Education Research Training Grant

Applications Opening Soon

Open: May 1, 2026

Deadline: August 1, 2026

This document provides an overview of this grant. For complete instructions on applying, please see the Detailed Instructions. For submission instructions and SAEMF policies, visit How To Apply. For answers to other common questions, visit our Grants FAQ or email grants@saem.org.

The SAEMF Education Research Training Grant awards $100,000 over a two-year period for projects starting July 1 that support a trainee or faculty engaging in mentored education research and may include pursuit, and preferably completion, of an advanced degree in education. This award may also be used to mentor education faculty conducting multi-site educational research. Scoring advantages are provided for early stage investigators. This award strives to foster rigorous educational research or innovations in education that benefits emergency medicine (EM) learners across the continuum: faculty, fellows, residents and medical students, and undergraduate learners interested in EM.

Expectations of the Award

The Education Research Training Grant recipient is expected to:

1. Execute a novel educational project that can be used by educators within SAEM and emergency medicine. The project should be measurable, reproducible, and its outcomes able to be disseminated to the SAEM membership.
2. Develop a mentored education research training plan that includes elements appropriate for the needs and educational career development of the applicant. Applicants without an advanced degree related to medical education research (e.g., Masters/PhD in Medical Education, Masters in Clinical Research) are encouraged but not required to seek an advanced degree as part of the training plan.
3. Have sufficient academic time available to complete the proposed training plan and mentored educational research project. For fellows, this includes sufficient departmental and institutional support to limit clinical or administrative work to no more than 16 hours per week (on average). For faculty, clinical and academic time may vary, but a clear dedicated effort towards grant activities must be justified.
4. The grantee must attend the SAEM Annual Meeting the year following the receipt of funding.
5. Submit interim and final progress reports in accordance with SAEM Foundation (SAEMF) instructions.
6. Submit an abstract reporting the results of the research project for presentation at the SAEM Annual Meeting. As the selection of research abstracts is a competitive process, acceptance is not assured.
7. Publish a manuscript (first-authored by the PI) arising from the project in a peer-reviewed journal within three years of completing the award.

Eligibility of the Award

An applicant for the Education Research Training Grant must:

1. Be a "trainee" or "faculty" member of SAEM in good standing at application deadline and during the entire award period.
2. Have an advanced/doctoral or terminal educational degree (e.g., MD, DO, PhD, DSc, or equivalent).
3. Hold a university appointment in or be actively involved (e.g., have an adjunct appointment) with a department or division of emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine at the start of the award period. The applicant may work as a clinician at an institution other than the host institution or the institution at which the project will be conducted.
4. Be an early stage investigator as defined as completing initial residency training within eight (8) years of the start of the award period for physician applicants; non-physician applicants within eight (8) years of terminal research degree (PhD or equivalent). SAEMF will consider requests for exceptions to this requirement for various reasons, including but not limited to change in career focus, medical concerns, disability, and active-duty military service. Each of these requests is reviewed on a case-by-case basis and must be made prior to the application deadline. SAEM will approve an automatic extension of one year for childbirth within the early career period. All extension requests must be made to grants@saem.org before the nomination deadline. Fellowship training does not affect the requirement for defining an early career researcher.
5. Not have received an SAEMF Education Research Training Grant (formerly Education Fellowship grant) previously.
6. Show potential for leadership in medical education, including residency programs, medical student clerkships, and medical school courses.

Full Eligibility Criteria, Detailed Instructions, and Additional Information for SAEMF Grants can be found here.

Updated April 29, 2026