Research Knowledge Translation Grant
Supporting the Sharing of Knowledge
The Knowledge Translation Bursary is awarded to help with costs associated with presenting original research at research session and conferences. The applicant must be either the primary investigator or co-investigator, and the presentation may be oral or via poster.
The bursary is worth up to $3,000. A maximum of $6,000 can be awarded annually (two bursaries of $3,000 each or three bursaries of $2,000 each).
Application deadline: There are two application deadlines per year (March 31st & October 31)
Relevant documents to download:
Division of EMS Research Knowledge Translation Bursary INFO V23
Division of EMS Research Knowledge Translation Bursary Application Form
Past Recipients of the Research Knowledge Translation Bursary:
| Name | Date | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Megi Nallbani | December 2025 | Experiences of new immigrants when trying to access or accessing emergency healthcare services in Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| Benjamin Rittenberg | April 2025 | The influence of pre-intubation checklists on definite airway sans hypoxia or hypotension on the 1st attempt (DASH-1A) in a critical care transport setting |
| Jen Greene | April 2025 | 1. State of the evidence for prehospital plasma infusion for patients with suspected traumatic hemorrhage: A rapid review by the Prehospital Evidence-Based Practice Program (PEP) 2. Barriers, facilitators and strategies to improve sepsis care in emergency medical services and emergency department settings: a scoping review 3. Paramedic Sepsis Identification and Impact on Time to Antibiotic Treatment: A Retrospective Chart review |
| Jen Greene | November 2024 | 1. State of the evidence for prehospital plasma infusion for patients with suspected traumatic hemorrhage: A rapid review by the Prehospital Evidence-Based Practice Program (PEP) 2. Barriers, facilitators and strategies to improve sepsis care in emergency medical services and emergency department settings: a scoping review 3. Paramedic Sepsis Identification and Impact on Time to Antibiotic Treatment: A Retrospective Chart review |
| Marissa MacInnes | December 2023 | Outcomes of a Community Paramedic Service to Support Emergency Department Discharge: A Case Series |
| Alex Holmes | December 2023 | Airway Management in a Low Volume Critical Care Transport System: A Retrospective Analysis of First Pass Success and Adverse Events |
| Rebecca Butler | May 2022 | A chart review to assess the use of opioid and non-opioid analgesia during emergency medical services (EMS) interfacility transfers (IFTs). CAEP 2022 Quebec City, QC |
| Marissa Hurtubise | January 2020 | D50 versus D10 or Dextrose Titration for the Treatment of Out-Of-Hospital Hypoglycemia: A protocol for a PEP systematic review. NAEMSP, January 2020 |
| Jennifer Greene | January 2019 | Prehospital Oxygen Administration to Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. & Prehospital Opioid Administration to Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients: A Systematic Review. NAEMSP 2019, Austin, TX |
| Mengu Li | January 2019 | Determining Ambulance Destinations in the Presence of Offload Delay Using a Markov Decision Process. NAEMSP 2019, Austin, TX |
| Joanna Lockhart | January 2019 | Helping Those Help Us: Personality, Stress, Coping and Support in Canadian Paramedics. NAEMSP 2019, Austin, TX |
| Lyon Kengis | January 2019 | Evaluating Paramedic Comfort, Confidence, and Cultural Competency in Providing Care to Trans Populations in a Provincial Ambulance System. NAEMSP 2019, Austin, TX |
| Jennifer Greene | April 2018 | The prevalance of mortality due to rebound toxicity after "treat and release" practices in prehospital opiate overdose care: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 2018 National Student Conference of the CSEB Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Jennifer Greene | March 2018 | The prevalance of mortality due to rebound toxicity after "treat and release" practices in prehospital opiate overdose care: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 16th Annual Crossroads Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference Halifax, NS |
| Brianne Robinson | January 2018 | Paramedics providing palliative care at home: Management of pain and breathlessness. NAEMSP 2018 San Diego, CA |
| Stewart Whalen | June 2017 | Paramedic's perception of working in Nova Scotia's collaborative emergency centres. CAEP 2017 Whistler, BC |
| Madeleine Bohrer | January 2017 | Pediatric palliative care in Nova Scotia: Use of an out of hospital special patient program administered by paramedics. NAEMSP 2017 New Orleans, LA |