CMA Leadership Innovation Fund

Location: Canada

The CMA Leadership Innovation Fund was designed to encourage emerging physician leaders to implement creative ideas that will on one hand enhance their own professional development and that of their peers, and will improve the lives of patients and/or their communities. This fund supports Canadian medical students and residents to create innovations that will make a significant contribution to the advancement of leadership in the medical community. Projects can include anything from short-term action research or literature reviews on topical leadership issues; career development or mentoring projects for peers; health promotion/awareness or health advocacy ideas for communities; or toolkits and guides to provide help on subjects such as sustaining the health and wellness of colleagues or encouraging rural and aboriginal students to pursue medical studies. All projects must contribute to ongoing growth and improvement of non-clinical development for the medical profession. “One-shot”, individual professional growth experiences are discouraged. Recipients are also expected to exercise professional leadership by sharing their new learning with their colleagues.

Opportunity Dates:

All activities awarded funding in 2007 must be completed by Oct. 1, 2007.

Eligibility:

Applicants must be members of the CMA and enrolled in a Canadian medical school as a medical student or resident at the time of the application. Preference will be given to participants of the CMA Leaders’ Forum and CMA Leadership Workshop for Medical Women.

Stipend (or fee if applicable):

Each CMA Leadership Innovation Fund recipient will be granted an amount up to a maximum of $2,500 CDN.

Application Information:

The application and selection criteria is available at the website noted below.

The application requires the following components:
PART I- Contact Information
PART II- Project Description:
1. Please provide a short SUMMARY that CMA can use to publicize your project, should it be accepted for funding (max. 250 words).
2.Please describe your innovation project’s objectives, activities, timelines, and who will benefit. (10 lines maximum)
3. Please explain how your idea is unique/ innovative. (50-150 words)
4. Please describe how your idea/proposal responds to a real need. (50-150 words) Attaching letters of support from peers and mentors is also welcome*.
5. How do you plan to share your learning from this project with colleagues? How will you make this project available to or reproducible by others? (50-150 words)
6. What resources are needed for project completion? Please list all resources necessary including facilities, people, money, equipment, etc. (Your request must not total more than $2,500 CDN). Please identify if any additional support (cash or in-kind) will be provided by other sources and if yes, indicate the source of such funding.
7. Have you attended the CMA Leaders’ Forum or CMA Leadership Workshop for Medical Women?
8. Do you have a mentor for this project? If yes, who is it? If no, are you interested CMA’s assistance in helping you find one?
Applicants are asked to please adhere closely to the submission instructions (found online with the application). Regretfully, failure to comply with these instructions will disqualify the application.
The total application should not exceed 3 pages. *You may also append additional documentation, but the application will be judged solely on the quality of your answers to the above questions.
Applications can be submitted electronically (preferred) to leadershipprogram@cma.ca, by fax to 613-521-1268 or by mail to the address listed below.

Deadline:

23 February 2007 (midnight EST)

Contact Information:

Lorraine Rawlins, Program Manager, Leadership
CMA
Phone: 1-800-663-7336, ext. 2319
Email: leadership@cma.ca
Website: http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/20292/la_id/1.htm
Applications can be send to the following address:
Canadian Medical Association
Office for Leadership in Medicine
1867 Alta Vista Drive
Ottawa, ON K1G 3Y6