Apply to receive three days of teaching and interaction during the 2011-2012 academic year at your program or school. Six institutions will be awarded $7,500 each to invite a prominent physician-scientist of their choosing. The guest faculty may give lectures, as well as participate in rounds, seminars and conferences.
Awards are intended to cover the visiting professor’s honorarium, travel expenses and other direct expenses incurred by the host institution in conducting program activities. Amounts allotted for each item are at the discretion of the host institution.
Pfizer/AAFP Foundation Visiting Professorship Program in Family Medicine
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Eligibility
Family Medicine departments within a U.S. medical school or any accredited Family Medicine residency program may apply. Applications from community-based programs are encouraged.
Grant Rules
Family Medicine departments within a U.S. medical school or any accredited Family Medicine residency program may apply. Applications from community-based programs are encouraged.
Grant Rules
- Each hospital may submit only one application.
- Submissions must originate from the Chair of the Family Medicine Department or the Residency Director.
- This program will fund just one visit per year per visiting professor.
- A proposed Pfizer Visiting Professor should accept only one nomination per year. Candidates are required to verify that they have not accepted more than one nomination.
- Pfizer Visiting Professorships must consist of three full days of Pfizer-supported professional proceedings. Visits are not to be conducted as an adjunct to other planned meetings or events.
- A member of the Visiting Professorship Academic Advisory Board may not act as a Visiting Professor during his or her tenure on the board. In addition, the home institute of a member of the Academic Advisory Board may not host a Visiting Professor during the board member's tenure.
Application materials for 2011-2012 will be available in November 2010.
If you are interested in applying at that time or have questions:
Contact Perry A. Pugno, MD, MPH, CPE, AAFP Medical Education Director at (800)274-2237, Ext. 6700, or Susie Morantz, AAFP Foundation Program Manager at (800)274-2237, Ext 4470.
2010 Visiting Professorship Award Recipients
Pfizer/AAFP Foundation Visiting Professorship Program in Family Medicine
2009 Visiting Professorship Application (*Word file)
2009 Visiting Professor Verification (*Word file)
Pfizer/AAFP Foundation Visiting Professorship Award Recipients
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