Timeline

Timeline for Scholarship Projects

 Timeline for residents scholar projects:

Some of the dates below are suggested deadlines; some (in red) are mandatory deadlines. In brackets are the relative times (in weeks before residency end-date) for those residents who are off-cycle.

R1 Year

  • July – December (18-24 months prior to end of residency): Gather clinical questions or start thinking about the type of project that will be done.
  • January – April (14-17 months prior to end of residency): Identify a project supervisor.
  • April – July (12-15 months before end of residency): Work on literature search (with librarian) and review.

R2 Year

  • July (12 months prior to end of residency): Project proposal submitted to your site faculty.
  • August (11 months prior to end of residency): Ethics submitted (if necessary).
  • September – December (7-10 months prior to end of residency): Data collection.
  • December 15 (1-3 months prior to end of residency): Draft abstract due. Send draft abstract to site scholar faculty for evaluation.
  • February 28 Final Abstract and Final Manuscript due to Program Office: – Please upload your final scholar project manuscript and abstract to the journal by February 28th. Instructions on how to upload can be found here: Scholar Project Journal Upload Guide
  • March 2 – May 31 Remediation work, if necessary.
  • March 31 Deadline to apply for Lloyd Jones Collins Award.
  • May – June Scholar presentations at local/regional events, and possibly a central event. Send presentation/PPT to site scholar faculty/site coordinators as requested.