ASPE Scholarship Fund

Purpose

The purpose of the scholarship funds is to help underwrite conference fees for those members whose abstracts for posters, workshops or other presentations have been accepted for the upcoming ASPE annual meeting.  The funds are meant to be available for those members who need some financial support to attend the conference.

Eligibility

All ASPE members who have abstracts accepted for the upcoming ASPE annual Meeting are eligible to be considered for a scholarship award

Criteria

Submitters must select an area of scholarship for the abstract submitted from the following areas:

The areas of scholarship (as defined by the AAMC) in which we are interested in seeing submitters identify their abstracts are:

1. Teaching- any activity that fosters learning, including direct teaching to students or SPs and creation of associated instructional materials

2. Curriculum- longitudinal set of designed curriculum (more than one session or presentation) that includes evaluation.

3. Advising and mentoring- for professional development of learners, SPs or peers- Developmental relationships that encompass a spectrum of activities

4. Educational leadership and administration- transformation of organizations through leadership

5. Learner assessment- defined as all activities associated with measuring learner’s knowledge, skill and attitudes. Needs to include development, implementation, analysis and interpretation of result

Review Process

1. Abstracts will be processed per protocol
2. Those abstracts that are accepted will then be identified as to whether the author has requested scholarship funds
3. Those abstracts will be assessed by a conference subcommittee who will make decision as to how to award funds.
4. Submitters will be notified of a scholarship award to offset conference fees.