Faculty/Resident Development Initiatives Grant (FRDIG)

Important Dates:

September 13, 2024: Applications are open for Letter of Intent

October 27, 2024: Letter of Intent due by 11:59pm PT

November 4, 2024: Applicants invited to the full application stage

December 1, 2024: Full Application due by 11:59pm PT

December 20, 2024: Successful/all applicants are notified

The following applicants are eligible:  

• Persons holding a current faculty (academic or clinical) appointment in the Faculty of Medicine, UBC  
• Postgraduate residents with a faculty co-developer or co-investigator. Residents must ensure they:

• • have a faculty co-developer or co-investigator listed on the application, and
  • complete the project by the end of their residency

Projects that span multiple departments and/or sites, and those with broad applicability are preferred.

Please note: a person may apply to more than one priority area but is only eligible to receive a maximum of one grant per grant cycle.

Funding

Projects are funded from $2500-$5000, with a project lifecycle of up to 2 years (24 months).

Please note: the administrative management of funding is the responsibility of the grant recipient.

The project should explicitly relate to topics pertinent to faculty/resident development as teachers AND include an element of supporting equity, diversity, inclusion*, Indigenization, or decolonization**. Projects should meet one of the following areas of need or have high merit:

• • Enhancing instructional methods and strategies in Undergraduate Medical Education, Postgraduate Medical Education, or Health Professions
  • Embedding equitable, inclusive, accessible and trauma-informed practices in the learning environment
  • Cutting edge topics (e.g., planetary health, artificial intelligence)
  • Indigenization and decolonization
  • Teaching with simulations
  • Team-based/interdisciplinary teaching
  • Professional and respectful collaboration in learning environments

*Glossary for EDI terms

**Definition of Indigenization and decolonization

The following types of projects can be submitted:

Innovation-focused projects with the following deliverables:

• • The development of one or more resources (such as a teaching tool, evaluation tool, video, module, website, case studies, interactive workshop, lesson plans, recommendations etc.)
  • Supplementary materials so they can be used as a general faculty development resource once the grant lifecycle is completed

Research-focused projects should aim for a publication or conference presentation and include the following deliverables:

• • A description of how the results advance faculty development related pedagogy and can help build more inclusive /equitable learning environments for diverse students (especially members of historically, systemically and persistently marginalized groups)
  • An outline of how the research results can be applied to faculty development practice
  • A submission to This Changed My Teaching
  • A presentation (poster/oral) at CHES Celebration of Scholarship

Examples of acceptable projects:

Research exploring the coaching relationships between faculty and residents and how their discussions may result in the effective goal co-construction and specifically support the inclusion and thriving of members of historically, persistently and systemically marginalized groups

A study exploring the impacts of teaching conflict engagement strategies in the classroom and how these sessions support feelings of belonging and inclusion for learners throughout the year.

Creating resources that support peer-observation of teaching, including considerations for neurodiversity

Creating a guide on how to facilitate an event in which faculty share practices on how they have built more inclusive teaching practices in their onboarding of new students

Creating a set of recommendations on how to teach (e.g., history taking, pelvic exams) from a gender inclusive perspective

Development of recommendations and supportive resources on inclusive pedagogy through a community of practice