SAEM Research Fund The SAEM Research Fund – Growing Strong The year end status of the SAEM Research Fund was very encouraging. The Fund now sits at 3.7 million dollars. The response of SAEM members to our most recent member appeal has been the best ever. To date, we have raised over $33,000 dollars from SAEM members in the 2005 member appeal, and more contributions continue to come in. As we see the overall amount of money in the Research Fund rise, we come closer to our eventual goal of having a self-sustaining endowment to fund numerous research training grants each year. SAEM also believes strongly that a big part of supporting its mission is to contribute a large percentage of annual revenues to the Research Fund. This has resulted in over $650,000 in Fund growth from SAEM organizational contributions in the past three years. If you would like to make a contribution, you can make a donation on line at www.saem.org. What Are We Investing In? SAEM is using Research Fund contributions to support the Research Training Grant, Institutional Research Training Grant, and Scholarly Sabbatical Grant. The 2005-2006 grant recipients and their research projects
are publicized in this issue of the Newsletter. What if we could fund a list three times this long in 2010? What if by 2015 one hundred emergency physicians had realized the benefit of a two-year research fellowship, supported by the SAEM Research Fund? Our emergency patients would benefit from the scientific discovery, our residents would benefit from the increased knowledge of emergency care, and our faculty would benefit from having successful colleagues with fine research credentials. And these numbers, with a little work and dedication, are not a pipe dream. SAEM is committed to building the Research Fund to this level. Have We Said Thank-You Lately? SAEM wants to acknowledge and thank donors to the Research Fund. Last year we kicked off what will be come an annual special reception at the Annual Meeting. This year the reception will feature a speaker and report on the Fund. The reception will be on May 23 at 5:00-6:00 pm. Dr. Brian Zink will provide a brief session of the history of academic emergency medicine entitled, “The Strange and Strenuous History of Academic Emergency Medicine.” A formal invitation to donors is forthcoming. Also, SAEM Research Fund donors will
have a special designation at the Annual Meeting – details will be announced in the coming months. These small tokens of our appreciation are meant to say thanks, but we know that the reason you give is your belief that training in research is a cornerstone of progress in emergency medicine. A New, Quiet Approach to Raising Money – the Silent Auction This year the SAEM Development Committee will roll out what we hope will be a fun, exciting event at the Annual Meeting in New York City to benefit the Research Fund - a Silent Auction. SAEM members, businesses and other donors have already contributed items of value to the auction, and you get to decide how valuable these items are. The items or descriptions will be posted on the SAEM website beginning in March and will be on display at the SAEM meeting. Many items can be used or redeemed in New York City. We need your help in two ways – first by making a donation of an item to the Auction, and second, by participating in the Auction at the Annual Meeting. For ideas on what you might contribute, and for a sneak preview on what has already been donated, contact Mary Ann Schropp, the SAEM Executive Director at saem@saem.org.
Research Fund: 2005 Membership Campaign Report The 2005 Member Campaign of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Research Fund is off to an impressive start. To date, contributions total approximately $33,000. To those members who have contributed, we thank you. If you have not had the opportunity to contribute, please consider joining your fellow members in contributing to this worthy effort. The mission of the SAEM Research Fund is three-fold: to improve the care of patients in the Emergency Department and prehospital setting through medical research and scientific discovery; to enhance research capability within the field of Emergency Medicine; and to support investigators in pursuit of the skills necessary to conduct ethical and important research to create new knowledge for the benefit of all patients in the Emergency Department. The emphasis of the SAEM Research Fund is to support research training grants, open to all members who seek such training. One hundred percent of your contributions go directly to the Fund; the administrative costs of maintaining the fund are borne separately by the SAEM operating budget. Remember, your donation is 100% tax deductible. We would like to have 100% participation of the membership in supporting the SAEM Research Fund. Please consider making a donation equal to two to three hours of work. Make your check payable to "SAEM Research Fund" and mail it to: Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 901 N. Washington Ave., Lansing, MI 48906. You can also make your donation on-line by going to www.saem.org and click on the "Click here to contribute to the Research Fund" link. Professor ($2500+) Gabor Kelen, MD Mentor ($1000-$2499) John Becher, DO Glenn Hamilton, MD Jerris Hedges, MD, MS
Jeffrey Kline, MD John Marx, MD Brian O'Neil, MD Peter Van Ligten, MD Sponsor ($500-$999) Brent Asplin, MD
William Barsan, MD Carey Chisholm, MD Theodore Christopher, MD Steven Dronen, MD James Hoekstra, MD Judd Hollander, MD Kenneth Iserson, MD, MBA
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