SCHOLARSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES IN SOCIAL WORK, NURSING AND MEDICINE
The John A. Hartford Foundation supports geriatric academic education and training grants to individuals, administered by the following organizations listed below. For information, or to apply for a scholarship or fellowship, contact the organization administering the grant directly through the link or contact information provided below. The Foundation does not make awards to individuals directly.
MEDICINE
Advanced Fellowship Training in Medicine:
The John A. Hartford Foundation supports advanced fellowship training through 23 Centers of Excellence (CoE) in Geriatric Medicine and two Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry. Please contact Centers of Excellence (below) for information on scholarship and fellowship opportunities.
Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Medicine:
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ( Harvard Medical School )
- Boston Medical Center
- Cornell University
- Duke University
- Emory University
- Indiana University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Mount Sinai Medical Center
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- University of California , Los Angeles
- University of California , San Francisco
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado
- University of Hawaii
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochester
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- University of Washington
- Yale University
Centers of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry:
- University of California , San Diego
- University of Pittsburgh
Paul B. Beeson Career Development Awards in Aging Research Program
The Beeson program, administered by the American Federation on Aging Research (AFAR) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA), funded by the National Institute on Aging, Atlantic Philanthropies, the John A. Hartford Foundation, and Starr Foundation, fosters the independent research careers of clinically trained investigators to enhance the health and quality of life of older Americans. For information, go to www.beeson.org.
Dennis W. Jahnigen Career Development Scholars Awards
The Jahnigen Scholars program, supported by the Hartford Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies and administered by the American Geriatrics Society, offers two-year career development awards to support junior faculty in the specialties of anesthesiology, emergency medicine, general surgery, gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, thoracic surgery, and urology. The award is intended to allow individuals to initiate and ultimately sustain a career in research and education in the geriatrics aspects of their discipline. For information, go to http://www.americangeriatrics.org/hartford/jahnigen.shtml.
T. Franklin Williams Scholars Award
The T. Franklin Williams Scholars Award is given to a junior faculty geriatrician who is conducting research in collaboration with a sub-specialist of internal medicine on a health problem of older patients. The award is intended to support the academic career development of a promising physician-scientist. The T. Franklin Williams Scholars Award is offered by the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging in collaboration with the Association for Subspecialty Professors and is supported by grants from the Atlantic Philanthropies and the John A. Hartford Foundation. For further information, go to http://www.healthinaging.org/franklin_Williams/. To view the 2005 awards program, click here.
Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholars Awards Program This program, sponsored by the John A. Hartford Foundation and the AGS Foundation for Health in Aging, supports physician-scientists committed to improving the health care of older adults during the critical transition from junior faculty to independent researcher. For information, go to http://www.healthinaging.org/hartford/.
American Society of Clinical Oncology Young Investigator Awards
The Hartford Foundation has provided funding to help advance the field of geriatric oncology, with a grant to American Society of Clinical Oncology to administer the Young Investigator Award. This grant provides funding to promising investigators to encourage and promote quality research in clinical oncology by funding physicians during the transition from a fellowship program to a faculty appointment. For information, go to www.asco.org.
Medical Student Training:
Medical Student Summer Research Training in Aging Program
Administered by the American Federation of Aging Research and the National Institute on Aging, funded by The National Institute on Aging, The John A. Hartford Foundation, The William Randolph Hearst Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, the Cardinal Health Foundation, the Lillian R. Gleitsman Foundation, and an anonymous donor, this program encourages medical students, particularly budding researchers, to consider a career in academic geriatrics by awarding short-term scholarships. For information, go to http://afar.org/medstu.html.
NURSING
The John A. Hartford Foundation is preparing professional nurses to play leadership roles in improving the health of older adults through scholarships and fellowships that support education of geriatric advanced practice nurses, nursing faculty and nursing researchers.
Pre- and Post-doctoral Awards in Nursing:
Claire M. Fagin Post-Doctoral Fellowship Awards
The American Academy of Nursing, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the Mayday Fund, administers post-doctoral nursing fellowships. For information, go to http://www.geriatricnursing.org.
Hartford Pre-Doctoral Scholarship Awards
The American Academy of Nursing, with support from the John A. Hartford Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, and the Mayday Fund, administers pre-doctoral nursing scholarships. For information, go to http://www.geriatricnursing.org.
Advanced Practice Nursing Scholarships:
Creating Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) received a grant from The John A. Hartford Foundation of New York to promote career opportunities in geriatric advanced practice nursing by providing scholarship monies to schools of nursing with geriatric advanced practice nursing programs to expand their student base. The project also provides for networking, mentorship, role modeling, and leadership activities between scholarship awardees and experts in geriatric nursing. Please contact the following schools (below) for information about scholarship opportunities. For additional information, go to http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/creating.htm.
Creating Careers in Geriatric Advanced Practice Nursing Funded Schools
- Binghamton University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Duke University
- Florida Atlantic University
- New York University
- Oakland University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Radford University
- Seattle Pacific University
- St. Louis University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of Iowa
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
- University of Minnesota
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Rhode Island
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
- Yale University
Hartford Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence (CGNE)
The Foundation selected five schools of nursing which have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to the field, have both current experience and future potential to build the next generation of Gerontological nurses, have outstanding capacity in research, practice and education, manifest leadership that transcends their own institution and meet generally accepted criteria of excellence. Please contact Centers of Excellence (below) for information on scholarship and fellowship opportunities. For information, go to http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/Hartford/CCGrantAwardees05.htm.
Centers of Geriatric Nursing Excellence
- Oregon Health Sciences University
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing
- University of California , San Francisco School of Nursing
- University of Iowa
- University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
SOCIAL WORK
The John A. Hartford Foundation offers social work scholarships and fellowships, administered by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA). This program addresses the lack of adequately trained social work practitioners to meet the social and health care needs of today and tomorrow's rapidly increasing aging population.
Hartford Faculty Scholars
The Hartford Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program, administered by the Gerontological Society of America, enhances the effectiveness of faculty scholars as academic leaders, role models and mentors for future generations of social work professionals working in geriatrics. For information, go to http://www.gswi.org/programs_services/faculty_scholars.html.
Hartford Doctoral Fellows
The Hartford Geriatric Social Work Doctoral Fellows Program, administered by the Gerontological Society of America, offers fellowships as a remedy for recruiting, sustaining, and training a cadre of talented doctoral students in geriatric social work For information, go to http://www.gswi.org/programs_services/doctoral_fellows.html.
Hartford Pre-Dissertation Awards
The Hartford Geriatric Social Work pre-dissertation awards program, operated jointly by GSA and the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work, serves to expand the number of social work doctoral dissertations that identify and examine a set of research questions that seek to improve the health and well-being of older persons and their families. For information, go to http://www.gswi.org/programs_services/doctoral_fellows.html#aboutpda. |
