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Trainee Funding

  1. ACHRI Graduate Scholarship

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees of ACHRI members. 
    • Award Amount: 
      • Master's students (domestic): $15,000 per year for two years from ACHRI plus $10,000 per year from the supervisor;
      • Master's students (international): $16,000 per year for two years from ACHRI plus  $10,000 per year from the supervisor;
      • PhD students (domestic): $17,000 per year for two years from ACHRI plus  $10,000 per year from the supervisor; 
      • PhD students (international): $18,000 per year for two years plus $10,000 per year from the supervisor. 
    • Deadline: TBA (Application Portal opens November 1, 2023)
    • Award Guide
    • Application Process: New applicants, please apply using the GAC application found in your Student Centre, under My Financials tab. Details here (under CSM Harmonized Awards tab) and here. Please also review this step-by-step guide.
    • Progress Report - renewing applicants only

    *Please note that application submission deadlines for the Graduate Awards Competition (GAC) -- which includes ACHRI Scholarship competition -- may vary across non-CSM graduate programs.  Please check with your Program/Faculty. 

  2. Charlie Fischer Graduate Scholarship in Advancing Patient- and Family-Centered Care

    Details coming soon

  1. ACHRI Postdoctoral Fellowship

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees of ACHRI members. 
    • Award Amount: $35,000 per year for two years from ACHRI, plus $25,000 per year from the supervisor.
    • Deadlines: November 1, 2023, 5 PM for new and renewal applications for start date of January 1, 2024
    • Award Guide
    • Application Form - new applicants only.  NOTE: The Application Form link will take you to a landing page, which contains instructions for creating a login. Once the login is submitted, you will be directed to a page that will ask you to bookmark or record the URL. This URL is now customized for you. Each applicant will require both their unique URL and their login password to access their application(s).
    • Progress Report - renewing applicants only

  2. Haslam Clinical Research Fellowship in Child Brain Health - COMPETITION CLOSED

    This award is made possible through the Dr. Robert Haslam Chair Endowment. This Fellowship was created to advance research, create new knowledge, and inspire future leaders in child brain health.

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees (postdoctoral scholars and clinical research fellows/ PGME fellows) of ACHRI members. Applicants external to UCalgary are welcome to apply. 
    • Award Amount: Award amount varies depending on trainee category (min. $60,000 for one year)
    • Deadline: COMPETITION CLOSED
    • Award Guide
    • Application Form - new applicants only. NOTE: The Application Form link will take you to a landing page, which contains instructions for creating a login. Once the login is submitted, you will be directed to a page that will ask you to bookmark or record the URL. This URL is now customized for you. Each applicant will require both their unique URL and their login password to access their application(s).
    • Progress Report - renewing applicants - COMING SOON

  3. Charlie Fischer Fellowship in Advancing Patient- and Family-Centered Research - COMPETITION CLOSED

    This award is made possible through a gift honouring Mr. Charlie Fischer by Randy and Claudia Findlay – matched by the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation.

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees (postdoctoral scholars or clinical research fellows/ PGME fellows) of ACHRI members. Applicants external to UCalgary are welcome to apply. 
    • Award Amount: Min. $60,000 for one year, plus $5,000 research allowance.
    • Deadline: May 1, 2024
    • Award Guide
    • Application Form . NOTE: The Application Form link will take you to a landing page, which contains instructions for creating a login. Once the login is submitted, you will be directed to a page that will ask you to bookmark or record the URL. This URL is now customized for you. Each applicant will require both their unique URL and their login password to access their application(s).

