Simulation Funding for Medical Training Programs – Apply Today!

The Physicians Committee’s Medical Simulation Fund helps training programs replace live animals in order to improve patient outcomes and better prepare health care providers. The Fund, which launched in January 2025, provides financial support to universities, medical centers, and medical device companies. We assess each possible awardee’s needs on a case-by-case basis and can help purchase everything from low-cost task trainers to highly advanced perfusion systems for human cadavers. We work with medical simulation companies to cut costs and provide exactly what each medical training program needs.

Any training program or medical device company—in the United States or elsewhere—using live animals is eligible for the Medical Simulation Fund. 

Notable Awards:

• 2025: Provided a grant for a proof-of-concept lab using perfused human cadavers for a major medical device company seeking to replace pigs in training exercises
• 2026: Provided a grant for a proof-of-concept lab using perfused human cadavers for a university transplant surgery program seeking to replace pigs in courses
• 2026: Purchased a variety of simulators and task trainers for Kijabe Hospital in Kenya to replace goats, chickens, and rabbits for the training of general surgeons, plastic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and emergency medicine residents

Awardees and grant recipients commit through a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to using the simulation technology to replace live animals and demonstrate an intent to cover the cost of nonanimal methods after the period outlined in the MOU. In addition, because it is important that Physicians Committee donors understand how their contributions are used, we hope to publicly share information on all awards and grants made through the Medical Simulation Fund, but specifics can be discussed on a case-by-case basis.

Let us help improve your medical training! Contact us using the form below. Awards are reviewed on a rolling basis.

For any questions, please contact Christine Kauffman: ckauffman [at] pcrm.org (ckauffman[at]pcrm[dot]org)