Objective

To award the strongest grant proposal from DoS staff surgeons in a live competition.

When

DoS Research Half Day - Wolves' Den Session: December 14, 2023 at 4-5 pm.

2023 Wolves

TBA

Moderator

Dr. Vince Chan

Notes

• Only DoS faculty members are eligible to submit to the Wolves’ Den grant competition.

• Substitute presenters are not permitted (unless approved in advance of the live competition).

• All proposals will be ranked, but only the top 3 will present at the live competition.

• Proposal submission portal, deadlines, and other grants are on the DoS Grants page.

All proposals will:

• Be limited to ~650 words (exactly 4000 characters);

• Include headings like background, objective, methods, impact, and budget (overview).

Successful proposals will:

• Articulate how they will lead to high-impact publications and/or further grant funding;

• Demonstrate their impact on patient care;

• Demonstrate patient engagement, i.e., as partners in the research process;

• Demonstrate consideration of equity, diversity, inclusion (EDI) throughout;

• Describe the impact of the $20k grant on the project (whose overall costs may exceed $20k).

Review criteria will include an assessment of the following:

• A clearly articulated and feasible objective;

• Level of collaboration (including with patients) and innovation in the proposal;

• Design of the methods (including consideration of EDI) to address the stated objectives;

• Likelihood of impactful publication;

• Likelihood of external grant funding;

• Impact of $20k on the project.

• The top-3 protocols identified through a pre-competition by expert reviewers;

• The top-3 proposals will be present to the wolves at the DoS Research Half Day;

• Wolves will question the presenter about the proposed project;

• Winner will be announced at the end of the Research Half Day.