Eligibility and Conditions
Eligibility
Fellowship candidates must hold, or be completing, a doctoral
level degree, (ex.:a PhD) or a second entry health professional
degree [ex.: an MD, a DVM, a DDS, a D.Pharm., or equivalent level]
from a recognized university in a scientific discipline. For the
purposes of this program, "scientific discipline" will
be interpreted broadly so as to include those biological, physical,
environmental and social science disciplines that are required
for undertaking work within Health Canada's mandate. Fellowships
will be granted conditional on the candidate having completed all
the requirements for a doctoral level or second entry professional
degree within six months of an offer of a fellowship by Health
Canada.
Candidates with a second entry health professional degree must
have a minimum of six years of university education. To be considered
in this category, applicants must have a valid license to practice
their profession in Canada.
Candidates with more than three years of postdoctoral experience
at the time of the competition deadline will normally not be eligible
for an award. A reasonable interruption (ex.:parental leave) in
a candidate's postdoctoral training may be taken into account in
determining
eligibility.
Candidates are discouraged from undertaking postdoctoral training
in the same research environment where they obtained their PhD.
Candidates whose doctoral studies were supervised by a Health Canada
researcher will normally not be eligible for a Health Canada Postdoctoral
Fellowship. However, consideration may be given to an applicant
who has completed his or her graduate work within Health Canada
if he or she is seeking a fellowship that will support his or her
research in a substantially different area.
Health Canada employees (term, indeterminate) are not eligible
to apply to this program as a potential postdoctoral fellow.
This program is open to qualified Canadian citizens and landed
immigrants who are resident in Canada or abroad. Under special
circumstances non-Canadians may also be considered for fellowships,
although priority will normally be given to Canadian citizens and
landed immigrants.
Conditions
Fellowships will be awarded for a period of up to two years, but
continuation of the fellowship for a second year will depend on
satisfactory progress in the research and the recommendation of
the mentor.
All candidates must submit proof of completion of their degree
(as detailed above) prior to commencing the fellowship.
All fellows must provide proof of life insurance and provincial
health insurance. If fellows
or their
family members are not eligible for provincial health insurance
either temporarily or permanently, they will be required to obtain
coverage from a private insurance company.
It is the joint responsibility of the candidate and the mentor
to ensure that approval of the proposed research program has
been received from the Animal Care Committee and/or the Research
Ethics Board, as appropriate. No funding will be released from
the Office of the Chief Scientist until such approval has been
obtained.
Support obtained through the Postdoctoral Fellowship program shall
be acknowledged in any paper published describing the work undertaken
by the candidate and/or mentor, and the mentor shall notify the
Office of the Chief Scientist of such publications when they go
to press.
Grant recipients will be required to sign a formal agreement.
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