CAEP Research Grant Competition

CAEP Administration

CJEM 2008;10(4):372

The CAEP Research Committee is proud to bring you the CAEP Research Grant Competition for 2009.

This year, we are working on a new online submission system. As details are not confirmed, please check www.caep.ca and the September issue of CJEM. An email blast will also go out to CAEP's membership.

Deadline for grant proposal submission online: Friday, Dec. 12, 2008, 12 noon (EST).

Results of the competition will be sent to the Principal Investigator: Monday, Mar. 16, 2009.

Consideration will be given to applications from diverse settings, including academic, nonacademic, community and rural emergency physicians. Residents and Fellows are especially encouraged to apply. Maximal support to individual project will be $5000. The grant cannot be considered as supplement to other funding resources. The Principal Investigator, as well as the responsible supervisor (for applications of Residents and Fellows) must be CAEP members at the time of application. No funding will be provided for meeting registration, travel or equipment purchases.

Prerequisite for submission of proposals

• CAEP membership of Principal Investigator at time of application
• Less than 8 years of postgraduate (Medical School) training of the Principal Investigator
• For Residents and Fellows who are Principal Investigators, an accompanying letter from the responsible supervisor must complement the proposal

Application process

Proposals must be no more than 5 pages of single-spaced text, excluding references and appendices. Size 12 font and unadjusted margins are mandatory. No cover letter is needed. The proposal should be built as one WORD file with the following headings and page numbers:

1. Structured Research Abstract (page 1)
2. Introduction, Rationale, Research Question, and Methods (limit: 3 pages; pages 2-4)
3. Timeline, Impact of the proposed study, Future Plans (limit: 1 page; page 5)
4. References (as Appendix A, limit to 30 references and 2 pages)
5. The research data collection tool (as Appendix B; if more than one, mark B1, B2)
6. Detailed budget and justification (as Appendix C)
7. Curriculum vitae of the Principal Investigator ONLY (as Appendix D)
8. Accompanying letter from the responsible supervisor (see last item under Prerequisites) (as Appendix E; 1 page)

Reviewers mainly consider

• Relevance to Emergency Medicine
• Methodological quality
• Originality of the topic and methodology
• Level of training
• Ability to complete the proposed study

Successful investigators will provide a letter stating that they will

• Provide a final report on the research project up to 15 months after allocation of money
• Return any unused funds to CAEP up to 15 months after allocation of money
• Present the results of the study at the CAEP annual meeting

For further information contact Jennifer Lafreniere, CAEP Head Office, 104-1785 Alta Vista Dr., Ottawa ON K1G 3Y6; 613 523-3343 or 800 463-1158 x17; fax 613 523-0190; jlafreniere@caep.ca