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Fund for Better Health

Eligibility
Individuals and organizations are eligible to apply for grants which further the charitable and educational purposes of the AMA Foundation. Grants made in 2008 will support programs addressing these four public health issues:

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• Caring for the Uninsured/Underinsured 
  To include programs such as clinic projects, health fairs and health screenings that provide care and/or health education to the uninsured and/or underinsured. To include guidance and education to the uninsured and/or underinsured about insurance eligibility. Projects are encouraged to have an emphasis on patient access to quality care.

• Healthy Lifestyles
  To include programs such as nutrition & physical fitness, immunizations, HIV/AIDS education and prevention, skin & other cancer awareness/prevention, teen pregnancy, alcohol, tobacco, & drug prevention/education, smoking cessation and the prevention of favorable depictions of smoking in the media.

• Public Safety
  To include programs such as anti-bullying, domestic violence, suicide prevention, teen dating violence and internet safety.

• Patient Safety & Health Literacy
  To include programs such as health literacy projects and projects that aid an organization’s ability to identify and report medical errors, implement proven practices to reduce errors and create provider and consumer awareness of the issue.
  
  

Funding
A maximum of $2,000 will be distributed to each grant recipient. The number of grant recipients will be determined by the AMA Foundation after all applications have been received. Typically, the number of grants awarded does not exceed thirty. An external panel of content experts will oversee the selection of the grant recipients in each category. None of the funds awarded are to pay for staff salary or overhead expenses. Grant recipients are required to acknowledge the AMA Foundation in all printed materials, project presentations, media relations, etc.

2008 Application and Deadline

The 2008 AMA Foundation Fund for Better Health deadline has passed.  Applications for this program will be available in the spring of 2009.  

2007 Grant Recipients

View a list of the 2007 Grant Recipients 

Instructions for 2007 Fund for Better Health grant recipients
2007 Grant recipients must submit a final report form (Word, 63KB). All forms should be sent to the AMA Foundation office.

Questions?  Contact Dina Lindenberg, Program Officer, AMA Foundation, (312) 464-4193 or dina.lindenberg@ama-assn.org.

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