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FSMB Foundation Announces 2026 Grant Recipients

WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 7, 2026) – Today, the Federation of State Medical Boards Research and Education Foundation announced grants totaling nearly $350,000 to five recipients to generate evidence-based research that addresses state and local workforce needs.

For more than a decade, the FSMB Foundation has provided grants directly to state medical boards and other recipients to support research and education initiatives that advance best practices in medical regulation and strengthen the safety and quality of healthcare.

“The FSMB Foundation is very pleased to support this vital research, which will help further our understanding of how we can address our nation’s critical healthcare workforce needs,” said Pat King, MD, PhD, President of the FSMB Foundation.

The FSMB Foundation’s 2026 grant cycle supports research that specifically addresses state and local workforce needs, informs regulatory policy, and contributes to broader discussions about healthcare workforce shortages in the U.S.

The 2026 FSMB Foundation grant recipients and partnering state medical boards (or other organizations) are:

  • Georgia Board of Health Care Workforce (partnering with the Georgia Composite Medical Board): $47,500
  • The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (partnering with Intealth): $75,000
  • National Association of Medical Spanish (partnering with the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation) $75,000
  • Pennsylvania Area Health Education Center/Penn State College of Medicine (partnering with the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine and the Pennsylvania Department of Health’s Primary Care Office): $75,000
  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (partnering with the Illinois State Medical Board): $74,599

In recent years, the FSMB Foundation has provided more than $1 million in grants to state medical boards and other recipients to study long-term efforts addressing the nation’s opioid epidemic; state responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; and advance state medical board technology processes, particularly in the areas of licensing, discipline and public communication and outreach.

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