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Research Program Awards (RPA)

  • Support outstanding research programs (new or established) for two years ($120k).
  • RPA Guidelines and RPA Template
  • Submit your Research Program Award Proposal.
  • Deadline: February 8, 2021
  • RPA Awardees: Submit your Research Program Award first-year report here.

Junior Faculty Research Grants (JFRG)

  • Support new faculty (<5 years since their first appointment) research projects ($25k).
  • JFRG Guidelines and JFRG Template
  • Submit your Junior Faculty Research Grant Proposal
  • Deadline: February 8, 2021

Resident Research Grant (RRG)

Wolves’ Den Grant

  • Live grant competition held at the annual DoS Research Half Day ($20k).
  • Pre-competition Deadline: October 2021
  • Submit Wolves' Den Proposal - CLOSED.

FoM Translational Research Grants (including DoS and FoM Basic Science Departments)

  • Funding for collaborative projects between clinical and basic scientists ($50k)
    Important Message about all Department of Surgery Grant Competitions:
    Information
    • The same project should not be submitted to both the Research Program Award and Junior Faculty Research Grant competitions.
    • Only one award will be made per person (when submitting to multiple competitions closing at the same time).
    • For each individual competition, there is a one-year embargo after a successful application.

    Other Internal Grants

    • Local sources for research funding outside of the Department of Surgery (i.e., from uOttawa, TOH. TOHAMO, etc)

    External Granting Agencies

    • List of external funding agencies
    • Grant Winners
      Year DoS Grant Type Awardee Grant Title
      2021 RPA Arnaout, Angel A Phase II Randomized Trial Evaluating Clinical and Biological effects of INT230-6 in Early Stage Breast Cancer
      2021 RPA Papp, Steven Hip fracture Patient and the use of IndwElling vs IntermittEnt catheterization pilot study (PEE Study)
      2021 RPA Chan, Vincent REvascularization and Valve intervention for Ischemic Valve disease - REVIVE Trial
      2021 JFRG Atassi, Talal Hemiarch vs. Extended arch in Aortic Dissection – a SystemaTic Analysis by Randomized Trial (HEADSTART)
      2021 JFRG Roberts, Derek Designing a Canadian Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Use of Neuraxial and General Anesthesia for Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery
      2021 RRG Lamb, Tyler Impact of Race and Socioeconomic Status on Time to Intervention in Patients with Traumatic Hemorrhage
      2021 RRG Strauss, Shira Optimizing Risk Factor Management for Vascular Surgery Patients through an Automated Referral Program to the Vascular Risk Factor Clinic: A Quality Improvement Initiative
      2020 RRG Gawad, Nada My On Call (MOC) Pager App: Managing pages safely
      2020 RRG Ojaghi, Reza Effects of Adductor Canal Block Injection Location on the Effectiveness of Regional Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect on Postoperative Analgesia and Motor Power
      2020 JFRG Lavallée, Luke A research program to improve quality of care for patients with bladder cancer
      2020 JFRG Pickell, Mike Changes in the zone of calcified cartilage interfacing articular cartilage and subchondral bone during osteoarthritis
      2020 RPA Abdelbary, Hesham Harnessing unique antibiofilm properties of bacteriophage to augment antibiotic therapy in implant associated infections
      2020 RPA Carsen, Sasha Adolescent ACL: Development of a clinical prediction rule in order to optimize post-operative recovery and avoid re-injury
      2020 RPA Sachs, Adam Restoring function with thought: Augmenting neuroprosthetic performance in the severely disabled with cognitive brain signals and deep learning
      2020 WD Grammatopoulos, George Intra-Articular Adipose Tissue:  biomarker and therapeutic target for arthritic hip joints
      2019 TRG Abdelbary, Hesham se of a Novel, Clinically Representative Hip Replacement Rat Model to Asses Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm-based Periprosthetic Joint Infections
      2019 TRG Grau, Juan Analysis of Human Tissues to Identify Specific Cellular Resistance to Atherosclerosis: A Translational Research Approach
      2019 TRG Nessim, Carolyn Building a cell atlas of human sarcoma through single-cell-RNA-sequencing
      2019 WD Alkherayf, Fahad Intraoperative continuous flash visual evoked potentials monitoring during minimally invasive endoscopic skull base surgery, a novel approach to improve patient outcome
      2019 RPA Gilbert, Sebastien Enhancing quality of care for patients who require chest tube drainage through design, implementation, and validation of an artificial intelligence-based clinical decision support system
      2019 RPA Breau, Rodney The impact of adjuvant androgen deprivation following radical prostatectomy on prostate cancer recurrence
      2019 RPA Lapner, Peter Approach to Management of the Retroverted Glenoid in Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial
      2019 JFRG Musselman, Reilly Management and outcomes of colon and rectal cancer in elderly patients in Ontario
      2019 JFRG Smit, Kevin Is Spinal Motion Preserved Following Vertebral Body Tethering for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis?
      2018 WD Abdelbary, Hesham Using a novel 3D printed titanium hip replacement rat model to anatomically map biofilm formation in surrounding tissues of a periprosthetic joint infection
      2018 RPA Lavallée, Luke A new research program to prevent perioperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) and reduce variability in care in cancer surgery
      2018 RPA Boodhwani, Munir Treatment In Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Surgery versus. Surveillance (TITAN: SvS)
      2018 RPA Tsai, Eve Translational Human Tissue Research Program
      2018 JFRG Carsen, Sasha Functional capacity of the knee joint before and after surgery in pediatric males and females after anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury: Optimizing recovery, preventing re-injury
      2018 JFRG Alkherayf, Fahad Comparison of the effects seen with early exercise intervention versus late exercise intervention on pain and neurodynamic mobility following unilateral lumbar microdiscectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
      2017 WD Werier, Joel The development and feasibility of a Virtual Multidisciplinary Cancer Conference (vMCC) for metastatic bone disease to improve quality of care across the Champlain LHIN
      2017 RPA Villeneuve, Patrick James Clinical and molecular determinants that predict prognosis in lung cancer
      2017 RPA Hickling, Duane Use of antimicrobial peptides against UTI
      2017 RPA Auer, Rebecca  Perioperative strategies to improve cancer outcomes
      2017 RPA Arnaout, Angel Perioperative strategies to improve cancer outcomes
      2017 RPA Nasr, Ahmed Pediatric Surgery - Advancing evidence-based practice with shared decision making
      2017 RPA Breau, Rodney Lysine analogues during cancer surgery
      2017 RPA Martel, Guillaume Research program to minimize preventable & inappropriate blood product transfusions in liver surgery
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