Funds may be used to pursue significant advanced training, applicant-designed projects, travel expenses, or other opportunities to enhance the career success of individual faculty. Grants will provide funding up to $1500 per application.
It is expected that the funds will help to establish the awardee as a leader in one of the following domains (list is not exhaustive): education, leadership/administration, quality improvement, or patient safety. It is further expected that the knowledge or skills gained from this experience will be disseminated locally, such as through a faculty development workshop, QI project, or other means.
2026 Recipient
Prior Recipients
2025 Alyssa Vigliotti, MD: REACH Institute Patient-Centered Mental Health in Pediatric Primary Care Training
2024 Julia Meade, MD - AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
2023 Erika Friehling, MD - AAMC Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
2021 Tahniat Syed, MD MPH - Plant-Based Nutrition: eCornell Certificant Program
2020 Sonika Bhatnagar, MD, MPH -Leadership Principles: Harvard Business School
2019 Sylvia Choi, MD - Advancing Pediatric Educator eXcellence (APEX) teaching program
2019 Kavitha Conti, MD - Career Advancement and Leadership Skills for Women in Healthcare, Harvard Medical School
2019 Adelaide L. Eichman, MD - AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
2018 John Szymusiak, MD, MS - Intermediate Improvement Science Series (I2S2) -https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/j/anderson-center...
2017 Jennifer Marin, MD, MSc AAMC - Mid-Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar
Potential professional / leadership development programs to consider include but are not limited to:
- University of Pittsburgh Office of Academic Career Development
- ICRE Certificate/Master Programs
- AAP Advancing Pediatric Educator Excellence (APEX) Teaching Program
- AAMC Leadership Course Opportunities
- APEX Teaching Program
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Important Dates
April 01 – Annual application cycle opens
June 30 – Proposal submission due date
Application Form and Required Materials: Please submit all materials to OFDpeds@chp.edu
For the OFD Individual Faculty Professional/Leadership Development Grant, please provide:
- Completed OFD Leadership Development Grant Proposal Form.
- Copy of your curriculum vitae.
- Letter of support from your division director or department chair.