Purpose
The purpose of the Mass General Brigham’s Department of Emergency Medicine IDEAS Grants are designed to spark innovation, elevate impact, and support the people and purpose of our department. These grants provide financial and technical assistance to faculty, clinical, and non-clinical staff who are advancing ideas aligned with our three core pillars:
Office for Inclusion and Development
Focused on our People, leading community-building, celebratory programming, and staff development.
Office for Equity
Focused on our Patients, overseeing clinical health equity initiatives and patient-centered care strategies.
Office for Advocacy and Support
Focused on the Communities we serve, through emergency medicine partnerships and community-based programming.
Together, these pillars guide our department’s commitment to transformative change and inclusive excellence.
The RFP will award 1 grant for each category, for a total of 3 awards.
Guidelines for Ideas Grants
Budget Justification
The detailed budget must be on the Ideas provided spreadsheet and list all direct and indirect costs associated with the proposed project for the entire project period, including a breakdown of these costs and how the total requested award amount was determined. See the Budget Justification Template.
Project Leads (PL) eligibility and funding recipients
Current MGB Departments of Emergency Medicine Faculty, Resident, Fellows, Physician Assistant, Nurses, and Administrators are eligible to apply for IDEAS grants as Project Leads. Research assistants and statisticians may be collaborators but are not eligible to be project leads on IDEAS grant projects. We encourage projects that involve multiple groups.
Eligible projects
Any type of non-research project. The departments currently have seed grants, and the IDEAS grants are not intended to compete with them. Projects should impact one of 3 domains: Inclusion and Development, Equity, and/or Advocacy & Support. Please identify which area your project is focused on. Projects are meant to be completed within 6 months. If your project requires an extension, you must submit an extension request form and receive formal approval prior to the original project deadline.
IDEAS grant usage
Unless specifically excluded in the IDEAS grant guidelines and procedures, grant funds may be used for justifiable, necessary and reasonable project-related costs, including:
- consultancy fees
- travel to research site for data collection, etc.
- statistical analyses
- participant incentives
- laboratory materials
Download a PDF with information about IDEAS Grant Guidelines and Restrictions.
Award offering schedule
For 2025, three IDEAS grants will be offered (one per committee).
Proposal review process
Selected proposals will present to the Ideas core prior to project initiation.
Proposal review and presentation dates
Submitted proposals must be accepted by the Center for IDEAS for review by the Ideas core team. For 2025, IDEAS grant applications open July 11th, 2025, and proposals will be due by September 1st, 2025, and awarded by December 2025 for a January start date of your project.
IDEAS Grant Restrictions
IDEAS grant use exclusions:
Salary support of project leads, fellows, or residents; conference fees, presentation costs or travel; publication fees
IDEAS grant application limits:
A faculty member may be a project lead on only one IDEAS grant per one-year period.
IDEAS grant amounts:
An applicant may request up to $10,000 per project. 3 total projects.
IDEAS grant proposal submission:
Proposals may be submitted starting August 1st, 2025 using ONLY the IDEAS grant proposal form and must be submitted prior to the November 3rd, 2025 deadline. Submissions without this form will not be accepted.
Download a PDF with information about IDEAS Grant Guidelines and Restrictions.
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