Faculty Development (FD) Fund
The FD Fund supports Department of Family & Community Medicine (DFCM) faculty in professional development activities that promote academic work, scholarship, and impact within the Department. Funding is awarded twice annually for a maximum of $1500 per submission.
This Fund provides financial support for faculty to pursue scholarly and professional development activities, including:
- Travel and related expenses to present scholarly work at conferences (registration fees not covered)
- Mini‑sabbaticals or project time to prepare and submit scholarly papers
- Open‑access publication fees and similar dissemination costs
Awards will be based on the criteria below, taking into consideration the amount of money available in the fund and the total amount requested.
Funds are not issued proactively and must be collected within one year of the date of the acceptance letter.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be faculty members appointed to the DFCM.
- Applicants must not have received FD Fund support within the past two years.
- Activities that have already occurred or will occur within six months of the submission deadline are eligible.
Required Application Elements
Applications must include:
- Completed FD Fund Application Form (fillable PDF—please ensure you save the file to your own computer)
- Letter of Intent from the applicant outlining:
- Importance and impact of the activity
- Your role in the project or activity (i.e lead researcher, first author). For group publications or presentations, it is important to specify what your direct contributions were
- What contribution this work may have to academic life in your site/division/program
- Site/Division Head signature on the application form
- Supporting documentation and declaration of other sources of financial support for the academic activity if applicable.
- Original receipts and redacted credit card statements (electronically scanned receipts/boarding pass will be accepted) for travel expenses and open access journal fees
Criteria
The FD Awards and Funds Committee will give preference to submissions which meet the following criteria:
- Advances primary care and family medicine education, with benefit derived from the professional development activity for both the individual and the department
- Preference may be given to junior faculty (less than 5 years since appointment)
- Preference will be given to those who do not have access to other funding
- If being used for mini-sabbatical, funding will be released upon paper submission
- If being used for open access journal fees, funding will be released upon paper acceptance
Deliverables
Recipients should:
- Submit an abstract for a poster/presentation/workshop at a DFCM conference and/or
- Be available to present at distributed sites if invited
Application Deadline
October 30 and April 30 annually.
Submit Applications by Email:
Mail Original Receipts (if applicable):
C/O Jasvinei Sritharan DFCM Awards Administrator
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
5th Floor, 500 University Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 1V7
Selection Process
Adjudicated by the and FD Awards and Funds Committee, chaired by the DFCM Awards, Grants & Funds Lead.