Awards
Fellowship in Medical Humanities
Each year, the Division offers a competitive award of one Fellowship in Medical Humanities (FIMH). This one-year Fellowship provides medical students the chance to study an area of the Medical Humanities that may interest them considerably, but that cannot be explored adequately within the constraints of the regular curriculum. The program encourages medical students to research aspects of healthcare within George Engel's medical framework-- to consider their places and those of their patients in relationship to self, family, community, nation, and biosphere. And to do students will use materials and methodologies of humanities disciplines, including, literature, fine arts, philosophy, ethics, religious studies, visual and cultural studies, law and history.
The Fellowship is intended to provide an intellectual opportunity and funding for substantive and innovative humanities-focused projects on medical topics or issues. FIMH hopes to nurture a balance of humanistic and scientific perspectives. The Fellowship does not support completion of degree programs at other institutions. The Fellowship cannot be deferred from the year in which it is granted.
Medical Humanities Summer Research Student Grants
Co-sponsored by the Student Enrichment Program, the Division offers several summer grants to eligible students with summer research proposals whose topic, objectives and methodology are more appropriate to humanities or social sciences than clinical basic sciences. Contact Adrienne Morgan, adreinne_morgan@urmc.rochester.edu for further information and deadlines.
Medical Humanities/Ethics Enrichment Grants
The Division offers a number of small grants of up to $250.00/student and available to all medical students in good standing to support small projects, conferences, workshops related to humanities and/or ethics which will enrich the individual student's medical experience. Students must submit a two page application which includes an explanation and justification for the project, conference, workshop or experience, and a clear budget statement explaining how the funding would be used. Applications are accepted throughout the year. Funds cannot be used retroactively for events or activities already completed. Students may apply for only one Enrichment grant per academic year.
Rochester Academy of Medicine Awards for Essays on a Medical or Historical Subject
Every year the Rochester Academy of Medicine (RAOM) offers a number of awards from $300 - $750 to medical students, physicians, and other health care professionals for essays on a topic in medicine or medical history. These awards are available in the fields of geriatrics, nursing, adult primary care, trauma and emergency medicine, surgery, occupational medicine, medical history any medical subject. Further information is available on the RAOM website or from Andrea Ehmann, email: andrea_ehmann@urmc.rochester.edu.
2008 Creative Excellence Award Contest
University of Rochester FACULTY members (resident, fellow, instructor, clinical, academic, emeritus), STAFF members, and STUDENTS (undergraduate, graduate, nursing, medical) are invited to enter the Annual Creative Excellence Award Contest. This activity is sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Cluster for Human Values in Health Care and administered by the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Palliative Care.
Entries may be in any medium (e.g., poetry, fiction, fine arts, photography, or personal essay) dealing with issues of human values in health care, and will be judged on their focus and clarity of expression of human values in health care, originality, skill of presentation, and overall quality. Please note that previously published material is not eligible for entry into this contest. Judging is done anonymously by members of the Executive Committee of the Interdisciplinary Cluster for Human Values in Health Care.
Three winners will be chosen – one faculty member, one staff person, and one student. Each will receive $200 and an award plaque.
Winners will be announced at the end of May and prize money will be awarded at that time. Winners will be honored at the Annual Ethics and Humanities Grand Rounds Dinner (usually held in the Fall) and award plaques will be presented at that time. Winners’ names will be added to the Cluster award plaques on display adjacent to the Ethics and Humanities office (room 1-6321). With permission, winning entries will be displayed in a case at the entrance of the Miner Library.
If you wish to enter:
- Entries are limited to one per person (previously published material is not eligible).
- Entries must be accompanied by a cover sheet identifying you and your submission. (The work itself must not include your name or any other identifying factors.) Cover sheets are available here or in the wall file just outside the door to the Division of Medical Humanities office, room 1-6321 (near the Miner Library).
- Please bring or send your entries to Andrea Ehmann, Division of the Medical Humanities, Box 676, room 1-6321.
- The submission deadline is Monday, April 28, 2008, at 5:00 pm.
All submissions will be handled confidentially and returned to entrants via mail by the end of May. If they are oversized, we will make arrangements for entrants to pick them up at a convenient time.
If you have a question or would like to request a cover sheet, please call Andrea at 275-5800 or send an e-mail to andrea_ehmann@urmc.rochester.edu.
We look forward to your participation!
