The ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Award is intended to support the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects related to the mission of the ABPN, which is to serve the public and the profession by promoting lifelong learning and certifying psychiatrists and neurologists to high standards of expertise. Such projects will therefore promote effective residency/fellowship training or lifelong learning of practicing psychiatrists and neurologists. Preference will be given to projects that have the potential for use in more than one site and to first-time applicants and applicants who are at a junior or mid-faculty level.
Each year, up to two psychiatry and two neurology grant awardees will be selected. The duration of the projects will normally be for two years with a maximum amount of funding of $60,000 per year or $120,000 total. This amount is intended to cover salary, fringe benefits, and other costs. No indirect costs will be covered.
The submission deadline for 2027-2028 awards is July 27, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time.
Applicants must:
be certified by the ABPN, including active participation in continuing certification
comply with the ABPN’s conflict of interest policies and procedures
hold a full-time faculty appointment in a Psychiatry or Neurology department (or its equivalent) at a U.S. LCME-accredited medical school, or, if without a full-time faculty position, submit a department chair-validated offer letter with their application that confirms the appointment will start before January 1, 2027, coinciding with the award’s inception
While any projects relevant to the education and/or assessment of psychiatrists and/or neurologists will be considered, the ABPN is particularly interested in the following areas:
Development, testing, or implementation of competency-based medical education (CBME) and related foci, such as the assessment of defined competencies in training; projects that include scalable solutions, address equity in assessment practices, or contribute to a national infrastructure for CBME implementation are especially encouraged
Innovative approaches in implementing clinical skills evaluations
Precision education using learning analytics
Integration of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, in clinical training and assessment of learning
Strategies to promote lifelong learning
Innovative curricula for continuing certification, including teaching about CC in residency
Strategies to promote public education about and input into Board certification
Strategies to promote physician resilience and to prevent burnout
Projects related to any of the above areas that also incorporate attention to health disparities, inequities in healthcare delivery, or inclusion of diverse perspectives in the physician workforce
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