Canadian Blood Services Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition 2019

Sponsor

Canadian Blood Services

For More Information

For additional information, please visit the program's websites for

  • Program guidelines
  • Application forms
  • Evaluation criteria

Description

The Postdoctoral Fellowship Program provides salary support on a competitive basis to highly qualified candidates in the field of blood transfusion and transplantation science in Canada. The value of each Fellowship is related to the major degree(s) and experience the applicant holds.

The proposed project for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program must be aligned with one or more of the research priorities identified below. Proposals that are not relevant to any of these priorities will not be considered for funding. Research Priorities:

  • Promoting appropriate blood product utilization
  • Ensuring an adequate blood product supply
  • Minimizing the adverse effects of blood product transfusion
  • Optimizing blood product quality
  • Replacing or improving blood products through new therapies or technologies

Eligibility

  • Applicants must hold a relevant prerequisite degree (Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M.) from a recognized academic institution.
  • Applicants must be within five (5) years of completing their prerequisite degree.
  • Applicants’ proposed research must be relevant to one or more of the research priorities described in Section I of these Guidelines.
  • Applicants must secure the sponsorship of a primary academic supervisor who is either a Canadian Blood Services Scientist/Investigator, a Canadian Blood Services Adjunct Scientist, or a Medical Officer/Director (blood.ca/en/research/our-team).
  • Applicants must not hold the Postdoctoral Fellowship with their Ph.D. supervisor.
  • Applicants must not hold another salary or stipend award at the same time as the Postdoctoral Fellowship.
  • There is a limit of one Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded per laboratory per competition, and a maximum of two Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded per laboratory at any one time.

Maximum Project Value

  • Trainees with a PhD degree is $40,000 CDN (plus benefits) per annum.
  • Health Professionals who hold licensure (full or educational) in Canada and have less than two (2) years of research or clinical training experience is $40,000 CDN (plus benefits) per annum. Upon completion of two years of postgraduate research training, the awardee may be eligible to receive an increase to $50,000 CDN (plus benefits) per annum. 
  • Health professionals who hold licensure (full or educational) in Canada and have two (2) or more years of research or clinical training experience is $50,000 CDN (plus benefits) per annum.
  •  Health professionals who do not hold licensure in Canada is $21,000 CDN (plus benefits) per annum. Upon completion of two years of postgraduate research training, the awardee may be eligible to receive an increase to $40,000 CDN (plus benefits) per annum.

Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients are expected to develop new research activities. For this purpose, a Research Allowance of $20,000 is made available to each Postdoctoral Fellowship recipient for development of the project. 

Indirect Costs

0%

Project Duration

3 years

Deadlines

If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.

TypeDateNotes
Internal Deadline

Applicant to submit copy of application, supporting documents along with a complete OR5 form to: research.services@uoguelph.ca

External Deadline

Applicant to send complete application: email to centreforinnovation@blood.ca

More information, competition guidelines and application form can be found on Canadian Blood Services website.

For Questions, please contact

Centre for Innovation at centreforinnovation@blood.ca or by phone at 613-739-2496.

Office of Research

Ornella McCarron, Grants Officer
Research Services Office
519-824-4120 x52832
omccarro@uoguelph.ca

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