Program Overview

The Family Medicine Chapter Alliance (FMCA) and its Grant Awards program is a collaborative program of the AAFP Foundation and the 55 AAFP Constituent Chapters and their Foundations. The applicant must be a Chapter or Chapter Foundation of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a 501(c)(3) organization or a 501(c)(6) organization.

FMCA Grant Awards: Guiding Principles and Process provides an overview of the program. This document includes background information, goals, guiding principles used to focus the deliberation of the proposals, and an outline of the grant award process.

Since 2006, the FMCA Grant Awards program has provided $1,351,920 to support 417 projects from AAFP Constituent Chapter/Chapter Foundations in 41 states, the District of Columbia, and the Family Medicine Midwest Collaborative.

Program Details

The FMCA Grant Awards provides grants of up to $7,000 to AAFP Constituent Chapters and Foundations to support projects that align with one of the following FMPC priority areas:

• Student and/or Resident project: Focuses on education, research, and/or humanitarian opportunities for students (high school, undergraduate, or medical students) and/or Family Medicine residents.
• Member Outreach project: Focuses on education, research, and/or humanitarian opportunities that target AAFP Family Physician members.
• Public Health project: Focuses on the health of families and communities by promoting healthy lifestyles; conducting research and/or providing education for disease and injury prevention; and/or projects that are humanitarian or service in nature that improve the health of individuals or communities.

Application Details

We encourage all Chapter/Chapter Foundations to apply who are committed to supporting philanthropic projects focused on health priority areas and reflect the rich diversity of the specialty and the patients served.

The FMCA Grant Awards application period is from January 1 through February 28 of each year.

View eligibility requirements and application.

FMCA Grant Award Projects

*FMPC changed its name to FMCA in 2023

• Vol. III: 2017-2022 FMPC Grant Award Projects(26 page PDF)
• Vol. II: 2010-2016 FMPC Grant Award Projects(60 page PDF)
• Vol. I: 2006-2010 FMPC Grant Award Projects(51 page PDF)

Award Announcement

The 2022 FMCA Grant Awards, announced in May 2022, awarded $38,750 to 21 Constituent Chapter/Chapter Foundation projects. The titles of these projects are listed below by FMCA Priority Area and include a website link to the Chapter or Chapter Foundation that received the award.

Family Medicine Chapter Alliance Grant Awards: 2022 Recipients by Priority Area

Member Outreach Projects

• Advocacy Bootcamp- Putting Advocacy into Practice, Maryland AFP Foundation http://mdafp.org/foundation/
• EasyPI, Ohio AFP https://www.ohioafp.org/
• Health Equity & Social Justice Discussion Club, Ohio AFP https://www.ohioafp.org/
• Health Equity Champion Program, Colorado AFP https://www.coloradoafp.org/
• Health Equity Strategies in a Pandemic World, Georgia AFP https://www.gafp.org/
• Leadership Mentor Program, New York State AFP http://www.nysafp.org/
• Leadership Training in Advocacy- Advancing Issues, Wisconsin AFP https://www.wafp.org/
• 2022 Bite-Sized Learning Sessions, Ohio AFP https://www.ohioafp.org/

Public Health Projects

• Georgia Tar Wars Regional Strike Force Project, Georgia Healthy Family Alliance https://www.georgiahealthyfamilyalliance.org/
• Primary Care Beyond Clinic Walls, Oregon AFP https://oafp.org/

Student and/or Resident Projects

• Advanced Procedures Workshop for Family Medicine Residents, California AFP Foundation http://www.cafpfoundation.org/
• Building a Student Pipeline, South Dakota AFP https://www.sdafp.org/
• Capturing FM History with Narrative Scribes, Oregon AFP https://oafp.org/
• Family Medicine Mentor Connection Program, Family Health Foundation of Illinois https://www.iafp.com/foundation
• Investing in an Equitable Healthcare Future: FQHC/Rural Externship, Family Health Foundation of Illinois https://www.iafp.com/foundation
• Resident, Student, Physician Engagement Project, Alaska AFP https://alaskaafp.org/
• Rural Track Student Med Kit, Utah AFP https://utahafp.org/
• Student and Resident Education at Annual Meeting, Maryland AFP Foundation http://mdafp.org/foundation/
• Student and Resident Leadership Conference, Nebraska AFP Foundation https://www.nebrafp.org/foundation/ 
• Students to National Conference, Wisconsin AFP Foundation https://wafpfoundation.org/
• Transition L2L Student Workshops to Med School, Kansas AFP Foundation https://kafponline.org/foundation/

Please email Veronica Roberts or call 913-906-6239.

Support The Program

Funding for the FMCA Grant Awards Program is provided by the generosity of donors like you. Select ‘Chapter Grants’ as the Designation when making your donation.