Doctoral Research Award
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with Unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 28th, September 2017
External Deadline: Tuesday 3rd, October 2017
Description
Note to applicants:
- 1) This opportunity is submitted using CIHR’s e-approval process which means that they must be “submitted” on ResearchNet by the internal MUN deadline as the applications will then be routed to RGCS for review and e-submission to CIHR;
- 2) Sponsor assessments (required element of the applications) must be uploaded by the sponsors at least 48 hours prior to the internal MUN deadline. Otherwise, the ResearchNet portal may not allow applicants to click “submit”.
The CIHR Doctoral Research Awards consist of two programs administered through a single application:
- The Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Awards (CGS-D) program provides special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field in Canada.
- Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients may be considered for the honour of having their scholarship named a “Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela”. To be considered for this honour, you must complete the Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela Identification Form.
- The Doctoral Foreign Study Award (DFSA) provides special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field abroad.
Applicants apply to the CIHR Doctoral Research Awards competition and top-ranked applicants are awarded a CGS-D or DFSA depending on the proposed primary location of study. Changes of location from Canada to abroad or vice-versa will not be considered by CIHR.
All applicants are expected to have an exceptionally high potential for future research achievement and productivity.
Funds Available
CIHR and partner(s) financial contributions for this initiative are subject to availability of funds. Should CIHR or partner(s) funding level not be available or be decreased due to unforeseen circumstances, CIHR and partner(s) reserve the right to reduce, defer or suspend financial contributions to awards received as a result of this funding opportunity.
For this competition, applications will be accepted in all areas of health research, including biomedical, clinical, health services and social, cultural, environmental and population health.
- It is anticipated that approximately $14 million over three years will be available for the CGS-D competition, enough to fund approximately 133 awards.
- It is anticipated that approximately $1.05 million over three years will be available for the DFSA competition, enough to fund approximately 10 awards.
- Trainee stipend: $30,000 per annum.
- Research allowance: $5,000 per annum
Additional Program information is available at CIHR’s website.