2nd Annual UT DRO Collaborative Research Seed Grant Competition

From Evan Donohue, Manager, UT DRO

As part of our ongoing strategy to encourage collaborative research and innovation in radiation medicine, I am pleased to announce that UT DRO will be continuing with the annual seed-funding initiative.  This year we will be providing three seed-grants worth $50,000 each to qualifying collaborative faculty projects.

This year’s process will again be chaired by Dr. Mike Milosevic with representation from the participating centres: Drs. David Jaffray (Vice-Chair Research/ PM), Fei-Fei Liu (Chair, UT-DRO), Gerard Morton (RVH), Woodrow Wells (Southlake), and Shun Wong (OCC).

Please note the timelines below:

• Call for applications: July 15, 2014
• Application deadline: September 15, 2014
• Funding announcement: November 15, 2014
• Funding start date: November 15, 2014

The application will include a scientific summary, scientific proposal, impact and relevance statement, collaboration statement and budget justification.

The review criteria will include, but not be limited to, the following categories:

• Innovation
• Research Strategy
• Investigators
• Impact and relevance to radiation medicine
• Collaboration

Please see the attached document for specific details on review criteria, application procedures, deliverables and timelines.

If you have questions, please contact Evan Donohue by email at evan.donohue@utoronto.ca or by phone at (416) 978-4545.