{"id":1854,"date":"2020-09-14T08:40:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T12:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarrx.com\/?p=1854"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:12:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:12:29","slug":"scholarrx-announces-call-for-medical-education-research-and-innovation-challenge-meric-grant-applications-to-transform-medical-education-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarrx.com\/scholarrx-announces-call-for-medical-education-research-and-innovation-challenge-meric-grant-applications-to-transform-medical-education-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ScholarRx Announces Call for Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC) Grant Applications to Transform Medical Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Monday, September 14, 2020 \u2014\u00a0 ScholarRx Announces Call for Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC) Grant Applications to Transform Medical Education<\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elizabethtown, KY<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: ScholarRx today announced a call for applications to the Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC). MERIC is a landmark program that promotes global educational scholarship and innovation. It is providing $250,000 in small grant funding over five years to support investigators and creators using ScholarRx and USMLE-Rx to answer meaningful education research questions and develop innovative education solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The program expects to fund grant applications ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 and has announced 10 awards to date. The deadline for the letter of intent is <\/span><b>December 1, 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Details for MERIC can be found at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarrx.com\/meric.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScholarRx.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Launched in 2017, MERIC aims to accelerate programmatic evaluation and dissemination of the transformative global medical curriculum initiative launched by ScholarRx. Dr. Tao Le, Founder and Chief Education Officer, stated, \u201cWe are empowering trailblazing researchers and passionate teachers to help us realize our vision of bringing accessible, sustainable medical education to the entire world. We view this as an inclusive effort and welcome participation by student investigators and patient advocates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholarly projects of any type that leverage ScholarRx or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmle-rx.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USMLE-Rx<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be considered, with learner-centered proposals that capitalize on ScholarRx\u2019s data and infrastructure receiving higher priority. The grants committee welcomes well-designed, adequately powered single-institution studies as well as multi-institutional projects that may justify increased funding. All funded projects must disseminate results in a regional or national public scholarly forum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions about MERIC can be directed to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:meric@scholarrx.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meric@scholarrx.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scholarrx.com\/meric.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about MERIC here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>About ScholarRx<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScholarRx (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarrx.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScholarRx.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is a mission-based organization of passionate medical educators, designers, and technologists dedicated to building a healthier world through accessible, sustainable medical education. In 2019, ScholarRx launched <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarrx.com\/rx-bricks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rx Bricks<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a revolutionary, low-cost, multi-competency curriculum system featuring interconnectable \u201clearning bricks.\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScholarRx provides medical education and board exam preparation for over 150,000 students and physicians each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visit us at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholarrx.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ScholarRx.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usmle-rx.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USMLE-Rx.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or find us on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usmlerx\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/firstaidteam\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/firstaidteam\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, September 14, 2020 \u2014\u00a0 ScholarRx Announces Call for Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC) Grant Applications to Transform Medical Education Elizabethtown, KY: ScholarRx today announced a call for applications to the Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC). 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