Recognizing Creative Solutions

Each year, The Beckwith Institute seeks out new ideas and innovations to improve patient care. Any UPMC employee with a creative and promising idea is invited to submit a proposal.

We invite you to read about the work of our current grantees. They are moving their ideas for better care into reality.

Frontline Innovation Program

This program is dedicated to funding innovations and empowering ideas that directly impact and improve bedside care and clinical practice today. It supports projects emphasizing effective and efficient bedside practices to achieve the best possible outcomes for our patients, employees, and communities.

Clinical Transformation Program

The Beckwith Institute’s Clinical Transformation Program focuses on promising immunotherapy and other leading edge science solutions with outcomes that will advance patient care.

How to Apply

Questions on the Clinical Transformation call for proposals? Please email Cassandra Heinle at heinlecm@upmc.edu.