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Clinical Research Fellowships

The Clinical Research Fellowships Program is intended to help remedy the shortage of clinician-scientists in Manitoba. It provides financial support, on a matching basis, for a period of research training for high-quality candidates with undergraduate medical degrees, or equivalent, who intend to pursue careers as clinician-researchers.

Applicants must apply to other institutions separately for the matching funding component of this program.

Coordinated Clinical Research Fellowships

The Manitoba Health Research Council has engaged the Manitoba Institute of Child Health in the coordination of a joint Clinical Research Fellowship Competition.

The following are eligibility requirements for the partner organization:

Manitoba Institute of Child Health

• The supervisor of the trainee is a member of the Manitoba Institute of Child Health.
• The project is related to child health and the application specifically explains the relationship.

Note that the competition is open to all applicants, whether they are affiliated with an institution listed above or not.

Eligibility

To be eligible, the applicant:

• Must hold, at the time of latest possible start date of September 1st, an MD, DDS, DVM, BSc (Pharm), or equivalent and have a valid licence to practice in Manitoba;
• If a resident physician wishing to interrupt clinical training to undertake research training, are recognized by Manitoba's College of Physicians;
• Must be enrolled in a research-based graduate level program leading to the attainment of a degree;
• Must not simultaneously hold a university faculty appointment or equivalent;
• Must apply with a supervisor who is a university faculty member;
• Will undertake the fellowship on a full-time basis in the Province of Manitoba;
• Is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Manitoba on the date the award becomes effective;
• Must clearly identify matching funding from one or more sources for the amount of the MHRC award at the time of application.

Application Instructions At-A-Glance

The checklist below outlines the steps that must be completed for your electronic application to be accepted for consideration by MHRC for a 2012 Clinical Research Fellowship Award:

1. Before You Begin

Before beginning an application, the MHRC strongly advises applicants download and review the following documents and have them on-hand while completing the application eForm:

• 2012 MHRC Awards Guide
• 2012 MHRC eGMS User Guide for Trainees

2. Other Preparations

1. Create an eGMS system account. Follow link below.
2. Acquire Supervisor and Department Head MHRC eGMS system accounts.
3. Create a Common CV. Visit the Canadian Common CV web site | login

Please also ensure that you have:

3. Allow Sufficient Time for Approvals

The Electronic Grants Management System requires applications to have both Supervisor and Department Head sign off. Therefore, IT IS VITAL THAT APPLICANTS COMPLETE ALL SECTIONS OF YOUR APPLICATION AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT TIME FOR SUPERVISOR(S) AND DEPARTMENT HEAD TO REVIEW AND CONSENT TO YOUR APPLICATION, BEFORE YOU ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT IT TO THE MHRC.

The following deadlines apply to the 2012 competition:

• February 1 — Submitted Application (eForm, attachments & applicant Common CV) with Supervisor Common CV/Approval and Department Head Approval
• February 15 — Transcripts and Letters of Support (courier, mail or drop off at MHRC's office)

The MHRC is not responsible for applications that are not received by our office by the application deadline due to delays.