Empowering AMWA Members to Drive Community Health Change
AWHS offers Community Project Grants as a mechanism for promoting AMWA member involvement in service and advocacy projects within their communities. These grants support community engagement and include health-related community-based research, community service projects, and community advocacy/education.
The primary goals of the Community Project Grants are to:
- Engage AMWA medical student, resident, and physician members in partnering with underserved communities to improve access to or quality of care for at-risk populations
- Promote community self-reliance through focus on sustainability
- Develop long-term and innovative solutions to community health needs
- Addressing Healthcare and Educational Disparities for Local Elementary Students (AMWA student Amani Halawa)
- Flo’s Pantry — Free Menstrual Product Pantry (AMWA student Ashley Rietmann)
- Reproductive Heath Series in South Queens (AMWA Students Tannuja Rozario and Harmehar Kohli)
- Upstream Obstetrics: Assessing the Prevalence of Food Insecurity in a High-risk Obstetrics Population (AMWA Student Eleanor Germano)
For more information or questions please contact us at [email protected].
Application Dates
Deadline: January 5
Decision by: February 15
Deadline: May 5
Decision by: June 15
Deadline: September 5
Decision by: October 15
Applicants will also be asked to pay a one-time, nonrefundable $15 processing fee.
Eligibility
- The applicant must be a full National Medical Student (flat rate multi-year members), Resident, or Physician Member of AMWA. For medical students on a trial first year membership, you must upgrade to a flat rate, multi-year membership to qualify.
- Projects must focus on one or more AHWS funding priorities:
- Empowerment or advancement of women
- Improving health care access for underserved populations
- Quality improvement of services in rural and/or urban underserved areas
- The applicant must convincingly demonstrate the proposed project addresses a defined need for a specified community, with particular focus on women and children.
- The applicant must demonstrate willingness to participate in the AWHS committee upon project completion to help mentor other AMWA members (highly encouraged but not required); applicants are also encouraged to attend the AMWA annual conference to present their work.
- Applicants will be asked to pay a one-time, nonrefundable $10 processing fee.
Post-Project Requirements (for funded applications)
- A follow up photo essay/video/educational article that can be used as an educational piece for newsletter submission
- Final expense report
Grant awardees will be asked to participate in the AWHS committee for the remainder of the year. Presentation of your project at an AMWA annual conference is highly encouraged and appreciated!
Evaluation Criteria
How well the proposed project addresses the following focus areas: I
- Impact of the project on the community (2 points)
- Impact of the project on the advancement or empowerment of women (2 points)
- Assistance to rural or urban underserved populations (2 points)
- Community involvement (2 points)
- Educational outreach (2 points)
- Programmatic sustainability (2 points)
- The committee takes into consideration prior duration/degree of involvement with AMWA and commitment to ongoing involvement with AWHS.