American Association for Anatomy: Education Research Scholarship Grant

American Association for Anatomy: Education Research Scholarship Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: American Association For Anatomy
Amount: US $5,000
Last Updated: December 03, 2025

Summary

The American Association for Anatomy offers the Education Research Scholarship to support graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, or junior faculty members in innovative projects aimed at enhancing anatomical education. This $5,000 scholarship encourages applicants to develop creative teaching methods and assess their effectiveness. Priority is given to projects demonstrating innovative design and measurable outcomes. Recipients are expected to disseminate their findings through publications or presentations, contributing to the advancement of anatomical education.

Overview

About Us The American Association for Anatomy (AAA) is the professional home for more than 2,000 students, teachers, and practitioners of the anatomical sciences. Education Research Scholarship Supports a member who is a graduate student in a mentored project, or a postdoctoral fellow or junior faculty member (rank no higher than assistant professor) who wishes to develop a project that shows promise as a model for improving the quality of teaching and learning in anatomical education. Types of Projects An annual Education Research Scholarship will be awarded in curricular innovation in the anatomical disciplines. The Education Research Scholarship competition is intended to support innovative projects that hold promise as models for the resolution of important issues and problems in anatomical education and represent new and creative approaches to teaching and learning.The scholarship may be in support of any anatomical discipline or program. The scholarship is intended to support practical initiatives and assist in evaluation of the results to determine effective outcomes. It is intended to encourage projects that show innovation and creativity in design. The Scholarship will be awarded to individuals who submit proposals that offer new ideas, practices, and approaches. The project needs to be well justified, carefully designed, responsibly managed, and include an assessment strategy that can effectively evaluate the success of the project.It is expected that the successful candidate will disseminate proven innovations developed during the tenure of the Education Research Scholarship to others through publication in appropriate journals and/or national or international medical education presentations. Funding $5,000 Includes travel support (up to $1,500) and registration fee to the next appropriate AAA Annual Meeting at EB

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Must be a member for the year in which they apply and through the completion of their scholarship project.Recipients are expected to submit an abstract to the AAA Annual Meeting. You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. Must be a member for the year in which they apply and through the completion of their scholarship project.