Allied Health Kidney Scholarships
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with Unit
Memorial Deadline: Tuesday 25th, February 2020
External Deadline: Sunday 1st, March 2020
Description
Please note that the Allied Health Scholarship is now called the Allied Health Kidney Scholarship.
The purpose of the Allied Health Kidney Scholarship award is to assist the student with a demonstrated interest in nephrology/organ donation in pursuing education at the Masters level to promote and enhance the development of nephrology allied health investigators in Canada.
Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- -serve as a nephrology nurse or technician, social worker, pharmacist, dietitian, transplant coordinator or other allied health professional;
- -have a demonstrated commitment to the area of nephrology or organ donation with an interest in kidney research.
- -Preference will be given to applicants with a minimum of two years full time equivalent experience;
- -have Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status;
- -be accepted in proposed course of full-time or part-time study;
Please ensure that you are using the current Kidney Foundation of Canada Allied Health Kidney Scholarship forms as no other form will be accepted for this competition.
Highlights for 2020 Allied Health Kidney Scholarship Competition
Email Submission of Application
All applications and assessment forms must be submitted electronically by the deadline date, March 01, 2020 by 11:59 pm EST to christine.marquis@kidney.ca.
Official transcripts must be courier-stamped by the deadline date March 01 and forwarded to the KFOC in the original sealed envelope from the institution.
Applications can only be submitted by email.
Incomplete / Unacceptable Applications
In order to maintain the principle of fairness to all applicants, regulations must be adhered to in the preparation of Allied Health Scholarship application. Non adherence to the Policies and Checklist will lead to rejection (without appeal) of the application. Requiring adherence to the regulations have the advantage of being unambiguous for applicants, easily enforceable by staff and/or review panels, and fair and equitable for all applicants.
Additional program information can be found here.
For further information on application submissions, please contact:
Christine Marquis
Research Grants and Awards Manager
Telephone: (514) 369–4806, ext. 232
Fax: (514) 369–2472
E-mail: christine.marquis@kidney.