AMS Leadership in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship 2025 (Funded)

Deadline: January 15, 2025

Applications are open for the AMS Leadership in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence Fellowship 2025. AMS Healthcare strives to improve the healthcare of all Canadians by innovating education and practice, championing the history of medicine and healthcare, supporting leadership development, and advancing research in the health humanities.

In recent years, AMS Healthcare has provided funding for activities that address two key factors of the health care system: Compassionate care; and artificial intelligence and digital health solutions. AMS Healthcare’s Compassionate Care in a Technological World strategic priority focus on promoting the integration of digital technology/artificial intelligence (DT/AI) and compassionate care in the delivery of health care services, education of health professionals as well as facilitating the leadership needed to realize the promise of technology.

Benefits

• The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $825,000; enough to fund up to eleven (11) one-year fellowship awards of up to $75,000 on compassion and technology.
• AMS Healthcare will also provide additional in-kind support through an in-person residency, annual Institute, and Conference, as well as access to leadership development and coaching.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this award, the applicant must be either:

• an early or mid-career academic health investigator working in a CIHR eligible institution. CIHR defines a new/early career investigator as someone who has assumed his/her first independent academic position (e.g., faculty appointment) within the last 5 years. For AMS, a mid-career is an individual within 6-10 years from the date of their first research-related appointment, minus eligible delays in research.
• A regulated healthcare professional with graduate school training or an academic in a field related to/focused on healthcare (i.e., health ethics, health law, computer scientist with an interest in health applications) working in a health care organization, provincial government, academic setting or a provincial/national health professional organization.
• Preference will be given to applicants who reside in Ontario and are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
• Activities proposed in the application must occur at an organization located in Canada.

Successful applicants must also be:

• Affiliated with a CIHR -eligible institution.
• Supervised by an individual who has an academic appointment with a university-based graduate program and who conducts research in health services and/or technology.
• Mentored by an individual (not the Supervisor) who has an academic appointment with a university based graduate program and who conducts research in health services and/or technology. Fellowship mentorship can also be provided by health system leaders. Applicants are encouraged to identify mentors who bring diverse skills and perspectives to their fellowships. Engaging a patient/caregiver (person with lived experience) partner as an additional Mentor to your team is strongly recommended.

Application

Applicants are required to submit a complete Letter of Intent (LOI) to OSSU, at [email protected], by 5:00pm (eastern time), Wednesday, January 15, 2025. Applicants will receive an email within 36 hours confirming that their submission has been received. If you do not get this email, please send another email to the organisers.

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