Applications for Faculty in Psychiatry and Neurology Education

The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) is inviting applications for its Faculty Innovation in Education Award, through which ABPN will award grants of $100,000 over two years to as many as two psychiatrists and two neurologists in support of education and/or evaluation projects that promote practical residency/fellowship training or lifelong learning for practicing psychiatrists and neurologists.

While any project relevant to the education and/or assessment of psychiatrists and neurologists will be considered, ABPN is particularly interested in supporting innovative approaches to training program directors to implement clinical skills evaluations, to faculty development for conducting clinical skills evaluations, and developing and assessing professional competence; strategies to promote lifelong learning; innovative curricula for continuing certification (maintenance of certification), including teaching about maintenance of certification in residency; strategies to promote public education about and input into board certification; and strategies to promote physician resilience and prevent burnout.

Preference will be given to projects with the greatest potential to be used in more than one site and to applicants who are at a junior or mid-faculty level.

To be eligible, applicants must be certified by ABPN; participate in its continuing certification (maintenance of certification) program; hold an unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States; comply with ABPN's conflict-of-interest policies and procedures; and hold a faculty appointment in a psychiatry or neurology department (or its equivalent) in a U.S. LCME-accredited medical school.

For complete program guidelines, application instructions, and information about previous recipients, see the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology website.