The Dean's Innovation Awards in Administrative Efficiencies fund projects that address challenges in this area and that are aligned with cross-cutting themes of the Harvard Medical School (HMS) strategic goals. Funds are awarded to support pilot/exploratory projects, or projects to enhance or scale existing initiatives. Projects can be small or large and can request funds to be used in any number of creative ways. During review, emphasis is placed on novel, creative, and collaborative solutions that address known challenges and that have the potential to create cost-saving and/or time-saving efficiencies that will increase financial sustainability at HMS.