Grant Eligibility Requirements

FAER Grant Eligibility Requirements

To apply for a research grant through the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, you must meet the following eligibility requirements.

(See also specific grant requirements)

U.S. citizen, permanent U.S. resident, or holder of H-1 or O-1 visa with minimum of three years remaining.
Active or resident member of American Society of Anesthesiologists.
MRTG/REG: The applicant must be a graduate physician who holds an unexpired, permanent, unconditional and unrestricted license to practice medicine or osteopathy in at least one state or jurisdiction of the United States and has completed an ACGME-accredited anesthesiology residency program by the time of the grant award, and is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology or is in the examination system. The FAER Grant Management Committee will consider applicants with equivalent training or certification on a case-by-case basis. The candidate must provide detailed supporting information for review.
RFG: A graduate physician who is enrolled in an ACGME-approved training program in anesthesiology or is accepted into a clinical fellowship program sponsored by an ACGME-approved training program in anesthesiology. After completion of residency, recipients must notify FAER that they meet the licensing requirements in their state.

At the time a Mentored Research Training Grant recipient receives funding, the applicant must be no more than 10 years after completion of residency or fellowship training.
The MRTG is not intended for investigators who are or have been recipients of significant extramural funding (e.g., R-awards, K23, K O8, K12 and KL2) and is not intended for established investigators changing areas of interest. Please do not hesitate to contact the FAER office if you have specific questions regarding prior funding.
The anesthesiology department chair must:

Guarantee that a minimum of 75% of the applicant’s professional time and effort will be available for research related to but not specifically intended for this project.
State that the applicant will have an academic faculty appointment for the duration of the grant.
Assure availability of technical support, space and facilities for the proposed research.
Assure responsible administration of funds with annual reporting of their disbursement and refunding of unused funds to FAER.

An experienced investigator must be identified as the research mentor, have a faculty appointment at the associate professor level or above and make a written commitment to continuous, direct supervision of the applicant in developing research expertise and achieving the goals of the research proposal. The research mentor is not required to have a primary appointment in anesthesiology.

At the time a Research Fellowship Grant receives funding, the applicant must be a graduate physician (e.g., M.D. or D.O. degree) enrolled in an ACGME-approved training program in Anesthesiology or accepted into a clinical fellowship program sponsored by an ACGME-approved training program in anesthesiology.
The anesthesiology department chair must:

Verify that the applicant is in good standing in the residency training program or has been accepted into a clinical fellowship program sponsored by the training program.
Approve the applicant’s proposal for research training, and, if applicable, state that this proposal has been approved by the ABA.
Guarantee that 80% of the applicant’s professional time and effort will be devoted to research related to this project. The remaining 20% may be spent in clinical anesthesia practice. This clinical activity must not exceed a single 10-hour daytime commitment per week. No night, weekend or holiday on-call activity is allowed.
Assure availability of technical support, space and facilities for the proposed research.
Assure responsible administration of funds with annual reporting of their disbursement and refunding of unused funds to FAER.
Assure that, prior to the start date of this grant, the recipient has completed 6 months of research as part of the residency program continuum (CA1-CA3 years), or that this research grant is in conjunction with a one-year clinical fellowship.

The applicant must identify an experienced investigator as the research mentor, who is required to make a written commitment to continuous, direct supervision of the applicant in developing research expertise and achieving the goals of the research proposal.
The career development plan is an important part of this application and should be carefully described. If the fellowship is in conjunction with a clinical fellowship, a summary of the clinical fellowship experience and the connection between the clinical experience and the research experience must be provided.
Applications by investigators who have received previous extramural funding (e.g., as part of an M.D.-Ph.D. program) are discouraged.

Guarantee that a minimum of 40% of the applicant’s professional time will be available for research related to this education project.
State that the applicant will have an academic faculty appointment for the duration of the grant.
Assure availability of technical support, space and facilities for the proposed research.
Assure responsible administration of funds with annual reporting of their disbursement and refunding of unused funds to FAER.

The applicant must identify an experienced medical educator, at the associate professor level or above, as the education research mentor. The mentor is required to make a written commitment to continuous, direct supervision of the applicant in developing research expertise and achieving the goals of the research proposal. The education research mentor is not required to have a primary appointment in anesthesiology, but should have demonstrated expertise in medical education.