Scholarships

Program details

Application deadline:October 1, 2013
Please note that applications will only be accepted in odd-numbered years for scholarship awards.

Application forms

Review process

Cystic Fibrosis Canada Grants & Awards Guide

Recent award competition results: none awarded in 2011/2012

Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scholarship awards offer new investigators the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting cystic fibrosis research through provision of a contribution to their salary.

A new investigator is defined as a researcher who has received his/her first full-time faculty appointment for a period of 0 to 60 months at the time of applying.
 

Purpose

Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scholarships provide salary support to a limited number of exceptional investigators, who have made outstanding contributions to, and have demonstrated leadership in, cystic fibrosis research. This award offers new investigators an opportunity to develop outstanding cystic fibrosis research programs, unhampered by heavy teaching or clinical loads.

Eligibility

1. hold an M.D. or Ph.D. degree;
    
2. not be registered for a higher degree during the tenure of the award;
    
3. be within five years of, or have a formal documented commitment to, their first academic appointment at the time of application and throughout the term of the award (an appointment which allows an individual to apply for research grants as an independent investigator);
    
4. have a written commitment from the Dean of Faculty or Research Director guaranteeing:
    
   1. An appointment or pending appointment for the applicant following the completion of the award.
       
   2. A minimum of 75% protected research time (the remaining 25% may be devoted to teaching and/or clinical activities).
       
   3. Details of the appointment, including teaching load, clinical and administrative duties, lab/office space, start-up funds, etc.
       
   4. A commitment from the Host Institution that, at a minimum, 50% of awarded scholarship funds must be classified as “non-restrictive” operating funds for use at the awardee’s discretion.
       
5. be sp0nsored by an eligible Canadian research institution or medical school.
    
6. exhibit exceptional potential, and demonstrate the ability to initiate and conduct independent research; and
    
7. hold a Cystic Fibrosis Canada research grant in conjunction with the Scholarship. Applications for a Scholarship may be submitted by researchers already holding a research grant. More often, however, applications for a Scholarship and a research grant are submitted simultaneously. If the latter application is successful, the applicant will not necessarily receive a Scholarship. If the application for a research grant is unsuccessful, the applicant will be deemed ineligible for a Scholarship.

Term

The award will be for a three-year period, renewable for an additional two years on receipt of a satisfactory progress report during the third year of the award. In no case will an award be for more than five years.

Value

The value of a Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scholarship is $60,000 per year. Scholarships are subject to the availability of funds and the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee reserves the right not to offer a Scholarship in any given year.

Application requirements

Applications must be received by Cystic Fibrosis Canada no later than October 1 of odd-numbered years (i.e. 2011). Incomplete and/or late applications will be returned to the applicant.

Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scholarships must be held in conjunction with a Cystic Fibrosis Canada Research grant. If the applicant holds a research grant form another Canadian granting agency other than Cystic Fibrosis Canada, s/he is eligible for this Scholarship. If the application for an initial or renewal Research grant is unsuccessful in the October 1 competition, the investigator will not be deemed eligible for a Scholarship.

Use of funds

Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scholarships are salary awards, and the payment, in addition, of benefits to Cystic Fibrosis Canada scholars is a matter of host institutional policy.

Terms and conditions

1. Payment of grants

   Grant payments will be made at the beginning of each fiscal quarter, and will coincide with the fiscal year of most universities: July 1 through June 30.

2. Institutional affiliation

   Scholars are normally expected to remain at the university which nominated them for the entire period of the appointment. If the Scholar leaves the university, he or she is expected to relinquish the Scholarship.

   If the Scholar transfers to another university, and is continuing the same type of research, the award may be continued, at the discretion of the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee, and on receipt of letters of commitment and agreement from each of the universities involved. The authorization of the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee must be sought in advance of such a transfer.

3. Sabbatical leave

   Sabbatical leave may not be taken during the term of a Cystic Fibrosis Canada Scholarship award without the prior approval of the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee.

4. Increases

   Subject to the availability of funds, the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee may recommend that a cost-of-living allowance be added to the value of a Scholarship.

5. Termination of funding

   The award may be terminated at any time for good and sufficient reason by the appointee, the university or Cystic Fibrosis Canada.

6. Progress reports

   Grantees must submit progress reports to the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee no later than 22 months, but no earlier than 18 months, after initiating the award. A satisfactory review is required to receive funding in Years 4 and 5 of the award.

Reviewed/updated: 2011-12-08