RSNA/AUR/APDR/SCARD Radiology Education
Research Development Grant

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PURPOSE: To encourage innovation and improvement in health sciences education by providing research opportunities to individuals in pursuit of advancing the science of radiology education. In addition, this program will help in building a critical mass of radiology education researchers and promote the careers of persons advancing the science of radiology education. The grant is designed to:

	Aid in the development of new educational programs or the improvement of existing programs. Conduct pilot studies with respect to methods of teaching and the evaluation of educational techniques, materials or programs. Devise improved methods of student, teacher, course or program evaluation.
	Expand knowledge of how to provide effective education in the radiologic sciences.

AMOUNT: One-year grant of $10,000 or less to help cover the costs of research materials, research assistant support and limited primary investigator salary support (limited to no more than half of grant award).

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Grants are awarded to any person, at any level of career development, affiliated with a radiology department. Applicants must be members of one or more of the sponsoring organizations. Applicants/co-principal investigators must not be agents of any for-profit, commercial company in the radiologic sciences. Applicants may not submit more than one research or education grant application to the RSNA R&E Foundation per year. Acceptance of an award from another source for the same project is prohibited unless one source provides salary support only and the other source provides support only for non-personnel research expenses.

Recipients may not have concurrent RSNA grants.

OTHER PROVISIONS:

All applications must be completed online. The deadline for applications is January 10 of each year (award to start July 1). The RSNA Research & Education Foundation will administer the grants and serve as the point of contact for all communications. A final report is due within 30 days after completion of the project. Grant recipients are expected to submit their work as an abstract for presentation at the annual meeting of the RSNA or AUR and as a paper for publication in Academic Radiology, Radiology or RadioGraphics. All scientific posters, publications and oral presentations resulting from this grant program must acknowledge the sponsoring organizations. One reprint of each publication produced as a result of this grant should be sent to the RSNA Research & Education Foundation. Award will be made to the department in two equal payments, July 1 and January 1. Requests for travel to the AUR Annual Meeting are discouraged; requests for travel to the RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting are not allowed. Institutional direct costs and overhead costs may not be paid for by this grant. Unexpended funds must be returned to the Foundation.

Grant recipients agree to participate in an annual survey that will help the Foundation’s Board of Trustees track current contact information, additional grant monies received from other sources, scientific publications, and career advancements.

Help!
For questions about the application form itself or submission procedures, please contact:
Scott A. Walter
Senior Manager-Grant Administration Process
RSNA Research and Education Foundation
820 Jorie Boulevard, Oak Brook, IL 60523
630-571-7816
swalter@rsna.org