Resident Grants

The grant is available to any resident in good standing in a Missouri ACGME or AOA approved Emergency Medicine Program. Residents must have a faculty preceptor capable of ensuring the successful completion of the project as planned. The faculty preceptor need not be within a Department of Emergency Medicine, but should have appropriate research experience. The research project should be designed to furnish new knowledge relating to the practice of Emergency Medicine.

The applicant should demonstrate that he/she will have dedicated time available to complete the project described. Furthermore, evidence that the project will be successfully completed at his/her institution should be provided. A letter of support and current Curriculum Vitae of the faculty preceptor(s) will be required. The applicant and the institution must certify that research involving humans has been approved by the Institutional Review Board before award funds will be distributed. Research involving animals must be approved by the Institutional Animal Review Committee and conform to the Principles for the Use of Animals in Research and Education approved by the Council of the American Physiological Society.

Applicants will be reviewed and scored by the Grants and Awards Committee of the Missouri College of Emergency Physicians. Applications will be judged based on the project’s relevance to emergency medicine and appropriateness of study methodology.

Applications may be submitted between June 1 and September 15 of each year. Grants will be made by October 15 but may be delayed if additional information is required. Institutional Review Board or Institutional Animal Review Committee approval, if indicated, is required prior to the disbursement of funds. Fifty percent of the monies will be granted prior to project initiation. The balance will be distributed upon study completion and submission of an abstract for a scientific meeting or a manuscript for publication to a medical journal.

The following items are required to be considered for this award.

• Curriculum vitae of the resident.
• Curriculum vitae of the faculty preceptor(s).
• Letter of support from faculty preceptor(s).
• Protocol synopsis.

Please provide a protocol synopsis (maximum of 5 pages) with the following:

• Title
• Name of Investigator(s)
• Objective
  • Purpose
  • Hypothesis
  • Study Rationale
• Background Information
• Methods
  • Study Design: Multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo controlled, how confidentiality is protected, etc.
  • Drugs/Devices: Identify any experimental drug/devise.
  • Patients/Subjects: Number, inclusion/exclusion criteria, identify institution where patients/subjects will be obtained.
  • Treatment Groups: Identify the treatment/observation group(s) and method of assignment to that group.
  • Observation & Measurements: Outline those observations used to assess efficacy and/or toxicity; define risks; describe procedures minimizing risks/benefits.
  • Length of Study: How long will each patient participate; what is anticipated duration of study.
  • Study Schedule: Provide timetable indicating when the study procedures and evaluation are to be performed on each patient.
  • Sponsor: Source of funding.
  • Summary of Project (in laymen’s terminology): Brief description of project objectives, rationale, methods.
• Results
  • Variables for Analysis: List those to be used, i.e., efficacy, safety, etc.
  • Method of Statistical Analysis.
• Budget

To submit your grant, please complete the online application.

If you have questions, please contact the MOCEP office at 573-636-2144 or via email [email protected]