Guidelines
To be eligible to participate in a medical mission, you must:

• Be a current Fairview employee with one year of Fairview employment and at least 20 hours per week, a current Fairview volunteer with a minimum of 50 hours volunteer time per year, a Fairview retiree, or a Fairview Physician Associates (FPA) member.
• Be an active participant in a group providing medical treatment, constructing a medical facility or providing medical education programs.
  (Personal education, surveys, religious activity or other non-medical activities are not eligible for Fairview medical mission funds.)
• Provide a brief narrative prior to the trip, stating the goal of the mission team and the participant's personal goals for the mission.

Funding Your Trip
Because medical missions funds are limited, one or more of the following
restrictions may be applied in order to distribute available funds:

         1. Individuals who have received Fairview funding fewer than three (3) times will receive priority.
         2. Individuals in jobs below the manager level will receive funding priority.
         3. Maximum of three (3) people on same medical mission trip may receive  travel funding. 
         4. Maximum of two (2) people on same medical mission trip may receive medical supply funding.
         5. One grant per applicant per calendar year.

Special note: Only one grant per applicant per calendar year. Due to the number of applicants and the total funding available
at any time, grants may be approved for less than the requested funding.

The Fairview Foundation Medical Mission Committee encourages applicants to seek
funding from a variety of sources (church, family, friends.)

Application
Once you have determined that you are eligible, please complete the following steps:

• Complete the worldwide medical mission application.
• Submit application by the appropriate application deadline date below.
            Trips taken in:  Jan-Feb            Application due:  Nov 1
            Trips taken in:  Mar-Apr             Application due:  Jan 1
            Trips taken in:  May-June         Application due:  Mar 1
            Trips taken in:  July-Aug           Application due:  May 1
            Trips taken in:  Sep-Oct           Application due:  July 1
            Trips taken in:  Nov-Dec          Application due:  Sep 1
• Mail or fax completed application to:
             Fairview Foundation
             Attn: Medical Mission Committee
             2200 Riverside Avenue
             Minneapolis, MN 55454
             Fax:  612-672-7799
• Be sure to follow up once you have returned. Visit our When you return page for more information.