$$$$$: Caring for Community Grant Program

[Lesley Wojcik]

Hey All,

For any of you out there looking for funding for your community service idea (and if you missed the Schweitzer deadline...or want to apply for multiple grants!) this is a great opportunity.  The deadline is coming up...and there is potential to receive A LOT of money (up to $20,000 over 4 years--see link below).  If that's not enough to pique your interest, I don't know what is :-)

Good luck!
Lesley

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Subject: Caring for Community Grant Program

Caring for Community Grant Program - A National Medical Student Service
Project Sponsored by the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative

Applications due March 12, 2007

Compassion and service are essential components of being a doctor. The
increasing involvement of medical students in community service efforts
demonstrates that they share this belief. The Association of American Medical
Colleges (AAMC), with the support of the Pfizer Medical Humanities
Initiative, is pleased to conduct an institutional grant program to encourage
the development of student-initiated services and programs to the community.
The AAMC manages a community service fund, the Caring for Community Grant
Program, a philanthropy established to assist medical students who espouse
and act upon their professional responsibilities to the community.

As part of the Caring for Community Grant Program, allopathic and osteopathic
medical schools conferring the MD or DO degree are eligible to receive
support for community service-oriented projects in which they explore new
ways to serve their local communities. Eligible programs may range from those
that promote awareness about sexually transmitted diseases, to vaccination
and literacy programs, to any program that fulfills an unmet need within the
community. Grant awards will also be offered to eligible service programs
that are currently underway.

The unique aspect of the Caring for Community Grant Program is its focus on
projects initiated, developed, and run primarily by medical students.
While faculty and institutional involvement is integral to sustaining
community service efforts, the ultimate goal of the Caring for Community
Grant Program is to encourage students to identify untapped avenues of
community service. Caring for Community will also help students to translate
great ideas into meaningful service by contributing needed start-up funds.

For more information, visit
http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/cfc.htm
http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/cfcrequirements.htm
http://www.aamc.org/about/awards/cfccriteria.htm

2007 applications must be received at AAMC headquarters via regular mail by
close of business, 5 PM EST, Monday, March 12, 2007.

Thank you,

Ally Anderson
Senior Staff Associate, OSR & Caring for Community
Section for Student Affairs and Programs Association of American Medical
Colleges
2450 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20037-1127
PHONE (202) 828-0682
FAX (202) 862-6060
aand...@aamc.org
Web Site: http://www.aamc.org/members/osr
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