Gold Foundation: Help For Haiti Fellowships

In response to the catastrophe in Haiti, The Arnold P. Gold Foundation, a non-profit organization, has established a Help for Haiti Fund to send medical students to provide assistance to the victims of the Haitian earthquake.

The Arnold P. Gold Foundation is offering service grants of up to $3,000 to medical students who want to participate in the relief projects to help the victims of the Haitian earthquake. Student projects may include direct medical aid or non-medical assistance to victims and those adversely affected by this disaster. (Examples might include: assisting in healthcare, providing healthcare information to displaced persons in shelters, assistance to overstressed relief workers, helping to rebuild structures, or instituting social and educational programs for small children.)

Award: The fellowships will provide funding of up to $300/week (not to exceed 10 weeks) to pay for travel and a living stipend. Funding from other sources may be used in conjunction with the Gold Foundation fellowship. Gold Foundation grant funds are typically send in two payments (half upon receipt of a signed Grant Agreement and half upon receipt of student’s final report). Funds are limited and proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Proposal and Application Requirements
Eligibility: Any student of an accredited school of medicine or osteopathy in North America may apply for funding from the Help for Haiti Fund. Students must work through an on-site relief organization, or under the supervision of an on-site healthcare provider. The student’s medical school will be the official recipient of the grant and must be classified as a tax-exempt, not-for-profit institution. No grant funds may be used for institutional or administrative overhead.

All applications must include:

Cover sheet with:
1. Title of project
2. Name of healthcare or relief organization
3. Name and full contact information (including email) of student applicant
4. Name and address of institutions:
  1. Medical school (include contact person, such as Dean of Students, Dean of Medical Education)
  2. Healthcare/relief organization (include on-site supervisor’s contact information)
5. Project timeline and total dollar amount requested
Proposal (not to exceed 3 pages) with:
1. Project description (including goal, target population, implementation plan and timeline)
2. Short description of on-site healthcare or relief organization
Letters of support from:
1. Student's medical school (e.g. from Dean of Students and/or Faculty Mentor), stating the school's understanding of student's proposed work in Haiti, and willingness to accept the grant on behalf of the student.
2. An authorized representative of the on-site healthcare or relief organization.
Copy of medical school's tax-exempt designation letter, including Federal Tax Identification Number.

Final Report requirements can be found here.

Proposals should be emailed to: Proposals@gold-foundation.org

For inquires, please contact:
Ann Bruder
Director of Programs
Email: abruder@gold-foundation.org

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The Gold Foundation is gathering personal stories from people in the medical community about Haitian Relief. We will publish these essays and narratives on our website. Please send any submissions to us at the address above.

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To promote humanistic patient care, the Gold Foundation supports a broad spectrum of diverse educational programs and projects at medical schools and teaching hospitals. Through its programs in physician education, the Foundation cultivates and extols humanistic characteristics, such as integrity, compassion, respect, empathy and service.