Be a PhD researcher with an academic position in a Department/Division of Emergency Medicine

 Previous Education Research award recipients are not eligible for a second award.

The Institution

The institution must provide adequate administrative and clerical support for the project, including, but not limited to, office space, administrative support, and information systems. Ideally, there should be an accredited emergency medicine residency program at the host institution. The institution must demonstrate the availability of faculty, resident and /or medical student teaching opportunities for the project. The applicant may work clinically at another institution than the institution at which the project will be conducted.

The Financial Award

The Education Research Grant will provide a total of up to $10,000 (unless there is such a rare circumstance that no funds are available). Detailed budgets will be required. Funds may be used for salary or direct costs related to the project.  Travel will not be supported.  No additional costs will be supported by SAEM; these costs are the responsibility of the sponsoring institution. Failure to meet the award guidelines or inability of the candidate to complete the term of the award shall result in the return of residual funds to SAEM.  For projects requiring IRB approval, funds will not be dispersed until IRB approval is successfully obtained.  Demonstration of IRB submission should be included in the grant submission (with the letters of support section).

Duration of the Award

The award is for one year (July 1 through June 30).

Grant Review Process

The SAEM Grants Committee is responsible for the review of all applications, and will make recommendations to the SAEM Board of Directors regarding recipients. A scoring system considering the qualifications of the applicant, the research proposal, and the institution will be assessed with the goal of funding applicants with the highest likelihood of successfully completing an innovative, impactful education research project.  An education research grant will be awarded only if a project suitable and worthy of the award is submitted during that award year.

Progress Reports

A progress report is due at 5 months (December 1) from the start of the grant period. A final report will be due at 11 months (June 1) and final financial report at the close of the grant. Report templates can be downloaded at www.saem.org.

Deliverables

At the end of the grant year, the applicant is expected to present their work to SAEM with a submission of a project portfolio outlining the final education research project. Submission of an Innovations presentation (formerly IEME - Innovations in Emergency Medical Education), research abstract, publication, or educational project is expected.

POLICIES GOVERNING THE USE OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS

If human or animal experimentation is to be performed during the period of the award, the department and institution to be used as the training site must affirm that: (1) investigations involving human subjects proposed and subsequently carried out in the application have been endorsed by the Institutional Review Board, or other clearly designated appropriate body, at the study site; (2) any research involving human subjects will conform ethically with the guidelines prescribed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and (3) research involving animals will conform with the current "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals", NIH publication, DHHS/USPHS, and has been approved by the Animal Care and Use Committee at the study site.

INVESTIGATORY FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE POLICY/OBJECTIVITY IN RESEARCH

Applicants and institutions are required by SAEM to comply with the PHS regulations, Final Rule, 42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F: Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research. The signature of the officials signing for the applicant's and mentor's institution on the Signature page of the application indicates compliance that an institutional administrative process is in effect to identify and resolve conflicting financial interests of the type described in Subpart 50.604(a) with respect to all projects for which funding is sought from SAEM.

PATENT, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER POLICY

All inventions discovered or arising out of research supported in whole or in part by SAEM, which may be used in emergency medicine research, teaching, or practice, shall be reported within one (1) year to SAEM. "Invention" is any discovery, material, method, process, product, program, software of use, whether or not patented or patentable or copyrighted or copyrightable, that has application of value such that its use, licensing, lease, or sale can generate revenue. 

If the institution receiving or disbursing SAEM funds, which supported the invention has an established and applicable patent, intellectual property, or technology transfer policy and procedure for administering inventions, SAEM will defer to that policy. 

If the institution has no established and applicable patent, intellectual property, or technology transfer policy and procedure for administering inventions, SAEM shall have the right to determine the disposition of invention rights. In such cases, SAEM may: 

1. Decide that patent and copyright should be or not be filed;
2. Release the invention to the inventor(s) or inventor's designee;
3. Submit the invention to a qualified organization for administration and licensing;
4. Determine by negotiation the fair share of royalty income to be paid to the inventor(s);
5. License or make other arrangements for the application and use of the invention on an exclusive or non-exclusive, royalty, or royalty-free basis.

POLICY ON SAEM GRANT AWARDS TO PREVIOUS GRANT RECIPIENTS

The SAEM Grants Committee is dedicated to ensuring a process which best utilizes grant funds and promotes research which will be useful to academic emergency medicine and public health at large. 

In reviewing grant applications, the Grants Committee will determine whether each applicant, including any named researcher involved in the application, has received SAEM grants in the past.

If grants have been received, the Grants Committee shall review the available files to determine whether the applicant complied with the Grant Agreement, including but not limited to whether the quality of the work done was that expected by SAEM, whether the required reports were submitted in a complete and useful form by their respective deadlines, whether the books and records maintained were in the form required by the Grant Agreement, and whether all other terms and conditions of the Grant Agreement were followed.

The experience of the Grants Committee and SAEM with the applicant shall be a primary consideration as to whether the new application should be accepted.  If the applicant has failed to follow the prior Grant Agreement in any material respect, the applicant shall be ineligible to receive a subsequent grant.

Application Form
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html#forms