Successful grant writing is both a science and an art. This session will provide practical insights into crafting persuasive and fundable proposals. Participants will have the opportunity to review and engage in discussion on two different CIHR grant applications before we reveal which was successfully funded. Aimed at trainees and early career researchers, this CSPT webinar gives insight into how grant review committees make funding decisions.
Speaker:
Dylan Burger, PhD
Director and Senior Scientist, Jones Family Kidney Research Centre
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa
President, Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (CSPT)
Date and time:
Thursday, December 3, 2026
10 AM PT / 11 AM MT / 11 AM CT (SK) / 12 PM CT (MB)
/ 12 PM ET / 1 PM AT / 1:30 PM NT
Speaker Bio: Dylan Burger (PhD) is a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute where he serves as Associate Director of the Inflammation and Chronic Disease Program and Director of the Kidney Research Centre. He is a Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Burger holds a PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology from the University of Western Ontario and is an internationally recognized expert on extracellular vesicle biology and their signaling in diabetes, aging, and renal disease.
He has authored more than 140 manuscripts and has received several awards including the Canadian Society of Nephrology New Investigator Lectureship (2016), the University of Ottawa Department of Medicine PhD Scientist Award (2018), the 2022 Outstanding Volunteer Award from Hypertension Canada, the University of Ottawa Educator of the Year –Basic Sciences – Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (2024), and the Kidney Foundation of Canada’s John B Dossetor Research Award (2025).
Dr. Burger is the current President of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, a member of the Board of Directors for the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles, and Associate Editor for the European Heart Journal.
