

Early Career Operating Grant Competition
Since 1983, the Canadian General Surgery Foundation has supported early career general surgeons with an operating grant. While these grants are still a priority for the Foundation, we are expanding our focus to include projects in the areas of advocacy and education, as well as research at all career stages.
STATUS: Applications closed for 2024
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Applicants must be CAGS members.
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Applicants must have a full-time appointment at a Canadian institution which could support the administration of the grant funds (questions of eligibility should be directed to cags@cags-accg.ca)
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Applicants must be new investigators within their first 5 years of practice, not including interruptions, such as medical/family/parental leaves, relocation, or extenuating clinical service requirements.
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The deadline for receipt is January 31, 2024.
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The grant should support and foster the development of research program by new and emerging surgical researchers (within the first 5 years of primary appointment, not including interruptions and delays for parental leave, relocation, extenuating circumstances related to clinical service, etc.)
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The grant is designed to provide seed funding to initiate a project or support one aspect of a larger project, with the goal of increasing the researcher’s success rate when applying for more substantial grants, including CIHR.
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Grants will be accepted in any area of research, including translational research, quality improvement, clinical trials, clinical epidemiology, surgical education.
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While funding envelopes continue to limit the size of the grant, a grant value of $40-50,000 would be reasonable. The amount of the grant is fixed and can be spent over 1 or 2 years.
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The grant can be used as matching funds for other granting opportunities.
