Funding Opportunities & Research Resources

Department of Surgery New Faculty Seed Funding

The New Faculty Seed Funding Grant competition is typically held every 1-2 years. Grants of up to $10,000 are available. Newer faculty (within 3 years of their appointment to the Department of Surgery) are eligible to apply. Only 1 application per faculty member is permitted. If you need an application form, please contact Karen Mosier at karen.mosier@usask.ca. All requests must be reviewed by the Research Committee prior to approval.

Chan, Garson – Urology
Effectiveness of Electrical Stimulation of the Posterior Tibial Nerve for Patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms

Culig, Jennifer – Vascular
Prospective Study Using the Society for Vascular Surgery Wound, Ischemia, and Foot Infection (WIfI) Classification System in Diabetic Patients with Threatened Limbs to Predict Wound Healing and Amputation: Validating Scoring System in Saskatchewan Tertiary Vascular Center

Khani-Hanjani, Abbas – Cardiac
Towards Xenotransplantation of Humanized Tissues and Organs: Genome Mapping and Editing of the Alpha-Gal and PERV Loci in Porcine Spermatogonial Stem Cells

Radic, Julia – Neurosurgery
Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network (Quality): Participation as a Clinical Centre

Gill, Dilip – General Surgery
Transversus Abdominis Plane Blocks With and Without Dexamethasone: A Randomized Clinical Trial in Minimally Invasive Colorectal Surgery 

Gowing, Stephen – Thoracic Surgery
How do Post-Operative Adverse Events Impact Thoracic Cancer Recurrence Following Curative Intent Surgery?

Hnenny, Luke – Neurosurgery
Immunology of high-grade glioma: can we predict clinical outcomes based on PD-1/PD-L1 expression? 

Sims, Laura – Orthopedic Surgery
Randomized comparison of PARtial wrist fusion with or without Triquetral Excision (PARTE)”

Kopriva, David – Vascular Surgery
Identifying barriers to amputation preventive care among First Nation people at high-risk for lower extremity amputation: A qualitative study 

van der Merwe, Jans – Orthpaedic Surgery
Periarticular infiltration used in total joint replacements : an update and review article

Ginther, Dilip – General Surgery
Be Kind to Your Behind: A Systematic Review on the Habitual Use of Bidets in Benign Perianal Disease

Ginther, Nathan – General Surgery
A Comparison of Perineal Stapled Rectal Prolapse Resection and Altemeier’s Procedure at two Canadian Academic Hospitals

Kelly, MIchael – Neurosurgery
Sex differences in the mouse photothrombotic stroke model investigated with X-ray fluorescence microscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic imaging

Department of Surgery Resident Travel Award

The Department of Surgery has funding for residents for travel to present their research. Travel funding will not be given to present another person’s work at a conference/meeting. Travel requests (up to $2000 CAN) are reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the Research Committee. Residents are allowed to apply for only one travel award per fiscal year (July – June). You can apply for this award at any time. You must apply for travel funding prior to attending your conference/meeting. If you need an application, please contact Karen Mosier at karen.mosier@usask.ca.

Abu-Omar, Nawaf – General Surgery
Amery, Aiya – Neurosurgery
Baig, Zarrukh – Neurosurgery
Bird, Samantha – Neurosurgery
Chan, Emily – Neurosurgery
Hunka, Nolan – Neurosurgery
Jette, Nicholas – General Surgery
Labine, Nicole – General Surgery
Liu, Eva – Neurosurgery
Newton, Braeden – Neurosurgery
Persad, Amit – Neurosurgery
Toyota, Patrick – Neurosurgery

Abu-Omar, Nawaf – General Surgery
Amery, Aiya – Neurosurgery
Baig, Zarrukh – General Surgery
Kuljic, Neb – Orthopedic Surgery
Marciniuk, Kristen – Neurosurgery
Newton, Braeden – Neurosurgery
Pendleton, Nicole – Neurosurgery
Sarkis, Bianca – Orthopedics

Department of Surgery Resident Research Incentive Program Award

The Resident Research Incentives Program (RRIP) allows residents to receive monetary incentives based on how much of a research project is completed as follows: submit an ethics application $400; collect data for a project $200; and submit an article for publication $400. For publications, the article has to be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal (and confirmed to undergo review) but it does not have to be accepted for publication in order to be compensated. The total award is for $1000. Three projects per year (maximum) per resident are eligible to qualify for a research incentive. This is a cash bursary award. The supervisor does not have to be a Department of Surgery faculty member for the resident to be eligible to apply for a RRIP award.

You can apply for this program at any time. For this year’s funding cycle, money will be paid retroactively for resident work done from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024. If you need an application form, please contact Karen Mosier at karen.mosier@usask.ca.

Amery, Aiya – Neurosurgery
Biehl, Michelle – General Surgery
Elhafid, Melanie – General Surgery
Kuljic, Neb – Orthopedic Surgery
Liu, Eva – Neurosurgery
Marciniuk, Kristen – Neurosurgery
Pendleton, Nicole – Neurosurgery

Amery, Aiya – Neurosurgery
Jette, Nicholas – General Surgery
Kuljic, Neb – Orthopedic Surgery
Liu, Eva – Neurosurgery
Ready, Lauren – Orthopedics
Spafford, Meagan – General Surgery

Department of Surgery Resident Research Award

The purpose of our Department of Surgery Resident Research Award is to support our residents to do research. Money is available for resident research projects. Awards are available for up to $5000. Applications must include a project lay summary, time frame, education/training/career objectives, a detailed project description, resident’s annotated CV, budget justification, and supervisor statement.

