Innovations Funding
Since 2000, The Academy's Innovations Funding Program:
$4M+
300+
The Academy of Medical Educators was founded in 2000 to support the people who carry out and advance the educational mission of UCSF. The vision is to be an organizational culture that values educators and accelerates teaching and learning to improve health with the values of community, opportunity, advocacy, service, and innovation.
The Innovations Funding in Education program is one of the most impactful Academy programs designed to support junior faculty across UCSF to engage in curricular innovation and scholarship:
- In the last five years alone, >$1,559,000 was awarded to 85 projects with 79 unique principal investigators (PIs). Almost all the PIs were junior faculty, mentored by more senior Academy educators.
- The junior faculty were from 23 different departments across the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry.
- The priorities for project types are set each year to keep the program flexible and meet the current needs of health professions education at UCSF.
2028 Call for Innovations Funding Proposals
Timeline for the Innovations Funding for Education 2027 - 2028 cycle. All deadline times listed are Pacific Standard Time (PST):
2026
July 17, 12:10 - 1:00 pm: Informational Session on Zoom. Registration required. A recording will be posted.
July 27: Call Distributed
July 27 - August 24: Concept Submission Phase
August 24 at 5:00 pm: Project concepts are due via submission survey (late submissions are not accepted).
October 20 - November 25: Open Improvement Phase (By Invitation)
November 10: First Draft Proposal Due
November 25 by 5:00 pm: Final Draft Proposal Due
2027
Early March: Funded proposals announced. Funding period is July 1, 2027 - June 30, 2028
Resources
Call for 2027 Innovations Funding Grant Program
Innovations Funding Information Session Recording, July 17, 2026
Contact Sierra Niblett ([email protected]) for any questions or concerns.
