The American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation advances the values of Family Medicine by promoting humanitarian, educational and scientific initiatives that improve the health of all people.
The AAFP Foundation improves health, lends emergency aid, and fosters the development of Family Medicine worldwide.
Humanitarian initiatives include:
• Physicians With Heart provides airlifts of medical and pharmaceutical supplies and medical education in areas of great need.
• Disaster Relief Program provides assitance during a disaster such as the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Educational initiatives include:
• National Conference Scholarships enable students and residents to explore the specialty through clinical sessions, procedural workshops and interaction with working family physicians.
• Tar Wars is a public health education program designed to decrease tobacco use among schoolchildren using family physicians as speakers and role models.
Scientific initiatives include:
• Joint Grant Awards Program provides up to $30,000 for practice based research in Family Medicine.
• Grant Generating Project teaches researchers the skills necessary to develop grant applications for major research funding.
To learn more about these and other programs, please visit www.aafpfoundation.org and click on Programs.
