Research Grants

EACTA has established a Research Grants funded to a maximum of €30,000 per year. The Research Grant can be split in up to three minor grants to a value €10,000 each.

The Research Grants will be awarded by the EACTA after evaluation of the applications by the EACTA Scientific Committee.
EACTA Scientific Committee will score and rank applications (see below).
The final decision comes under the EACTA directory board on February according to the Scientific Committee advice and possible splitting of the annual grant.

Timetable:
  • October 31st, the year before the annual grant: deadline for application
  • End of February: Directory board final decision

Research grant is open to application every year.
Applications should be submitted to the by October 31st at the latest.

The template of application for research grant (see Template of Application for Research Grant page) is aimed as a model for the template that the grant applicant should send together with the application to . Please include those items that are applicable in your study plan. If you already have another written plan that includes about the same items, you can send that plan instead.

Conditions:
  1. Applicants should be members of EACTA and aged of 40 years or younger and are either intending specialist or within the first years of appointment as a cardiothoracic specialist.
  2. Applicants must be made using the terms of the guidelines (see research grant application) or can be obtained from the EACTA Scientific Secretary (see deadline and address).
  3. Each application must take the form of a formal research protocol, identifying the background to the project, the study hypothesis, and proposed methodology. Details of statistical method and power analysis for clinical studies must be included. Expected duration of the study, justified appropriately, should be included.
  4. Applicants should state whether the grant is for part or whole funding. Where part funding is sought, a successful application may be conditional on applicants providing documented evidence of successfully gaining the remainder.
  5. Applicants should provide evidence of seeking other alternative sources of funding. It should be noted that applicants would normally be expected to seek other sources, particularly in countries where these are widely available.
  6. Support from the applicants home Institution (e.g. letters of support from departmental heads, colleagues, hospital administrators) would be welcomed.
  7. Preference will be given to young researchers, either intending specialists or within the first years of appointment as a cardiothoracic specialist.
  8. Applicants must undertake to present their research findings to the EACTA at a free paper or other scientific session.
  9. Applications must be at EACTA Scientific Secretary (see deadline and address) before the announced deadline.

Scoring system

Scoring system in evaluation of EACTA a Research Grant applications

The applications are evaluated in terms of following sub-criteria, yielding a maximum 5 points each. Thus, the maximum total score is 20.
  • Educational/Scientific value (1-15), sum of the following:
    • Originality (1-5)
    • Scientific significance / Clinical significance (1-5)
    • Appropriate study/educational design and methods to acquire the aimed result(1-5)

  • Adequate material and human resources (1-5):
    • Realistic financing plan (this is also a prerequisite)
    • Laboratory and/or other methodological facilities
    • Adequate time for the applicant allocated for clinical fellowship or research and/or needed auxiliary assisting/co-working personnel

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