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Program in Palliative Care Education and Practice:
Scholarship Opportunities

PCEP offers a small number of partial competitive scholarships for this program. PCEP scholarship recipients will be selected for their leadership abilities, commitment to participating in building the field of palliative care, service to underserved populations, including pediatrics, and potential impact of their project. The goal of the scholarship program is to identify individuals early in their palliative care careers and to support their interests, competencies, and commitment to the field by providing them with outstanding training about teaching and developing palliative care programs in an academic setting.

PCEP, with the support of the PDIA Faculty Scholars Program, is now offering a small number of partial scholarships (50-75% of course tuition) specifically for international applicants.

Eligibility criteria:
• Chief resident, fellow, or faculty member in first five years of an academic appointment affiliated with a medical school or teaching hospital; or
• Master's level nurse with an academic affiliation with a hospital or nursing home and five years experience in nursing practice; and a
• Commitment to palliative care practice and education within an academic setting.

All applicants for fellowships will be required to submit the following materials to supplement their PCEP application:
• A personal statement outlining the evolution of your interest in palliative care and career goals related to palliative care.
• A letter from your Dean, Department Chair, or similar institutional leader indicating a commitment to you and your career goals, institutional support for your project, and release time (minimum of 5%) to work on this palliative care project.

All applications are due on January 15, 2008. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Application Information

• All applications, including those submitted for scholarships, are reviewed on a rolling basis. The deadline for application is January 15, 2008.

If you have additional questions, please contact us via e-mail at: pallcare@partners.org or call Venus Watson, Program Manager,
at 617-582-7859.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROGRAM
was supported by an educational grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We are grateful to the Project on Death in America, Jane Weingarten and the late Dr. Charles Weingarten for support for scholarships, and to the Good Samaritan, Inc. for support for the development of the pediatric track.