The Foundation also plans to implement the panel’s recommendation to expand the scope of the clinician–scholar educator award, which provides support for rheumatology educators who are developing new teaching strategies to enhance the educational experience for future rheumatologists and rheumatology health professionals.
While many of the recommendations were focused on how the Foundation could make immediate changes to enhance the core of its awards and grants program, the panel also offered some suggestions for the Foundation to consider over the long term (see Table 1).
The Foundation will continue this review process every five years because it is dedicated to growing and evolving the core of its awards and grants program to ensure that it is always providing the rheumatology community what it needs.
