The 2025 Research Program is open. The deadline to submit your application is January 10, 2025.
Awards
The 2025 Research Program offers several types of Operating Grants:
- New Investigator Operating Grants
- Open Operating Grants, with the following subtypes:
- Section Grants
- Subspecialty Grants
- Residents’ Research Grant: “Ontario's Anesthesiologists – CAS Residents' Research Grant”
All applicants must hold a primary faculty appointment in a department of anesthesia at a Canadian university medical school; in the case of the “Residents’ Research Grant”, the applicant’s supervisor must hold the appointment.
Regardless of the award, the grant is payable to the recipient’s hospital or research institute up to the maximum amount listed below. It is for a two-year term, dispersed in two equal installments from the Canadian Anesthesia Research Foundation (CARF).
Kindly note that:
- An applicant may be awarded only one grant per awards cycle.
- An individual eligible for a New Investigator Operating Grant, a Section Operating Grant and a Subspecialty Operating Grant must decide which they will submit to and can only apply for one of these awards.
- All applicants under the New Investigator Operating Grants, Section Operating Grants and Subspecialty Operating Grants are also considered for an Open Award if they do not win in their category. That is, once the New Investigator, Section and Subspecialty Operating Grants have been awarded, the RAC will automatically include the remaining grants from those competitions in the Open category.
- All applicants under the Open Operating Grants can be considered for a Section or Subspecialty Grant if they have not been awarded the Open Grant, they meet the specific grant criteria, and the Section/Subspecialty Grant has not been awarded (there are no specific applications, or the applications do not meet a minimum standard of scientific merits, importance, and feasibility).
Please review all relevant Guidelines & Conditions and required statements before applying for any of the awards below.
New Investigators Operating Grants
An applicant is eligible for a New Investigator Operating Grant if they commenced independent practice or received their first faculty appointment within five years of the application deadline. Applicants who have been in practice for five or more years at the time of application may be eligible for a New Investigator Operating Grant if they have undertaken significant research training (i.e., obtaining a Master's degree or PhD) within the past three years.
Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society Research Award – up to $30,000
Dr James Beckstead Award - up to $20,000
The Dr James Beckstead Award is offered for grant applications researching Innovation in Anesthesia and/or Enhanced Recovery.
Open Operating Grants
An applicant may be at any stage of their career development.
Dr R A Gordon Research Award – up to $30,000
Section Operating Grants
Section grants will vary in their availability year by year. The awards available for each application cycle will be announced clearly each fall on the CAS’s Research Program website.
Individuals are eligible to apply for Section Grants if they are a current member of the Section offering the award and the proposed research is directly related to the Section’s goals and objectives. Individuals having been awarded a Section Grant must remain a member of that Section for at least the duration of their award.
Ambulatory Section Research Grant - up to $10,000
Dr Earl Wynands CVT Section Research Grant - up to $30,000
Education and Simulation in Anesthesia Section Research Grant - up to $10,000
Environmental Sustainability Section Research Grant - up to $10,000
Obstetric Anesthesia Section Research Grant - up to $20,000
The Su Ganapathy Regional Anesthesia Research Award - up to $10,000
For the Dr Earl Wynands CVT Section Research Grant, the subject of the grant application must involve intraoperative management that impacts the anesthetic care of cardiac, vascular, or thoracic patients.
subspecialty operating grants
Subspecialty grants will vary in their availability year by year. The awards available for each application cycle will be announced clearly each fall on the CAS’s Research Program website.
Individuals are eligible to apply for Subspecialty Grants if their proposed research topic matches the award’s area of focus, goals and objectives.
BCAS Dr Pieter Swart Perioperative Research Award – up to $10,000
Perioperative Blood Management Research Award (PBM) – up to $20,000
The BCAS Pieter Swart Perioperative Research Award is offered for research which focuses on innovation in the peri-operative environment.
The perioperative blood management (PBM) research award supports an evidence-based, multidisciplinary approach to caring for patients who might need a blood transfusion. The PBM Award is offered for research focused on improving the perioperative use of blood and blood products.
Residents Research Grant
CAS also offers support for individuals committed to doing research during their residency training. Applications are invited from PGY1-PGY4 resident physicians who are in good standing at a Canadian university department of anesthesia.
Granted annually to the highest-ranked applicant in the Residents' Awards competition, the award will provide up to $10,000 to support anesthesia-related research performed by a resident in Canada.
Ontario's Anesthesiologists – CAS Residents' Research Grant – up to $10,000
Residents must be members of the CAS and must propose to carry out an original project within Canada and meet eligibility requirements for a Residents' Award.
These awards are made possible through generous donations to the Canadian Anesthesia Research Foundation (CARF) from CAS members, institutions, and industries that are committed to anesthesia services.
The Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society gratefully acknowledges the support of CARF, CAS Sections, the British Columbia Anesthesia Society (BCAS), Ontario’s Anesthesiologists and Octapharma Canada.
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