Dear Students,

I am pleased to announce the Brown School of Public Health is accepting proposals for the annual Nora Kahn Piore Award. This award was created to recognize the lifetime work of health policy expert Nora Kahn Piore through the generosity of Margot Piore Onek MD ’64, P’91, and Joseph N. Onek.

This award aims to support our undergraduate, graduate, and medical students who wish to undertake research in health services, focusing on health status and access to health care by people experiencing poverty and who are medically underserved. Last year’s notable awardees included: Nancy Nkoudou (Global Health), Meghan Bellerose (Health Services Research), Madeline Montgomery (Behavioral & Social Health Sciences), Kathryn Sine (Bio-Med), Joe Silva (Health Services Research), Ezra Gashi (MPH), Hemant Kadiamada Ibarra (Bio-Med), Aneeqah Naeem (Bio-Med).

We invite all undergraduate, graduate, and medical students to submit their proposals using our online application. All proposals are due by 11:59 pm on March 11th, 2023. Awardees will be notified in early April of the award decisions.

Proposal Instructions:

Visit the online submission form to read the formatting guidelines and submit the details of your project.

• This is where you will describe how your project aligns with the award’s goals and upload your proposal narrative.
  • The proposal narrative should be submitted as a single PDF attachment through the online submission form; additional formatting instructions can be found here.
  • The length of the proposal narrative should be 1,700 words (not including references or tables) or less and include the following headings: 1. Abstract & Aims, 2. Methods, 3. Analysis and Dissemination, 4. Budget and Justification, and 5. Project Timeline.
• Each submission also requires one Letter of Support from a faculty mentor (to be sent by the nominating faculty member to sph-academics@brown.edu).

Budget Instructions:

The award will provide funding of up to $3,000 for research, travel, and related costs.

• Prior examples of research expenses include the purchase of access to data, transcription services, travel to a research meeting, open-access publication fees, or research participation fees. Student stipends are not permissible.
• Projects of up to one year will be considered; please include a detailed timeline for the work to be completed.

Reporting Requirements:

• All Nora Kahn Piore Award recipients are required to submit a brief summary report within three months of project completion.

We look forward to reviewing your research proposals. For more information, please send your questions to Kira Philips, Academic Affairs Coordinator, at kira_philips@brown.edu.

Visit the online submission form

Sincerely,

Ronald Aubert Ph.D., MSPH
Interim Dean, School of Public Health