This competition is usually held 1-2 times per year. All requests must be reviewed by the Research Committee prior to approval. If you need an application, please contact Karen Mosier at karen.mosier@usask.ca.

If you are awarded a Resident Research Award, please acknowledge the Department of Surgery Resident Research Award in all your presentation materials.

Biehl, Michelle – General Surgery
Bruyninx, Gladys – General Surgery
Hunka, Nolan – General Surgery
Jette, Nicholas – General Surgery
Liu, Eva – Neurosurgery

Amery, Aiya – General Surgery
Bird, Samantha – General Surgery
Hunka, Nolan – General Surgery
Jette, Nicholas – General Surgery
Marciniuk, Kristen – Neurosurgery
Pendleton, Nicole – Neurosurgery
Persad, Amit – Neurosurgery

Department of Surgery Resident Research Publication Award

The purpose of the Resident Research Publication Award is to encourage more residents to publish papers. This $1000 award is for the publication deemed of the highest caliber as determined by the research committee. For the 2023 competition, surgery resident papers published between September 1, 2022 and August 31, 2023 will be eligible for this competition. The winner will be announced at the Resident Research Day in the fall. If you need an application to apply, please contact Karen Mosier at karen.mosier@usask.ca.

Marritt, Kayla – General Surgery
Intratumoral STING activation causes durable immunogenic tumor eradication in the KP soft tissue sarcome model 

Zhao, Mars – Orthopedic Surgery
Assessment of the reliability of virtual preanesthetic airway evaluation

Persad, Amit – Neurosurgery
Use of antibacterial envelopes for prevention of infection in Neuromodulation 

Ready, Lauren – Orthopedic Surgery
Influence of Preseason Versus In-Season Play on Achilles Tendon Injuries in the National Football League

University of Saskatchewan Funding Opportunities

COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
The College of Medicine maintains
a list of grants and awards.

UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
USASK has a number of research funding
opportunities available to USASK faculty.

USASK INTERNATIONAL OFFICE
The USASK International office has
international travel and project
grants.		 SASK HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION
SHRF is the provincial funding agency that
supports and promotes the impact of heath
research that matters to Saskatchewan. 
RUH FOUNDATION
The RUH Foundation provides grants
for ongoing education, research, and
items for patient care and comfort
care at RUH.		 JPCH FOUNDATION
The Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation
has partnered with SHRF in order to fund the
very best maternal and pediatric research
projects across Saskatchewan.
INTEGRATED CALENDAR OF AGENCY & INTERAGENCY FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
CIHR, NSERC, and the SSHRC, together with the CFI, offer a wide range of funding
opportunities for researchers, PDFs, graduate students, and research institutions.

University of Saskatchewan

HUMAN ETHICS
Support high quality, ethically sound
research.		 SHA OPERATIONAL APPROVAL
Ensure that the impacted departments
within SHA facilities can complete the research.
RASI
To support across the application cycle.

 ANIMAL CARE & RESEARCH SUPPORT
To guide you through the process of using
animals in research or teaching.
INFRASTRUCTURE & EQUIPMENT
Increased access for modern research
activities.		 INNOVATION MOBILIZATION and PARTNERSHIPS
For assistance with questions about intellectual
property and finding industry partners.

Department of Surgery

Clinical Investigator Program

The Clinician Investigator Program (CIP) is a RCPSC certified program, and is available to residents that have demonstrated interest and potential for a career as a clinical investigator. The program accommodates training in diverse research areas ranging from basic and correlative science studies of disease pathogenesis to epidemiological investigations of social/population determinants of health.

Information Sessions

Information Session – August 25, 2023
Department of Surgery Resident Awards Information Session –
Karen E. Mosier, Research Coordinator/Navigator, Department of Surgery

Research Handbook

This handbook has been designed to facilitate applying for funding and to inform about the steps that need to be taken to apply for a grant.

This handbook also covers:
- how to obtain research ethics
- how to find research funding
- how to write a grant
- how to establish a research program
- and a resident research project roadmap

 Surgery Handbook Cover


Research Support

Statistical Support
Clinical Research Support Unit

Clinical Trials Support
Clinical Trial Support Unit

Research Involving First Nationas, Métis and Inuit Peoples of Canada

Are you writing a grant proposal and want to be inclusive of Indigenous knowledge, perspectives, and values in your research? Indigenous communities are very diverse, and many are interested in collaborative research partnerships.

A good place to start would be to visit the CIHR-funded Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Health Research Network, housed at the University of Saskatchewan, for resources on the history of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people in Canada, contemporary issues in health and wellness, and principles on conducting health research in partnership with Indigenous communities.  

Chapter 9: Research Involving the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples of Canada part of  the Tri-Council Policy Statement on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2), a joint policy of Canada’s three federal research agencies, provides guidance on ethical research policies and practices. The Tri-Councils’ Panel on Research Ethics has also produced a Course of Research Ethics.

The First Nations principles of OCAP® are a set of standards that establish how First Nations data should be collected, protected, used, or shared. They are the de facto standard for how to conduct research with First Nations. Standing for ownership, control, access and possession, OCAP® asserts that First Nations have control over data collection processes in their communities, and that they own and control how this information can be used. Visit the First Nations Information Governance Centre’s website for more information and the Fundamentals of OCAP® online course.

Métis and Inuit communities may also have data sovereignty and governance agreements in place, or want to develop research agreements as part of partnering on research.

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