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Foundation Grant Application

Apply for a Grant from the MSMS Foundation

The MSMS Foundation is to supports public or professional education, research programs, and projects in the field of health and encourage the advancement of healthy lifestyles and the prevention, diagnosis or cure of disease. The MSMS Foundation assists with activities that support physicians and MSMS. 


Our philanthropic focus will be to support projects and activities that are meaningful to the medical profession including : 
  • Initiatives that make the practice of medicine and the health care system better
  • Activities that ensure the provision of good patient care
  • Development of future physicians and physician leadership
  • Community-based projects that engage both physicians and community leaders

Grant applications must have an MSMS physician member involved or sponsor the grant activity.

 

Recent Grants by MSMS Foundation 

Here is a sampling of programs that Michigan State Medical Society Foundation has recently funded. 

  • Southeast Michigan Center for Medical Education - To support the Michigan Summit on Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. The goal of this summit is to focus on the initial steps of the QIPS program and to highlight the importance of Residents and Fellows in the quality improvement process. 
  • Wayne State University - For the MI AIM initiative, whose purpose is to better educate physicians on maternal health and to protect and enhance the health of mothers in Michigan.
  • Tri-County Office on Aging - For their Chronic Pain PATH (Personal Action Toward Health) program. This grant will help fund workshops for pain management education to adults 50 years of age and older in rural communities with priority in Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham counties.
  • Genesee County Medical Society (Genesee County) - Flint water crisis assistance
  • Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation (CHRT) - CHRT Policy Fellowship, the goals of which are to teach the researchers and policymakers about health policy in Michigan and nationally, to help the researchers translate their research into policy, and to provide the policymakers with evidence-based resources.
  • HAVEN, Inc. - to conduct a community-wide Danger Assessment Training, which will provide education and certification in the use of a validated tool for the assessment of overall danger and potential lethality for victims of domestic violence.
  • Camp Kesem CIT Implementation - to send 20 counselors-in-training to a week of camp teaching them valuable life skills while offering them the support that Camp Kesem is designed for.

 

Grant Application Criteria

Because of the limitation of available grant money, grants may not be provided for many worthy activities and often are supplementary or complementary to other funding separately obtained. The Foundation grants are limited to programs or projects which are: Michigan-based in origin and function, formally established or institutionally based, non-profit, nongovernmental, nonreligious, nonpolitical, nondiscriminatory in composition, orientation, purpose or function with reference to color, race, sex, or creed. 

Programs or projects submitted for grants must: 
  1. Be non-profit, and be oriented to education, research or service in the field of health, which may encompass physical or mental health, wellness, disease prevention, or healthy lifestyle. The focus of activity may be clinical, sociological or economic.
  2. Have significant value directly or indirectly for application to needs within the state of Michigan affecting the people of Michigan.
  3. Have a well-defined purpose and specific objectives.
  4. Be presented with a well-outlined, logical protocol.
  5. Identify a feasible budget, adequate funding and operational resources, specified and qualified person(s) responsible for operation of the activity and generally demonstrate the ability to complete the proposed program or project.
  6. Demonstrate the intent and capability for self-evaluation and for periodic reporting of status and accomplishment.
  7. Include at least one MSMS physician member involved or sponsor the grant activity.
APPLICATION DEADLINES 
Spring - May 15
Fall - October 15 

GRANT APPLICATION PROCEDURE 

The MSMS Foundation follows the Council of Michigan Foundations Common Grant Application structure. An online application is available below.

Should you have any questions regarding grant requests, please contact Carrie Wheeler. 

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AMA
As part of CCB, and having become known in the HOD as a trusted and respected parliamentarian and advisor, he has been actively sought out by sections and delegations for his expertise and counsel, to ensure their concerns are met and can be adopted by the House. His commitment to open, fair and unbiased discussion and debate empowers colleagues wherever he leads, including in our House of Delegates.

ACEP
In addition to his commitments to MSMS, the AMA and CCB, Pino participates in the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Section Council. This allows him to stay informed about the latest issues facing their specialty and the broader medical landscape across the country. The council comprises representatives from all over the US, who bring unique perspectives and experiences to the table, and gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing emergency medicine in different regions, and work collaboratively to develop solutions and best practices. This also allows him to build relationships across the country, which are key to getting the House to “yes.”

MSMS
Dr. Colone has been an active member of the AMA since his first year of medical school. He served as Chair of the Medical Student Section, Resident and Fellows Section, and the Young Physician Section of the Michigan State Medical Society, as well as representing each of those sections as delegate from MSMS to the AMA. He has served on the Michigan Delegation to the AMA for almost 30 years, and on the MSMS Board of Directors for 11 years during that time. He is also a recipient of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award.

In addition to influencing the national debate, Dr. Colone served as president of his county and state medical societies during times of crisis. He led his county medical society during the Flint water crisis and MSMS during the COVID pandemic from 2021-2022, standing up to outside efforts by lay persons and legislators and standing by science for the safety and betterment of the public. During his presidency he led a coalition of 50 patient and health care organizations to achieve comprehensive prior authorization reform removing barriers and improving the health of all Michiganders.

President of MSMS: Pino took the helm of MSMS as President during a tumultuous time. The COVID pandemic was entering its second year. Effective and, more importantly, ineffective treatments, were becoming better known, better understood, as physicians were learning every day how to best save lives. He stood by science and resisted pressures and endorsed science based treatments based on what we’d learned, over unproven, and even dangerous, treatments.

Health Can’t Wait Initiative: Pino advanced the Health Can’t Wait Initiative as President of MSMS, a coalition of over 50 health-focused groups that saw the successful passage of comprehensive prior authorization reform into law.

Read more about the coalition here

Organizations involved in the coalition 

PA Reform Signed into Law

“Today is a wonderful day for Michigan patients who can now rest easy knowing insurance company prior authorization practices will no longer prove to be an impassable roadblock between them and the timely care and treatment they too often desperately need," said MSMS President Pino Colone, MD. “Speaking on behalf of providers, patient advocacy groups and patients across the state, I want to thank Governor Whitmer and Michigan’s lawmakers for recognizing the need for reform in this area and then working to craft and enact legislation that delivers. In signing SB 247, Governor Whitmer has ushered in a new era where transparency, clinical validity and fairness to patients will all be factored into the prior authorization process, protecting Michigan patients from costly and dangerous delays in access to health care. Officially signing this bill into law is a tremendous—and much needed—win for countless Michigan patients and the providers who serve them.”

Scope of Practice: He has testified on scope of practice helping legislators understand that nonphysician practitioners (NPPs) do not have the training or education to safely care for our families, and that medical school matters. (include the graphic from the article) and link the article: https://www.mha.org/newsroom/tag/pino-colone/

Pino spent six years as chair of the MSMS Task Force on Opioid Stewardship, advocating for naloxone to be available to residents of Michigan without a prescription, collaborating with colleagues and state officials, and disseminating timely and accurate information to MSMS members. In this role, he was pivotal in shaping MSMS’s strategic plan to reduce opioid-related overdose, eliminate stigma, and support harm reduction efforts by fighting to make naloxone available over the counter.

He was also a member of the MSMS Executive Task Force on Health Care Disparities. 

Genesee County Medical Society
Pino was also president of the GCMS during the water crisis of its largest city, Flint. He led efforts by the Society to disseminate accurate information about lead in drinking water and its effects on health. With the city and state in the national spotlight, Pino stood firm against pressure from government officials to endorse what would later prove to be flawed information, putting the expertise of his physician colleagues and the safety of local residents first.
Read more about Pino’s service as county medical society president below: 

§  November 2020 GCMS Bulletin 

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