BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

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 First Citizens Fund student bursary program is funded by the Province of British Columbia and delivered by the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres. This program provides financial assistance to Aboriginal students enrolled in post-secondary education. Aboriginal students that are ordinarily resident in British Columbia and are enrolled full time in a recognized post-secondary university or college in a minimum two-year program are eligible to apply for a First Citizens Fund student bursary. The level of assistance will be determined by need and will reflect the amount of assistance received from other sources. The maximum level of assistance is $700/year for Band or Tribal Council funded students and $2,000/year for non-funded students.

This scholarship is intended to support CFPC members in activities engaging in global health care projects either in Canada or abroad, and in promoting family medicine abroad. Clinical activities, teaching, research or conference attendance will be considered.

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.

The International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) is please to announce the availability of Graduate Fellowships in Alternatives in Scientific Research. IFER is dedicated to the development and implementation of scientifically valid alternatives to the use of animals in research, product testing, and education. IFER is also committed to programs designed to increase public awareness of such alternatives. The purpose of these Graduate Fellowships in Alternatives in Scientific Research is to provide monetary assistance to graduate students whose programs of study seem likely to have an impact in one or more of these areas.

The Postdoctoral position(s) in Health Research at Statistics Canada will:
• Offer postdoctoral researchers an opportunity to conduct policy-relevant health research within an environment that is rich with mentoring and training opportunities ;
• Provide postdoctoral researchers access to survey and administrative data holdings;
• Promote awareness and use of these data holdings in the general research community.

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 atmospheric and meteorological graduate supplement is to:
• promote graduate research in the atmospheric and meteorological sciences in Canadian universities;
• encourage and support graduate students to carry out research of interest to Environment Canada;
• increase contacts between Environment Canada researchers and Canadian universities; and
• promote training of potential candidates for possible future employment at Environment Canada.

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.

One of the goals of the Kloshe Tillicum Network Environment for Aboriginal Health Research BCWAY is to recruit and improve access to Aboriginal health research training programs and promote and support health research careers. The Aboriginal Health Research Fellowships are intended to support and increase the number of health professionals with Aboriginal health research skills and experience.

Student Travel Grants for the 2010 Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP) Meeting and the 2010 Canadian GeoSpace Monitoring (CGSM) Science Meeting. The Canadian Space Agency is pleased to offer subsidies to Canadian students to help defray travel costs to the venue of the meetings, meals and accommodations. Any costs incurred beyond the amount of the subsidy are the responsibility of the student.

The specific objectives of this initiative are:
• To increase access to First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit health information that will benefit Aboriginal health leads, communities and/or organizations;
• To facilitate knowledge translation between First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit individuals, communities and organizations and members of the academic community;
• To help off-set the costs of travel, accommodation, registration fees and other related expenses for First Nations, Métis and/or Inuit individuals to present at the 20th International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion, to be held in Geneva, Switzerland July 11-15, 2010.

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to provide undergraduate and health professional students with opportunities to undertake research projects with established health researchers in an environment that provides strong mentorship. In addition, the intent of the initiative is to develop human resources and expertise to facilitate the translational research objectives of CIHR (including clinical research). Furthermore, this opportunity targets the early stage of the student’s academic training to encourage the pursuit of research in areas of strategic interest to CIHR’s Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) and CIHR’s Institute of Aging (IA).

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.

Canadian Blood Services is accepting applications for Postdoctoral Fellowships to work with our affiliated Research & Development groups across Canada. Canadian Blood Services has active research programs within transfusion science emphasizing platelets, stem cells, plasma proteins, infectious disease, epidemiology and clinical transfusion practice. The purpose of the Canadian Blood Services Postdoctoral Fellowship is to foster careers related to transfusion science in Canada. This is a two-year award with the possibility of a one-year renewal that includes salary, a research allowance and a benefits plan. The value of each Fellowship is related to the major degree(s) and experience the applicant holds.

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.