Opportunities for Faculty

Find guidance on how to document your PIPE involvement in your Advance CV by reviewing PIPE Advance Documentation and a sample Teaching Narrative focused on Interprofessional Teaching. Learn more about Planning Professional Advancement / Promotion and Tenure and How to Write a Professional Profile to Showcase Interprofessional Work with these documents created by the American Interprofessional Health Collaborative (AIHC).

(Prior Recipients Archive)

The PIPE Interprofessional Clinical Opportunities Grant was created to support individual clinical sites in piloting new interprofessional immersive experiences for learners (students, residents and/or fellows) in the health professional programs at UCSF (Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy). Selected proposals will receive one-time funding of $10,000.00 to create and pilot a new interprofessional immersive experience.

Proposal Submission

Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions about your proposal or would like to schedule a consultation to review your proposal. 

Available 2025 consult sessions:

Sept 16, 2:10-3:00pm

Nov 18, 2:10-3:00pm

Dec 16, 2:10-3:00pm

other times by arrangement

Guidelines

Applicants will develop a new interprofessional, immersive clinical experience (two weeks or equivalent) in a clinical setting (inpatient or outpatient-based) where UCSF learners (students, residents and/or fellows) from two or more health professions have the opportunity to learn with, from and about each other. (view past award recipients)

All proposals should:

• Include UCSF learners (students, residents and/or fellows) from a minimum of two professional schools during each clinical experience. Learners must have opportunities to work together in the clinical setting.
• Include a minimum two-week experience (or equivalent – 10 days).
• Include faculty from two professional schools.
• Incorporate at least one interprofessional learning objective that links to the UCSF Interprofessional Core Competencies.
• Include an evaluation plan.
• Plan to repeat the experience a minimum of two times during funding year (minimum of 4 learners over the funding year).
• Have a plan for sustainability once the funding period is over.

Principal Investigator Eligibility

• UCSF faculty or trainees
• Trainees in their final year must have a letter from their department chair certifying an academic position in the year 2026-2027
• Trainees who are PIs on projects must include a faculty partner

Funding Restrictions

• Funding can be used to support faculty or an administrative staff person’s time, or can go to the clinical setting where the immersion experience occurs.
• Funding cannot be used to purchase equipment or food.

Links:

Initial Concept Proposal: submit via Smartsheet 

• see preview of form in Additional Resources below

Final Proposal: submit via Smartsheet - link forthcoming

• see preview of form in Additional Resources below

Budget Template:  https://ucsf.box.com/s/zyjt1qm6jip9a83e2l4d5d371uvasoya

Additional Resources:

1. Interprofessional Clinical Experience Design Template
2. Preview of Initial Concept Proposal Form
3. Final Proposal Template  
4. Preview of Final Proposal Form
5. Final Proposal Criteria (how your final proposal will be evaluated)
6. UCSF IP Competencies and Sample Learning Objectives
7. Sample of a previously awarded grant proposal
8. Resources for Interprofessional Scholarship

For more information, visit the UCSF School of Medicine Academy of Medical Educators website.