Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí sinh học quốc tế đề tài : Review of the utilization of HEEPF – competitive projects for educational enhancement in the Egyptian medical sector | Human Resources for Health BioMed Central Open Access Review Review of the utilization of HEEPF - competitive projects for educational enhancement in the Egyptian medical sector Galal Abdel-Hamid Abdellah1 Salah El-Din Mohamed Fahmy Taher2 and Somaya Hosny 3 Address 1HEEPF National Committee Egypt 2Higher Education Enhancement Project Fund HEEPF Egypt and 3Suez Canal University Egypt Email Galal Abdel-Hamid Abdellah - galalabdellah@ Salah El-Din Mohamed Fahmy Taher - sftaher@ Somaya Hosny - somaya_hosny@ Corresponding author Published 18 April 2008 Received 15 November 2007 Human Resources for Health 2008 6 7 doi 1478-4491-6-7 Accepted 18 April 2008 This article is available from http content 6 1 7 2008 Abdellah et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ In Egypt the medical sector has been facing the same problems that challenged the system of higher education in the past decades mainly an increasing student enrollment limited resources and old governance and bylaws. These constraints and the escalating paucity of resources have had a major negative influence on quality of education. Consequently thoughts of educational reform came forward in the form of competitive projects which have attracted several institutes from the health sector to improve their educational performance. The aim of this paper is to review the share of the medical sector in the higher education enhancement project fund HEEPF its outcomes sustainability and to provide recommendations for keeping the momentum of reform pursuit in the future. The methodology included obtaining