Call for Applications: Awards 2023

April, 2023

We are pleased to announce that the application for the Montegut Global Scholar Program (MGSP), sponsored by the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation, is now open!

The Montegut Global Scholars Program (MGSP) was established by the American Board of Family Medicine Foundation (ABFM-F) in 2010. The American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). The ABFM-F is a supporting organisation of the ABFM. Its primary mission is to support the ABFM’s research and scholarly activities.
 

Alain Montegut MD

The Montegut Global Scholars Program (MGSP) was established by the ABFM-F in April 2010. It was named in honor of Alain Montegut, M.D., a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) from 2005-2010 and whose career has been devoted to developing high quality family medicine practice internationally, especially in underserved and/or undeveloped countries.

A program for WONCA regional meeting attendance.

The MGSP was established to foster international education, research, and collaboration in the specialty of family medicine. It will support the attendance of family physicians from Africa, Asia Pacific, East Mediterranean, Europe Iberoamericana, North America, and South Asia Regions of the international organization of family physicians (WONCA) to any WONCA regional conference of 2022.
 
For further information on the MGSP click here.

Application Process

Interested candidates must fill out the MGSP Application and send it to their respective WONCA Region.

The application deadline is Friday 19 May 2023 at 17:00 UTC. No applications will be accepted after the deadline. 

Applications will be reviewed by the MGSP Regional Committees and the selected regional candidates will be shared with ABFM for final approval of the Scholarship winners.

WONCA Regions’ Contacts

WONCA Africa  - [email protected]
WONCA Asia Pacific - [email protected]
WONCA East Mediterranean - [email protected]
WONCA Europe -  Applications Closed for this region
WONCA Iberoamericana-CIMF - [email protected]
WONCA North America - [email protected]
WONCA South Asia - [email protected]
 

Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award

The Taiwan Family Medicine Research Award (TFMRA) was established by the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine (CTAFM) in 2008. It is to support travel expense for three junior family physicians to attend each WONCA World Conference. The purpose of TFMRA was to encourage junior family physicians to conduct research in the specialty field of family medicine.

The award

The TFMRA is a prize of USD 1,500 to each young family physicians for the excellence of their research.

CTAFM will give a total of USD 4,500 to junior family physicians for them to attend the WONCA World Conference in Sydney, Australia. Three junior family physicians will be chosen by the selection committee.

Winners should attend the WONCA World Conference 2023 in person or by an officially approved representative by the selection committee to receive the award from the President of the Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine.

*At least one winner should be from the Asia Pacific region.

Eligibility for applicants


1. The applicant must fulfill one of the following qualifications: a practicing family physi-cian; an attending physician at an academic institute, a resident in a formal training program, or a graduate student in the related specialty of family medicine.
2. The applicant should be under 40 years of age and in the first three years of their re-search career.
3. No more than one applicant from each WONCA Member Organisation.
4. The applicant should submit a full paper that is unpublished and unpresented elsewhere.
5. The submitted paper should have received no funding from any resources or award.
6. The award paper should be presented at the WONCA World Conference 2023.

Criteria for selection


1. Relevance of the research topic to the family medicine of the country where the re-search was conducted.
2. The originality of the article and compliance to the codes of research ethics.
3. Rigor of the research methodology.
4. Contribution of the research to clinical practice.
5. Quality of English writing including but not limited to abstract, introduc-tion/background, literature review, materials and methods, results, and discussion.


To apply


Please send submissions, including a covering letter to Chinese Taipei Association of Family Medicine and a copy of a recent CV, by the closing date of Friday 19 May 2023 at 17:00 UTC to the WONCA Secretariat at [email protected].