BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

In order to honour the contributions of Kenneth J. Fyke, the founding Chair of the Canadian Blood Services Board of Directors, an award has been established in his name to support a research or innovation pilot project in health services delivery as it pertains to the blood system in Canada. This includes blood operations, blood utilization/conservation and the use of blood alternatives.

The Trussell Scholarship supports promising students from the Kootenay-Boundary region of British Columbia who are studying natural or applied sciences and who will pursue careers necessary for B.C. and Canada to remain competitive in the global high-technology sector. The Trussell Science Student Endowment Fund was established in 1990 with an endowment of $100,000 from Dr. and Mrs. Trussell, matched funding from the Province of British Columbia and a contribution from the Vancouver Foundation.

As outlined in the CIHR Institute of Genetics (IG) Strategic Plan, the IG recognizes the need to increase and foster clinical genetics research in Canada. In response, the IG created the Clinical Investigatorship Award to increase researcher capacity in this critical area.
The IG Clinical Investigatorship Award affords recipients the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to initiate and conduct research - in the area of clinical genetics - by contributing to their salary. This award is designed to provide protected time for early-career clinical investigators to undertake clinical or translational genetics research.

Created in 1998, the international L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science program aims to improve the position of women in science by recognizing outstanding women researchers who have contributed to scientific progress, and young women scientists engaged in exemplary and promising projects. As an extension of this program, L’Oréal Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, offers two postgraduate scholarship supplements to young
Canadian women scientists involved in promising research projects.

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation is pleased to announce one two-year fellowship to support training in clinical practice research, which is defined as "clinical research that evaluates translation of evidence into best clinical practice." This may include evaluation of health services, quality of care, and implementation of proven therapies, physician performance, or patient adherence. The fellowship is intended to create unique training opportunities, previously difficult to access for neurologists. The fellowship is supported by the AAN and the AAN Foundation.

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation is pleased to announce a two-year fellowship to support clinical research training in the field of headache. Each fellowship will consist of a commitment of $55,000 per year for two years, plus $10,000 per year for tuition to support formal education in clinical research methodology at the applicant’s institution or elsewhere. Supplementation of the stipend with other grants or by the fellowship institution is permissible, but fellows may not accept other fellowships, similar awards, or have another source of support for more than 50 percent of their research salary while holding an AAN Foundation Clinical Research Training Fellowship. Only direct costs will be funded by this award.

Clinical research is the fundamental transition stage between discovery and treatment. Clinical research provides the scientific basis for all forms of care, addresses patient and caregiver needs, and is the backbone for drug development and cost-effectiveness studies needed to improve lives. The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Foundation is pleased to announce more than six, two-year fellowships to support clinical research training in the neurosciences.

AllerGen NCE Inc., the Allergy, Genes and Environment Network (AllerGen), a national research network, is pleased to announce the launch of a national competition for an Emerging Clinician-Scientist Research Fellowship valued at $250,000 over two years. The goal of the AllerGen Emerging Clinician-Scientist Research Fellowship is to enable Canadian Clinical Immunologists and Allergists to pursue allergy, asthma and/or anaphylaxis academic research training immediately following their Clinical Immunology and Allergy sub-specialty training.

Supplements of up to $6,000 will be awarded as a scholarship to active CGS-Master’s or Doctorate or Vanier CGS holders to help offset the costs, including travel and accommodation, of undertaking research studies outside Canada for a defined period. For the purposes of this program, a study period is defined as being no less than three months and no more than six. A total of 250 awards are available each year. They will be divided among the three granting councils and will reflect the distributions of CGS and Vanier CGS across the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health-related disciplines.

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is to further strengthen the Canadian clinical research endeavour by increasing the number of clinician-investigators working within the IG’s mandate. Research on the human and model genomes and on all aspects of genetics, basic biochemistry and cell biology related to health and disease, including the translation of knowledge into health policy and practice, and the societal implications of genetic discoveries.

To support young Canadian visionaries who have a drive to make a difference in the future. The scholarship program encourages individuals with academic excellence and demonstrated leadership. The Centennial scholarship program will have a national presence and will create a legacy for ConocoPhillips Canada Centennial year.  

The goals of the Fellowship program are to:
• promote the exchange, development, and coordination of the art, science and application of respiratory care
• allow for meaningful interaction and cooperation among multi-national colleagues in an apolitical, humanitarian context
• enhance the awareness and understanding of the profession of respiratory care and its role on the health care team
• provide encouragement and assistance to those countries seeking to establish the profession of respiratory care

The Canadian Initiative on Social Statistics (CISS) is a co-operative project of SSHRC and Statistics Canada. Its aim is to promote research and training in the application of social statistics. The Data Training Schools (DTS) serves postsecondary institution researchers, graduate and undergraduate students, policy analysts and data librarians. DTS courses cover topics in quantitative methods and the use of Canadian micro-data. The DTS initiative contributes to increasing the number of researchers engaged in quantitative research.

The IMPART research training program provides research training awards to highly qualified individuals pursuing a research career in addictions research with a particular focus on gender, women and addictions. Awards consist of a time-limited stipend and a research/travel allowance for graduate students studying at the Masters and Doctoral level; and for Postdoctoral Fellows and Clinician Researchers. This innovative, multidisciplinary research training program is designed to equip health researchers from across disciplines, sectors and settings to conduct gender- and sex-based analyses in addictions research with a focus on the intersections of addictions with violence, trauma and mental health.

The Scan|Design by Inger and Jens Bruun Foundation International Trainee Fellowship was established in 2006 to support training in all aspects of pain research. One 12-month fellowship will be awarded per year. During the fellowship the trainee will pursue either clinical research or basic science research under the guidance of a mentor at the institution of his or her choice. The fellowship is not intended to supplement or extend current training. Preference will be given to candidates who seek training outside their current institution.

The John J. Bonica Trainee Fellowship was established in 1998 in memory of the founder of IASP to support training in all aspects of pain research. One 24-month fellowship is available per year. During the fellowship the trainee will pursue either clinical research or basic science research under the guidance of a mentor at the institution of his or her choice. The fellowship is not intended to supplement or extend current training. Preference will be given to candidates who seek training outside their current institution.

As part of the educational mandate of this initiative, CoPEH-Can will be hosting an 11-day short course entitled Ecosystem Approaches to Health (Ecohealth) in Montréal, Québec at the Université du Québec à Montréal from June 2 - 13, 2010. A maximum of twenty-five participants will be accepted into the 2010 short course, including up to twenty graduate students (eligible for “Graduate Training Awards”) and up to five career development positions for those actively working in a field in which ecosystem approaches can be applied (eligible for “Career Development Training”).

As outlined in the CIHR Institute of Genetics (IG) Strategic Plan, the IG recognizes the need to increase and foster clinical genetics research in Canada. In response, the IG created the Clinical Investigatorship Award to increase researcher capacity in this critical area.
The IG Clinical Investigatorship Award affords recipients the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to initiate and conduct research - in the area of clinical genetics - by contributing to their salary. This award is designed to provide protected time for early-career clinical investigators to undertake clinical or translational genetics research.

The Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health attributes two Duchesnay fellowships every year to resident students in obstetrics and gynaecology who desire to complete an elective in a health care center of a developing country. The fellowships cover four to eight weeks and the amount varies from $2,500CAD to $4,500CAD according to the length of the elective. A $700CAD lump-sum will be allocated to the local supervisor of the elective.

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.