ABPN Award Programs

The ABPN Faculty Innovation in Education Award (formerly the Faculty Fellowship Award) is intended to support the development of innovative education and/or evaluation projects that 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 applicants who are at a junior or mid-faculty level.

Each year, up to two psychiatry and/or neurology fellows will be selected. The duration of the fellowship will normally be for two years with a maximum amount of funding of $50,000 per year or $100,000 total. This amount is intended to cover salary, fringe benefits, and other costs. No indirect costs will be covered.

• be certified by the ABPN
• participate in the ABPN’s maintenance of certification program
• hold an unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States
• comply with the ABPN’s conflict of interest policies and procedures
• hold a faculty appointment in a psychiatry or neurology department (or its equivalent) in a U.S. LCME-accredited medical school

The ABPN Research Award supports research projects related to the mission of the ABPN, which is to develop and provide valid and reliable procedures for initial and continuing certification in psychiatry and neurology. It is expected that projects will focus on innovative approaches to assessing physicians as they prepare to, or continue to, practice psychiatry or neurology. Expected outcomes include advances in the theory or practice of assessment along the continuum of residency training and clinical practice. It is also expected that projects will not focus on the development of commercial products.

Each year, up to two psychiatry and/or neurology awards will be made with a maximum amount of funding of $100,000 per award. This amount is intended to cover salary, fringe benefits, and other costs. No indirect costs will be covered. The projects may take up to two years to be completed.

Applicants must:

• hold a faculty appointment in a psychiatry or neurology department (or its equivalent) in a U.S. LCME-accredited medical school
• comply with the ABPN’s conflict of interest policies and procedures

If the applicant is an MD or DO, he/she must:

• be certified by the ABPN
• participate in the ABPN’s maintenance of certification program
• hold an unrestricted license to practice medicine in a state, commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States