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ABPN Grant Awards Programs

The ABPN has established the following grant award programs to support projects involving innovations in education, or education research, related to the ABPN mission. The foci include enhancing residency and fellowship training, and promoting professional development across the career span.

Additional Information
Deadlines
  • The submission deadline for 2027-2028 awards is July 27, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time.
News about the Programs

ABPN Announces 2026-27 Award Recipients
The 2026-27 recipients of the ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Award are:

Laura Kirkpatrick, MD
Division of Child Neurology
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Counseling Adolescents About Reproductive Health and Epilepsy (CARE): An Educational Intervention for Graduate Medical Education in Child Neurology

Jennifer Piel, JD, MD
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
Legislative Advocacy in Psychiatry Education 

Ericka Wong, MD
Department of Neurology
Thomas Jefferson University
The Listening Algorithm: AI enhancing Resident Assessment

Yelu Zhang, MD
Department of Psychiatry
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Advancing Interdisciplinary Education of Complex Brain–Mind Conditions with Artificial Intelligence-Driven Virtual Simulations

The 2026-27 recipients of the ABPN Education Research Award are:

Daniel Goldenholz, MD, PhD, FAES 
Department of Psychiatry
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
AI-Enhanced Flexible Literature-Based Learning for CME

Laura Malone, MD, PhD
Departments of Neurology & Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
Development and Evaluation of Innovative Pediatric Long COVID Asynchronous Virtual Telementoring Curriculum for Clinicians

 Lauren Osborne, MD
Department of Psychiatry
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Advancing Clinical Competency in Reproductive Psychiatry: Evaluating Two Training Paths

 

For additional information contact David Shin, PhD.

October 2025