Collaborative Research Seed Grant Competition
The UTDRO Collaborative Research Seed Grant was established to encourage collaborative research and innovation in radiation medicine. This competition supports meritorious projects, which have the potential to significantly impact the science of radiation medicine and improve patient outcome.
This grant is awarded to UTDRO faculty members at the five affiliated cancer centres:
- Odette Cancer Centre (OCC)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (PM)
- Stronach Regional Cancer Centre
- Carlo Fidani Peel Regional Cancer Centre (Trillium Health Partners)
- Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Centre
One competition is held every year and two seed-grants of $50,000 are awarded in each competition. Applications from all areas and disciplines of radiation medicine are encouraged. The grants may be used to support the direct costs of research, including supplies, salaries (but not UTDRO faculty salaries) and equipment associatedwith the proposed work.
For details on funding, criteria and the application process please download the Terms of Reference.
To apply, download the Application Form.
Funded Projects
The following projects have been successfully funded by the UTDRO Seed Grant.
| YEAR | AWARDED TO | PROJECT TITLE |
|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
Caroline Chung (PM) |
The Toronto Brief Neurocognitive Battery (BNB) Development of a novel brief telephone battery for neurocognitive assessment of patients with brain metastases |
|
2013 |
Tom Purdie (PM) |
Prospective Collection of Tolerance Outcomes in Women receiving Breast Cancer Radiotherapy: A Multi-Institutional Initiative |
|
2014 |
Kathy Han (PM) |
Circulating HPV DNA in Patients with Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Treated with Definitive Chemoradiation |
|
2014 |
Brad Wouters (PM) |
FAZA PET |
|
2014 |
Marianne Koritzinsky (PM) |
Metformin with neoadjuvant chemoradiation to improve pathologic responses in rectal cancer: a phase I-II trial. |
|
2015 |
Jennifer Croke (PM) |
Feasibility and Acceptability of Measuring Cervical Cancer Specific Patient-Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice |
|
2015 |
Marco Carlone (PM) |
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| 2017 |
Joelle Helou (PM) |
Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy for Renal Tumors |
| 2018 |
Jennifer Croke (PM) |
Development and implementation of a brachytherapy discharge education program to build healthcare provider patient teaching competency toward improving patient engagement and quality of care |
| 2018 |
Beibei Zhang (Southlake) |
Reducing Acute Rectal Toxicity for Hypofractionated Prostate Radiotherapy – An Multi-institution Investigation of Reduced PTV Margin |
| 2019 |
Tatiana Conrad (Southlake) |
Development of a Decision Aid for Patients with Extensive Brain Metastases – A Collaborative Study |
| 2019 |
Jessica Conway (Simcoe Muskoka) |
Patient-Reported Financial Toxicity in Cervical Cancer Survivors Treated with Definitive Chemo-Radiation |