The R K Smiley Research Grant provides start up grants of $20,000 for pilot projects expected to lead to larger follow-up studies funded by CIHR or other grant funding agencies.

Established in 2011 to mark the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Hematology Society’s service and to support hematology practitioners in Canada, this award is named in honour of the CHS Founding President, Dr. R. Kennedy Smiley. Many impressive submissions from across Canada have been funded under the previous invitations to submit applications to this research grant program since its inception.
The CHS Executive Committee is very pleased to announce that the
deadline for submissions to the R K Smiley Award is 1800h on Monday, March 1, 2021. Decisions will be announced in May 2021.
Dr. R. Kennedy Smiley
1922 - 2010
Founding President, Canadian Hematology Society