Request for Grant Proposals: Center for Excellence in Surgical Education, Research and Training

Request for Grant Proposals: Center for Excellence in Surgical Education, Research and Training Deadline: June 1, 2015 Since October 1999, the Board of Directors of the Association for Surgical Education Foundation had made available grant funds of up to $100,000 per grant for research projects which addressed the ASE's and CESERT's primary areas of interest. Proposals may be submitted for one- to two-year research projects. The maximum amount to be awarded for any CESERT grant proposal will now be $25,000 regardless of length of study. CESERT funds are intended to support excellence and innovation in surgical education research.The Foundation's Board of Directors has outlined grant-making priorities that would most effectively advance the mission of the ASE and its Foundation. CESERT funding will be allocated to those priorities. Given the diversity of the surgical profession and its many specialties, grant categories are necessarily broad. 1. Innovations in Surgical Education that Improve Patient Care Research projects that aim to develop and test content methods that yield improvements in patient care in surgery. 2. Innovations in Performance Evaluation and Assessment Research projects that aim to develop and validate new methods of performance assessment across competency domains required for quality patient care. 3. Innovations in Student Programs Research projects that aim to develop and improve surgical education programs for...

Source: ScanGrants feed - December 15, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Center for Excellence in Surgical Education, Research and Training Source Type: funding