| Important Dates | |
| Opportunity Launched | June 2006 |
| Content Last Updated | August 1, 2006 (Important Dates) |
| February 15, 2007 | Latest date for nominations must be received |
| April 1, 2006 | Earliest start date (Updated: 2006-07-28) |
| March 1, 2007 | Latest possible start date |
| Funds Available | |
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CIHR's contribution to the amount available for this initiative is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them. The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $5,961 for up to 13 weeks:
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| Summary | |
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In its Strategic Plan (Blueprint 2007), CIHR committed to a re-invigorated and modernized approach to clinical research. The Clinical Research Initiative is CIHR's response to both the pressing need and the immense opportunity to strengthen clinical research in Canada: without a more robust clinical research enterprise, CIHR's investments and those of others in fundamental life sciences research will not be translated into improved health for Canadians. The purpose of this program is to further strengthen clinical research by providing research training to health professionals and strengthen talent development. It is expected that this targeted investment will lead to the development of the next generation of clinician-researchers. | |
Objectives
Eligibility
Review Process and Evaluation Criteria
General CIHR Guidelines
Conditions of Funding
Communications Requirements
Monitoring, Performance Measurement and Evaluation
How to Apply
Contact Information
The specific objectives of this initiative are:
Eligibility criteria for all CIHR research funding programs apply. The business office of the institution of an eligible Nominated Principal Applicant generally administers CIHR funds. Please refer to the Eligibility Requirements for CIHR Grants and Awards regarding the eligibility requirements for individuals and institutions.
Specific to CIHR training awards, please refer to the General Guidelines for Training Programs.
Specific Eligibility Requirements
Health professional schools that do not currently participate in this program and wish to request a voucher allocation should have a representative from the office of the Vice-President of Research contact CIHR for information on the process for doing so.
These awards are normally offered to health professional students enrolled in an undergraduate program leading to Canadian licensure. Students enrolled in a program requiring a graduate degree for Canadian licensure are also eligible. Candidates must have completed at least the first year of study in a health professional school.
Awards are generally held for the maximum term of 13 weeks and must be held for a minimum of four weeks. During the tenure of the award, recipients are expected to spend at least 75% of their time in research training (based on a 40-hour work week).
Some institutions may prefer to divide the funding between more students than the number of vouchers allocated. These requests will be considered by CIHR with the condition that the following minimum stipends, per four weeks period, are provided to the awardees:
Institutions should receive their voucher allocations for the fiscal year (April 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007) no later than April 15, 2006. For the new allocations, nominations must be received by February 15, 2007, with awards starting no later than March 1, 2007. Please note that vouchers that are not used cannot be carried over into the next fiscal year.
Awardees are not permitted to hold more than one CIHR training award of any type concurrently.
Undergraduate Health Professional Clinical Research Immersion Award
This version of the Health Professional Student Research Awards program is designed to provide a more extended exposure of undergraduate health professional students to a robust environment of clinical research under the direct supervision of a successful and experienced clinician-investigator.
The nominating health professional schools will evaluate the applications and inform CIHR of the name of the nominees. Committees may be drawn from the institution pre-existing committees or may be created specifically for this program.
This program will follow the CIHR General Grants and Awards Policies.
All conditions specified in CIHR General Grants and Awards Policies shall apply to applications funded through this Request for Applications. Conditions cover areas such as Applicant and Institutional Responsibilities, Ethics, Official language policy, Access to Information and Privacy Acts, and Acknowledgement of CIHR Support. Successful applicants will be informed of any special financial conditions prior to the release of funds or when they receive CIHR's Authorization for Funding (AFF) document.
Access to Information Act and Privacy Act, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
All personal information collected by CIHR about applicants is used to review applications, to recruit reviewers, to administer and monitor grants and awards, to compile statistics, and to promote and support health research in Canada. Consistent with these purposes, applicants should also expect that information collected by CIHR may be shared as described in Use and Disclosure of Personal Information Provided to CIHR for Peer Review.
CIHR as a federal entity is subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, therefore the requirements of these two statutes will apply to all information located in CIHR's premises including, without limitation, cost-sharing agreements related to this priority announcement and all matters pertaining thereto.
While respecting the application of the Privacy Act to federal entities, all signing parties involved in a collaborative agreement will also be bound by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). All personal information (as identified by the PIPEDA) collected, used or disclosed in the course of any commercial activity under collaborative agreements related to the priority announcement will be collected, used and disclosed in compliance with the PIPEDA.
Award recipients are required to acknowledge CIHR, its institutes and partners in any communication or publication related to the project. See CIHR General Grants and Awards Policies, Acknowledgement of CIHR's Support for details on CIHR's communication requirements. The contributing institutes / partners will be identified on the Authorization for Funding and decision letter.
CIHR is committed to demonstrating results to Canadians for the money invested in health research. Therefore, processes for monitoring progress and appropriate use of funds, as well as for performance measurement and program evaluation are in place. As a result, funding recipients must:
Eligible students should contact the Vice-President, Research (or equivalent) at their institution for details on the internal selection process at their institution. An office at each institution will have been delegated the responsibility by the Vice-President Research Office to accept applications, select the recipients and contact CIHR to activate the awards.
To activate awards, CIHR requires information indicating the distribution of vouchers by health professional school, a brief justification of the distribution and a one page description of each health professional program in which nominated students are enrolled. In addition, the following information about the nominated students is required:
Information should be sent by email, mail or fax to:
RE: Health Professional Student Research Awards
Research Capacity Development
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Room 97, 160 Elgin Street
Address locator: 4809A
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0W9
CIHR Health Professional Student Research Awards Program Delivery Coordinator
Research Capacity Development
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: (613) 957-0296
Fax: (613) 954-1800
Email: HPSRA@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
