MSFHR launches 2012 competition for Scholar Awards

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research is excited to announce the launch of a new funding competition for the Career Investigator Program – Scholar Award.

These awards represent one of the cornerstones of our investment in nurturing talent and building research capacity in British Columbia. Since 2001, our personnel programs have supported more than 1,450 individual researchers working across all areas of health research. MSFHR funding helps foster the development of outstanding health researchers by providing a vital source of support that allows them to build strong research programs, engage collaborators and teams, and attract additional funding to advance knowledge on critical health issues. Past recipients of this award have achieved numerous discoveries and “world firsts” that have improved health and saved lives in BC and around the world.

More information about this funding opportunity, including guidelines and instructions, may be found on the Career Investigator Program page.

Our commitments to current MSFHR award recipients remain our first priority. New awards under this program will be contingent upon receipt of sufficient funding for the 2012/13 fiscal year to cover existing commitments as well as new awards arising from this competition.

MSFHR ApplyNet

A new version of our MSFHR ApplyNet grant application system is being launched concurrently with this competition. The new system is task-driven and allows applicants to manage their awards and applications from a personal home page where they can also seek input from supervisors, department heads, deans, referees, and others as part of the full application. All details of the application are now available in one place, reducing workload for applicants and improving response time from MSFHR. Tutorials are available to help users learn the system.

Please note, MSFHR ApplyNet is a new system. User accounts created in our old grant management system are no longer valid. All users must create a new login and password even if they have registered in previous competitions.

Read more about the 2012 Career Investigator Competition

LOI application deadline: February 24, 2012
Full application deadline: March 23, 2012

2011 MSFHR award recipients pictured above (L to R): Dr. Christopher Carlsten, Dr. Cydney Nielsen, Dr. Jonathan Choy.