Department Seed Grant
The purpose of this program is to support the establishment of new research in the Department of Surgery. This year, we have introduced three application categories:
- Support for a new investigator in starting a new research project
- Support for an established researcher’s pilot/feasibility study
- Support for an established researcher launching a project in a new research area
Seed Grant recipients will be requested to present their work at one of the departmental events.
2024/25 Competition Details
Limit per application: $15,000
Deadline: End of day Friday, November 29, 2024
Contact: valeria.kolesova@ubc.ca
2023/24 Results
Lang, Stefan – Neurosurgery
Investigating the Network Effects of Deep Brain Stimulation with Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Makarenko, Serge – Neurosurgery
Identification of Genes Driving Fast-Growing Vestibular Schwannomas
Oh, Justin – Radiation Oncology
Radiomic Analysis for Brain Tumours
Senger, Jenna-Lynn – Plastic Surgery
Determining the Mechanism and Treatment Paradigms for Painful Neuromas
Wiseman, Sam – General Surgery
Building a Quality Checklist for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Care in British Columbia – A Pilot Study
2022/23 Results
Chiu, Chieh Jack – General Surgery
Standardizing Use of Pain medication to Eliminate post-Robotic HErnia Repair Opioids: A prospective cohort study assessing opioid use after abdominal wall reconstruction using the da Vinci robotic platform (The SUPERHERO Study)
Cook, Richard – Cardiac Surgery
Hybrid Revascularization vs Standard Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery For Patients at Higher Risk of Post-Operative Complications
Fatehi, Mostafa – Neurosurgery
A province-wide analysis of treatment outcomes in patients with Glioblastoma
Piper, Hannah – Pediatric Surgery
Precision Prebiotics to Improve the Intestinal Microbial Environment in Children with Intestinal Failure
Prisman, Eitan – Otolaryngology
Evaluating the role of transcervical ultrasonography in guiding oropharyngeal cancer resection during transoral robotic surgery
Thamboo, Andrew – Otolaryngology
Endotyping Nasal Polyposis using Spectrophotometer
2021/22 Results
Chan, Jessica – Radiation Oncology
The Linguistic Indicators of Framing Tool: Developing a tool to LIFT negative framing out of published health research involving First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples
Clark, Haley – Radiation Oncology
Patient- and organ-specific radiotherapy plans using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging
Dawe, Philip – General Surgery
Open Pelvic Binder: a novel device for pelvic fractures
Haji, Faizal – Neurosurgery
Improving assessment and training in craniosynostosis: the role of interactive 3D models and multimodal e-learning
Genoway, Krista – Plastic Surgery
Barriers to completing pre-operative hair removal for penile inversion vaginoplasty
Ghuman, Amandeep – General Surgery
The relationship between the microbiome and the development of low anterior resection syndrome (the LARS-Microbiome study)
Jiang, Henry – General Surgery
“MOtilin in the Treatment and Investigation of Looseness of INtestines
External Funding Opportunities
FoM >
The Faculty of Medicine maintains a list of grants and awards.
ORS >
The Office of Research Services (ORS) offers a list of opportunities internal and external to UBC.
VPRI >
The Office of the VP, Research & Innovation (VPRI) list of awards and honours
VCHRI >
VCH Research Institute (VCHRI) lists disease-specific programs
MSFHR >
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) lists current funding opportunities and match funding opportunities
ResearchNet >
CIHR ResearchNet has a list of current funding opportunities
CIHR >
CIHR also has a list of many additional funding agencies