QIPS Scholar Award

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

In order to submit an application, ALL of the following requirements must be met:

• You must be a current faculty or staff employee at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) or a BCM-affiliated institution.
• You must demonstrate in your award application your sustained involvement in Quality Improvement or Patient Safety domains.
• You must have at least five (5) years of quality improvement/patient safety (QI/PS) experience at BCM or a BCM-affiliated institution.
• You may self-nominate for the award. However, your nomination must be approved and confirmed by your section chief, chair, medical director, or center director via the Nomination Letter (see "Submission Components" below).

BCM faculty or staff with QI/PS experience can receive a QIPS Scholar Award by demonstrating contributions in one or more of the following QI/PS scholarship areas:

A. Clinical QI Application - Implementation, Dissemination, and Impact Assessment of a Healthcare Innovation
B. Teaching and Coaching - Education, Training, Coaching, Mentoring, and Development of Enduring Educational Products
C. Administrative Leadership - Guideline and Policy Improvement, Formal Leadership in Quality Improvement or Patient Safety
D. QI Scholarship - Research and Scholarly Products

Note: A QIPS Scholar Award recipient may receive the award more than once. A new nomination may be submitted any time after five (5) years since their previous award.

Information to Exclude: As you prepare the application components listed below, please keep in mind that NO submitted items should include any patient letters (current or historical letters, notes, cards, or documents from patients/patients’ family members), regardless of any redaction made to personal information.

However, it is acceptable to include historical letters or documents that have been received in the past from nurses, trainees, and/or employees/staff. Applicants will be required to ensure and attest that any such support letters or documents do not contain references to any patient information or identifiers AND that any personal information related to peers or colleagues have been redacted.

A complete QIPS Scholar Award Application should include all six (6) submission components listed below. The items should be saved as separate Adobe PDF files and uploaded to the QIPS Scholar Award Application for submission.

AWARD SELECTION CRITERIA

The QIPS Scholar Award is criterion-based. Each application will be evaluated per the QIPS Scholar Award Selection Rubric.

An application must be complete and submitted by the indicated deadline in order to be considered. A complete application should include all six (6) of the submission components listed in the section above.

APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS

The QIPS Scholar Award Application is comprised of the noted submission components (6 elements), all of which should be uploaded to the application form for submission.

Each submitted application is assessed via the following review process:

1. A preliminary review of the application is conducted to ensure it meets the eligibility and submission criteria.
2. The application is assigned to a primary, secondary, and tertiary reviewer.
3. During a panel meeting, the reviewers present the application and propose initial scores, based on established criteria. Following a discussion, all members of the Review Panel score the application.

   A successful applicant is one for whom the average of all reviewer scores for their application is 85% or higher.

REVIEW ELIGIBILITY

Review the eligibility criteria for the QIPS Scholar Award to ensure that you meet the stated requirements to apply for the award.

PREPARE SUBMISSION COMPONENTS

Review the list of submission components for details regarding the requirements for each element.

All six (6) elements should be uploaded (as separate Adobe PDF files) to your QIPS Scholar Award Application for submission.

Reminders:

• Nomination Letter & Letters of Recommendation: Applicants are required to obtain and upload their Nomination Letter and Letter(s) of Recommendation to their QIPS Scholar Award Application. To ensure that these items are received in time to meet the application deadline, you are encouraged to solicit the letters as soon as possible. Only complete applications will be reviewed.
• Information to Exclude: Submitted items should NOT include any patient letters (current or historical letters, notes, cards, or documents from patients/patients’ family members), regardless of any redaction made to personal information.
  However, it is acceptable to include historical letters or documents that have been received in the past from nurses, trainees, and/or employees/staff. Applicants will be required to ensure and attest that any such support letters or documents do not contain references to any patient information or identifiers AND that any personal information related to peers or colleagues have been redacted.

SUBMIT APPLICATION

Use the below button to access the QIPS Scholar Award Application. The application must be complete and submitted by the indicated deadline in order to be considered.

 Application Form - QIPS Scholar Award

Note: Upon accessing the form, you will be asked to create a User ID and Password, which will allow you to save and return to your work throughout the submission period. Unless you select the "submit" button at the end of the form, it will not be submitted for review. An automated confirmation notification will be displayed when the form is submitted successfully.