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Figure 1. Map of the submitting institutions.
Grant programs administered jointly by APSF and the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research (FAER) received 34 Letters of Intent from 21 institutions across the United States and Canada during the 2025-2026 funding cycle (Table 1 and Figure 1). The Investigator Initiated Research (IIR) Grant program provides funding (up to $200,000 per project) for research that aims to improve patient safety and prevent anesthesia-related mortality and morbidity. The joint APSF-FAER Mentored Research Training Grant (MRTG) provides funding (up to $300,000 for each project) to develop the next generation of perioperative patient safety scientists. In the 2024-2025 funding cycle, APSF awarded three projects in the IIR Grant program: “PLATO (Perioperative Learning using Artificial intelligence for Timely surgical Optimization) – An Automated Approach for Triaging Surgical Patients for Preoperative Care Clinics” led by Dr. Rodney Gabriel of the University of California, San Diego, “An Integrated, Centralized Anesthesia Alarm System Based on Aviation Alarm Systems Principles” led by Dr. Kelly Michaelsen of the University of Washington, and “Does Ongoing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment Reduce the Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Older, Frail Patients Undergoing Elective Inpatient Surgery?” led by Dr. Elizabeth Mahanna-Gabrielli of the University of Miami. The 2024 APSF-FAER MRTG was awarded to Dr. Caoimhe Duffy from the University of Pennsylvania for the project “Resilience Training to Prevent Intubation Harm: the One Safe Act-Airway Study.” The deadlines for the 2026-2027 funding cycles may be found on the APSF website under “Grants & Awards,” along with projects funded.
Table 1. Institutions that submitted letters of intent (LOIs) during the 2025-2026 funding cycle.
| Institutions | # of LOIs Received |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | 1 |
| Boston Medical Center | 1 |
| Dartmouth | 1 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | 2 |
| Mayo Clinic | 1 |
| NorthShore University HealthSystem | 2 |
| San Francisco VA Medical Center | 1 |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children – Southern California | 1 |
| The Hospital for Sick Children | 1 |
| The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston | 1 |
| University Health Network | 1 |
| University of Alabama at Birmingham | 1 |
| University of Arkansas | 1 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 2 |
| University of California, San Diego | 4 |
| University of Florida | 1 |
| University of Miami Hospital | 1 |
| University of Pittsburgh | 1 |
| University of Virginia | 2 |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | 2 |
Yan Xiao, PhD is professor of nursing and engineering at University of Texas at Arlington
Dru Riddle, PhD, DNP, CRNA is professor of nursing at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX
Rebecca L. Johnson, MD, FASA is professor of anesthesiology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN
Stacey Maxwell is administrator for the Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation
The authors have no conflicts of interest.
