Grants

Throughout its history, the China Medical Board has adopted a policy of not accepting unsolicited grant proposals. Thus, inquiries or unsolicited proposals may not receive an expeditious reply. The rationale is straightforward—CMB's strategic grant-making is highly focused on targeted activities to advance its mission. In its earliest phase, the China Medical Board devoted nearly all of its financing to Peking Union Medical College. Since 1950, the China Medical Board’s grant-making has been targeted at key Chinese and Asian universities. CMB encourages international groups wishing to work in China to establish relationships directly with CMB-affiliated Chinese and Asian institutions.

Year/Grant no.sort ascending Grantee Program Amount
(2013)
13-136
Health Professional Education $559,331
  • Chinese Fellowships in Global Health
  • July 01, 2013 to June 30, 2015
  • Global
  • This project supports master and doctoral degree training and shorter-term faculty development in global health at the University of Washington. Grant funds will cover Chinese study costs, matched by U Wash investing in tuition waivers and mentoring support.
  • Judith N. Wasserheit and Stephen Gloyd
(2013)
13-135
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $100,000
  • Global Health Conference and Faculty Development
  • January 01, 2014 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This grant supports two global health conferences co-hosted by Harbin and Penang Medical College of Malaysia and Harbin's faculty development.
  • CAO Depin
(2013)
13-134
Health Professional Education $100,000
  • Global Health Program
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2016
  • China
  • This project supports undergraduate and graduate training in global health, through improving the global health curriculum, training multidisciplinary faculty, and developing practice sites.
  • MAO Zongfu & REN Minghui
(2013)
13-133
Health Professional Education $200,000
  • Global Health Institutional Capacity Building
  • January 01, 2014 to December 31, 2016
  • China
  • Thi project supports institutional capacity building of SYSU's new Global Health Department under its School of Public Health.
  • HAO Yuantao
(2013)
13-132
Health Professional Education $200,000
  • Global Health Development
  • July 01, 2013 to June 30, 2015
  • China
  • This project aims to develop the field of global health at CSU by strengthening faculty, training students, and conducting two pilot projects.
  • TIAN Yongquan & XIAO Shuiyuan
(2013)
13-131
Health Professional Education $253,200
  • Fudan Global Health Institute
  • July 01, 2013 to June 30, 2016
  • China
  • This grant supports the planning and development of a newly established Fudan Global Health Institute (FGHI).
  • QIAN Xu & CHEN Yingyao
(2013)
12-129
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $21,890
  • China Session at the 4th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health
  • February 01, 2013 to May 31, 2013
  • China
  • GUO Yan
(2012)
12-128
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $99,000
  • China-India Mental Health Alliance
  • February 01, 2013 to July 31, 2014
  • Global
  • This grant supports Shanghai Jiaotong University in developing a China-India Mental Health Alliance.
  • Michael Phillips
(2013)
12-127
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $74,985
  • How to Attract Medical Students to Rural China
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three-year open-competition (OC) project in HPSS aims to identify effective policy interventions that improve rural recruitment and retention of health professionals in Western China.
  • Li Qian
(2013)
12-126
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $794,780
  • HPSS Residency Program
  • January 01, 2013 to June 30, 2015
  • China
  • This HPSS Residency Program is designed to provide on-the-job training for junior faculty interested in health policy and systems research, akin to a medical residency program, in order to produce a new cadre of young HPSS researchers with the capacity to conduct independent, policy-relevant and scientifically-rigorous. This program is tailored to answer a set of pre-identified research questions related to county hospital reform and gives priorities to training on applied social science theories and methods. It consists of: 1) three in-person one-week training courses; 2) three 2-3 days long-distance meetings in between the courses; 3) guided research projects conducted by participating institutions.
  • Winnie Yip and Xu Ling
(2013)
12-125
Southeast Asia $210,840
  • Strengthening Public Health Masters Program
  • January 01, 2014 to December 31, 2016
  • Southeast Asia
  • This three-year project plans to strengthen masters-level public health training and improve fieldwork opportunities for students at the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH), which, as a representative body of the Cambodian Ministry of Health, provides public health and laboratory services, training, and research to improve the health of the Cambodian people.
  • Ung Sam An
(2013)
12-124
Southeast Asia $196,000
  • Strategic Capacity Building
  • October 01, 2012 to September 30, 2014
  • Southeast Asia
  • This two-year project supports strategic development of the University of Health Sciences (UHS), the only government-operated higher health professional education institution in Cambodia, producing over 85% of Cambodian health professionals. The project will support the UHS's new leadership to develop a strategic vision, enhance governance, outreach for advice, study tours to USA and Asian universities, and internal consultations with faculty and students. UHS will also develop a novel electronic information system to manage and support its faculty, students and finance and administrative staff.
  • Saphonn Vonthanak
(2013)
12-123
Health Professional Education $180,000
  • Systems Approach for Training Advanced Clinical Nurses
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three-year project will tap into resources of the CMB China Nursing Network (CCNN) to develop the scope of practice, core competencies, curriculum and core courses, and roles and placement of nursing clinical master graduates for the Advanced Clinical Practice Nurse (ACPN).
  • Guo Guifang
(2013)
12-122
Health Professional Education $399,850
  • Global Health Training, Research, and Consortium
