title: Funding global emergency medicine research-from seed grants to NIH support.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Funding for global health has grown significantly over the past two decades. Numerous funding opportunities for international development and research work exist; however, they can be difficult to navigate. The 2013 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference on global health and emergency care identified the need to strengthen global emergency care research funding, solidify existing funding streams, and expand funding sources.
  
  
  RESULTS
  This piece focuses on the various federal funding opportunities available to support emergency physicians conducting international research from seed funding to large institutional grants. In particular, we focus on the application and review processes for the Fulbright and Fogarty programs, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Career development awards, and the Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI), including tips and pathways through each application process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lastly, the paper provides an index that may be used as a guide in determining whether the amount of funding provided by a grant is worth the effort in applying.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. bhansot1@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: Bhakti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hansoti
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Latha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ganti
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48105, USA.
authors.forename: Rockefeller
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oteng
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Taylor
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: DesRosiers
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Payal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Modi
authors.affiliation: The National Institutes of Health, Office of Emergency Care Research, Bethesda, MD, USA.
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
keywords: Emergency care; Funding; Global Emergency Medicine; Grants; International Emergency Medicine; Public Health; Research