Canada Impact+ Research Training Awards

Yes, there are specific Government of Canada research security considerations when recruiting through this program.

Nominators who receive, or who intend to apply to, grants subject to research security requirements - in particular, the Government of Canada’s Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (STRAC) - should be aware that the requirements of that policy would extend to their nominees. This applies to researchers whose work could be advancing specific and sensitive areas of importance to Canadian research and development.

Eligibility for Tri-Agency or CFI funding could be negatively impacted or revoked if any members of the research team benefiting from those grants are affiliated with, or received funding or in-kind support from, one of the Government of Canada’s Named Research Organizations, which are known to have strong ties to military, national defence or state security entities in countries such as the People’s Republic of China, Iran, and Russia.

Successful awardees to the Canada Impact+ Training Awards would need to terminate any affiliations with, or funding or in-kind support from, NROs before joining research teams who hold federal grants subject to STRAC requirements.

Please contact the UBC Research Security team for additional questions regarding these considerations or other research security requirements.

The nomination form allows for only a single nominator to be listed, A sole supervisor or either of a nominee's co-supervisors - provided they are an eligible CIRTA nominator - can be listed as the nominator. 

The Tri-Agencies have confirmed that CRC, CERC and C150-funded researchers are eligible as nominators, including those funded by SSHRC, CIHR and NSERC. This will be corrected shortly in the list of eligible funding sources listed in the Tri-Agency FAQ page linked above.

Co-investigators are not eligible as nominators; faculty must be the principal nominated applicant (or equivalent).

Though nominees may pursue the opportunity for CIRTA funding at multiple universities, in the end they may be nominated to the Tri-Agencies by only one university. 

Yes, like PhD students who receive  doctoral Tri-Agency award funding through the annual CGRSD competition, PhD CIRTA recipients will become 4YF holders and receive 4YF funding in the fourth year of their PhD program. See 4YF Guidelines for details.

Yes: though the CIRTA program does not limit eligibility based on the number of years since completing a doctoral degree, UBC Policy AP10 does apply: a PDF must commence the appointment within five years of being awarded a PhD degree; however, this time period may be extended by circumstances requiring an interruption in a research career (e.g., maternity/parental/adoptive leave).

No, benefits costs are the responsibility of the postdoctoral fellow's supervisor and/or academic unit. Questions about other possible funding sources for benefits costs should be directed to academic unit's administrative team.