We are often asked where donations go when they are given to the SSH Fund.
It's a fair question, and the answer is concise: every dollar goes to a specific program, a specific purpose, and a specific outcome you can trace.
The Beverlee Anderson Education Scholarship sends simulation professionals to IMSH who cannot otherwise get there — not because they chose not to, but because their institutions don't fund conference travel or their personal resources won't stretch that far. Without it, they'd be locked out of the most significant professional development opportunity in the field. At IMSH 2026, three scholars made the trip: from Connecticut, Colorado, and Egypt.
The Chad Epps Memorial Lecture opens each IMSH with a keynote that sets the tone for everything that follows. At IMSH 2026, Tania Katan delivered it. The lecture is funded by the SSH Fund and named for a founding leader whose vision shaped much of what this field has become.
SimVentors is SSH's annual innovation competition at IMSH — open to simulation professionals with original projects, prototypes, approaches, and tools designed to push what simulation can do. The 2026 competition drew more than 65 submissions. The winners represented genuine advances in impact, methodology, and technology. SimVentors runs because the SSH Fund makes it possible.
The Early Career Mentored Research Award and the Discovery Award fund research selected through a competitive review process. Not established researchers sustaining existing programs — investigators at the leading edge, with emerging ideas that wouldn't find support anywhere else.
That's where the money goes, and we would love for you to be a part of pushing healthcare simulation far into the future. To donate, visit ssih.org/ssh-fund/ways-giving.
Sincerely,
Andrew Spain, PhD, MA, EMT-P
SSH Associate Executive Director