2012 SCA Foundation Kaplan Leadership Grant

Grant Awarded

$2,000 with a matching amount from the applicant's institution to fund a leadership education opportunity.

Grant Mission Statement

To assist cardiac anesthesiologists early in their careers develop into future leaders by granting funding to further their leadership development.

Eligibility & Application Format

Eligibility

  1. Member, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists.
  2. Practices in the field of cardiovascular anesthesia
  3. M.D. degree.
  4. Applicants must be within 10 years of their first academic or private practice appointment following residency/fellowship.
  5. Previous SCA Leadership Grant recipients are not eligible.
  6. Leadership training should be completed within two years after the award of the grant

Requirements

  1. Title Page.
    1. Type of grant category.
    2. Title for leadership project (see description below)
    3. Name of applicant, academic degrees, faculty rank.
    4. Sponsoring institution.
    5. Name, address, and telephone number of responsible department chief.
    6. Name, address, and telephone number of responsible financial officer of the sponsoring institution.
  2. Curriculum Vitae of the applicant (limit to 10 pages).
  3. Letter from the department Chair indicating the following:
    1. Assessment of the applicant's leadership and other professional accomplishments.
    2. A statement indicating departmental support for matching funds.
    3. A statement indicating the department will provide the time necessary to complete the leadership training.
    4. The availability of suitable facilities and departmental support for applicant to achieve goal.
    5. The agreement to return all unused funds if the applicant fails to complete his/her leadership training in the following 24 months.
  4. Letters of support from two additional faculty that know the applicant well and can provide support for the leadership accomplishments and potential of the applicant.

Budget

  1. The budget should outline all proposed expenditures for the leadership project and indicate the amount and breakdown for specific items requested from the SCAF and the amount and breakdown for specific items provided by the institution as matching funds.
  2. The budget may include support for educational leadership courses, travel, lodging, and other expenses related to the leadership activities. Other costs must be itemized and justified.
  3. No part of the grant may be used for salary support of the applicant.

Leadership Plan
(Pages should be double spaced, in 12 pt font. Sections 1-4 must not exceed 8 total pages; Lengths listed below do not include references.)

  1. Background
    1. Provide a concise summary of the applicant's educational and leadership activities.
  2. Future goals
    1. Provide one, five, and ten year educational and leadership goals.
  3. Leadership education opportunity
    1. Indicate the specific education opportunity the applicant wants to participate in (Examples are listed in the appendix below). The appendix is provided to help guide the applicant toward suitable programs but is not meant to be all-inclusive. The applicant is encouraged to find or create a program that best matches their needs.
    2. Provide a full description of the education opportunity chosen including location, sponsoring institution, length of the course, content of the course, timing of the course and either a brochure or website for the course.
    3. Explain how this education opportunity assists the applicant in becoming a better leader and specifically helps them accomplish their one, five, and ten year leadership goals.
  4. Leadership Project
    1. Provide a description of a leadership position the applicant currently holds or a leadership project the applicant is developing and how this education grant will assist the applicant. Provide 12-month goals to be accomplish if the applicant is awarded the grant.

Other Requirements

  1. At twelve and twenty-four months from the grant inception date a report on the success of achieving the goals above will be due to the SCA Foundation (addressed to the SCA Foundation Kaplan Leadership Committee Chair).

 

The application must be submitted in a pdf format no later than 4:00 pm eastern time on March 1, 2012. The awards will be announced at the SCA Annual Meeting. The grant period of 24 consecutive months can begin on any date from July 1 to Dec 31 of the year in which it is granted.

Completed applications need to be sent to: foundation@scahq.org.

 

Grants are funded by the SCA Foundation and administered through the SCA
Email questions to: foundation@scahq.org.
Phone (804) 565-6324

 

Appendix (Examples of Possible Programs)