Funding
This study was funded by a Mitacs Entrepreneur-Accelerate Program grant
(No. IT 26655). This program funds student and postdoctoral
entrepreneurs to further develop the research or technology at the core
of their start-up business by way of internships in collaboration with a
university, professor and approved incubator. In this study, the total
study funding was $15,000 CAD and was provided through Mitacs to the
university (University of Toronto) for the professor (Elham Dolatabadi)
to administer for the student/intern/entrepreneur (Allan Kember) and the
study expenses related to the company’s (SBI) technology under the
supervision of the incubator (Health Innovation Hub). Mitacs provided
50% of the study funding. Mitacs’ contribution to the grant was matched
by SBI, which provided the remaining 50%. Mitacs had no role in the
study design; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; in the
writing of the report; and in the decision to submit the article for
publication data. However, SBI with the oversight of the University of
Toronto had a role in all these aspects via Allan Kember and Elham
Dolatabadi.