STAR Fund: Employees Invest in The University of Kansas Health System

2017 Grant Application

STAR Fund Grant History

The STAR Fund was created to help develop new patient-focused programs and purchase equipment, supplies and other items for patients and their families that are not covered in the hospital budget. The STAR Fund grants are made possible entirely by employee contributions. This year, the fund will have $21,000 to disburse for approved requests.

Each year, a committee of health system employees decides how money contributed to the STAR Fund will be spent. The committee distributes money based on grant requests from hospital departments and nursing units.

Since its inception in 2004, the STAR Fund grants have provided approximately $415,400 to various programs, departments and units at The University of Kansas Health System. Electronics, educational materials, sleeper chairs and supply carts are just some examples of grants that have been made possible by the STAR Fund.

Deadline for Grant Application

Application due: February 13, 2017

Notification of awards: March 17, 2017

Guidelines

  1. The project should benefit patients and/or their families.
  2. All applications must contain:

a.)Completed Application (typed, not handwritten)

b.)Price quote that includes shipping and handling (even if it is free, note that in your application or have the vendor put it somewhere on the quote).

c.)Letter of support signed by your department director. An emailed approval to Britnee Moore will suffice if a signed letter is not feasible.

  1. The project should cost $10,000 or less.
  2. The project should not be eligible for funding from any other existing source, including charitable funds, capital projects or budgeted projects.
  3. Project expenses must be completed by June 1, 2017. Any funds not spent after this date are considered relinquished unless otherwise stated.
  4. If project exceeds the amount awarded when the time comes to execute, the requesting department will be responsible for paying the overage.

Submit all completed application forms, price quotes, letter of support from your department director and any other pertinent information to: Britnee Moore

Project Name / A Thing for Occupational Therapy
Amount Requested
(should not exceed $10,000) / $1.00
Project Contact Name(s) / Jane Nurse 8-5932
Mark Therapist 913-782-4733
Department Requesting / Occupational Therapy
Area(s) Impacted
(if different than department above)
Brief Description of project
Examples of what to include: description of the population served, specific needs that will be addressed, anticipated outcomes and how the project supports the hospital’s Five Star Performance standards: service, people, quality, cost and growth. Try not to go beyond this page.
This is what we need and why we need it and why it can’t be funded anywhere else.

Other possible funding sources for this project:

Application deadline: February 13, 2017

Please submit all completed application forms, price quotes, letters of support and any other pertinent information to: Britnee Moore

If you have questions about the STAR Fund Grant process, please contact Jen Poppe, Development Officer, at

913-945-9356 or email at .