SNM, SNMTS, and ERF: A Joint Venture in Funding the Future

Nanci A. Burchell

Mathew L. Thakur

It has been almost 2 years since the Society of Nuclear Medicine, the SNM Technologist Section, and the Education and Research Foundation (ERF) formalized a strategic alliance. For many years, ERF functioned as an independent education and research fundraising arm of SNM, establishing and administering scholarships, grants, and research awards for which they obtained support. As of last year, the dynamics of this relationship changed. SNM and SNMTS now supply the ERF with proposed projects, develop selection criteria, and select award recipients for all ERF-funded awards and grants except …