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Kaye
Competition
About the Kaye Competition
The Kaye Competition is a partnership between the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH), Kaye Edmonton Clinic (KEC) and the University Hospital Foundation (UHF), made possible through a $30 million transformational donation from Mr. Donald Kaye to UHF in 2012. This gift is one of the largest donations in the history of Canadian healthcare philanthropy.
Competition Criteria
Download Full GuidelinesThe Kaye Competition supports individuals or collaborative, interdisciplinary, and multidisciplinary teams in the pursuit of research, innovation, and quality improvement programs and projects that will establish new approaches to patient care.
Applicants may include physicians, nurses, and allied health staff of the University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) or Kaye Edmonton Clinic (KEC), students or researchers in health disciplines from another faculty through joint application with an affiliate of the UAH or KEC. The research or quality improvement program or project must be conducted at the UAH/KEC or directly impact the care of patients at these sites.
Application and Review Process
Step 2
Apply and submit your Letter of Intent (LOI) – Deadline now closed
Step 3
Steering and Review Committees review and evaluate applications
Step 4
Successful applicants invited to submit Full Proposals in February 2020
Step 5
Competition winners will be notified in late 2020
2018 Award Recipients
In June 2019, the University Hospital Foundation awarded an impressive total distribution of $1.67 million to 11 projects through the Kaye Competition.
Congrations to our 2018 Award Recipients
Dr. Christopher Power, Dr. Carmen Charlton, and Dr. Frank van
Human pegivirus-associated neurological diseases – Neurology[EB1]Dr. Mohammed Osman and Dr. Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert
Systemic sclerosis and associated pulmonary arterial hypertension - Pulmonary/RheumatologyDr. Iyare Izevbaye and Dr. Remegio Maglantay
Molecular classification of thyroid nodules – CancerDr. Tejas Sankar and Dr. Francois Roy
Biomarkers in Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's Disease – NeurologyDr. Albert Tsui and Dr. Brain Rowe
Evaluation of an accelerated diagnostic chest pain protocol in Emergency Department – EmergencyDr. Benjamin Adam and Michael Mengel
Characterization of rejection in lung transplant biopsies – PulmonaryDr. Michael Chu, Dr. Irwindeep Sandhu, and Dr. Gregory Korbutt
Multidisciplinary Alberta cellular and immunotherapy program – CancerDr. Ming Chan, Dr. Jaret Olson, and Dr. Douglas Zochodne
Enhance functional outcomes in patients with severe carpal tunnel syndrome – NeurologyDr. Soroush Shojai, Dr. Scott Klarenbach, and Paris Davoodi, NP
Multidisciplinary support to access living donor kidney transplant - Living Donor Kidney TransplantationDr. Wasif Hussain and Dr. Brain Rowe
Development of multidisciplinary concussion clinic – NeurologyDr. Sandy Widder and Dr. Ni Lam
Geriatric recovery and enhancement alliance in Trauma multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative - Geriatrics/Trauma
Predicting the Unpredictable
Dr. John Lewis, who won a University Hospital Foundation Kaye Competition Award in 2017, credits the funding he received with advancing his now attention-grabbing research in prostate cancer to a new level. Dr. Lewis has joined the fight against COVID-19 by using his ClarityDX technology to rapidly and accurately predict which COVID-19 patients are at risk for developing severe disease.