External Funding
A number of external health/medical education scholarship funding sources are available. Please visit each agency below for eligibility requirements, and a PDF version of this table is available here.
Funding Agency |
Grant / Fund |
Amount |
Deadline |
Association of American Medical Colleges |
Group on Education Affairs (GEA) – National Call for Educational Research Grant Proposals |
$10,000 |
20 January 2022 |
Arnold P. Gold Foundation |
$1,500 |
ongoing intake |
|
Association for the Study of Medical Education |
|
|
|
Canadian Association for Medical Education |
$5,000 |
31 August 2021 |
|
College of Family Physicians of Canada |
$25,000
$10,000 |
1 March 2022
1 March 2022 |
|
International Association of Medical Science Educators |
$5,000
$5,000
$2,500 |
15 January 2022
15 January 2022
15 January 2022 |
|
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation |
|
Up to $1,000,000
$25,000 |
rotating – 3 times/year |
Max Bell Foundation |
$10,000-$200,000 |
ongoing intake |
|
Medical Council of Canada |
Research in Clinical Assessment
|
$37,500
$5,000 |
1 February 2022
30 April 2022 |
National Board of Medical Examiners |
$150,000 |
19 July 2021 |
|
Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada |
Medical Education Research Grant
Royal College/AMS CanMEDS Research & Development Grant
Robert Maudsley Fellowship for Studies in Medical Education
Dr. Karen Mann Catalyst Grant (for residents & mentor)
Strategic Initiative Grant (EDI, Patient/Caregiver Experience, CBME Innovations) |
$5,000-$50,000
$25,000
$80,000
$30,000
$1,000-$30,000 |
16 March 2022
8 September 2021
16 March 2022
8 September 2021
|
Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education |
Phil R. Manning Research Award in Continuing Medical Education |
$50,000
|
15 January 2021
|
Spencer Foundation |
$400,000 |
|
|
University of Calgary - O'Brien Institute for Public Health |
$1,000-$20,000 |
on hold |
|
University of Calgary - Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning |
$40,000 |
17 January 2022 |
If you are aware of any additional health and medical education research grants, or general education research grants which would be applicable to the table above, please email ohmes@ucalgary.ca.