Our Impact
clinicians and scientists supported by the ODTRF
advancing patient care and revolutionizing donation and transplantation science
awarded in 2023/24 to scientists and clinicians in British Columbia
in external funding leveraged by ODTRF-funded researchers
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Breaking New Ground
Research Programs
Venture Grant
Through our Venture Grant program, we provide funding to BC-based scientists conducting innovative organ donation and transplant research in new areas of exploration that will lead to improved quality of life and outcomes for patients.
Research Challenge
The Research Challenge program, in partnership with Providence Research (PH) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI), targets point-of-care nursing and allied staff, and provides small, micro grants to qualified projects. The focus of these grants is on clinical or practice-oriented projects that directly impact patient care related to organ donation or transplant medicine.
Team Grant
Designed to address patient-identified priorities and encompass various facets of post-transplant care and enhanced organ donation practices, these $30K grants are offered in partnership with Providence Research (PR) and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI).
Astellas ODTRF Clinician Research Grant
In 2015, Astellas Pharma Canada and the Organ Donation and Transplant Research Foundation of BC (formally Transplant Research Foundation of BC) partnered to create a two-year research funding program – the Astellas/Transplant Research Foundation of BC Clinical Research Grant Program. Four exciting projects were funded through this program, leading to groundbreaking advancements in care for patients and donors.
Addison Pediatric Project
Children are not little adults, yet much of their pre and post transplant care is based upon clinical trials and studies conducted on adult participants. That is why it is important to encourage and support transplant research that focuses on our youngest patients, that is why the Addison Pediatric Project was created.
Publications
The ODTRF is proud to share published findings from funded research. These publications highlight the innovative approaches and discoveries made possible through our funding, advancing knowledge and practice in donation and transplant science.
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