The purpose of the AAR Research and Education Foundation Strategic Alignment Grant (SAG) is to advance the long-range strategic organizational goals of the AAR by awarding one year length grant(s) to applicants who address identified strategic priorities.

Application Process
Proposals that are aligned with any of the AAR strategic priorities are encouraged. Additionally, the AAR Research and Education Foundation has identified the following focus areas for the 2025 grant.

• Creating educational resources to meet an unmet need (e.g., addressing competency-based education
• Qualitative/mixed methods research to understand barriers/facilitators of academic productivity in the era of high clinical demand.
• Developing reliable metrics to assess resident competency or academic productivity. 
• Testing the use of AI to enhance academic (research or education) productivity.
• Gathering data on how / why mentorship is valuable to AAR members and exploring barriers/facilitators of mentorship using qualitative/mixed methods research. 
• Creating resources to promote conducting sustainability research.

We require the grantee to present their work at the AAR Annual meeting. (Please note report deadlines and reference these requirements in conjunction with programming and scheduling of the AAR Annual Meeting).

Application Deadline: Deadline for Letter of Intent has Passed. The next cycle will open in summer 2025. 

The Letter of intent should include the following information:

• Descriptive title of the proposed project

• Name, address, telephone number and email address of the principal investigator(s)

• Participating institution(s)

• A 500-word abstract describing background, objectives, project plan, evaluation, and dissemination plan.

• Applicants will be invited to submit a proposal by September 30, 2024, based on their letter of intent.

Please view the application instructional videos here.

Amount: 
One or more grants, up to $20,000 (USD) in aggregate will be awarded. Funds may or may not be granted, depending on the quality of the received proposals. The maximum individual award may not exceed $10,000 for a one year project.

• The award may be used for project costs and/or salary support of study personnel. Funds may not be used toward salary support for the primary investigator or to support non grant related affinity group or association costs. The grant will not fund institutional indirect costs or overhead costs, or tuition.

• Travel expenses for the AAR Annual Meeting may not be paid by this grant’s funds.

• Unexpended funds must be returned to the AAR Research and Education Foundation.

The award can be renewed at no cost for a second year by request and upon approval of the AAR Research and Education Foundation. If additional funding is requested for the second year, a full application should be submitted which will undergo a formal review process.
 

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