Arthritis Society – Training Postdoctoral Fellowship – Application
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 11th, April 2024
External Deadline: Tuesday 16th, April 2024
Description
The Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides support for highly qualified postdoctoral fellows to engage in research that is in an area of clear relevance to arthritis and Arthritis Society Canada’s Strategic Plan 2020-2025: Accelerating Impact – Research Strategy which aims to identify research avenues that focus on areas of highest priority to patients and achieve the highest levels of scientific excellence and rigour. Applications must focus on innovative research efforts in the following priority areas.
- – Arthritis pain research
– Osteoarthritis (OA) research
– Inflammatory arthritis (IA) research
– Childhood arthritis research
– Work-related research - Fellows will train under the supervision of an arthritis researcher who qualifies as a Principal Investigator as defined by Arthritis Society Canada. Applications are to be completed and submitted by the fellow, under the close supervision of the proposed supervisor. The training program must include actual involvement in conducting research. It is expected that the fellow will be spending at least 75% of their time conducting research during the tenure of the award. Fellows enrolled in programs oriented toward clinical training focused on research are eligible for these awards.
Please see the Arthritis Society website for more information.
Full Application deadline: April 16, 2024, 5:00 PM ET
Notification of decision: Mid/End of August 2024
Funding start date: September 1, 2024