ACP co-sponsors $500,000 grant program to combat inequities in health care
Grants are offered to internal medicine residents and faculty members for programs designed to improve the quality of education and training and create a more trustworthy health system that serves everyone and integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion.
ACP joins the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the ABIM Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation in announcing the third round of grants for internal medicine residents and faculty members designed to improve the quality of education and training and create a more trustworthy health system that serves everyone and integrates diversity, equity, and inclusion into the fabric of internal medicine education and training.
As a result of new support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, $100,000 of the funding pool is dedicated to addressing diagnostic gaps that worsen inequities affecting patients with COVID-19.
Sponsors are interested in funding two types of projects:
- Education-driven proposals that focus on providing training, skill, and competency acquisition with the goal of promoting trustworthiness through fair outcomes.
- Proposals that focus on engineering care processes to promote trustworthiness through equity.
Earlier this year, the grant program awarded a total of $400,000 to 24 projects at medical schools and training programs.
Letters of intent will be accepted through Jan. 9, 2023, and selected applicants will be invited to send full proposals. Grants of $10,000, $20,000, and $40,000 will be awarded in summer 2023.
More information about ACP's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives is online.