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A small grant funding program to promote innovation at an academic research hospital
Kelsey Orrell1, Rosanna Yankanah1, Elise Heon1
1From the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (Orrell); the Division of Orthopaedics, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., (Yankanah); and the Department of Surgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont. (Heon, Wright).
Abstract:
Innovation is important for the improvement of health care. A small grant innovation funding program was implemented by the Hospital for Sick Children(SickKids) for the Perioperative Services group, awarding relatively small funds (approximately $10 000) in order to stimulate innovation. Of 48 applications,26 (54.2%) different innovation projects were funded for a total allocation of $227 870. This program demonstrated the ability of small grants to stimulate many applications with novel ideas, a wide range of innovations and reasonable academic productivity.
