2024 Resident/Fellow Research Grant

Eligibility

Any resident or fellow may apply for this grant, as long as you are an RSNA member. If you’re a non dues-paying member, your scientific advisor or your co-investigator must be a dues-paying member. You must also meet the following criteria:

North American applicants

• You must be a resident or fellow in a department of radiology, radiation oncology, nuclear medicine or medical physics.
• Resident grant: If you’re a radiology, radiation oncology or nuclear medicine resident, you must complete your internship year and at least six months of specialty training in radiologic sciences. If you’re a medical physics resident, you must have completed at least six months of residency training.
• Fellow grant: You must be in the last year of, or have completed, residency training and you must be in a fellowship position while you’re being funded.
• You must be certified by the American Board of Radiology (ABR) or The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or on track for certification.
• Note: If you’re in an integrated or independent interventional radiology (IR) residency program, you may apply for this grant. Funding can only be used during your IR-specific residency years: years five and six for integrated IR residents; years six and seven for independent IR residents.

All applicants

• You cannot have ever held a faculty position in the radiologic sciences at or above an assistant professor, or equivalent position.
• You cannot have been a principal investigator on a grant or contract totaling more than $60,000 in a single year. This includes single and combined grants and contracts from government, private and commercial sources.
• You and your principal investigators cannot be employed by any for-profit, commercial company in the radiologic sciences.
• You cannot submit more than one grant application to the RSNA R&E Foundation a year, and cannot have a concurrent RSNA grant.
• Funding from other grant sources must be approved by foundation staff if it wasn’t described in the original research plan.

Summary

The RSNA Research & Education Foundation is committed to creating opportunities to advance the development of a diverse future workforce. A diverse and inclusive workforce brings broad perspectives, celebrates differences and alternative viewpoints, and empowers all members to achieve their full potential. With this commitment, the RSNA encourages all interested applicants to apply for RSNA research and education grant funding.

Purpose

To provide young investigators an opportunity to gain further insight into scientific investigation and to gain competence in research techniques and methods in anticipation of establishing a career in academic radiologic science.

Nature of Projects

Any area of research related to the radiologic sciences, from hypothesis-driven basic science and clinical investigations to topics such as drug, device, and therapy development; comparative effectiveness, evidence-based radiology, ethics and professionalism, quality improvement, clinical practice efficiency, and imaging informatics.

Applications should describe the unique nature of the research effort independent of existing research efforts and should have well-defined goals for the funding period of the grant. Participation of the recipient in established funded research is encouraged, but the responsibility and project of the recipient should be clearly described in the application.

Projects focused on advancing imaging science, developing or evaluating medical imaging technology, or making innovative use of imaging science to answer important biologic or clinical questions are encouraged.

This program is not intended to support those whose primary aim is to obtain practical experience in clinical radiology.

This program is not intended to fund PhD post-doc projects.

Amount

$50,000 USD for Research Resident project – OR -
$75,000 United States Dollars (USD) for Research Fellow project

Overhead

Not applicable. The RSNA Research & Education Foundation does not pay institutional indirect costs or overhead costs.

Application deadlines

RSO detailed review deadline

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Applicants: Complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsogrants@ucalgary.ca.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Applicant
• UofC Supervisor (note that RMS records will be held in the supervisor's name on behalf of the Principal Applicant)
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean OR UofC Faculty Representative (for Cumming School of Medicine)
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.

Additional Resources

For more detailed information, Including applications please review the policies and procedures (PDF) for this grant.

Other resources that may be useful to prospective applicants include the RSNA grant writing workshops, research and development guides and application process FAQs.