Education
- Conferences
- Call for Proposals: Physician Wellness Culture Awards
- Fellowship Opportunities
- Wellness Library
- Professional Coaching
This Call for Proposals is intended to solicit applications for investigations that will advance the UC San Diego physician wellness culture.
In an effort to enhance empathy and compassion in healthcare, the Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion* has generously committed funding to support UC San Diego Health’s research and education on physician wellness. This commitment supports multiple educational initiatives, including UC San Diego Health Physician Wellness Grants, which study the drivers of and interventions for wellness.
General guidance: Proposals focused on general faculty development, academic mentorship or research that does not inform physician wellness practices will not be considered.
The proposals should include the specific aims and proposed conduct of the initiative. These funds are intended for support of impactful initiatives; salary support should not be a major portion of the proposed budget.
Award Type |
Funding Level |
Timeline (begins at time of initial fund transfer) |
Preliminary Data |
Pilot |
Up to $15,000 |
12 months |
Not required |
Project |
Up to $40,000 |
Up to 2 years |
Recommended |
Dissemination: Awardees are required to present their work internally at a DEEP WELL meeting, held quarterly at UC San Diego. Awardees are encouraged to disseminate their work beyond UC San Diego through oral and written presentations.
Interim Report: Awardees are required to send an interim report at approximately the half-way point of the work, and at any time that there are feasibility or financial concerns that should be shared.
Final Report: Awardees are required to send a final report describing the conduct of the pilot or project, a financial reconciliation, and dissemination plans.
Principal Investigator: At least one principal investigator must be a UC San Diego physician. Co-investigators are not required to be physicians.
Award Type |
Page Limit (Arial 11 font) |
Other required elements |
Pilot |
3 |
Budget, CV for PI(s) |
Project |
6 |
Budget, CV for PI(s) |
A subgroup of the UC San Diego Physician Wellness Steering Committee (without conflict for the application under consideration) will review and score applications:
|
Deadlines |
Review Meeting |
Notification: Award or Revision Request |
Application Due |
2024 Nov 4, 2024 Feb 3, 2025 May 5, 2025 Aug 4, 2025 Nov 3, 2025 |
2024 Nov 20 Feb 19 May 21 Aug 20 Nov 19 |
2024 Dec 6 Mar 7 Jun 6 Sep 5 Dec 5 |
SANFORD INSTITUTE FOR EMPATHY AND COMPASSION
The Institute represents an unprecedented blending of two parallel themes: employing the unyielding rigor and tools of science to establish the neurological basis for empathy in the brain to identify the mechanisms that transform compassion from biology to behavior, and experimenting with and developing new ways to teach and instill empathy and compassion in clinicians currently practicing and in the teaching of future generations of health professionals.
The Institute aims to:
Recipients | Project | Cycle |
Caitlin Carter MD, Ami Doshi MD, & Kyung Rhee MD | Pediatric Division Chief Retreat to Improve Faculty Wellness |
November 2023 |
Minh Hai Tran, MD & Claire Soria, MD | Improving working relationships in the operating room: Interprofessional simulation training with general surgery and anesthesiology residents |
August 2023 |
Sidney Zisook MD, Judy Davidson DNP, & Neal Doran MD | Understanding Physician Peer Support: A Mixed-Model Study of Feasability and Effects on Givers and Receivers of Peer Support |
August 2023 |
Alicia Minns, MD & Rachna Subramony, MD | Evaluation of Emergency Department flow facilitator effectiveness and identification of areas for potential improvement |
May 2023 |
Ryan Moran, MD & Ottar Lunde, MD | General Internal Medicine as a pilot to better capture/understand the work-burden of patient care including comprehensive measurement of non-face to face time. |
February 2023 |