IARS is dedicated to encouraging, stimulating, and funding ongoing anesthesia-related research projects that will enhance and advance the specialty. A trusted resource for state-of-the-art research data, IARS supports basic research and all areas of clinical research, including perioperative medicine, critical care, and pain management.
“The IARS is willing to take a bet on new studies and important questions that larger funding agencies, like the NIH, are very unlikely to bet on.”
— Past award recipient
IARS Mentored Research Award: Creating Future Research LeadersThe IARS Mentored Research Awards (IMRA) have impacted the careers of 48 promising investigators in the specialty of anesthesiology and beyond, creating future leaders. From 2013 to the present, new researchers continue to benefit from this opportunity each year, receiving a maximum award of $175,000 each. View this video to hear some of their stories. Learn more. |
IARS Mentored Research Award: Creating Future Research Leaders
The IARS Mentored Research Awards (IMRA) have impacted the careers of 48 promising investigators in the specialty of anesthesiology and beyond, creating future leaders. From 2013 to the present, new researchers continue to benefit from this opportunity each year, receiving a maximum award of $175,000 each. View this video to hear some of their stories. Learn more.
Current Grants
Research is key for the anesthesiology specialty to successfully master the challenges of the future. IARS is looking to the future with its Grants Program, supporting research and scientific advancement of the anesthesiology specialty. To date, the IARS has funded more than 225 projects, contributing more than $22 million to the anesthesia community.
Kosaka Best Abstracts Award
The Kosaka Best Abstract Awards are awarded to the top scoring abstracts submitted to the IARS Annual Meeting in three categories: Clinical Research, Basic Science, or Scholars. Three top finalists are selected in each category and each present their abstract again during the Kosaka Best Abstract Session at the IARS meeting. The abstract finalists receive a $50 prize and one winner from each category receives $500. Discover more about the award recipients.
The Kosaka Best Abstract Awards are supported by the Japan Society for Clinical Anesthesia (JSCA) and the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS). The founder of the JSCA, Dr. Futami Kosaka, started a cooperative relationship with IARS in 1990 and developed the foundation for this exciting opportunity.
Anesthesia Research Council
Anesthesia Research Council’s (ARC) mission is to advance scientific discovery and health care policy through the development and dissemination of research in anesthesiology, perioperative, and pain medicine with the goal to become the go-to resource for state-of-the-art review, synthesis, and future recommendations in anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, critical care, and pain medicine research.
ARC currently is a 3-year program, supported by the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), Foundation for Anesthesia and Education Research (FAER) and IARS and overseen by a Steering Committee. The Steering Committee, chaired by Max Kelz, MD, PhD, is responsible for choosing the annual study focus and generating a series of concrete questions to be addressed, resulting in a final work product. The Committee also identifies and recruits a diverse working group of 5–6 people responsible for generating the final outcome.
ORCID iDs at IARS
Attach your identity to your research and get the proper recognition for your work. IARS encourages all researchers to use an ORCID iD when submitting awards and grant applications. An ORCID identifier (ORCID iD) is a unique, personal, persistent identifier for researchers that distinguishes you from every other researcher and enables you to link your publications to your unique record, ensuring your work is recognized.
Previous Grants
The IARS established its Grants Program in 1983 to further the scientific advancement of the anesthesiology specialty.
“As a result of this award [IMRA], I have been able to progress towards independence in research. I moved to UCL in the UK from the USA during the duration of the award where I have been able to set up my own laboratory within the wider Centre for Perioperative Medicine. I am now an Associate Professor and have received funding from the UCL UK National Institute of Health Research Biomedical Research Centre in Critical Care/Perioperative Medicine theme.”
– 2019 IARS Mentored Research Award Recipient John Whittle, MD
“Receiving this award is not only a recognition of my potential but also a testament to the hard work and dedication of my mentors, colleagues, and collaborators who have supported me along the way. I am excited to take on the responsibility that comes with this award and commit to conducting rigorous and impactful research that can lead to improved patient care and outcomes.”
– 2022 IARS Mentored Research Award Recipient Wei Ruan, PhD, MD
“At a more topical or research level, [the IMRA] heavily influenced the work I’ve done since then. Every study I’ve done since then has involved one or more aspects of what we did in my IMRA-funded study, meaning either CSF biomarkers, neuro imaging with functional structural MRI intraoperative EEG and cognitive and delirium testing. I can’t think of a study I’ve done since then that hasn’t used one of those things in some way. That initial research really set me up with a good toolbox going from molecular and cellular biomarkers up through systems neuroscience, functional MRI activation data to outcome data and with some EEG thrown in as well.”
– 2014 IARS Mentored Research Award Recipient Miles Berger, MD, PhD
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