rfa@azhec.org

The purpose of the Arizona AHEC Research and Project Small Grant Program is to:

1. Provide graduate health sciences students, medical interns, and residents with an opportunity to gain experience in rural and urban medically underserved Arizona communities through research and/or scholarly projects
2. Interest Arizona health sciences students in rural and urban medically underserved practice and other areas of unmet need
3. Address community needs specific to the 5 Arizona Regional AHEC centers through health promotion and disease prevention research and relevant projects
4. Demonstrate interprofessional education or transformative community-based practice models
5. Address community-based behavioral health integration, social determinants of health, and cultural competency issues reflecting Arizona’s underserved populations

Eligible applicants include:

• Graduate health sciences students
• Medical interns
• Residents
• Faculty if the proposal clearly indicates how the project will directly mentor health professions students or directly support the work of the Arizona Regional AHEC centers and their constituents
• Regional Arizona AHEC Centers if the proposal clearly indicates how the project will directly mentor health professions students or help to attract health professions students to rural and urban underserved practice through educational experiences in their respective regions

Award ceiling: $5,000
Project period: 1 year
Estimated number of awards: 5

A link to application instructions is available on the program website.

Submit the application using the online form linked from the application instructions.