Research Grants

Each year, the UHMS Research Foundation awards seed money for research in the form of grants up to $5,000. The grant application and specific instructions can be downloaded below. The deadline for application receipt is December 1 of each year. Applications must be submitted by email to uhms@uhms.org, and printed, signed, and mailed to the UHMS office. 

  

RESEARCH PROPOSAL TIMELINE:

• Dec 1 Deadline for submission of grant application to the UHMS (email and print copies). Upon

             receipt, the application will be reviewed for format and completeness. If the application is

             found incomplete, it will be returned to the Principal Investigator without review. The

             application may be amended and resubmitted for the next funding cycle, if the December

             1st deadline passes. A satisfactory application will be assigned to a primary reviewer.

• Jan 1 Deadline for anonymous reviewers to complete the initial review. The reviewer’s

             comments will be sent to the PI by email (for timely revision of the grant application)

             and by mail (for the record).

• Feb 1 Deadline for Principle Investigator to respond to reviewer’s comments and resubmit

             revised grant proposal to the Chair of the Research Committee. The revised grant

             proposal is then forwarded to all members of the Research Committee.

• Mar 1 Deadline for Research Committee members to submit their scores and comments to the

              Chair of the Research Committee. The individual scores are averaged and submitted in

              rank order to the Chair of the UHMS Research Foundation, and to the Executive Director

              of the UHMS.


• Mar 15 Chair of the Research Committee notifies each Principle Investigator of his or her

                score.

• Apr 1 Allocation of funds to the grant financial officer as guided by the UHMS Research

             Foundation and notification of Principle Investigators receiving funding. The Principle

             Investigator must sign a grant contract and return it to the UHMS Research Foundation

             before the funds can be disbursed.

• One year after allocation of funds Submission to the Chair of the UHMS Research Committee of

   study summary abstract and progress.

 

 

Recent grant recipients include:

  • The role of HBO2 in fibroblast PDGFR expression (Dr. Wende Reenstra)
  • HBO2 and compartment syndrome (Dr. Bob Bartlett)
  • HBO2 and cell adhesion molecules (Dr. Jon Buras)
  • HBO2 for radionecrosis of the brain (Dr. John Feldmeier)
  • Effects of HBO2 on TNF (Dr. Zhong-jin Yang)
  • Genetic Basis of Complications of HBO2 Therapy (Dr. Terry Gordon)
  • Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on vascular reactivity changes induced by zymosan multiple organ failure syndrome (Dr. Francesco Imperatore)
  • Hyperbaric Incident Management System (Christy Pirone, RN, BSN, MClin Sc)
  • Hyperoxic and Hyperbaric-Induced Cardioprotection (Bernadette Cabigas, MD)