Education and Research Foundation - California Association for Medical Laboratory Technology

CAMLT Education and Research Foundation

Purpose
The foundation is a California nonprofit corporation, 501c(3) dedicated to providing opportunities and resources for education and research in the clinical laboratory sciences. To fulfill these goals, the foundation shall endeavor to develop and provide educational opportunities in the clinical laboratory sciences, and to encourage and assist educational, scientific research and personal development in those fields.

Officers
Chairperson: Mary Jeanne Stavish
Treasurer: Christine Darmanian
Secretary: Patricia Fawkes

Thank You to Our Vendor Donors and Supporters
The Binding Site, Inc.
Nova BioMedical
Carolina Liquid Chemistries
John Doty
Diagnostica Stago

Tax -Deductable Contribution Form (PDF)

Letter to Healthcare Vendors
The E & R Board recently sent a letter to vendors outlining the goals and plans of CAMLT E & R Foundation and requesting corporate support for our current efforts to alleviate the shortage of Clinical Laboratory Personnel.

Letter to Healthcare Vendors

Dear Supporting Vendors,

Healthcare personnel shortages are an every day dilemma with resolution depending on the participation and input of many. Given your company’s strong role in the field of laboratory medicine, we are inviting your assistance in moving toward alleviating laboratory personnel shortages and maintaining a constant, competent base for those professions.

The California Association for Medical Laboratory Technology Education and Research Corporation (d.b.a. CAMLT E&R Foundation) is a California nonprofit corporation completely dedicated to making education and research opportunities and resources available to persons entering and already engaged in clinical laboratory sciences and the laboratory professions. In fact, the stated mission of CAMLT’s E&R Foundation is to provide just such opportunities and resources. To fulfill this mission, the Foundation endeavors to develop vehicles, both monetary and practical, that provide the tools for students and practitioners to further their careers. The Trustees of the Foundation consist of members of the CAMLT association, educators and industry partners.

With the decline in the number of people entering the Clinical Laboratory field, the E&R Foundation is looking for ways to help students achieve their goal of completing school, assist individuals that would like to re-enter the field and encourage those in the field to further their education.

The E&R Foundation is seeking to increase partnership/alliance arrangements with vendors to achieve the goals set in the mission of the foundation. It is a win-win situation for all of us.

We are now appealing to industry for support for current endeavors as well as new innovative processes that will further the clinical laboratory sciences. Ideas such as internships, broader scholarships, and forgivable loans have been put forward and we look to you for insightful and inventive input.

Please consider how your organization can partner with CAMLT’s E&R Foundation to continue to support and encourage the growth of the Clinical Laboratory Sciences and its professions. We look forward to working with you.

Respectfully,

Christine Darmanian,
Chair CAMLT Education and Research Foundation

The CAMLT Education and Research Foundation provides the following opportunities to those entering and currently in the laboratory professions:

$ 500.00 Student Clinical Internship Awards
$ 100.00 Student Stipend Awards
$1000.00 Scholarship Awards for Practicing Professionals
$ 200.00 Continuing Education Certificates
$ 100.00 Membership Certificates

E&R would like to be able to count on you to help us support and further the laboratory professions. Contributions can come in many forms:

Time committed to discussion and resolution of personnel shortages
Vendor support of training programs
Vendor sponsored scholarships
Forgivable loans
Sponsorship of existing opportunities
Unrestricted donations to E&R
Innovative commitments and ideas

Recognition of commitment provided by our supporters will be published in the CAMLT Newsline and on the CAMLT website.

Please join us. The possibilities are limitless. The collaboration of education and industry can solve the health professions dilemma.

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Programs and Opportunities

The E & R Foundation provides scholarships and awards to Clinical Laboratory Scientists (CLS) and CLS students. Following is a list of the awards and scholarships that are currently available:

Mini Grants for Pre-Licensing Preparation
The Education and Research Corporation, in support of entry into the clinical laboratory science professions through less traditional routes, offers small grants to persons needing supplemental preparation. These monies are intended to cover expenses associated with examination review seminars. The grants are unrestricted.

Application Form (PDF)

Barbara Briscoe Memorial Award
This award provides a full-day Continuing Education (CE) scholarship once a year at the Northern California Winter Seminar. Conditions and Requirements: Must be a working CLS. CAMLT members and non-members are eligible. All advance registrants are eligible and will automatically be entered for this award.

Sponsor: Diablo Valley Chapter, CAMLT

Membership Scholarship
This scholarship provides a certificate for a full day of CE at any future CAMLT State sponsored seminar (valid for two years). Two recipients from each of the four State seminars and three from each annual meeting are selected. Funds for this scholarship are contributed from seminars and annual meetings ($1/registrant). Conditions and Requirements: Two recipients from each of the four State seminars are selected randomly. All advance registrants (members and non-members) are eligible and automatically entered for this drawing.

Ruth Baldwin Memorial Fund
This award provides a one year membership in CAMLT. Conditions and Requirements: All advance registrants to the annual meeting will be automatically entered and one pre-registrant will be randomly selected to receive the award.

Sponsor: Friends of Ruth Baldwin

Eleanor Kelly Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship provides a certificate for a full day of CE at any future CAMLT State sponsored seminar (valid for two years). Conditions and Requirements: Three recipients from each annual meeting are selected randomly. All advance registrants (members and non-members) are eligible and automatically entered for this drawing.

Sponsor: Friends of the E & R Foundation

Student Stipend
Five $100 stipends will be awarded to eligible students and trainees in a CLS program, whose names have been submitted to CAMLT. This drawing will be held at the CAMLT annual meeting. Conditions and Requirements: Students and trainees must show proof of eligibility (officially enrolled in a CLS program) and be approved by the CLS Education Coordinator of the program.

Sponsor: Friends of the E & R Foundation

CLS Clinical Internship Award
Three $500 Awards awarded to students working in an approved training program (eligibility once in a lifetime.) Conditions and Requirements: The names of eligible students and trainees will be submitted by training program Education Coordinators. A random drawing of three names from the list will determine the winners. Winners invited to attend the annual convention.

Supported by: Student Records Center Funds

Ronny Peterson Research Scholarship & Creative Activity Award
One annual award of up to $1000 awarded at the CAMLT Annual Meeting to a CLS Active Member. Conditions and Requirements: Application review and selection by E & R to provide funding for persons wishing to implement projects or pursue personal educational opportunities that further the profession of Clinical Laboratory Science. Applicant must submit a one page detailed proposal by August 1. Trustees to decide on award by September 1.

Sponsor: Friends of Ronny Peterson

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