GEMSSTAR for Emergency Medicine Supplemental Funding Program Grant

The GEMSSTAR for Emergency Medicine Supplemental Funding Program provides up to $25,000 over two years to support emergency medicine physicians who have received the NIA GEMSSTAR grant. This program aims to enhance the Professional Development Plan of GEMSSTAR awardees, ensuring they receive the necessary funding for their research endeavors. Eligibility is limited to those who have completed their clinical specialty training and are based at U.S. institutions, with funding contingent upon available resources.

NOTE: Applicants for the GEMSSTAR for Emergency Medicine Supplemental Funding Program must have applied to the NIA GEMSSTAR program prior to applying for this supplemental award.
GEMSSTAR for Emergency Medicine Supplemental Funding Program
A matching grant program for recipients of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) R03 award: Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Subspecialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) Program. Funding provided by SAEM Foundation (SAEMF) and the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF).
Purpose of the Award
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) offers a grant called the Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research (GEMSSTAR) Program. The GEMSSTAR program uses an NIA-funded small research project (R03) mechanism. As part of the R03 application, investigators may include a Professional Development Plan (PDP) to run concomitantly with the R03 award which is to be supported through non-R03 funds. NIA's Funding Opportunity Description details the elements of the PDP under the sections titled "Clinical Research" and "SF424 (R&R) Other Project Information."
In order to support emergency medicine GEMSSTAR applicants in their Professional Development Plan, the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation (SAEMF) and the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) jointly created this GEMSSTAR for Emergency Medicine Supplemental Funding Program. This program has a separate application process from the NIA R03.
A maximum of $25,000 will be provided over two years if selected to receive this award. Funding will be provided by the SAEM Foundation (SAEMF) and the Emergency Medicine Foundation (EMF) jointly.

Eligibility

After review, SAEMF/EMF will notify selected applicants of their intent to fund the application. Final funding decisions are contingent upon verification of funding of the NIA GEMSSTAR grant. Only NIA GEMSSTAR funding recipients are eligible to receive the GEMSSTAR for Emergency Medicine Supplemental Funding Program. Not all applicants who receive the NIA GEMSSTAR award will receive supplemental funding from SAEMF/EMF through this mechanism. This is an independent grant which is reviewed separately from the NIA GEMSSTARs. Funding will be contingent on availability of funds from SAEMF and EMF.This program is intended for physicians or dentists who have received an M.D., D.O., M.B.B.S., D.D.S., D.M.D or other physician- or dentist-equivalent degrees.Any physician who has completed residency and/or fellowship training is considered a specialist. Specialties include, but are not limited to, the traditional medical and surgical specialties, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, family medicine, general internal medicine, general surgery, geriatrics, hospital medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, palliative medicine, physiatry/rehabilitation medicine, and psychiatry. Those who are trained in general dentistry, or any of the dental specialties (oral surgery, endodontics, periodontics, etc.), are also considered specialists.NIA does not require board certification to apply; however, it is expected that candidates who have completed their clinical specialty training will be at least board-eligible in their specialty.Only candidates at U.S. institutions are eligible.