HYRS Mentors Form

The University of Calgary ("UCalgary") respects your privacy and is committed to ensuring the privacy of all students, staff, and community members. Your personal information is collected under the authority of section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used for the administering the Alberta Innovates High School Youth Researcher Summer (HYRS) Program, including for the purposes of matching students to mentors.

Information collected in this application including, name, email, project information, will be limited to a select group of individuals involved in the administration of the award program and to those individuals who require access for the above purposes, including the Research Services Office administering the HYRS program, and HYRS students matched to your lab.

The personal information you provide may be disclosed to Alberta Innovates for the purposes of information verification, government reporting and/or to comply with statutory or contractual obligations. De-identified and aggregate information may also be disclosed to third parties for promotional purposes. The University of Calgary may contact you for matters relating to your project and/or administration of the HYRS program

If you have questions regarding this notice or the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal information, please contact the Research Services Office at :

Research Services Office, HYRS Program
Mackimmie Tower, MT 600
2500 University of Calgary Drive, NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4
Email: hyrs@ucalgary.ca

MENTOR INFORMATION

Principal Investigator (Mentor) Name:

Department:

Office/Lab Location:

Mentor Email:

Confirm email

DAILY SUPERVISOR INFORMATION

Please provide the name and contact information for the assigned daily supervisor of the HYRS student. If you have more than one supervisor, please separate their information using a comma below. If you are serving as both the mentor and daily supervisor, please leave these fields blank.

Daily Supervisor(s) Name(s):

Daily Supervisor(s) Email(s):

Multiple email addresses may be separated by commas. Emails are only sent to cc and bcc addresses if a To email address is provided.

Daily Supervisor Work location (if different from lab location above):

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

How many HYRS students would you like to mentor?

I am willing to mentor one student.

I am willing to mentor two students if need be.

Please provide a brief description of the proposed project the HYRS student will be completing.

If known, what is the title of the project:

**IMPORTANT** You must provide one of the following confirmations:

My lab is currently compliant with the Young Persons Accessing Laboratories Standard

My lab will be compliant with the Young Persons Standard by July 2, 2026

My lab is not compliant with the Young Persons Standard and will not be compliant by July 2, 2026

1. What is the desired background of student (eg. Computer programs, special skills/abilities, etc.)

2. Are there other requirements for the project? (eg. Willingness to do fieldwork, work with animals, etc.)

3. Will your HYRS student be working with any Level 2 bio-hazardous materials (or higher)? If so, please specify. Please also specify any required vaccinations:

4. Will you be able to provide the necessary personal protectant equipment for your lab?

5. Please specify which, if any, date(s) you will be unavailable for between July 2 – August 13, 2026:

6. Will you be able to commit a minimum of 1 hour/week to direct Mentorship of the HYRS student?

7. Would you be interested in participating as a guest speaker or lecturer to the HYRS cohort? (If so, we will contact you for further details and to arrange a date/time that would be most convenient)

Yes, please

No, thank you

8. Would you be interested in providing a lab tour to the HYRS cohort? (If so, we will contact you for further details and to arrange a date/time that would be most convenient).

Yes, please

No, thank you

9. Does the project involve one or more of Alberta Innovates priority research areas?

Applied Health Research for Adoption & Scale

Projects that accelerate the development, validation, and deployment of health technologies and therapeutics with commercial or clinical potential.

Sustainable Health Systems

Projects that design, implement, or evaluate innovative care models, service approaches, or policies that improve performance and sustainability in Alberta.

Digital Health & Data-Driven Systems

Projects that advance the secure, ethical, and effective use of digital tools and health data to support care delivery, decision-making, and system coordination.

One Health

Projects that address the interconnection of human, animal, and environmental health to prevent, detect, and respond to shared threats through cross-disciplinary, collaborative, applied activities.

No, the project does not address any of the priority research areas

10. Will your HYRS student require a Calgary Police Information Check to complete their project?

Yes

I confirm that the information provided in this application is accurate and true. I agree to support the HYRS student in their summer research studentship as outlined in the above terms and conditions.

Collection of personal information
Your personal information is collected under the authority of section 33(c) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. If you have any questions about the collection or use of this information, please visit our Access to Information page.