The inaugural University of British Columbia Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery faculty seed research grant was launched in 2014 to support pilot research studies in the basic sciences and diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.
The initial awards of $5,000 per annum were raised from faculty members’ donations, and the grant has attracted several original research applications each year. The seed research grant aims to provide funding for faculty to undertake pilot work that will then support their applications for more substantial funds to complete definitive research studies from provincial and national government and charity research funding bodies. Under the guidance of Dr. Garnis and Dr. Nunez the primary research grant program has exceeded expectations and produced results that have merited applications for advanced research grants.
The Pacific Otolaryngology foundation began funding the UBC Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Seed grant in 2016. The research seed grant whilst still in its early days has already achieved success in respect to its intended purpose. This is demonstrated by two previous winners successfully going on to gain large grants from regional and national bodies:
The initial awards of $5,000 per annum were raised from faculty members’ donations, and the grant has attracted several original research applications each year. The seed research grant aims to provide funding for faculty to undertake pilot work that will then support their applications for more substantial funds to complete definitive research studies from provincial and national government and charity research funding bodies. Under the guidance of Dr. Garnis and Dr. Nunez the primary research grant program has exceeded expectations and produced results that have merited applications for advanced research grants.
The Pacific Otolaryngology foundation began funding the UBC Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery Seed grant in 2016. The research seed grant whilst still in its early days has already achieved success in respect to its intended purpose. This is demonstrated by two previous winners successfully going on to gain large grants from regional and national bodies:
- Dr Eitan Prisman, the 2014 UBC Divisional seed grant winner, won a Vancouver Coastal Hospital Research Institute team grant for $30,000 in 2015, and
- Dr Paul Mick, a 2015 Seed Grant winner, was awarded a prestigious and highly competitive Canadian Institute of Health Research Grant with partial matching funding from the province of Quebec for approximately $80,000 in 2017.