Pfizer/AAFP Foundation Visiting Professorship Program in Family Medicine

Host a Prominent Physician-Scientist On Us

Apply to receive three days of teaching and interaction during the 2010-2011 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.

Interested in applying in 2010?

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

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 2010 are available below. All materials are due by March 19, 2010.

Application Form (2-page Word file; About Downloading) to be completed by the host institution.

Verification Form (1-page Word file; About Downloading) to be completed by the prospective visiting professor.

2009 Visiting Professorship Award Recipients

2009 Academic Advisory Board (1-page PDF; About PDFs)
List of members

If you 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.