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Innovations Funding Back to Frequently Asked Questions WHAT ARE "CURRICULAR INNOVATIONS"? The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at the UCSF School of Medicine seeks to promote constructive curricular change through the development of new or improved teaching programs and learning opportunities. The Academy seeks to improve, enrich and strengthen our existing curriculum by the infusion of innovative programs or strategies at any level in the medical school. 
WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR APPLICATION AND REVIEW? Email of intent Scholarship Clinic review (optional) Application and Support Letters Summary of Fall 2008 Innovations Funding Timeline
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
SUBMIT VIA ELECTRONIC ATTACHMENT TO: Christine Khuu BY Monday, November 3, 2008. EMAIL OF INTENT - See above PAGE LIMIT LETTER(S) OF SUPPORT It is important that proposal authors demonstrate that they have the capacity to realize their projects either on their own, or have a clear commitment that additional necessary resources or support will be available during the funding cycle. A letter of support is required from the chair of the department and (other equivalent supervisor or chief of service) that briefly states the chair's agreement to relieve the author of a portion of his/her current responsibilities to allow time to accomplish the work described in the proposal. Additional letters of support must be included from individuals or programs that would be primarily and directly affected by or involved in a large portion of the project, other than the authors or the key faculty described within the proposal. If a proposal has a Learning Technology element beyond the capabilities of the proposal author, a letter of support must accompany the application from the Office of Educational Technology. In addition, if a proposal has an evaluation/survey element that will involve the Office of Educational Technology, a letter of support must accompany the application from the Office of Educational Technology. For an OET Consultation Request please visit the Office of Educational Technology. Similarly, if a proposal involves an enhancement of or an addition to an existing course or clerkship, a letter of support indicating the commitment of the course or clerkship director to incorporate this enhancement if the proposal is funded must accompany the application. WHAT ARE INNOVATIONS FUNDS TO BE USED FOR? In a recent poll, the most significant barrier to actually improving current or developing new curricula here at UCSF is faculty time constraints. The Academy therefore intends that a large portion of its Innovations Funding will be used for the purchase of faculty effort away from other obligations to guide new program development. This funding is therefore not intended to primarily support faculty direct teaching time. Proposals are significantly strengthened by an indication that the faculty members other activity will decrease to account for project development activities, and by evidence that this adjustment is agreeable to the department chair. Faculty support, for proposals requiring faculty "away time", is typically up to 10% of a FTE salary. Projects may have funds budgeted for equipment and other support, as needed.
CAN FACULTY WHO ARE NOT IN THE HAILE T. DEBAS ACADEMY OF MEDICAL EDUCATORS APPLY? Absolutely! The Academy is keenly interested in funding a variety
of curricular innovations across all years of medical school, and
hopes to include the full array of faculty including PhDs, MDs,
MEds, etc. An Innovations Funding project is a terrific way to become
more familiar with the Academys activities, and will hopefully entice
faculty awardees to become even more involved in the Academy in the future.
For more information on Academy membership, please visit the website.
WHAT ARE THE BUDGETARY LIMITS FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT? ARE THERE BUDGET ITEMS THAT THE ACADEMY WILL NOT FUND? The Academy seeks to fund several projects each year. Although there is no specific budgetary limit on any given project, the Academy will strive to fund the largest number of worthwhile projects possible (both large and small projects), therefore many funded projects will be in a modestly-budgeted range. Innovations Funding projects to date that have been funded have ranged from a budget of $3,000 to approximately $30,000. Contained within these budgets is the key "purchase of faculty effort", which has represented up to 10% of a faculty member's salary (0.1 FTE). In addition, the Academy does not fund capital equipment such as computer hardware, and may not fund excessive food, travel, or office expenses.
ONCE FUNDED, IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON AN INNOVATIONS PROJECT? Consistent with the ideal to develop curricular innovations, the Academy generally funds a project for one year to get the curricular innovation "off the ground", with the expectation that, if successful, the new curriculum element will be sustained in some other fashion. Proposals are strengthened considerably by the inclusion of an explicit plan for the continuation of successful innovations at the end of Academy funding.
WHAT IS EXPECTED IF A PROJECT IS FUNDED? The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators is keen on measuring and documenting the efficacy and outcome of its funded projects, and expects project reports at 6 months, 12 months (completion) and 24 months. It is also expected that the project be prepared for display at the annual UCSF Education Day. In order to foster recognition of the Innovations Funding program, we request acknowledgment of our support on scholarly presentations, papers, posters, and delivery of teaching programs developed with our support. The Academy would also strongly encourage the submission of the curricular innovation to a peer-reviewed journal. The Academy strongly supports the goal of increasing the amount of publishable material from its funded proposals in the medical education literature. Toward this end, the Academy has developed a Medical Education Review Service, or "Scholarship Clinic". The Scholarship Clinic is available to proposal authors for review of the education-related aspects of funding proposals during the conceptualization and/or development stages. These requests should be made by Monday, October 6, 2008 to allow adequate time for review. Contact Christine Khuu in the Academy office to request a Scholarship Clinic consultation (514-2282; khuuc@medsch.ucsf.edu). IF A PROJECT IS NOT FUNDED BY THE ACADEMY, WHAT ARE OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS? There are a number of other funding sources at UCSF for curricular innovations.
If a particular project is not funded, the Innovations Funding Committee
will attempt to make recommendations for alternative sources for funding,
if possible. "Boost Grants", which fund the development of applications
for electronic curriculum development, are available at iROCKET
main grants page, for guidelines page iROCKET
Boost Grant Guidelines. Likewise, Center for Instructional Technology
(CIT) grants are available through the library http://cit.ucsf.edu/grants/,
for guidelines page: http://cit.ucsf.edu/grants/guidelines.php.
The new Educational Research Seed Grant program offers UCSF School of
Medicine faculty grants to conduct educational research projects. The
application deadline is October 1, 2008. More information at: http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/medicaleducation/EdRsrch/FERG.aspx
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