Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Grant Program

Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Grant Program The original application must be submitted electronically to the website no later than Sunday, June 16, 2013 (23:59:59 EDT). The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Grant Program supports research directed towards enhancing anesthesia patient safety. Its major objective is to stimulate and fund studies that will clearly improve patient safety and lead to prevention of mortality and morbidity resulting from anesthesia mishaps. NOTE: The grant award limit is $150,000 per project (including up to 15% institutional overhead). Additionally, there have been changes in areas of designated priority, in requirements for materials, and specific areas of research. For the 2013-2014 funding cycle, APSF is placing a specific emphasis on: PATIENT SAFETY EDUCATION and MEDICATION & DEVICE SAFETY. To recognize the patriarch of what has become a model patient safety culture in the United States and internationally, the APSF inaugurated in 2002 the Ellison C. Pierce, Jr., MD Merit Award. The APSF Scientific Evaluation Committee will designate one of the funded proposals as the recipient of this nomination that carries with it an additional, unrestricted award of $5,000. ANTICIPATED 2013-2014 NAMED AWARDS APSF / American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) President's Endowed Research Award ($150,000) APSF / American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Endowed Research Award ($150,000) PRIORITIES...

Source: ScanGrants feed - June 10, 2013 Category: Research Authors: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Source Type: funding