BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

This award is directed at clinician scientists who have completed doctoral level research training and who are newly appointed as a clinician scientist (within two years of completing their research training) based in one of the participating Child Health Research Training Centres of the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. The award will facilitate guarantee of protected time during early career development within a mentored research program. A minimum of 75% time commitment to research is expected.

This award is directed at candidates with a health professional degree and a prior PhD who wish to extend their research competence in child and youth health research. Examples include a MD with a PhD acquired before clinical training and who needs a postdoctoral research experience or a PhD-Psychologist who requires additional research training before embarking on a career in child/youth health research. As a general rule, individuals who have recently completed doctoral-level research training in child and youth health research will be expected to advance to the career development program versus a postdoctoral experience. A 90% time commitment to the research program is expected.

This award is directed at candidates with a health professional degree who wish to engage in or enhance their research training. Examples include a MD or a Nurse with a MSc, both of whom lack prior extensive research training. Individuals applying to train in laboratory-based (biomedical) sciences will be expected to engage in a PhD program that includes doctoral level research. In some disciplines, training towards a PhD may not be available or appropriate, e.g. some clinical epidemiology programs. In these cases, individuals will be expected to complete a Masters degree and perform research that is consistent with that achieved within a doctoral program. Registration in a graduate program is a requirement. A 90% time commitment to the research program is expected.

The Bullitt Environmental Fellowship is a two-year, $50,000/year fellowship for graduate students interested in pursuing leadership positions within the environmental field. an outstanding, environmentally knowledgeable graduate student from a community under-represented in the environmental movement, who has demonstrated exceptional capacity for leadership as well as scholarship, will receive a two-year, $50,000/year fellowship award.

PICS Graduate Fellowships are available on an annual basis to outstanding Masters and PhD students at the Institute’s four collaborating universities (UBC, UNBC, SFU and UVic) conducting research in an area related to climate change impacts and adaptation. Fellowships are valued at $12,000 per year for Masters and $18,000 per year for PhD students.

The purpose of the Systematics Research Graduate Supplements (SRGS) is to:
• promote graduate research in systematics in Canada;
• encourage and support graduate students to carry out all or part of their research at centres of excellence in systematics research;
• maintain and strengthen the base of expertise for systematics research in Canada; and
• provide practical work experience with natural history collections within a professional setting.

The CIHR HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research (CBR) Program assists community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations and institutions in developing the knowledge necessary to carry out their HIV/AIDS work in the most effective manner, and in creating expertise within these communities to conduct their own research. The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:
• To help ensure a reliable supply of highly qualified personnel to develop knowledge in the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic through community-based research; and
• To provide recognition and support to students who are pursuing a Master’s degree in a community-based research field related to HIV/AIDS in Canada.
In line with the principles of CBR, applicants and their supervisors are encouraged to consider the engagement of the community in the training plan of the applicant

The course provides substantive and methodological training in human fecundity and fertility, pregnancy and perinatal outcomes, maternal health, fetal growth and development, developmental disabilities, and promising new approaches for studying these outcomes.

The course provides training for clinical and non-clinical scientists who are considering academic careers in studying therapeutics during pregnancy, the perinatal period, and lactation. The main objective of the Institute is to foster the development of a critical mass of researchers and clinicians in this neglected area.

This program gives students an opportunity to work side by side with some of Canada’s leading children’s rehabilitation scientists in an interdisciplinary research environment. The 12-week program runs during the period from May/June to July/August. Specific start dates are arranged directly with the hiring scientists.

Fellowships are being offered for research in the field of Life Sciences including biology, biochemistry, biotechnology, agriculture, medicine, pharmacy and physiology. Projects involving animal models are rejected and preference is given to non-cosmetic research.

The Novo Nordisk Conference Scholarships support the professional development of diabetes educators in their specialty practice.

The Eli Lilly Graduate Scholarship enables a Diabetes Educator Section (DES) member to pursue graduate or post-graduate studies in a diabetes related field. Recipients of the scholarship will receive $5,000 paid in two instalments: the first upon receipt of proof of acceptance in a program; the final upon completion of the program.

The purpose of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Scholarship supplement is to foster graduate research in atmospheric and oceanographic sciences in Canada. The first supplement was initiated by Weather Research House Inc. and the second by the Canadian National Committee for the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (CNC-SCOR). Both are sponsored by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS).

The Lundbeck Foundation hereby invites applications for two advanced neuroscience grants which will be awarded to excellent researchers with documented experience as independent leaders of high-quality neuroscience research groups at universities or university hospitals. The grants will be awarded for 5 years, and each individual grant amounts to 3 million Euro. The grants will be awarded to two internationally, highly recognized principal investigators, who will further develop a strong research program within the area of neuroscience, including clinical neuroscience and psychiatry.

The Irvington Institute Fellowship Program of the Cancer Research Institute, formerly the Cancer Research Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, answers the need for more researchers in the field of cancer immunology. It supports qualified young scientists at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in cancer immunology or general immunology. The fellowship provides stipends of $45,000 for the first year, $47,000 for the second year and $49,000 for the third year. In addition, an allowance of $1,500 per year is allotted to the host institution for use at sponsor’s discretion to help pay for the fellow’s research supplies, travel to scientific meetings or health insurance.

Successful candidates will propose comparative research requiring data from both Canada and a developing country to better understand the common, interrelated problem/issue, identified by the applicant. Selection will favor proposals that demonstrate:
• the relevance of the research topic for Canada and for the developing country or countries being studied; and
• the close linkage between the international and national component of the topic.
Successful proposals will also identify the potential for Canada and the developing country to learn from one another in dealing with the shared problem or issue.

This program gives students an opportunity to work side by side with some of Canada’s leading children’s rehabilitation scientists in an interdisciplinary research environment.
The 12-week program runs during the period from May/June to July/August. Specific start dates are arranged directly with the hiring scientists.