McLaughlin Travelling Medical Education Fund

Guiding Principles: 

  • Fund will be administered by the Indigenous, Local, and Global Health Office (ILGHO) McLaughlin Advisory Committee 

  • Funding will support the Cumming School of Medicine ILGHO strategic plan 

  • Grow a culture that dignifies and values human difference 

  • Institutionalize community and partner-driven equity priorities through meaningful and reciprocal engagement 

  • Expand our institutional capacity to innovate and learn together with partners and community 

  • Project proposals should involve institutional partners of the CSM in low- or middle-income countries (LMIC) to further strengthen these partnerships. (If the project involves a new institutional partnership, in your application you need to address issues of sustainability, bilateral involvement / commitment to this partnership, and how it connects to the ILGHO strategic plan).   

  • Funds will be used to underwrite costs for projects advancing medical education, building basic research capacity, improving clinical care teams, promoting equity for more marginalized communities in LMICs. 

  • Funds will support faculty-led projects and not efforts of an individual faculty, staff, or students. This better facilitates partnership involvement. 

  • Funds will be used to help sustain existing projects as well as assist new projects with start-up funds.  

  • Projects should have a long-term development plan in place. 

  • Projects should address issue of reciprocity and safeguards against potential power differential. 

Application Deadline: June 15, 2023 

There will be at annual review of applications after which the committee will inform the successful applicants within one month of the deadline date. Occasionally there may be an additional call for awards if funds become available. 

Awards:

  • Up to 4 

  • To a maximum of $15,000 per year, renewable for 1 additional year if needed 

  • No absolute limit as to the number of times that a partnership can seek funding, but there needs to be transition in activities and demonstration that previous outcomes were met. 

Terms and Selection:

  • Awards will cover: 

  • Materials 

  • travel and accommodation of CMS faculty and students as well as institutional partner faculty and students 

  • Honorariums 

  • Research fees (ethics fees / publication fees) 

  • This grant will not provide travel advances. 

  • Funds will be utilized within one-year unless circumstances require a longer timeframe. Request to advisory committee for extension is expected.  

  • ILGHO McLaughlin Advisory Committee will meet at least annually to review applications and select recipients of this award.  

  • If an ILGHO McLaughlin Advisory Committee member is involved in a project which is applying, that committee member will abstain from this project review by the committee. 

  • Applicants may be requested to answer any outstanding questions from the ILGHO Advisory Committee during the adjudicating process. 

  • A written summary of activities performed, outcomes, and budget of how money was spent is required within one year of receiving the grant.  

  • ILGHO McLaughlin Advisory Committee will review project reports at the end of each year cycle. 

  • Extending projects is permitted when funds are available, but a progress report on activities performed, successful outcomes to date, and current budget is still expected by the yearend deadline. Future alternate funding strategies should also be included.  

  • Award recipients must acknowledge the McLaughlin Travelling Medical Education fund in any reports, posters, or publications that arise from the project. 

If funds for the reward are to be managed through the ILGH office, then 5% of the awarded money needs to be given to the ILGH office as overhead to support the necessary staff required for these tasks.  

Eligibility:

  • Any faculty member whose primary appointment is within the Cumming School of Medicine and who is a member of an international global health initiative. 

  • Funds will support faculty-led projects not efforts of individual faculty, staff, or students. 

  • Preference will be given to projects that share leadership capacity with partners, involve multiple faculty members, and integrate learner or trainee experiences. 

Application Form:

Download here. The application form is not to exceed 5 pages. 

Applicants will provide: 

  • Background and objectives of the project 

  • How project aligns with CSM ILGHO strategic plan (3 pillars) 

  • Probability of project to build capacity at partner institution 

  • Expected measurable outcomes 

  • Opportunities for involvement of trainees from the CSM and/or partner institution 

  • If the application is for renewed funding, provide planning or evidence of other funding sources that is or will be sought to improve sustainability. 

Send application or request further information at globalhealth@ucalgary.ca