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Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang Foundation Fellowship Grant Program

The Y.C. Ho/Helen and Michael Chiang (Ho/Chiang) Foundation has awarded AAHPM $90,000 grants in 2014, 2016, 2018,2020 and 2022 to partially support either an adult hospice and palliative medicine fellowship training program that offers a pediatric track or a pediatric hospice and palliative medicine fellowship training program preparing physicians to practice as a pediatric hospice and palliative medicine (HPM) subspecialist following training.

One award of $40,000 will be presented for the 2023-2024 academic year with the opportunity to renew for one additional year following an evaluation.

Eligibility

Funding is not open to individual applicants, but is allocated toward the salary and benefits of an individual fellow. Eligible hospice and palliative medicine fellowship programs must:

  • be accredited at the time of application by ACGME
  • have an established* pediatric track/experience with an adult fellowship training program
  • be an established* pediatric program


*The program must have graduated at least one HPM subspecialist who has been through the pediatric track experience at the time of application.

How to Apply

Interested and eligible hospice and palliative medicine fellowships must complete the following steps by Wednesday, March 8, 2023, to be considered.

  1. Read the application instructions and complete all listed components.
  2. Complete the application form.
  3. Email the application components and application form to  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.  by March 8 deadline, in PDF format. Applications will not be complete until all items are received.

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Past Recipients

AAHPM thanks the Ho/Chiang Foundation for its generous grants and support of hospice and palliative medicine specialists. To learn more about this Foundation, visit http://hochiangfoundation.org/.

The recipients of the Ho/Chiang Foundation Grant Award were:

  • 2015-2016 academic year was the University of Michigan, with a renewal for 2016-2017.
  • 2017-2018 academic year was the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
  • 2018-2019 academic year was Indiana University School of Medicine.
  • 2019-2020 academic year was the University of Utah, with a renewal for 2020-2021.
  • 2021-2022 academic year was the University of North Carolina, with a renewal for 2022-2023.