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New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) Student Health Research Award

Conditions:

This program rewards student and trainee excellence and provides assistance for students and trainees undertaking their own research project or program as part of their thesis based degree studies at a Masters, Doctorate (PhD), Post Doctorate or Medical School program in New Brunswick.

Scope
Research supported must be in a field of human health research, defined broadly as encompassing biomedical science, clinical research, health services and systems research, and research on the cultural, social, and environmental determinants of population health. The student must be under the supervision of at least one researcher (i.e. supervisor) who has an academic appointment at a New Brunswick university or health care institution.

To be eligible, the student or trainee (principal applicant) must:

Submit an application to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) or any other national funding agency (i.e. NSERC, any nationally peer reviewed Charity) for funding under Doctoral Research Awards, Masters Awards or Fellowship Awards. Once results of the peer review for the competition have been made available to the applicant, and the applicant has scored 3.0 or above, but has not been funded by any partner agencies in the competition, the applicant may submit the application to NBHRF for consideration. The applicant must submit their original application and all review comments and evaluations to NBHRF through the online process.
Propose original research which is directly relevant to the health of New Brunswickers (courses in research methods would not meet this requirement).
At the time of application, be accepted into a thesis-based full-time graduate program at a New Brunswick university or academic institution (programs that require a major research project or practicum are not considered thesis-based programs), or be classified as an academic post doctoral fellow; and be under the supervision of at least one researcher (i.e. supervisor) who has an academic appointment at a New Brunswick university or health care institution.
Not hold a remunerated academic appointment.
Be registered at a New Brunswick university for the tenure of the award and confirm registration status as per the program of study outlined in the original application.
Applications will be accepted within fifteen months of the date of the original decision notification of the national granting agency.
Students are eligible to apply for funding to a maximum of one year for each degree program; applicants who enter a Doctorate program directly from a Bachelors degree may apply first for support at the Masters level provided they will be entering their first year of the program during the period of support of the Masters level SHRG; applicants transferring from a Masters Program into a Doctorate program must apply for support at the Doctorate level; trainees with or completing a Doctorate degree may apply for up to one year of support within 5 years of receiving their PhD; if students are working full time they must demonstrate that they have a reasonable work plan for their proposed research activities.

Current grant recipients may apply for a subsequent award if their current grant will be completed on or before the funding start date of the new competition and their new application is for another program. Students with NBHRF funding who do not submit a final report or any other required documentation will be ineligible for future NBHRF research funding.

Applicants are encouraged to apply to other agencies simultaneously and are required to inform NBHRF of any applications submitted, or funds received during the review period of the NBHRF SHRG competition.

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