Health Services and Policy Research (HSPR) Rising Star Early Career Award

Timeline and Funding

Application deadline The application deadline and notice of decision (NOD) will align with the Fall CIHR Project Grant competition. Please check the CIHR Project Grant page for the application deadline and notice of decision (NOD), which may change year-to-year.
Funding per award One $25,000 award is granted annually

Description

This award was established to recognize the excellence of health services and policy researchers at an early stage in their career. The Health Services and Policy Research Rising Star Early Career Award will be given to the highest ranking early-career investigator in CIHR’s Fall Project Grant competition whose application is aligns with the Priority Announcement for the HSPR Rising Star Early Career Award. This award is a supplemental grant to support research and/or knowledge mobilization.

Funds Available

  • The maximum amount available for this prize is $25,000, for a single award of $25,000 per annum for up to one (1) year.
  • The recipient may be invited by IHSPR to present their research at a national conference and must set aside $5,000 of funds for this purpose.

Eligibility and How to Apply

  • This award is administered through the Fall Project Grant competition. The award will be given to the highest ranked early-career investigator in CIHR’s Fall Project Grant competition, whose project aligns with the Priority Announcement for the HSPR Rising Star Early Career Award.
  • The candidate must be an early career investigator at the time of the application deadline of the Project Grant competition; with the added qualification that all those who held ECR status as of March 1, 2020, or who secured their first academic appointment after this date, will have their status extended by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Application Deadline and Notice of Decision (NOD): As this award is through CIHR’s Fall Project Grant competition, the application deadline and NOD will align with that competition. Please check the CIHR Project Grant page for the application deadline and NOD, which may change year-to-year.

For further details on eligibility requirements and how to apply, please visit the CIHR ResearchNet page and verify the latest Project Grant Priority Announcements (Specific Research Areas) for the HSPR Rising Star Early Career Award Priority Areas.

Previous Rising Star Award Recipients

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