Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) Funding Application

Interprofessional Practice and Education (IPE) is developing rapidly at UI Health, which includes the seven health science colleges, the University of Illinois Hospital and the federally qualified Mile Square Health Center locations. UIC’s IPE mission is to create transformational change in health professions education and health care service delivery by delivering evidence-based learning experiences that build collaborative competence and foster interprofessional scholarship and collaborative practice across academic programs, clinical services and community partners with focused attention to the pressing needs of underserved individuals and populations.

All FY2026 IPE seed funding has been expended, and the application is now closed.

Please reach out to Ami Shah (ashah58@uic.edu) if there are any questions.

UIC Community Health Mutual Aid Alliance

CAIPPER is excited to fund the development of the UIC Community Health Mutual Aid Alliance during the FY 2026 cycle.

The project will be led by Jeni Hebert-Beirne, PhD, MPH, from the School of Public Health with partners from the Colleges of Dentistry and College of Medicine.

The goal of the project is to develop a multi-stakeholder community of practice (comprised of interprofessional faculty, staff and students) who are skilled in mutual aid, community organizing and community engagement in addressing health inequities.

The UIC Community Health Mutual Aid Alliance will:

  • Establish a Mutual Aid community at UI
  • Create a co-learning environment between UIC and the community
  • Develop an interprofessional community of faculty, staff and students
  • Provide a models for reciprocal engagement

Participating collaborators of the UIC Community Health Mutual Aid Alliance include:

  • Center for Clinical Translational Sciences and Partnership for AntiRacist Campus Transformation (PACT)
  • Odehmenan Health Equity Center (Odeh Center)
  • UIC Center for Healthy Work
  • UIC College of Dentistry
  • UIC College of Medicine
  • UIC College of Nursing
  • UIC Neighborhood Centers
  • UIC School of Public Health

Past IPE Seed Funding Recipients

FY2026 IPE Seed Funding

The FY 2026 IPE seed funding has been fully allocated. As a result, the application cycle is now closed.

Funding is available on an annual basis to support:

  • Provide educational learning experiences that promote competence in interprofessional collaborative practice across the seven health science colleges at UIC.
  • Implement or enhance interprofessional collaborative practice to achieve improvements in health professions education and health care delivery at UI Health.
  • Develop initiatives that can be shared and replicated by others at UI Health and the community.
  • Engage UI Health in Interprofessional learning experiences based on principles of adult learning, team science, social determinants of health, patient centered care, and population health.
  • Embed interprofessional learning in the clinical learning environment.

Supporting documents for the application include:

Reporting Requirements 

  • A progress report must be submitted at six months. If the project is more than 12 months, then a progress report is due every six months until the project is complete.
  • A final report is due within 60 days of completion of the project.

Applicant Information

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Project Information

18 months maximum

Proposal Narrative

Please describe the proposed project and the education objectives that will be addressed including a description of the number of learners impacted and the format of the learning activities for which support is requested (500 words maximum).
List the specific goals of the proposal and what outcomes will be improved. Please describe how the accomplishment of these goals will help the University advance IPE at UI Health (500 words maximum).
Please list all team members, respective roles, and qualifications (500 words maximum).
Please describe how the outcomes will be measured and indicate the measurement tools (500 words maximum).
Please outline milestones for the duration of the proposed project (250 words maximum).
Please describe how the project outcomes will be shared with the UI Health campus and or other relevant stakeholders (500 words maximum).
F. Budget Summary(Required)
Please provide the following costs for each budget category.
Personnel (salary and fringe benefits)
Other Direct Costs (office operations, travel, etc.)
Purchased Services (consultant or contract costs)
Indirect costs (related administrative expenses)
 
Please provide a brief explanation for the requested budget items (250 words maximum).
Please attach letter(s) of support from a Department Head, Administrator or Dean stating support for the proposal including the faculty or staff effort being directed toward this project and verifying any other support for the program that will be provided.
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    Please complete the attached budget template for the funding period requested (modify as needed).
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