CIHR Doctoral Research Awards

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Annual Value

Stipend: $30,000; Research allowance: $5,000

Citizenship

Canadian
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Degree Level

Doctoral
 

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Research Awards provide special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field. Two types of awards are available. Please be advised that an applicant can only apply to one competition in the same year:

In addition, please note that if successful, an applicant cannot change the proposed location or institution paid from a Canadian institution to a foreign institution since the purpose of these competitions are different.

 

Profiles of Award Holders

Lingyi (Gloria) Li

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

The risk of multiple sclerosis among users of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors: A Canadian population-based study

Courtney van Ballegooie

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Oncology (PhD)

Patient Understanding of Modern Chemotheraputics: Has the increasing complexity of chemotherapy impacted patients quality of life and understanding?

Amy Inkster

Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD)

Sex differences and X chromosome inactivation in the human placenta (focused on epigenetic and gene expression profiling)

Jennica Nichols

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Reimagining Research-Based Theatre: An Arts-Based Approach to Engaging Veterans, Families, and Service Providers in the Co-Design of an Intervention to Improve Veterans' Success in Higher Education

Henry Lu

Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)

Uncovering novel roles of the CARD11-BCL10-MALT1 (CBM) complex in immunity: unique insights from human primary immunodeficiency diseases

Angela McLaughlin

Doctor of Philosophy in Bioinformatics (PhD)

Models of infectious disease transmission for HIV and other rapidly evolving RNA viruses

Jennifer Lavalley

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Integrating Indigenous Ways of Knowing into Overdose Responses for Urban Indigenous People who use Drugs

Brock Williams

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Nutrition (PhD)

Folic acid supplementation in children with sickle cell disease

Verena Rossa-Roccor

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Shaping Healthy Climate Policy: Political Knowledge-to-Action Strategies for (Health) Researchers
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Further Information

For further information, please visit CIHR's health research training award programs page.