The Innovation Fund in Children’s Palliative Care Research

The Innovation Fund in Children’s Palliative Care Research offers family funds a new way to support pediatric palliative care research.The fund will support grant writing, program/evaluation development, LOI’s, related educational activities and seed grants for innovative clinical and basic science research in the following areas related to palliative care - communication; family centred care; end of life care; interprofessional practice; pain and symptom management; instrument development; program/systems evaluation; educational workshops/conferences; grief and bereavement and legacy making. Any health care professional, volunteer or team (in hospital and/or community) including members of TRAC-PG are eligible to submit a proposal for review by a decision making committee. All potentially life limiting children's illnesses will be considered. The deadline for submission is August 15, 2008 and for information please contact laura.beaune@sickkids.ca

The Sasha Bella Fund will contribute an annual gift of up to $5000.00 over 5 years and we are honored to have been invited to sit on the research selection committee.