The application cycle opens March 15 every year and closes June 15.
- There are up to two research grants of $10,000 available each year
- CSCRS Research Committee shall decide at its discretion whether one or both awards will be given each year
- The grant can be used as matching funds for other granting opportunities.
- All applications are to be submitted online – link will be available once the application period opens.
Terms & Eligibility
- Principal or supervising investigator is a CSCRS member in good standing, and must have been a member for at least one year prior to application
- Principal or supervising investigator is a general surgeon with subspecialty certification of training in colon and rectal surgery
- Research project is to be approved by institutional research ethics board prior to initiation, though is not required prior to application
- Research project should culminate in a manuscript to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal and shall acknowledge the award from the CSCRS
- In lieu of publication (or acceptance thereof) within two years of award granted, a report shall be submitted to the CSCRS Research Chair outlining progress towards publication submission
- Winning proposals shall be presented at the Clinical Trials Network and CSCRS Research Update sessions at the Canadian Surgery Forum in September of the award year, and give a progress update at one year after project initiation
- Completed project shall be submitted to CSCRS for podium presentation at the Canadian Surgery Forum
- Salary support for investigators is not permitted, and budgets should be direct cost only (indirect costs will not be considered)
Application Process & Submission Information
- CV of the principal investigator (and of the supervising investigator if the principal investigator is a trainee)
- Letter of support from principal or supervising investigator’s Head of Department of Surgery
- Detailed description of the research proposal submitted as a single pdf as follows (maximum 8 pages):
- Page 1: Title page with contact information, qualifications, and titles of all investigators (principal investigator first, then supervising investigator, then all other investigators) with corresponding investigator specified
- Page 2: One-page executive summary of the research proposal
- Pages 3-8:
- Primary research question, objective or hypothesis
- Significance of the project, including summary of current knowledge on the topic, anticipated outcome, and clinical relevance
- Preliminary work completed by principal or supervising investigator, if any
- Methodology and experimental design, including tentative timetable, means of statistical analysis and clinical interpretation, and potential limitations
- References cited
- A detailed budget
All applications are to be submitted as a single pdf with the following naming convention “last name of PI, [year] CSCRS grant”.
Please note: Applications not received by the stated deadline or not conforming to these requirements will not be considered for funding.
Application Review
The CSCRS Research Chair and several volunteer CSCRS members from across Canada will review all applications received by the deadline and score them according to a standardized method and score sheet, adapted from CIHR criteria as follows:
https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39914.html
https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39913.html
Reviewers will not evaluate applications where a conflict of interest exists.
Volunteer to join the Grant Review Committee.