Important notice regarding Professional Development grant guidelines Please note the guidelines for Professional Development grants have been revised and will be implemented as of April 1, 2012 (applications received from April 1, 2012 will be reviewed under the new guidelines). Please click on the relevant link below to view the new guidelines.
Guidelines
Professional Development Grants are self-learning activities that are prospectively planned by individual Fellows in collaboration with a mentor, supervisor or instructor. These self-learning activities are planned to achieve a defined set of learning objectives and qualify as planned learning projects within Section 2 – Planned Learning (2 credits per hour) of the Royal College’s Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Professional Development grants can be developed as individual traineeships to learn a skill or expand an area of competence relevant to their scope of practice. Professional Development grants can equally support participation in Formal Courses offer by a university, college or institute.
General Policies
Only Fellows are eligible to apply for funding for a professional development grant.
All professional development grants must be structured to meet the self-learning requirements of traineeships or formal courses as defined by the Royal College’s MOC Program.
Professional Development grants can be developed to address a relevant professional practice need within any domain of clinical practice
Professional Development grants can be designed to achieve or enhance competencies across one or more of the CanMEDS Roles.
The learning plan, the selection of activities and evaluation strategies must be developed in collaboration with a mentor, supervisor or instructor and structured to provide each Fellow with feedback on the achievement of the intended learning objectives.
Professional Development grants can occur in any location within Canada.
Grant Eligibility
Each applicant must be a Fellow of the Royal College in good standing.
Each applicant must be practicing in the region at the time of application and intending to return to practicing in the region following the completion of the professional development activity.
Each applicant is eligible to receive a professional development grant once every 5 years.
Application Process
A Royal College Professional Development grant application form must be completed with required documentation and forwarded to the Office of Professional Affairs by the applicant at least 8 weeks in advance of the start of the planned period of professional development.
Grant Conditions
Within 3 months of completion of their professional development grant, each successful applicant must provide the Royal College with the following documents:
A completed report using a standardized report template provided by the Royal College that summarizes their experiences and achievements;
A copy of the evaluation form completed by their supervisor or mentor;
Evidence they have documented their professional development findings and outcomes in MAINPORT using the Self-Learning (Section 2) planned learning template for traineeships or formal courses.
Grant Amount
All successful applicants will receive $1,000 per week ($200 per day) up to a maximum of $4,000.
50% of the funds will be distributed at the time the application is approved.
The balance of the funds will be distributed once the professional development activity has been completed and all required documents have been provided to the Office of Professional Affairs.
The Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) Chairs are responsible for administering the budget devoted to providing financial support to regional Professional Development grants. Funding is limited as the budget is prorated based on the number of Fellows within each region.
Region 1: British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon Territory, and Northwest Territories
Region 2: Saskatchewan and Manitoba
Region 3: Ontario and Nunavut
Region 4: Quebec
Region 5: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
Please use the appropriate application form and attached guidelines for the region in which you practice.
