2023 CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship

Eligibility

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be one of the following:
   1. Stream A: a trainee who is enrolled full-time in a doctoral degree and studying HSPR or related fields* for their doctoral training at Canadian CIHR eligible institution and who has not previously held a HSI doctoral award.
   2. Stream B: a trainee who has obtained their doctoral degree in a HSPR or related field* and who has not previously held a HSI post-doctoral award.
2. For the purpose of this funding opportunity, trainees cannot hold or be on leave from an independent research position.
3. The NPA must not be a current or past employee of their proposed host partner organization or a current owner or shareholder of their proposed host partner organization (unless the candidate falls within the special case exception – see FAQ document [ PDF (323 KB) ] for definition of current or past employee).
4. A health system supervisor that is a decision maker from a health system or related organization** (and who is a different individual than the academic supervisor – see below) that has committed to hosting the trainee for the experiential learning opportunity must be identified as the Primary Supervisor.
   1. By committing to hosting a fellow, the health system supervisor:
      1. Confirms its organization will contribute the 30% partnership funding towards the award
      2. Confirms its organization has a mechanism to pay the 30% funding to the awardee (either via transfer agreement to the awardee's academic institution or direct to the awardee)
      3. Confirms its commitment to supervising and mentoring the awardee for the duration of the fellowship (see Review Criteria and How to Apply for details)
   2. Eligibility for Mitacs funding requires that the host partner organization's 30% contribution flow through Mitacs to the awardee. Primary Supervisors from the host partner organizations must indicate in their letter of support whether they provide consent to flow their funds through Mitacs (see Additional Information section).

   Note: While universities and university-based research institutes may play an important role in the HSI program, they are not eligible host partner organizations in this funding opportunity.

5. An academic supervisor who has an academic appointment with a university-based graduate training program in Canada (and who is a different individual than the health system supervisor) must be identified as the Supervisor.
   1. Stream A: the academic supervisor must be the trainee's primary PhD supervisor.
   2. Stream B: the academic supervisor must secure the awardee with post-doctoral status at the university by the start date of the award.
6. For any applications involving Indigenous Health Research, the NPA, health system supervisor and the academic supervisor must self-identify as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) or provide evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples
7. For awards held within host partner organizations located in Canada, the NPA may be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or citizen of another country. For awards held within host partner organizations located outside Canada (i.e., international pool), the NPA must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. In all scenarios, the fellow must be registered at an eligible institution (see the CIHR Application Administration Guide – Part 4) at the time of the award start date.
8. Applying for other awards: A candidate can apply for the HSI award and other federal awards programs (e.g., Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral (CGS D), Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS), Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships (Banting PDF), Mitacs Accelerate in the same year (see Conditions of Funding, holding other awards, below).
9. The applicant must complete one of CIHR's three interactive modules on sex and gender in research and include the completion certificate with their HSI Fellowship application (see How to Apply section for further details).
10. Applicants are permitted to submit only one application per HSI Fellowship competition.

Summary

How to Apply

• The application process for this funding opportunity is comprised of one step: Full Application
• All documents must be uploaded as unprotected PDF documents and not exceed 30 MB.
• Any other information that exceeds the character limits, or is not required, will be removed from the application prior to peer review.
• As this is a unique funding opportunity, only some of the components of the general Fellowship Awards – Application Instructions will apply. Specific instructions stating what is required are found below.
• All participants listed will:
  • Require a CIHR PIN.
  • Complete the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Self-identification Questionnaire.
• Reminder to applicants: Please ensure that your application is complete (includes all required signatures) and is submitted on time to CIHR.
  • CIHR cannot legally accept an application until the "Consent and Submit" task is completed on ResearchNet.
  • In order to ensure fairness in the evaluation of applications, CIHR will not accept updates to applications after the application submission.
• Note: When completing the application, applicants must protect the privacy and confidentiality of all potential team members, staff, collaborators, etc. How an individual self-identifies is personal and confidential information, which must not be disclosed without consent.

For specific instructions, please visit the How to Apply section of this funding opportunity in ResearchNet

Application deadlines

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at postdoc@ucalgary.ca 

Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.