Grant application process is under way
$2.7 million to be awarded to family practice research centers
The AAFP has announced a call for proposals that will end with the selection of three family practice research centers. The centers will receive a total of $2.7 million in grants.
This Research Center Grant Program, one of four grant programs in the overall AAFP research initiative plan, is designed to build an augmented family practice research infrastructure which will improve the research environment.
Eligible institutions should have received information by mail by now. If not, contact Tom Stewart at (800) 274-2237, Ext. 5538.
The deadline to submit grant letters of intent to the AAFP is April 3, 1998. AAFP Director Joseph Scherger, M.D., M.P.H., of Irvine, Calif., said the Academy's Task Force to Enhance Family Practice Research will award the grants Sept. 1 of this year.
The three institutions will receive up to $450,000 during the first two years of the four-year program, and up to $450,000 during a subsequent two-year period.
Further inquiries about the grant program and task force can be directed to Herbert F. Young, M.D., director of the Academy's Scientific Activities Division, at (800) 274-2237, Ext. 5500, or at AAFP, 8880 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO 64114.
The call for proposals and the instructions are also listed at http://www.aafp.org/research/index.html on the Academy Web site.
FP Report is published by the AAFP News Department. Copyright © 1998 by American Academy of Family Physicians.