AAFP Foundation: Center for the History of Family Medicine Oral History Grant

The AAFP Foundation's Center for the History of Family Medicine Oral History Grant offers up to $3,000 annually for oral history interviews in family medicine. Aimed at researchers, physicians, and students, it encourages the documentation of family medicine's history in the U.S. The grant supports travel and research expenses to enhance the oral history collection, ensuring a diverse representation of experiences and perspectives in the field.

The American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation established in 1958, serves as the philanthropic arm of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), supporting programs each year aimed at improving the health of all people and advancing the practice of family medicine. As our mission, the AAFP Foundation advances family medicine through philanthropy, using humanitarian, educational, and scientific programming to improve health.
Center for the History of Family Medicine Oral History Research Grant
Each year the Center for the History of Family Medicine provides one grant of up to $3,000 to support the creation of oral history interviews focused on family medicine. Our objective is to expand our oral history collection on family medicine by supporting serious research that uses oral history as a principal source and offers fresh perspectives on a subject area within the field. In particular, the purpose is:
To encourage involvement by researchers, family physicians, medical students, and family medicine residents to document the history of family medicine in the United States.To advance the understanding and appreciation of the history of family medicine in the United States through oral history interviews.To increase the Center for the History of Family Medicine’s collection of oral histories related to family medicine.
Grantees may use the funds for expenses related to oral history interviews, including travel, lodging expenses, and incidental research expenses.

Eligibility

Applicants may be researchers, AAFP State Chapters, physicians, students, residents, historians, scholars, educators, and other health professionals. Eligible organizations must have 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) status. Non-US citizens are eligible but should contact the Center regarding visas and other required paperwork before applying.

Ineligibility

Interviews in languages other than English are not eligible for the grant.