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±«ÓãÖ±²¥ MedStar Award for Trainees

Objectives

  • To recognize the excellence of research done at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ by undergraduate (B.Sc.) and graduate students (M.Sc., Ph.D.), post doctoral fellows, and residents in all fields and disciplines covered by the Faculty.
  • To promote careers in health research.


Award

  • $500 per award (as of January 2012)


Frequency

  • Adjudicated in two periods each year (Jan-June, July-Dec)
  • Maximum of 12 awards perÌýsubmission period
  • Recipients of theÌýMedStar award will be notified the monthÌýproceeding the end of each award period.Ìý


Eligibility and selection criteria

  • The award is based on a research article recently published as first author by a trainee (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., PDF, Resident) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ or one of its affiliated hospitals or research institutesÌý
    • January to June period--articles that was published during January to June of the same year should be submitted for our review
    • July to December period--articles that was published during July to December of the same year should be submitted for our review
  • In the case of equal first co-authors, the prize will be divided equally between the two trainees
  • Must be health research from any fields with a likelihood of high impact
  • Multidisciplinary research and cross-pillars (basic, clinical, health services, population health) are a plus
  • Preferably a paper published in a high impact journal in the field
  • Award will not be given to previous MedStar winners (one given per degree level)
  • Applicant must be a registered ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ student during the application period and also the following term to be able to release the payment if successful


Submission process

  • Applications will be accepted at any time. Awards will be announced in March and August.


Who can submit:

  • Undergraduate and graduate students, post doctoral fellows or residents can submit their own article
  • Supervisor or co-investigator involved in the research
  • Article can be submitted only once


What is needed?

  • A PDF file of the published article (must be published during the January-June and July-December period - manuscripts in press or submitted are not acceptable).
  • A paragraph on the significance of the research
  • A short c.v. of the trainee (biosketch format)

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