The Center for Interprofessional Education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is pleased to announce an opportunity for $5,000 to $15,000 seed grants for 13-month IPE and IPC pilot projects. Proposals should be practice or classroom focused, with educational and evaluative components employing the IPEC Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: 2016 Update. Grant funds may not be used toward salary or benefit support. The following definitions of IPE/IPC should be used when developing proposals.
The project proposal must meet two criteria:
Criteria 1: It must seek to engage students from two or more disciplines in at least one of the following areas (excerpted and modified from Core Competencies for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice: 2016 Update PDF).
- Work with individuals of other health, law, and/or human service professions to maintain a climate of mutual respect and shared values.
- Use the knowledge of one’s own role and those of other professionals to appropriately access and address the health care needs of the patients and populations served.
- Communicate with patients, families, communities, and other health professionals in a responsive and responsible manner that supports a team approach to the maintenance of health and treatment of disease.
- Apply relationship-building values and the principles of team dynamics to perform effectively in different team roles to plan and deliver patient-/population-centered care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.
Criteria 2: Proposals must include faculty from at least two or more disciplines, with at least one faculty affiliated with UMB.
Applications are due by Feb. 23, 2022, via email to Reetta Gach with Seed Grant Application in the subject line.