The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine concentrates its philanthropic activity exclusively on advancing academic emergency medicine research. Its sole recorded grant is a large, unrestricted research support award to the SAEM Research Foundation, indicating a focus on funding the profession’s research infrastructure, investigator development, and evidence-generation in emergency care. The foundation appears targeted and mission-aligned rather than broadly distributed across causes.
The Society for Academic Emergency Medicine’s recorded giving is built around a single large research-support award: $1,060,500 in 2025 to the Saem Research Foundation for unrestricted research support. That grant points to a funder focused on the infrastructure behind academic emergency medicine rather than a broad mix of charitable causes. The foundation’s support centers on research capacity, investigator development, and evidence generation in emergency care. Its grantmaking aligns with the professional ecosystem of emergency medicine. The active grant programs listed for the organization include topic-specific awards in toxicology, global emergency medicine, prehospital care, simulation, diversity and inclusion, and education. Those programs show a pattern of funding research and scholarly activity through academy-linked and specialty-linked channels. The organization also supports resident research and interest-group activity, which places trainees and early-career clinicians inside its funding strategy. In the data on file, all recorded recipients are in the United States.
Academic emergency medicine research is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s program list. It supports the Medical Toxicology Foundation / SAEMF Toxicology Research Grant for toxicology-related emergency medicine research, and the SAEMF Emerging Infectious Disease and Preparedness Grant for work on emerging infectious disease and preparedness. The foundation also backs education and training. The SAEMF Education Project Grant supports educational research or projects in emergency medicine, while the Emergency Medicine Interest Group Grant is aimed at emergency medicine interest groups and their programming. For trainee development, the Dr. Gregory L. Henry / RAMS Resident Research Grant supports resident research, and the Simulation Academy Novice Research Grant is directed to novice investigators working in simulation-related emergency medicine.
The only recorded grant is a $1,060,500 award, so the observed distribution is concentrated at a single very large grant size rather than a spread across multiple ticket sizes. The recipient appears once in the available record, which points to a targeted pattern rather than repeated awards to the same grantee across multiple years. The foundation is a public charity, not a private family foundation or DAF. Several active programs accept unsolicited applications, including research pilot and topic-specific grants, which suggests an open application route for at least part of its portfolio.
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Highly concentrated: a single, large grant directed to the professional society’s research arm rather than many small or geographically dispersed awards; indicative of strategic, mission-aligned support to a core institutional partner.
Notable grantees: SAEM Research Foundation
Recorded giving is entirely U.S.-based, with 100% of grants going to recipients in the United States and 0% to recipients in Illinois. The clearest city-level recipient shown is Des Plaines, Illinois, where the Saem Research Foundation is located. Active programs also specify U.S. geography for several awards, including toxicology, diversity and inclusion, education, and emerging infectious disease grants. A few programs are broader, including a global emergency medicine research pilot grant.
Its active programs cover academic emergency medicine research, toxicology, global emergency medicine, prehospital care, simulation, diversity and inclusion, education projects, resident research, and emergency medicine interest-group activity. The structure is research- and scholarship-oriented, with multiple academy-linked grants and pilot awards.
Yes. Several active programs explicitly accept unsolicited applications, including the Medical Toxicology Foundation / SAEMF Toxicology Research Grant, the Global Emergency Medicine Academy Research Pilot Grant, the NAEMSP/SAEMF Innovations in Prehospital Care Pilot Grant, the Dr. Gregory L. Henry / RAMS Resident Research Grant, and the SAEMF Education Project Grant.
The listed programs point to emergency medicine clinicians, medical students and residents, academic departments, and clinical researchers. Specific awards are aimed at residents, novice investigators, interest groups, and academy- or interest-group–linked research teams.
The available record shows one grant of $1,060,500 in 2025 to the Saem Research Foundation for research support. Because only one grant is recorded, that amount is the sole observed grant size in the data on file.
Recorded grants are entirely U.S.-based, and 0% went to recipients in Illinois. The recipient named in the recent grants list is in Des Plaines, Illinois, while several active programs are limited to the United States and one is global.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAEM RESEARCH FOUNDATION | DES PLAINES, IL | $1,060,500 | 2025 | RESEARCH SUPPORT |
SAEM RESEARCH FOUNDATION
$1,060,500RESEARCH SUPPORT
Current and upcoming funding from Society for Academic Emergency Medicine that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Applicant must be a resident SAEM member in good standing and meet the grant-specific criteria listed in the SAEM Foundation eligibility instructions.
Deadline: Not visible in provided content.
Who can apply: See grant-specific detailed instructions and SAEMF eligibility criteria.
Deadline: Deadline: August 1, 2026 (5 p.m. CT). Applications open May 1, 2026.
Who can apply: Applicant must be a SAEM member in good standing and meet the grant-specific criteria listed in the SAEM Foundation eligibility instructions.
Deadline: Not visible in provided content.
Who can apply: See grant-specific detailed instructions and SAEMF eligibility criteria.
Deadline: Deadline: August 1, 2026 (5 p.m. CT). Applications open May 1, 2026.
Who can apply: Applicant must be a SAEM member in good standing and meet the grant-specific criteria listed in the SAEM Foundation eligibility instructions.
Deadline: Not visible in provided content.
Who can apply: SAEM trainee or faculty member in good standing; advanced/terminal degree; university appointment in or active involvement with emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine; early-stage investigator; no prior SAEMF Education Research Training Grant; leadership potential in medical education.
Deadline: Deadline: August 1, 2026
Who can apply: Applicant must be a SAEM and CDEM member in good standing, hold an advanced/terminal degree, be affiliated with emergency medicine or pediatric emergency medicine, and demonstrate commitment to undergraduate emergency medicine.
Deadline: Deadline: August 1, 2026
Who can apply: See grant-specific detailed instructions and SAEMF eligibility criteria.
Deadline: Deadline: August 1, 2026 (5 p.m. CT). Applications open May 1, 2026.
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