  4. ACHRI Clinical Research Fellowship

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees of ACHRI members. Candidates for the ACHRI Clinical Research Fellowship may be medical residents and fellows pursuing research training.
    • Award Amount: Stipend levels are in accordance with the current PARA agreement.
    • Deadline: November 1, 2023, 5 PM for new applications
    • Award Guide
    • Application Form - new applicants only. NOTE: The Application Form link will take you to a landing page, which contains instructions for creating a login. Once the login is submitted, you will be directed to a page that will ask you to bookmark or record the URL. This URL is now customized for you. Each applicant will require both their unique URL and their login password to access their application(s). 
    • Renewal Form - renewing applicants only

  5. ACHRI CCMG Fellowship

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees (postdoctoral scholars and clinical research fellows/ PGME fellows) of ACHRI members. Applicants external to UCalgary are welcome to apply. 
    • Award Amount: Award amount varies depending on trainee category (min. $60,000 for one year)
    • Deadline: TBA
    • Award Guide - COMING SOON

  6. Dawson Jarock Vasculitis Fellowship in Pediatric Nephrology and Pediatric Rheumatology

    This position is made possible by the Dawson Jarock Research Award in Pediatric Nephrology & Rheumatology through the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation and ACHRI. The Muhlenfeld/Jarock family supports this Award and have supported the annual Calgary Vasculitis Symposium for the past 10 years. Participation in research focusing on vasculitis is a key element of the fellowship.

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees (clinical research fellows/ PGME fellows) to be supervised, upon arrival, by an ACHRI member. Candidates should have formal training in Pediatric Rheumatology or Pediatric Nephrology. 
    • Award Amount: One-year clinical research fellowship
    • Deadline: COMPETITION CLOSED
    • Award Guide

  1. ACHRI Summer Studentship Award - COMPETITION CLOSED

    • Eligibility: Open to undergraduate trainees of ACHRI members. Non-UCalgary student applicants are eligible. 
    • Award Amount: $1,375 per month from ACHRI plus a minimum of $500 per month from the supervisor, for 2 – 4 months (May – August)
    • Deadlines: TBA
    • Award Guide
    • Apply through the UCalgary Summer Student Application Portal. For detailed instructions on the application process, please visit this page.

  2. BME-ACHRI Summer Undergraduate Research Funding - COMPETITION CLOSED

    • Eligibility: Open to undergraduate trainees of ACHRI members. Preference will be given to students in the BME program.
    • Award Amount: $7,500 in total for the period of May 1 - August 31
    • Deadlines: TBA
    • Apply through the UCalgary Summer Student Application Portal. For detailed instructions on the application process, please visit this page.
  • Eligibility: N/A
  • Award Amount: N/A
  • Deadlines: N/A

  1. ACHRI Trainee Travel Award

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees of ACHRI members. Internal travel awards are available to graduate or postdoctoral trainees presenting their research at a conference. Master’s and postdoctoral trainees are eligible for one travel award during the course of their program; PhD trainees are eligible for two travel awards during the course of their program.
    • Award Amount: $500
    • Deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1
    • Award Guide
    • Application Form

  2. ACHRI Trainee Research Visits

    • Eligibility: Open to trainees of ACHRI members. Internal travel award offered to eligible trainees wishing to travel to attend an external course or workshop or to visit a partnering research group to learn practical techniques or collaborate in ongoing studies.
    • Award Amount: $1,000 - $2,000
    • Deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1 
    • Award Guide
    • Application Form

  1. ACHRI Visiting Speaker/ External Examiner Funding

    • Eligibility: Open to ACHRI members who are inviting a visiting scholar to present a seminar to ACHRI members and trainees. This funding is also available to ACHRI members whose PhD students have scheduled their thesis defense. External examiner must present a seminar during their visit.
    • Award Amount: up to $1,500 per visit
    • Deadline: Applications are accepted year-round
    • Application process: please contact achri.training@ucalgary.ca for details.

The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP) is a transdisciplinary training program for the next generation of clinician-scientists in child and youth health research in Canada. CCHCSP provides support for these highly qualified child health clinician candidates to develop their requisite knowledge and skills for a career as an independent scientist in child health research. 

For details on eligibility, guidelines and adjudication process, please contact us at achri.training@ucalgary.ca.

 

  1. ACHRI STEP Support for CCHCSP Applications

    N/A

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