How to Enter
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To register, Participants will need to provide the name, role, and contact information of a Point of Contact (described below) and all individuals competing in this Challenge on behalf of an eligible institution. Two or more eligible institutions submitting an entry as a partnership should indicate this and provide Points of Contact for each institution. All Participants must certify they have read, understand, and agree to abide by the official eligibility rules, participation rules, and requirements for the Challenge as stated in this announcement.
Who registers
Point of Contact
Each participating institution is required to identify a Point of Contact who will register and submit on behalf of the Participant. The Point of Contact is responsible for all communications with the Challenge sponsors. The Point of Contact representing the institution should be employed by and acting at the behest of the institution, such as the medical school President, Provost, Chancellor, Dean, or other senior-level administrator. In the event of winning a cash prize, the prize will be paid directly to the institution, not to the Point of Contact. To be eligible to receive a cash prize, the institution must be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States and meet all other eligibility requirements as stated in this Challenge Announcement. In the event that a dispute regarding the identity of the Point of Contact who actually submitted the entry cannot be resolved to NIH’s satisfaction, the affected submission will be deemed ineligible.
What to submit
Submission Requirements and Process
The focus of this challenge is to identify and reward exemplary curricula for integrating menopause training into medical education across the nation. Winning entries will be disseminated to integrate knowledge into the medical care enterprise. Curricula are expected to be comprehensive and innovative in design and provide sufficient detail to indicate that the solutions can be scaled at a national level. During registration, participants should indicate which track they would like to be considered for.
Once Participants have completed the registration step and established an account, they must provide the following as their formal submission:
Title and Executive Summary, the latter of which should include a brief description of the curriculum and how it will help to more effectively integrate menopause knowledge into the medical care enterprise.
Description of the curriculum and how it is designed to serve key learners. Supporting documentation can be included in an appendix.
Description and documentation of the effectiveness of the curriculum.
Description and documentation of the potential for broader dissemination at the national level and uptake of the curriculum by accredited medical schools and other health professional training programs.
Toolkit to support adoption of the curriculum by other programs. The toolkit should provide the practical materials needed to support implementing the curriculum. These materials may include implementation guides, representative teaching materials (e.g., sample slides, case studies, or educational resources), learner assessment tools, facilitator guides, and a description of the resources required. Entrants should ensure they have the rights necessary to share any submitted materials. Toolkits from winning entries may be disseminated publicly by NIH.
Participants must submit all of the above to be considered for a prize.
Format
All submissions must follow the format and instructions described below.
- Consist of a single PDF file with page size set to 8.5” x 11” and at least 1-inch margins
- Use a font no smaller than 11-point Arial and line spacing no less than 1.0
- Be written in English
- Title and Executive Summary not to exceed one page and included as the first page of the PDF file
- Not use the HHS logo or official seal or the logo of NIH in the entries and must not claim federal government endorsement
Entry limits
One entry per track
Only one entry per track is permitted. An institution may submit one application to Track 1 and one to Track 2 — a maximum of two in total — but no more than one application to the same track. Each entry may be an individual entry or a partnership entry with other eligible institution(s). Two or more eligible institutions that have formed close collaborations to enhance menopause education across the institutions may submit to this Challenge as a partnership; this one-per-track limit also applies to partnership entries. If a partnership entry is selected for a prize, NIH will split the prize equally amongst the eligible partner institutions.
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