Canadian Blood Services Intramural Research Grant Program

Eligibility

Team composition: The project team must include a minimum of two investigators (including the Principal Investigator) and at least one of the investigators must be affiliated with Canadian Blood Services (i.e., Canadian Blood Services employees or Adjunct Scientist). All investigators must be affiliated with a Canadian academic program as faculty members. For help identifying a Canadian Blood Services-affiliated investigator to join the project team, applicants can contact centreforinnovation@blood.ca, please ensure you reach out with adequate time for the team to be able to assist you.
• Principal Investigator: The Principal Investigator must be affiliated with a Canadian academic program as a faculty member. The Principal Investigator is responsible for submitting the application, managing project budget, delivering the project as approved, and
reporting on project progress to Canadian Blood Services.
• Co-Investigator(s): The Co-Investigator(s) are expected to substantially contribute to the research program, and their expertise must be clearly required to address the project goals. Co-Investigators are expected to require material budget items of some nature. Co-
investigators are expected to have an academic appointment.
• Collaborators: Collaborators with a defined role in the project may complement the team through the provision of a specific service (e.g., access to equipment, provision of specific reagents, statistical analysis, etc.). Costs for these services can be incorporated in the project budget and disbursed through the Principal Investigator.

Program objective and research priorities: Intramural Research Grant applications must be aligned with the program objective and one or more of the research priorities identified in Summary. Applications that are not relevant will not be considered for funding.

Summary

Canadian Blood Services is a not-for-profit charitable organization that operates independently from government. Created through a memorandum of understanding between the federal, provincial, and territorial governments, we opened our doors in 1998. Canadian Blood Services is one part of Canada’s broader network of healthcare systems and is the only national manufacturer of biological products funded by Canada’s provincial and territorial governments. We provide blood, plasma, as well as transfusion and stem cell registry services, on behalf of all provincial and territorial governments (excluding Quebec). Our national transplant registry for
interprovincial organ sharing and related programs extends to all the provinces and territories. Through our research, development and education activities, we facilitate the creation, translation, and application of new knowledge to help ensure the Canadian blood system
remains safe, sustainable, progressive and resilient.

Canadian Blood Services Intramural Research Grant program supports research that will advance knowledge in specific research priorities, as described below. Increasing the stock of knowledge underpinning blood transfusion and blood-related stem cell transplantation practices will lead to new discoveries that will improve the blood system in general.

Intramural Research Grant Program Research Priorities:
• Promoting appropriate blood product utilization;
• Ensuring an adequate blood product supply;
• Minimizing the adverse effects of blood product transfusion;
• Optimizing blood product quality;
• Replacing or improving blood products through new therapies or technologies.

Overhead

Not applicable

Application deadlines

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

Application deadlines

Registration (No submission to Research Services needed)

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

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must 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 rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

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

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• 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.

Registration Submission Instructions: 

Complete the Registration form as outlined in the funding guidelines and submit by email to centreforinnovation@blood.ca on or before the deadline. No submission to Research Services is required.

Full Application Submission Instructions:

1. Complete Full Application via the form provided after registration
2. To initiate internal approvals, complete the Pre-Award/Application record in RMS (https://research.ucalgary.ca/conduct-research/additional-resources/resea...), attach the pdf preview of your completed Application, and submit for approvals from your department head and/or faculty Associate Dean (Research). *Important: when submitting in RMS, please ensure that you allow time for academic approvals prior to the Research Services review deadline of 12:00pm on April 2, 2024.
3. Once these approvals are obtained, RMS will automatically forward the Application record to Research Services for institutional review and approval.
4. Research Services will review, provide feedback (by email) if necessary, and will provide the institutional approval. If digital or wet-ink signatures are required, we will provide the capping institutional signature and will advise when ready.
5. Full Applications, including any supplementary documentation, should be submitted to the agency by email to centreforinnovation@blood.ca before April 7, 2024 9:59PM Mountain Time