The CERA Fellowship provides one faculty member a yearlong experience with the CERA Steering Committee. Through this part-time fellowship, faculty receive mentorship and training to lay the groundwork to be a future scholarly leader. The fellowship term begins in May during the STFM Annual Spring Conference and ends the following May at the subsequent STFM Annual Spring Conference.
Eligibility
- Applicant must be a full-time or part-time faculty members in a family medicine department or family medicine residency program.
- Applicant must be an active member of at least one CAFM organization.
- Preference will be given to faculty members in the first 5 years of their academic careers.
Applications
Applicants will be screened by the CERA Steering Committee. The committee will evaluate applicants based on their curriculum vitae and personal statements outlining why the candidate is interested in the fellowship. Interviews may be conducted at the committee’s discretion.
Email the following materials to Sam Grammer at sgrammer@stfm.org by Friday, February 25, 2025.
- Curriculum vitae
- A written personal statement of interest (max 350 words)
- A letter from the applicant’s Department Chair or Program Director pledging the monetary and time support required for the fellowship
- (Optional) A 1-2 minute video recording of yourself answering the question “Why do you want to be the next CERA fellow? (Recommended process: record yourself on Zoom and download/save the recording as an .MP4 file to attach to your email application)
Benefits
The CERA fellowship will provide mentorship and training to one family medicine educator, laying the groundwork for him or her to be a future scholarly leader in the specialty.
- Implement valid survey methodology
- Write hypothesis-driven survey questions
- Describe the CERA survey process in depth
- Mentor other faculty in proposal writing and research methodology
- Author presentations and/or publications using CERA data
- Act as CERA survey director at a future point in time
Responsibilities
- Attend three consecutive meetings of the CERA Steering Committee (attendance is required for graduation from the fellowship program)
- Serve as a mentor for at least one research group in conjunction with an established mentor; including submitting paper for publication (paper submission may happen post-fellowship)
- Score proposals for one CERA survey during the year
- Participate in scoring the CERA Paper of Year competition
- Hold a monthly call with the Chair of the Steering Committee
- Submit at least one proposal in response to CERA Calls for Proposals
Funding
All costs, such as tuition, travel, and registration fees, associated with the fellowship will be the responsibility of the fellow or the fellow’s home program. CERA leadership will donate their time and effort to CERA and the fellow. A letter from the applicant’s Department Chair or Program Director pledging the monetary and time support will be required with the application.
