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Resident Community Health Impact Grant Program

PAFP Resident Community Health Impact Grants

Supporting & strengthening the community health outreach scholarly work that is foundational to Family Medicine Residency training. 

 

 For Fiscal Year 2023-24, the PAFP offered RIG eligibility to ALL Family Medicine Residency Programs in Pennsylvania!

 

  • Grants up to $25,000 were made available to each Pennsylvania FM residency program submitting a qualifying resident-led community health scholarly project application.

  • PAFP hosted informational Zoom calls for Cohort 2 during September and October 2024.

  • Application/Project timelines:
    (Cohort 1): Apply by April 30, 2024. Cohort timeline May 30 2024 - June 30 2025
    (Cohort 2) Apply by October 30, 2024. Cohort timeline November 2024 - October 2025
    (Cohort 3) Apply by April 30, 2025. Cohort timeline May 2025 - May 2026

  • New and existing, ongoing projects are encouraged to apply.

  • Required: Present at PAFP Research Day (April 6, 2025, Lancaster, PA)

  • Required: Attend RIG Summit (April 5, 2025, Lancaster, PA) A celebratory dinner program at which completed projects present posters, and incoming Cohorts attend to learn & network. 

 

We know that residency training for Family Medicine must be integrated with and responsive to the communities programs serve. Resident physicians see their patients face economic and social forces that impact their health status and inhibit their ability to follow the health guidance of their physician. Our modern health system is poorly designed to address issues that impact patients outside the clinic, where services are often not billable, though patient’s health status is largely influenced by behavior, economics and social factors.    

 

Residents are learners in training and practice. They are uniquely positioned to be change-makers in their communities. Residency training offers opportunities for community outreach and scholarly activity designed to address health needs of communities and special populations. Family Medicine training is broad – covering all ages, all disease states, chronic and urgent health needs, and integrating health with mental wellbeing via a whole-person, family-centered perspective. Residents are eager to apply practical, creative solutions to make a difference in their patients’ health and are trained to collaborate within multi-disciplinary teams. Questions? Attend an informational Zoom session (REGISTER HERE) or email Molly Talley, PAFP Chief Resident & Student Engagement Officer. 

 

 

Plan Your Application - Click for details

  • Prepare your project abstract (350 words maximum)
  • Download Template Budget Format (provides structure for your project budget)
    Budget Note: 2025 Research Day registration rate is $109; Eden Resort & Suites (Lancaster, PA) room reservation rate is $225.95 plus taxes.
  • Download Template Program Agreement (for sponsoring institution legal review & signature)
  • Attend a Zoom Info Session to ask your questions REGISTER HERE

SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL - CLICK TO ACCESS FORM

 

 

FAQs 

What do we hope to accomplish through the RIG program? 

 

  • Increased access to primary care services for rural and underserved populations;
  • Increased community-integration of FM resident training and scholarly projects;
  • Collaboration with a community organization;
  • Project addresses an identified community health need; and
  • Required scholarly project to present at the RIG Summit and PAFP Research Day event.

What sorts of projects were approved in 2023? 

Please review the following summary articles that were published in Keystone Physician magazine, highlighting the of the 2023 RIG Projects. 

  • Part 1 - Food & nutrition insecurity projects
  • Part 2 - Housing insecurity projects
  • Part 3 - Lifestyle medicine projects

 

 Looking for inspiration?

Here are a few ideas for your consideration: 

  • New/expanded Home visit program;
  • New effort to integration of behavioral health services with primary healthcare services;
  • Building a culinary medicine program or another type of lifestyle medicine intervention;
  • Mobile MOUD services, immunization clinics, other health screenings & referral services;
  • Collaborate with their local food pantry, library, barber shop, school, community center to provide health education and health screenings; 
  • Public health-promoting activities for special populations: LGBTQ, refugee populations, persons with disabilities, persons with food or housing insecurity; and
  • Point of Care Ultrasound or another type of new diagnostic and screening equipment, training, integration into care.

 

 
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