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Request for Proposals

Proposals Now Accepted for Interprofessional/Interdisciplinary Small Grants

The UAMS Office of Interprofessional Education is now accepting proposals for its small grant program, which this year will highlight interdisciplinary efforts focused on population health. Deadline for proposal submission is 5 p.m., May 1, 2019.

Program Goal:

Promote the scholarship of interdisciplinary collaboration and practice in population health and interprofessional education

The interprofessional project requesting support may include, but is not limited to, a focus on population health such as:

1. The impact of interprofessional practice on population health, including:

• Value-based care
• Social determinants of health

or,

2. Research or curriculum development focused on the Quadruple Aim — enhancing patient experience, improving population health, reducing costs, improving the work life of the provider — in clinical, educational or population health arenas

Award:
Multiple grants will be awarded. Grants will range from $5,000 to $15,000.

Eligibility Criteria:

• The Principal Investigator (PI) or Co-PIs and other investigators may be faculty, postdocs, graduate students, or clinical staff — but must be affiliated with UAMS (faculty or staff must be UAMS employees; graduate students must be enrolled in UAMS Graduate School).
• The investigator team must have an interprofessional composition. “Interprofessional” is defined as the representation of two or more professions (e.g., nurse and physician, pharmacist and physician assistant, clinical practitioner and public health specialist).
• In addition to including investigators representing multiple professions, the proposed project should aim to establish a relationship between interprofessional practice and outcomes.
• Scholarly work that establishes baseline data or demonstrates strong potential for obtaining additional funding will be viewed favorably.

Application Process:
Include abbreviated curriculum vitae (or NIH Biosketch) of all investigators
Include letter(s) of support from the supervisor of the PI and Co-PI (if applicable)

Maximum of five pages including:

1. Specific Aims
2. Significance and Innovation
3. Rationale for the interprofessional team’s composition, along with roles and responsibilities for each project team member
4. A description of how an interprofessional team is required for project design and implementation
5. How the project addresses one or more elements of population health, if applicable
6. Rationale and Approach (including methods, outcome measures, data analysis plans, and project evaluation)
7. A plan to evaluate the project’s outcomes and the function of the interprofessional team
8. Plan for dissemination of results (presentation of work at a relevant national meeting and/or publication is required)
9. References cited will not count as part of the page limit
10. Timeline (including a progress report at six months and project completion within 12 months after receiving funds/IRB approval)
11. IRB approval (if available). Note that IRB approval is required before funding can be awarded.
12. Budget may include travel to present at a professional meeting, supplies, participant fees, IRB fee, and other expenses needed to conduct the work. Grant funds may not be used for salary support. Entire awarded amount will be transferred after receipt of IRB approval.

ALL MATERIALS MUST BE COMBINED AND SUBMITTED IN A SINGLE PDF DOCUMENT.

For questions about this grant program, please contact the Office of Interprofessional Education, ipe@uams.edu or call (501)686-5686.

Deadline: 5 p.m., May 1, 2019
Submit completed application packet as a single PDF file to: provost@uams.edu. 

Come to the Arkansas Arts Center on April 6, 2019 from 12:30 – 3:00 to view some of the amazingly talented artists from Team UAMS.

Everything from poetry, woodwork, knitting, paintings, and drawings will be on display.

Click HERE to register for either (or both) of these events!

Calling all creative members of #TeamUAMS! Time to show off your artistic skills. Submit your work(s) for our “Art From the Heart: Creative Works by TeamUAMS” event.

CLICK HERE to submit your work.

Do you like escape rooms? Are you the one who always guesses the end of the mystery movie? Is teamwork something you engage in? Then you are going to LOVE this event. Prepare to be aMAZEd and join us for this Maze Game team building workshop. Only 14 spots available so register today!

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FACULTY/CLINICIANS: to sign up as a poster judge or triple aim project judge CLICK HERE

Please enjoy our 2019 first quarter newsletter.

Due to low sign-up numbers preventing a good interprofessional mix, we are canceling the January 7, 2019, movie night, Someone You Love.

If you were signed up as a #7 Student Educator, we have a lot of other movies scheduled for the semester that you can choose from to serve as Student Educators! Check out our movie night listing on SignUpGenius here.

If you would like to be a Student Educator for a different event, we have multiple events for you to choose from. You can check them out on our website here.

We appreciate your understanding!

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our office.