Apply for the ASH Medical Educators Institute

The ASH Medical Educators Institute (MEI) is designed to build skills and position junior faculty and senior fellows for successful careers as clinician educators and mentors to future generations of hematologists. At this time, ASH MEI is open to candidates in North America exclusively.

How to Apply

Each year, approximately 15 to 20 people are accepted to participate in the institute, which consists of three core activities:

Workshop: The program begins with a kick-off dinner in Washington, DC, followed by a three-day, in-person workshop at ASH Headquarters. ASH covers the costs of travel to the program, lodging, and meals for accepted applicants.
Webinar series: The webinars supplement the MEI curriculum by covering the medical educator core competencies not addressed during the in-person workshop. The series begins with pre-workshop webinars and extends over the six months following the workshop.
Mentorship: Program faculty assist participants in the completion of a scholarly project and provide career guidance throughout the duration of the program.

At the conclusion of the program, participants are able to:

Design and execute a scholarly project in hematology medical education.
Implement additional techniques in their teaching of medical trainees.
Identify appropriate next steps in their career development.
Create a valuable network of medical education experts and colleagues.

2025 ASH MEI Co-Directors

Jason A. Freed, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston MA
Layla Van Doren, MD, MBA, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

Eligibility Requirements

The ASH Medical Educators Institute is open to fellows and faculty in North America (United States, Canada, and Mexico) who see medical education as a major part of their professional roles. Participants should have a thirst for exposure to new teaching techniques and a significant interest in scholarship in the field of medical education in hematology.

You are eligible to apply if you meet the following requirements:

Be an ASH member in good standing. To verify your membership status, please log in to your ASH account. Not an ASH member yet? Take the first step. Your membership application must be pending at the time of MEI application submission and approved by the time of the Fall Workshop.
- For ASH Active or International membership, apply by August 1.
- For ASH Associate or International Associate membership, apply at least three weeks prior to the eligibility review deadline.
At the time of the Fall Workshop, be in your last year of hematology-related fellowship training, or have a faculty position confirmed prior to the start of the ASH MEI program.
You are currently in North America (US, Canada, or Mexico).
Be fluent in English.

ASH works to ensure a diverse applicant pool and participating cohort in the MEI. This includes having representation of the diverse perspectives, talents and experiences of individuals, including but not limited to, those from centers who have not had trainees or mentors in MEI, individuals from communities underrepresented in hematology, and applicants who focus on classical hematology," in place of what was formerly referred to as "benign" or "non-malignant" when discussing the broad range of blood diseases that are not cancers. Discoveries in classical hematology have significantly advanced the field to better the lives of those living with non-cancerous blood disorders.

Mentorship

In support of this goal, ASH is offering application mentors who are ASH members knowledgeable in the MEI application process. Mentors will work with candidates to help strengthen the application in advance of submission. Please contact training@hematology.org if you are interested in this opportunity and meet the above program goals.

To verify your membership status, please log in to your ASH account.

Application Process

The Medical Educators Institute application, as well as all supporting documents outlined below, must be submitted through ASH's online awards portal.

All applications must include the following:

Project proposal and references (see below)
Applicant's career-development plan
Applicant's curriculum vitae (CV)
Letter of support from division chief or training program director
Letter of support from mentor
Mentor's CV

For more information about the required materials, please see the Required Documents PDF.

Use this Guide to complete your application.

Contact training@hematology.org with any application questions.

Project Topics for ASH MEI (2016 - 2020)

Evaluation, Selection, and Notification

Each application will be reviewed by multiple reviewers. Applications will be evaluated on the following criteria:

The applicant’s insight into modern issues in medical education as demonstrated by the project proposal
The strength of institutional and mentor support for the applicant
The ability of the applicant to complete their career-development plan

Any submission that does not follow the application requirements, is not formatted correctly, is lacking information, has incorrect information, or is lacking required documents will be deemed ineligible and will not be reviewed by the study section. There will be no appeals or consideration for further review once an application has been determined to be ineligible.

Medical Educators Institute Webinar Series

ASH welcomes all ASH members to register for the upcoming Medical Educators Institute webinars or to view them independently. These webinars are designed to supplement the MEI curriculum by covering the medical educator core competencies not addressed during the in-person workshop.

More details about the individual webinars will be released as they are confirmed.

Past MEI Webinar Recordings

Terms and Conditions

Each applicant will submit the outline of a project in medical education as a part of the application. By applying to the program, applicants agree to provide ASH with a copy of the outcome of that scholarly effort to share with the hematology education community via the ASH website if requested.

As a condition of acceptance to ASH MEI, participants are required to:

Maintain ASH membership for the duration of the program
Adhere to all required deadlines
Attend the entirety of the in-person program in Washington, DC
Attend as many webinars following the in-person program as possible
Make airline reservations through Global Travel Associates, ASH’s official travel agent
Complete the ASH Conflict-of-Interest form and abide by the ASH COI policy
Cite support from the American Society of Hematology in any publications resulting from the ASH MEI project
Respond to future inquiries from ASH regarding the participant’s career progression