$1.5M in funding available for research in AI

TORONTO – AMS Healthcare is offering up to 11 one-year $75,000 fellowships for early and mid-career academic researchers, scholars and academically trained regulated healthcare professionals to study and develop expertise/competence in the impact of digital technology/artificial intelligence on compassionate care.

As well, AMS Healthcare is offering up to 8 one-year $30,000 grants to support projects that will generate new knowledge and evidence that will enhance the education/training of undergraduate, graduate and practicing healthcare professionals of the impact of digital technology/artificial intelligence on compassionate care.

AMS Healthcare is a Canadian charitable organization that was created 85 years ago to catalyze change in healthcare. We have impacted healthcare through the introduction of new ideas into the system, particularly focused on the responsibility of providers and healthcare organizations to meet emerging societal needs.

Since 2012, AMS Healthcare has focused its vision on the concept of compassionate care: supporting healthcare providers, educators, policy makers and system leaders in anticipating, teaching, and instilling a foundation of compassion at the heart of our health system. This is based on the premise that health professionals provide the best care when they can balance human compassion and technical expertise.

Our sweet spot is building leaders committed to compassion in care. Our strength is developing health system leadership – leadership grounded in compassionate care. We should also not lose sight of the learnings afforded by lessons of the past – this was affirmed for all in the collective response to COVID. OSSU…

• provides infrastructure, expertise and support to people engaged in patient-oriented research
• promotes knowledge transfer and exchange of the latest research evidence
• aims to improve health policy and clinical practices in Ontario.

We are one of 11 SUPPORT Units across the country that form part of the Strategy for Patient Oriented Research.

About Fellows in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence
The AMS Healthcare Compassion and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fellowship provides highly qualified early and mid- career professionals and researchers with a unique opportunity to apply their talents to the critical challenge of the impact of AI and technology on the delivery of compassionate healthcare. Launched in 2020, our innovative one-year fellowship program has built capacity in 47 fellows (completed or in progress) through engaging with high potential leaders early in their career in a low rule’s, strongly mentored, self-directed program of work focused on a wide array of topics including equitable AI, mental health, and provider burnout. As many of our early fellows felt the impact of the pandemic on their work, our focus going forward will be to intensify the fellowship experience, while supporting connections, opportunities, and training for the entire fellowship group.