2010 PHSR Interest Group: Student Scholarship Call for Applications

Student Scholarships will be awarded to attend the 2010 Annual Research Meeting and the Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston.


The application deadline has passed. Applications are now under review. 

Public Health Systems Research (PHSR) is a field of inquiry examining the organization, financing, performance, and impact of health systems defined as the constellation of governmental and non-governmental actors that influence population health, including health care providers, insurers, purchasers, public health agencies, community-based organizations, and entities that operate outside the traditional sphere of health care (view an expanded definition here).

The Student Scholarships recognize graduate students who demonstrate potential to contribute to the field of PHSR through promising research. Scholarship recipients will receive $1,000 to be put toward registration and travel to attend AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and the PHSR IG Annual Meeting, June 27-30 in Boston. Additionally, students will have an opportunity to present their research during the PHSR IG Meeting's poster session.

Masters or doctoral students engaged in research that shows potential to advance our understanding of public health systems are encouraged to apply. The Student Scholarships strive to highlight the diversity of research interests that broadly constitute PHSR. The diversity of PHSR is unified in its focus on population health. Thus research, whether inquiries into the organization of public health systems, the relationship between the built environment and the public health system, food safety, chronic disease, emergency preparedness, performance standards, or the quality of public health services, qualifies as PHSR if population health is the objective.

Application Guidelines:

To be considered for this scholarship, students must be enrolled in a masters or doctoral program and engaged in promising research. The Deadline for applications is March 15, 2010. To apply, students must submit the following:

• A completed Student Scholarship Form (word doc).
• An abstract for a poster to be presented at the PHSR Interest Group Meeting. (This research maybe in-progress.) The abstract should include the following sections: Research Objective, Study Design, Population, Findings, Conclusion, and Implications. Please limit each abstract to 500 words, starting the word count with the Research Objective section.
• A letter of recommendation from a faculty member or research project director.

The selection committee will judge applicants based on the following criteria:

• Quality of research
• Potential to contribute to the field of PHSR
• Enthusiasm for the field
• Support of faculty member or research project director

Instructions for Submitting Applications:

• Applications must be received at AcademyHealth by March 15, 2010
• Applications may be submitted by e-mail or postal mail

Email to: PHSR@AcademyHealth.org

Mail to:
AcademyHealth
1150 17th St, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036
Attention: PHSR Student Scholarship Committee

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