Overview
An important part of a patient’s ability to understand and act on health information is to ensure the information they are receiving is communicated clearly. Healthcare practitioners need to be clear and direct in the language they use, how directions are given, and what materials are presented when talking with patients. For patients it’s the need to be able to read, comprehend, and act on this health information. Health literacy can include the patient’s ability to follow instructions after a doctor’s visit, to fill out the appropriate insurance forms, or to take a medication properly. The Fellowship in Health Literacy/ Clear Health Communications is intended to support research that builds the evidence base for improving health literacy, raising awareness of the health literacy issue, and/or developing real-world strategies for addressing this public health problem.
Institutions interested in this fellowship program must submit research proposals for programs and initiatives that seek to determine the cause of low health literacy, to discover the scope and impact of the problem, and to develop solutions that center around clear health communications.
Program Design
One award of up to $100,000, paid over 2 years at $50,000 per year
Eligibility
Institutions
Must be an accredited academic institution
Requirements
Funding must be used primarily as salary support for the selected fellow, not for overhead, indirect, or fringe costs.
The institution cannot host another recipient of this same award during the proposed term as an awardee.
Fellows
The selected fellow must have a doctoral degree and have held a junior faculty position as an instructor, assistant professor, or equivalent junior faculty rank for at least 2 years.
The selected fellow will be employed in a US-based school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or public health.
At least 75% of the fellow’s time will be devoted to research.
The selected fellow must be a US citizen or foreign national with permanent US residence.
More than 1 application per academic institution may be submitted, provided that each application is from a different department/division. The applicant cannot be mentored by, nor have a familial relationship with, a member of the 2011 Academic Advisory Board. The applicant cannot be awarded if his or her institution will be hosting another recipient of this same award during the proposed term as an awardee.
Application Components
Applicants must provide the following components:
- Project title
- Abstract
- Research proposal
Clear statement of purposes/aims
Timeline, methodologies, and available facilities/resources
Milestones that will be achieved throughout the project
Background of the institution’s academic and research capacity
Involvement/collaboration with other institutions (i.e., a state or local public health organization from the public or private sector)
Summary of relevant past work that is applicable to the project
Summary of potential challenges and of plans for addressing those challenge
- Career Development Statement
How the research would relate to the career development of a fellow
An estimate of teaching and research responsibilities during the project
Plans for presenting at a peer-reviewed national meeting or conference
- Publication plan
- Detailed description of the research mentoring process
- Letters of support from the medical Department/ Division Head/ Dean of Research
- CV/ Bios
Department/ Division Head/ Dean of Research
Primary mentor; secondary mentor (if applicable)
Co-investigators for the proposed research (if applicable)
- Address additional sources of financial support for this proposal, including current and pending sources of funding
Application Deadline: February 11, 2011
Contact Us
Questions about the programs and/or applications:
The Pfizer MAP Team
Phone: (877) 254-6953
E-mail: MAPinfo@clinicalconnexion.com
Pfizer colleague questions regarding funding fellowships:
Carmine Novembre, MPH, CPH
Director, External Medical Affairs
E-mail: carmine.novembre@pfizer.com
http://www.pfizerfellowships.com/AwardDetails.aspx?AwardID=2262
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
An important part of a patient’s ability to understand and act on health information is to ensure the information they are receiving is communicated clearly. Healthcare practitioners need to be clear and direct in the language they use, how directions are given, and what materials are presented when talking with patients. For patients it’s the need to be able to read, comprehend, and act on this health information. Health literacy can include the patient’s ability to follow instructions after a doctor’s visit, to fill out the appropriate insurance forms, or to take a medication properly. The Fellowship in Health Literacy/ Clear Health Communications is intended to support research that builds the evidence base for improving health literacy, raising awareness of the health literacy issue, and/or developing real-world strategies for addressing this public health problem.
Institutions interested in this fellowship program must submit research proposals for programs and initiatives that seek to determine the cause of low health literacy, to discover the scope and impact of the problem, and to develop solutions that center around clear health communications.
Program Design
One award of up to $100,000, paid over 2 years at $50,000 per year
Eligibility
Institutions
Must be an accredited academic institution
Requirements
Funding must be used primarily as salary support for the selected fellow, not for overhead, indirect, or fringe costs.
The institution cannot host another recipient of this same award during the proposed term as an awardee.
Fellows
The selected fellow must have a doctoral degree and have held a junior faculty position as an instructor, assistant professor, or equivalent junior faculty rank for at least 2 years.
The selected fellow will be employed in a US-based school of medicine, osteopathic medicine, nursing, pharmacy, or public health.
At least 75% of the fellow’s time will be devoted to research.
The selected fellow must be a US citizen or foreign national with permanent US residence.
More than 1 application per academic institution may be submitted, provided that each application is from a different department/division. The applicant cannot be mentored by, nor have a familial relationship with, a member of the 2011 Academic Advisory Board. The applicant cannot be awarded if his or her institution will be hosting another recipient of this same award during the proposed term as an awardee.
Application Components
Applicants must provide the following components:
- Project title
- Abstract
- Research proposal
Clear statement of purposes/aims
Timeline, methodologies, and available facilities/resources
Milestones that will be achieved throughout the project
Background of the institution’s academic and research capacity
Involvement/collaboration with other institutions (i.e., a state or local public health organization from the public or private sector)
Summary of relevant past work that is applicable to the project
Summary of potential challenges and of plans for addressing those challenge
- Career Development Statement
How the research would relate to the career development of a fellow
An estimate of teaching and research responsibilities during the project
Plans for presenting at a peer-reviewed national meeting or conference
- Publication plan
- Detailed description of the research mentoring process
- Letters of support from the medical Department/ Division Head/ Dean of Research
- CV/ Bios
Department/ Division Head/ Dean of Research
Primary mentor; secondary mentor (if applicable)
Co-investigators for the proposed research (if applicable)
- Address additional sources of financial support for this proposal, including current and pending sources of funding
Application Deadline: February 11, 2011
Contact Us
Questions about the programs and/or applications:
The Pfizer MAP Team
Phone: (877) 254-6953
E-mail: MAPinfo@clinicalconnexion.com
Pfizer colleague questions regarding funding fellowships:
Carmine Novembre, MPH, CPH
Director, External Medical Affairs
E-mail: carmine.novembre@pfizer.com
http://www.pfizerfellowships.com/AwardDetails.aspx?AwardID=2262
Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship
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