Epi Project Competition

The Epi Project Competition awards up to $20,000 to bright and dedicated early investigators in the fields of healthcare epidemiology, infection prevention, and antimicrobial research. SHEA’s Research Committee seeks winning proposals to conduct studies on priority research topics that can shape our understanding of the transmission of healthcare-associated infections and the emergence of multidrug resistant organisms. The goal is to support the next generation of researchers to identify the best prevention methods and implementation science.

The next Epi Project Competition will take place in 2026. More information about the opening of the next round of proposal submissions will be available in the Spring or Summer of 2025. Watch this space for more information. Questions should be sent to epicompetition@shea-online.org.

The SHEA Research Committee is seeking The Epi Project Competition will award up to $20,000 in grants for winning proposals for research to develop pilot data that supports the conduct of a future larger-scale research project, and the likelihood that a future project would attract additional funding support. Winning proposals are those that generate data that can shape our understanding of the transmission of healthcare-associated infections and identify the best prevention methods and implementation science.