General IAIMS context: The long-term goal of NLM's IAIMS program is a comprehensive and convenient information management system, one that brings useful, usable knowledge to action settings in health care, education and research. Particular emphasis is placed on organization-wide and trans-organizational mechanisms that enable the easy flow of information between arenas of action, such as between health care and education, or between health-related organizations, such as from a community clinic to a hospital or public health department.
Fundamental Activity Areas: Bind knowledge to effective action
- CONTEXT-APPROPRIATE INFORMATION: Each organization must implement approaches that select the right subset of information from the available sources, and present it in the way most effective for a given problem and person.
- STANDARDS-BASED INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: Health organizations must use common vocabularies and adopt information standards that support the integration and exchange of health information.
- DIGITAL LIBRARIES: Organizations must implement approaches that facilitate the use of information acquired in one arena of action, such as clinical care, by people in another arena, such as research.
- INFORMATION MANAGEMENT: Work in any fundamental IAIMS activity area requires the adoption of efficient, effective strategies for information management.
IAIMS Fellowship grant: The purpose of the IAIMS Fellowship is preparation for in-depth involvement in IAIMS work. The IAIMS Fellowship may be undertaken at the applicant's home institution, and/or may involve an internship at another institution. The fellowship should include formal instruction, mentoring by an appropriate IAIMS mentor, and the completion of a hands-on project. IAIMS FELLOWSHIP GRANT application should cover the following points:
- A learning program that prepares the candidate to work in one of the fundamental IAIMS activity areas;
- Designation of an IAIMS mentor and a description of the mentor's involvement;
- The goals and duration of the fellowship;
- The structure of the learning experience, including site visits and internships;
- A hands-on project related to the course of study.
Discussion of pertinent information management issues and processes is required.
Each IAIMS fellow must have a mentor who advises and oversees the work. The IAIMS mentor should be expert in an area of informatics or information science that is pertinent to the applicant's learning program, and/or have participated in IAIMS activities at another location. The mentor may be at the home institution of the applicant, or at another institution.
REVIEW CRITERIA
- Responsiveness to one or more of the IAIMS fundamental activity areas;
- Learning program that is likely to produce intended results;
- Substantive involvement of a suitable IAIMS mentor;
- Hands-on project that is likely to achieve stated goals;
- Evidence of institutional support
- The candidate's previous academic and research performance and the potential to become an important contributor to biomedical, behavioral, or clinical science.
- The quality of the training environment and the qualifications of the sponsor as a mentor for the proposed research training experience
- The merit of the scientific proposal and its relationship to the candidate's career plans.
- The value of the proposed fellowship experience as it relates to the candidate's needs in preparation for a career as an independent researcher.
HIGHLY DESIRABLE ELEMENTS (NOT REQUIRED)
- Focus on building new informatics skills that allow the applicant to apply existing subject expertise in a new area;
- Focus on building subject expertise to complement existing informatics or information science expertise;
- Formal coursework, e.g. informatics or information science courses in accredited programs.
BUDGET
- Provides a salary stipend not to exceed $50,000 per year for one or two years. The amount of the salary stipend will be based on the salary or remuneration that the individual would have been paid by the home institution on the date of award. Stipends may be supplemented by an institution from non-Federal funds.
- The applicant's home institution may request an allowance up to $6,000 per year for support of supplies, equipment, travel, tuition, fees, insurance, and remuneration for the IAIMS mentor.
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