Canadian Academy of Health Sciences Fellowship

Eligibility

Detailed subject to change in January 2025 when CAHS call goes live. The agency deadline below is an anticipated date.

Fellows elected to the Academy will be health and biomedical science leaders who have achieved local, provincial, national and international peer recognition for their contributions to the health sciences (awards, invited lectures, invited reviews and editorials) and have a demonstrated track record of exceptional accomplishment and impact.

Individuals working in government, NGO or private sectors are eligible if they have a stellar record of accomplishment in the public interest that attests to their ability to advance the mission and goals of CAHS.

Individuals are elected to the organization after a thorough nominating and peer review procedure. Successful candidates are able to demonstrate:

• A track record of exceptional accomplishment and impact and
• Sustained performance at a national and international level

The review places considerable emphasis on internationally recognized leadership and contributions that have meaningfully advanced the academic health sciences, health care, health policy or related impacts. Individuals working in government, NGO or private sectors are eligible if they have a stellar record of accomplishment in the public interest that attests to their ability to advance the mission and goals of CAHS.

At the time of election, Fellows working in a university will normally hold the rank of Full Professor and those working in other non-academic sectors will normally have senior positions.

At the time of election, Fellows must be either Canadian citizens or residents of Canada for the past 3 years, unless exceptional circumstances prompt the Board to rule otherwise.

Summary

The Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) recognizes the full breadth of academic health science ranging from fundamental science to social science and population health. Fellows elected to the Academy will be well recognized by their peers nationally and internationally for their contributions to the promotion of health science. They will have demonstrated leadership, creativity, distinctive competencies and a commitment to advance academic health science.

Election to Fellowship in the Academy is considered one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health sciences community and carries with it a covenant to serve the Academy and the future well being of the health sciences irrespective of the Fellow's specific discipline.

Election embodies a covenant to serve the Academy and the future well being of the health sciences irrespective of the Fellow's specific discipline.

Fellows of the Academy are entitled to use the designation FCAHS (Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences) or MACSS (Membre de L'Académie canadienne des sciences de la santé).

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

SUPPORT: Research Awards Committee
The SUPPORT: Research Awards Committee is now available to review and provide feedback to strengthen nominations for major research prizes and awards and advise on the suitability of award nominations. SUPPORT will also review the CV of a potential candidate for Fellowship in the RSC and advise on their suitability for nomination at this time.

If you wish for the SUPPORT: Research Awards committee to review and provide feedback on a nomination package, please include the following materials:

1. 500 word summary and assessment of the nominee's accomplishments and contributions that justify election into the Academy (see Nomination Form 2024, page 6)
2. 500 word personal statement from the nominee(see Nomination Form 2024, page 7)
3. Candidate's CV

If additional components of the nomination package are available by the SUPPORT deadline, the committee would be pleased to review all available materials.

Submission process:

1. Faculty research office or Associate Dean (Research) must submit the request for review to researchawards@ucalgary.ca
2. Each submission must include a SUPPORT Review Form
3. Each Faculty must submit a short statement describing how equity, diversity and inclusion were considered in the Faculty’s internal selection processes. (One statement required per faculty)

SUPPORT Nomination Review Deadline: February 3, 2025
SUPPORT Candidate Review: anytime

Nomination
Read the nomination guide, Preparing a Fellowship Nomination – 2024 (to be updated in Jan 2025)

Three letters of nomination are required. CAHS will consider applications where none of the nominators are CAHS Fellows.

The primary nominator must provide a letter of nomination that introduces the nominee and co-nominators.

Two co-nominators, who would normally be an institutional leader from the nominee’s institution and a colleague from a different institution, national or international, will attest their support of the nomination.

Letters should describe the nature and duration of the professional relationship(s) with the nominee and must address in specific paragraphs the characteristics of recognition, leadership, creativity, distinct competencies, and commitment to advance the health sciences.

The primary nominator and nominee should each describe evidence of contributions to advance inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility in Canada. Co-nominators also may address this characteristic if they have knowledge of the nominee’s contributions to advancing inclusivity, diversity, equity, and accessibility. Letters should focus on the nominee’s impacts.

NO MORE THAN THREE (3) LETTERS OF NOMINATION WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Read the instructions for the nomination letters, found in the nomination form, carefully.

Submission

The primary nominator is responsible to co-ordinate the nomination package. Electronic submissions only to Kayla Bimm at kbimm@cahs-acss.ca

Notification

Nominees are advised of outcomes by the end of August but information is embargoed until Induction ceremony in September.

A large number of outstanding candidates are nominated each year. It is inevitable that some are not elected in the first year. Nominations are active for three years and updates to the original nomination package are accepted through this period. Annual solicitations for updated materials are made to the primary nominators.