​All proposals to the Rymer Grants must use the standard budget template and online application. 

The Application

All applications need to be submitted using the online application. You may work on your application offline prior to the submission deadline, the application questions are available on this page, following the budget section. 

Those applications with a clear tie-in to existing curriculum, and/or buy-in from the curriculum leader (e.g. block director, clerkship block director, residency program, etc) are more successful in receiving grants as they demonstrate the innovation or idea has commitment to its implementation and evaluation. 

The expectation is that Rymer Grant recipients present at the Education Scholarship & Innovation Symposium at the end of their Rymer Grant.​

The Budget 

To complete the budget: 

• Download the budget template and the example of a completed budget template.
• Rymer Budget Budget Worksheet and Budget Example
• Complete all categories as appropriate to your project. The cells will auto-calculate a total. If you do not need a category (e.g. Equipment), leave it blank. If you have questions, contact your department finance grant lead. 
• Save your budget on your computer. 
• When you are ready to complete the application online, answer the questions as prompted until you reach the budget page. Then, upload the file to the online application form. 

Note: Rymer grants do not cover: travel, conference fees, personal professional development (e.g. course fees), research assistance, or survey software. Successful Rymer Grants will receive research assistance and survey software through the Academy of Medical Educators for the duration of their project. ​

The Application Questions

Project Title:

PI:

Email:

Section I: Background (200 words maximum)

Instructions: Describe the importance of the project. Clearly indicate relevance to the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Include citations from the evidence base to support your project rationale, and/or clearly explain the gap this projects fills within the current state of your curricular program (e.g. need for curriculum renewal, new teaching method or tool, new evaluation tool, etc).

Note: Citations do not count in 200 word maximum. Use any accepted citation style (e.g. MLA, APA, etc), but be consistent in applying this citation style throughout your project background. List references in the space provided after Project Background.

References: Include at least three scholarly references to support your project.

Section II: Project Details

Please select the category you feel best describes your project:

___ Research (formal evaluation of an established educational intervention)

___ Educational Innovation (new curriculum, validation of new tool, etc)

Project Goals or Specific Aims (List at least three)

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Project Description (300 words maximum. Instructions: Describe the project or study, including population, methods and evaluation strategy.)

Section III: COMIRB and Budget

Indicate your application status to COMIRB:

__ Received COMIRB approval. COMIRB study number: _____________

__ Applied and waiting for approval. COMIRB study number: _____________

__ Have not yet applied to COMIRB

Budget (See .xls template)

• ​Provide Speedtype. If awarded, the Academy will move the money there for your grant's use. 
• ​Provide contact information for the finance person of the Speedtype that was listed.

Section IV: Sustainability

Sustainability: If appropriate to your project, describe how you plan for this project to be sustainable after funding has ended. 

Scoring Criteria

The Rymer committee will score the grant proposals using standard scoring criteria, available for download here​.

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Rymer Innovation Awards

2020-2021 recipients

Jonathan Freedman, MD, PhD
Onboarding Medical Students, Interns and Residents onto Surgical Services using a Wiki

Aimee Bernard, PhD
Enhancing Medical Students' Ability to Apply Immunology Knowledge to Immune Diagnostics

Matthew Taylor, MD
Medical Genetics and Genomics Advanced Integrated Science Course

Sneha Thamotharan, PhD
Mitigating sexual and reproductive health disparities in young women of color: Using simulation based assessment to foster cultural responsiveness among medical students

2019-2020 Grant Recipients

Heather Cassidy, MD
Aspirations, Impact, and Realities: Characterizing Community Partners' Experiences Collaborating with Medical Students Via Longitudinal Service-Learning Curricula

Christopher King, MD
Improving Faculty Training for Bedside Value Communication: Identifying Value Response Themes Based on Value Time Out Prompt

Jennifer Kolb, MD
A Comprehensive ORiginal Experiential learning curriculum for Barrett's Esophagus and determination of learning curves for gastroenterology trainees (CORE-BE)

William Manning, MD
Implementation of a Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Curriculum for Pediatric Hospitalists

Jay Shiao, MD, MPH, MSc
Developing an Interstitial Brachytherapy Simulation-Based Training Education Curriculum for Gynecologic Malignancies

Caterina Zagona-Prizio, BS
Enhanced Cricothyrotomy Training Program for Critical Care and Emergency Physicians

2018-2019 Grant Recipients

Ryan Good, MD
Simulation-Based Training and Assessment in Central Venous Catheter Placement For Pediatric Providers

Benjamin Griffin, MD
Validation of a Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Patient Simulator Educational Tool

Dana Judd, PT, DPT, PhD
Efficacy of Virtual Reality Training for Physical Therapy Students

Amy Nordon-Craft, PT, DSc
Improving Physical Therapy Students' Ability to Apply Neuromuscular Knowledge and Skills to Community Volunteer Patient Examination

2017-2018 Grant Recipients

Jennifer Adams, MD
Longitudinal Social Medicine elective for graduates of the Denver Health Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship (DH-LIC)

Tyler Anstett, DO
Sub-I QI Curriculum: Longitudinal Project Work for Lasting Change and Learning

Kshama Jaiswal, MD
Longitudinal evaluation of personality and grit of general surgery residents influencing burnout and stress

Amy W. McDevitt, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT
Utilization of a Clinical Reasoning Grading Rubric in a Physical Therapy Curriculum: A Pilot Study

Jeffrey SooHoo, MD   
Lean on Me: Anonymous Text-based Support System for Medical Students