Established in 1980 as the philanthropic arm of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB), the FSMB Foundation funds and supports research and education initiatives that advance best practices in medical regulation and strengthen the safety and quality of health care. At the heart of the Foundation’s mission is its focus on improving the long-term effectiveness and viability of the nation’s state medical board system as a means of achieving safer, higher quality health care. The Foundation is supported by a generous seed endowment from the FSMB, but it operates as a separate 501c3 organization.
FSMB Foundation Grants
Surpass $1 Million
A cornerstone of the FSMB Foundation’s mission is the distribution of grants that directly benefit medical regulation. Over the past decade, the FSMB Foundation has provided more than $1 million in grant support for a wide range of research and education projects.
In the 2024 grant cycle, the FSMB Foundation focused on assisting state medical boards with technology innovations, upgrades in board operations, and emergency preparedness. A total of $384,000 was distributed by the Foundation to nine recipients, with individual grants of up to $50,000 – marking the largest in the Foundation’s history.
The 2024 FSMB Foundation grant recipients include:
Guam Board of Medical Examiners ($50,000): Emergency preparedness technical assistance to incorporate Provider Bridge into licensing renewal process.
Kansas State Board of Healing Arts ($49,200): Technical assistance to identify model law practice management technology and practices.
Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine ($20,000): Creation of two new educational video vignettes for licensees and public on informal conference and adjudicatory hearing process.
New Hampshire Board of Medicine ($50,000): Medical board disciplinary, case tracking and public outreach technology improvements.
New Mexico Medical Board ($50,000): Improve efficiency and modernize decision-making processes by using data to serve as a benchmark for delivering more timely and better-informed decisions.
Oregon Medical Board ($50,000): Application Programming Interface (API) Integration Project.
Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline ($15,000): Implementation of Interstate Medical Licensure Compact for physician licensing.
Virgin Islands Board of Medical Examiners ($50,000): Innovate services by digitizing board records to increase database efficiency, security and to automate the licensure application process.
West Virginia Board of Osteopathic Medicine ($50,000): Assistance in digitizing and modernizing the board’s paper records and furthering efforts to create paper-free workplace.
Educational Initiatives: Physician Sexual Misconduct Training Video
In a collaborative effort with the Administrators in Medicine (AIM) Foundation and FSMB, the FSMB Foundation is producing a training video that addresses the critical issue of physician-patient interactions. This educational resource aims to raise awareness about physician sexual misconduct and will be available by early 2025 for state medical boards and educators.
