Education Project Grant (EPG)

The Education Project Grant (EPG) by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation offers $20,000 to support innovative educational projects in emergency medicine. It encourages research that is novel, measurable, and relevant to emergency medicine education, targeting faculty, residents, and medical students. Grant recipients must present their findings at the SAEM Annual Meeting and publish their work in a peer-reviewed journal, fostering advancements in medical education and research.

Purpose of the Education Project Award
The SAEMF Education Project Grant awards $20,000 over a one-year period starting July 1 to support innovation in teaching, education, and educational research in emergency medicine for faculty-, fellow-, resident- and medical student-level learners. The mission of the grant is to provide support for a medical education research project.
Expectations of the Education Project Grant
The Education Project Grant is expected to:
Be novel, innovative, measurable and reproducible.Whenever possible and applicable, the project’s value should be compared to an existing “gold standard”. If no clear “gold standard” exists, the measurement of its value should be clinically or educationally relevant.
Projects may have qualitative and/or quantitative research component(s).Provide a product that can be used by educators within SAEM and the general emergency medicine community.Be relevant and applicable to the practice of emergency medicine.Address an educational aspect within emergency medicine.Propose a project that is novel or addresses an existing knowledge gap. This may include new studies, extensions of existing work (e.g., validation), or replication studies. A study that builds upon an ongoing project in a novel and uniquely evaluable way could be appropriate.
Examples of suitable projects for the Education Project Grant include:
Assessing competency at any level of medical education (Undergraduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Education, Continuing Medical Education), including the Emergency Medicine Milestones of the American Board of Emergency Medicine
Evaluating instructional methods or modes of delivery
Evaluating outcomes of educational programs, including faculty development programs
Studying the education workforce and career satisfaction
Studying novel job description models for an education scholar
Evaluating interprofessional educational programs
Exploring use of technology for teaching knowledge, skills, or cognitive processes
Studying educational formats best suited to specific types of emergency medicine knowledge acquisition
Providing evidence for best practices in simulation training
Identifying bias in educational materials or assessments
The Education Project Grant awardee is expected to:

• Attend the SAEM Annual Meeting during the award year, preferably presenting an education or research-based topic from their research.

Submit a presentation or a research abstract to the SAEM Annual Meeting. As the selection of presentations and research abstracts is a competitive process, acceptance is not assured.
Publish a manuscript (first-authored by the awardee) arising from the project in a peer-reviewed journal within two years of completing the award.

Eligibility

An applicant for the Education Project Grant must:Be a member of SAEM in good standing at application deadline and during the entire award period.
Have an advanced/doctoral or terminal educational degree (e.g., MD, DO, PhD, PharmD, DSc or equivalent).
Hold a university appointment in 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.Indicate intention for a long-term plan for a career in emergency medicine education research and conducting projects that may lead to grant-funded educational research.Multiple Principal Investigator (PI) applications are accepted for this award. The awardee is expected to attend the SAEM Annual Meeting during the award year.
The applicant’s host department:Must be a department or division (or equivalent) of emergency medicine within or outside of the United States.
Should be actively involved in emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine research and education.
Should have an established research program as exemplified by:faculty/staff with extra- and/or intramural competitive grant funding;
current Institutional Review Board (IRB, or equivalent) approved clinical, education, health services, or laboratory research in progress;
faculty/staff who have presented their research at national or international meetings;
faculty/staff publications in peer-reviewed research journals;
a formal research curriculum; and
dedicated funds, space, and support personnel available to ensure completion of projects in which the applicant will participate.
Must provide financial support for SAEM annual meeting attendance for the duration of the award.
Up to $1,000 in grant funds may be used for expenses related to attending the SAEM Annual Meeting during the award year(s).The applicant’s host institution must:Provide adequate administrative and clerical support to the recipient, including, but not limited to, office space, administrative support, and information systems.
Demonstrate a track record of involvement and commitment to research and training at local, state, and national levels.In the majority and ideal circumstances, the host institution should have an accredited emergency medicine residency program.
Demonstrate the availability of faculty, resident and/or medical student teaching opportunities relevant to the project and applicant’s needs for the project, when applicable (e.g.,. Education Project Grant, Education Research Training Grant, Simulation Academy Novice Research Grant, AEUS Research Grant).
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Ineligibility

This mechanism is not intended to fund ongoing work (e.g., funds used to pay for applicant’s effort working on a mentor/colleague’s existing study).An applicant must not have received an SAEMF Education Project Grant (formerly SAEMF Education Research Grant) or SAEMF Education Fellowship award previously.