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Postdoctoral Fellowships

A limited number of fellowships are available to qualified candidates with a doctoral degree whose prior postdoctoral research training shall normally not exceed 3 years. Fellowship awards are intended to allow recipients to become independent investigators. They can only be held in the Province of Manitoba.

Coordinated Fellowships

The Manitoba Health Research Council has engaged the hospital-based foundations (CancerCare Manitoba Foundation, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, and St. Boniface Hospital and Research Foundation and The Terry Fox Research Institute) in the coordination of a joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition.

The following are eligibility requirements for partner organizations:

CancerCare Manitoba

• The supervisor of the trainee has an appointment with CancerCare Manitoba or the Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology.

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.

St. Boniface Hospital and Research Foundation

• The supervisor of the trainee is a member of the St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre.

The Terry Fox Research Institute

• The supervisor of the trainee holds a faculty appointment with a research institute in Manitoba.
• The project is related to the fields of biomedical or clinical cancer research.

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, either a PhD degree in a health-related field or a health professional degree, such as an MD, DDS, DVM, BSc (Pharm), or equivalent;
• Must not have more than three years of post-PhD cumulative experience and/or research training by the competition deadline (this calculation is based on the first PhD degree obtained, regardless of discipline, either course-based or research-based). Interruptions, delays or post-degree clinical training in your post-PhD cumulative experience and/or research training may be taken into account in determining eligibility if information on the interruption is provided;
• Must not simultaneously hold a university faculty appointment or equivalent, or any major award for salary purposes;
• 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; and
• Will undertake the fellowship in a research environment different from his/her doctoral or previous postdoctoral work or clearly demonstrate that this postdoctoral training is different from and complementary to their previous training.

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 Postdoctoral 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 new 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.