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Veterans Affairs Canada: Battlefield Evacuation Optimization During a Mass Casualty Incident

Research Admin Offices:

  • HRS

Funding Type:

Grant

Opportunity Type:

  • Grant

Value:

Up to $60,000 over one year.

Disciplines:

  • Health Sciences

Sponsors:

Deadlines:

Internal Deadline:

November 19, 2024

Sponsor Deadline:

December 3, 2024

Description:

This funding opportunity is seeking submissions to conduct an analysis into the science of a complex optimization problem for in-theatre coordination of casualty evacuation. The analysis will include development of an optimization theory to prioritize evacuation that takes into consideration constraints of distance, transport time, transport platform characteristics, casualty characteristics, medical facility characteristics, and other relevant factors.

Resources:

Additional Details.

Contact:

If applying from the Faculty of Health Sciences, unless otherwise indicated, you no longer need to send documents to HRS Intake. Your first point of contact is your assigned Senior Grants Advisor.