AUR Ethics and Professionalism Grant

The AUR R&E Foundation is now accepting applications for the Ethics & Professionalism Project Grant. The purpose of the grant is to improve patient care, to improve patient safety and to promote social responsibility in medical care and practice. The deadline to apply for this grant is January 10, 2012. To access the application, go to http://www.aur.org/Foundation/E-P_project_grant.cfm


Purpose
To improve patient care, to improve patient safety, and to promote social responsibility in medical care and practice, by providing funding opportunities for the study and teaching of ethics and professionalism in radiology.

Nature of Projects
Applications that address any aspect of ethics and professionalism in radiology will be considered.

Examples of types of projects include, but are not limited to the following:

• Research of ethical dilemmas faced by academic radiologists or radiology physicians-in-training and the methods by which the dilemmas are addressed;
• Educational program to teach ethics and professionalism to practicing radiologists, to radiology physicians-in-training, or to allied members of the academic radiology community.

The maximum individual award may not exceed $50,000 for a one year project.

The awards may be used for salary support and/or other project costs. Through this grant program, the AUR Research & Education Foundation does not pay institutional indirect costs or overhead costs, or tuition.  Unexpended funds must be returned to the Foundation.