Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
https://blood.ca/en/research/funding-programs#JKFBSS
Sponsor/Award: CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES - KENNETH J. FYKE AWARD - 2018 COMPETITOIN

Grant Amount: $100,000
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Nov 23, 2018
Sponsor's: Nov 30, 2018

Subject Areas: Health Disciplines
Description:

The Kenneth J. Fyke Award program supports health services and policy research in order to promote the development of evidence-based Canadian practices and policies in blood transfusion, blood stem cell transplantation, and organ and tissue transplantation for the benefit of Canadian patients.

The Kenneth J. Fyke Award Competition will support one (1) health services or policy research project with up to $100,000 for a period of one year. For the 2018 competition, the following priorities have been identified: 1) Optimizing a pan-Canadian drug formulary for plasma protein products including their recombinant protein replacements; 2) Understanding the impact of remunerated source plasma collection models on non-remunerated source plasma and/or whole blood collection; 3) Optimizing utilization of blood, blood products and/or alternatives, or transplantable products (organs and tissues) at a system or patient level; 4) Increasing accessibility to transplantable products (organs, tissues and stem cells); 5) Developing health economics approaches and tools with which to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of measures in support of a safe and sustainable system of blood and related biologics; and 6) Fostering pan-Canadian collaboration in health care.

Application Details: The applicant must be a Canadian researcher (faculty member) affiliated with a Canadian academic program related to health services or health policy or transfusion medicine, stem cell transplantation, or organ/tissue donation and transplantation medicine.Complete the Canadian Blood Services Kenneth J. Fyke Award Program Application Form and prepare the supporting documents for the Application Package, as per the Instructions in the Application Form. Submit the Application Package (Application Form and supporting documents) by email to Canadian Blood Services? Centre for Innovation at centreforinnovation@blood.ca on or before the competition deadline, as per the Instructions in the Application Form. No applications or additional material will be accepted after the deadline.
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Bieber,Trevor

Sponsor Contacts:

CENTREFORINNOVATION@BLOOD.CA
1800 ALTA VISTA DRIVE
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada