Critical Point-of-Care Testing Research Grant Funded by the Van Slyke Foundation
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Critical Point-of-Care Testing Research Grant Funded by the Van Slyke Foundation

2011 Award Winner

Meng

The 2011 VSF Critical and Point-of-Care testing Research grant was awarded to Qing He Meng, MD, PhD - Clinical Chemist, Associate Director, Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, Royal University Hospital, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, for his project entitled "D-Lactate Predicts the Severity of Diabetic Ketoacidosis".

General Information

The Van Slyke Foundation (VSF) Point-of-Care Testing Research Grant $5,000, supported by the Critical and Point-of-Care Testing (POCT) Division, is to fund POCT outcome studies. This grant is targeted to clinical laboratorians who need limited research funds to explore new ideas in areas where funds are not normally available.

Applications are due by March 15, for projects starting after June 1 of the same year.

How to Apply

Complete the Application for AACC Van Slyke Foundation Research Grants.

Applications will be evaluated using the following scientific criteria:

  • Originality
  • Scope
  • Scientific significance;
  • Soundness of research plan;
  • Degree of achievability;
  • Potential for the project to lead to further exploration beyond grant period; and 
  • Transferability of research findings to actual practice.

Administrative criteria used will include:

  • Degree to which the research proposal is critical to the career of the applicant;
  •  Degree to which AACC funding is critical to the start of the project;
  • Adequacy of the facility proposed; and
  • Satisfactory budget.

Submit one original and five copies of your application to:

Michele Horwitz
Membership Director
AACC
1850 K Street, NW, Suite 625
Washington, DC 20006-2213

Questions?

If you still have questions about the POCT Research Grant, email the Membership Director, Michele Horwitz or call her at (800) 892-1400 ext. 1723 or (202) 835-8723.