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three-year grant of $399,850 supports PUHSC’s new Department of Global Health in the School of Public Health to develop the field of global health in China through training, research, forums, and consortium development. A major aspect of this program is the support of young Chinese to engage with global health through training at annual World Health Assemblies. Research will focus on China-Africa relations and help the government craft a national policy statement on global health. The program will also support PUHSC's bringing together of interested medical universities into a consortium.
  • Guo Yan
(2013)
12-121
Health Professional Education $450,000
  • Research by PKU Institute for Medical Education
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three-year grant supports the newly established Institute for Medical Education at the PUHSC to conduct priority research on human resources for health (HRH) in China.
  • XU Yan and DONG Zhe
(2013)
12-120
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $101,889
  • CMB-OC: The Impacts of DRGs Payment Reform in Beijing
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This CMB Open Competition (CMB-OC) grant in HPSS aims to evaluate the impact of Beijing’s Diagnosis-Related-Groups (DRG) payment reform on health expenditure and quality of care, and to identify barriers and preconditions necessary for successful implementation of DRG reform. PI: JIAN Weiyan, Peking University Health Science Center
  • Jian Weiyan
(2013)
12-119
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $117,832
  • CMB-OC: The Effect of Provider Payment Method on Reducing Cost of Delivery
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three-year $117,832 project will provide empirical evidence on how various provider payment approaches impact demand-side subsidies for alleviating impoverishment due to costly delivery care in rural China. The study will be carried out in different counties, where different provider payment schemes are applied, using a clustered sampling framework.
  • Feng Xinglin
(2013)
12-118
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $145,200
  • CMB-OC: Improving Maternal Health Services in Rural China
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three year project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs in promoting the utilization of maternal health services and improving health outcomes of the infants and mothers across poor counties in Sichuan.
  • Zhou Huan
(2013)
12-117
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $100,200
  • CMB-OC: Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotic Use for Childhood Fever
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This $100,200 project aims to design, implement, and evaluate a non-randomized control intervention to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use in childhood fever. The interventions to be carried out in 3 towns in Jiangshan County in Zhejiang province include training rural doctors to use the childhood fever guidelines, implementing economic incentive measures to discourage antibiotic use among doctors, and carrying out health education programs for patients. The impact of the intervention will be assessed in terms of the change of the knowledge about antibiotic use, the rate of antibiotic use and infusion use, and average cost per visit for childhood fever.
  • Zhou Xudong
(2013)
12-116
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $149,888
  • CMB-OC: Improving Pre-Hospital Care in China Through Training
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three year project with a budget of $149,888 aims to carry out an observational study of the current status of the county-level pre-hospital care in Hunan province and explore the feasibility of a provincial-wide model for strengthening pre-hospital care services. Based on the observational study, standardized web-based pre-hospital care training will be developed and carried out in regional pre-hospitals centers, half of which will be randomly selected to receive in-person training. Evaluation of knowledge and critical actions performed by pre-hospital service providers, as well as some key health outcome variables, will be compared to produce suggestions for improving pre-hospital care quality. PI: XIAO Ping, Central South University
  • Xiao Ping
(2013)
12-115
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $136,900
  • CMB-OC: Intervention to Decrease Cost of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This project aims to develop, deliver, and evaluate hospital outreach intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A randomized controlled trial will be carried out, and the study team will develop intervention manuals and employ interviewing techniques to minimize the lack of adherence.
  • Yan Jin
(2013)
12-114
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $109,916
  • CMB-OC: Schizophrenia Case Management in Rural China
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This study with a budget of $109,916 is designed to compare the effects of village doctor-assisted case management (VD model) for patients with schizophrenia versus care-as-usual (CAU model) in rural China. It is expected that the VD model, when compared with the CAU model, will lead to a higher systematic treatment rate, lessened schizophrenic symptoms, better social function, lower hospitalization rate, and lower incidence of risky behavior among schizophrenia patients. PI: GONG Wenjie, Central South University
  • Gong Wenjie
(2013)
12-113
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $300,000
  • Research in Environmental Health and Non-Communicable Diseases
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This project utilizes an ongoing Dongfeng-Tongji longitudinal cohort to study the determinants of chronic diseases, especially air pollution and lifestyle factors.
  • Wu Tangchun
(2013)
12-112
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $1,135,370
  • CMB Faculty Development Awards and Next Generation Fellowships
  • July 01, 2012 to June 30, 2014
  • China
  • This two-year grant at $1,135,370 enables the Institute of International Education (IIE) to offer two more rounds of CMB mid-career Faculty Development (FD) awards and Next Generation (NG) fellowships. Thus far, CMB has supported 26 distinguished professorships, 34 faculty development awards, and 42 next generation fellows.
  • Keith Clemenger
(2013)
12-111
Health Policy and Systems Sciences $300,000
  • CMB-CP in Migrant Health Policy
  • January 01, 2013 to December 31, 2015
  • China
  • This three-year project supports the institutional development of the SYSU Center of Migrant Health Policy, primarily through strengthening its leadership and young faculty capacity and supporting research projects.
  • Ling Li

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