To contribute to the fund, click the button below and select the option to donate to the E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund. You do not need to be an NAEMSP member to donate!
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Thanks to an influx of generous donations from friends of Brooke and NAEMSP/GMR, the E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund Grant is now available! The full instructions are available for download here.
More information regarding application will be distributed in early 2024.
FAQ:
Q: What level of funding is currently available to applicants?
A: The E. Brooke Lerner Grant Fund will be able to support up to one award of $25,000 this application cycle. The award should support an EMS researcher in completing a project that would support a future application for funded research. The grant does not provide for indirect costs.
Q: How many years of funding are available?
A: For this grant cycle, the grant fund can award a single award of up to $25,000 for one year.
About the Fund
NAEMSP member Brooke Lerner, PhD, FAEMS was recently diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. As Dr. Lerner's family, friends, and the EMS community gathered to support her, she expressed the desire to promote the growth of EMS by establishing a research fund for early career researchers. NAEMSP, in partnership with the GMR Foundation for Research and Education, has created the E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund to realize Dr. Lerner's vision and honor her commitment to EMS research and researchers.
This research fund, available to any member of NAEMSP in good standing, will support new ideas and out-of-the-box thinking for the purpose of improving prehospital care. The fund will support one pilot research study this year, and NAEMSP expects to continue to develop the program so that at least one project can be funded consistently each year or every other year if two years of funding are requested and justified. Prioritized projects will be those that have the potential to develop into a larger federally funded study.
Please consider contributing to this fund to continue our collective mission of advancing the field of prehospital care. Brooke, we thank you for all you have done throughout your incredibly productive and transformative career in EMS.
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To contribute to the fund, click the button below and select the option to donate to the E. Brooke Lerner Research Fund.
Contribute Now
You do not need to be an NAEMSP member to donate!