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The application deadline for the 2007/08 Career Investigator competition has passed. Guidelines remain on this page for reference.
Eligibility to Apply: General Conditions
Health Research Themes
Eligibility to Apply: Award Category Specific Conditions
Award Category Eligibility Requirements
Award Amounts and Duration
Incentives and Top-up
Career Award Progression
Re-application
Partnerships
Department Heads
Establishment Grants
Contact the Career Program
The applicant must meet the following criteria to be eligible to apply to MSFHR. MSFHR reserves the right to declare applications ineligible. The decision is final.
The applicant:
- can only apply to one MSFHR Personnel program at a time
- can only apply to one award category
- must hold a PhD (or equivalent), DDS, DVM, DPharm or MD (Canadian degree or applicants must, at minimum, be eligible for trainee licensing in Canada)
- is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident by start of award or can provide documentation that application for permanent residency in Canada has been made
- is sponsored by a British Columbia university or research institute
- if not affiliated with a British Columbia university or research institute, the applicant must seek approval from MSFHR regarding the organization's eligibility to sponsor applicants and manage the financial administration of the award
- will be able to commit at least 75% of their time to health research activities
- Canada Research Tier II Chairs are eligible to apply, not Tier I Chairs
- must conduct research in one of the four health research themes as defined by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. A clear link to human health research must be made in the proposal. MSFHR reserves the right to make the final allocation.
The four research themes are:
Biomedical Research
Research with the goal of understanding normal and abnormal human functioning, at the molecular, cellular, organ system and whole body levels, including development of tools and techniques to be applied for this purpose; developing new therapies or devices which improve health or the quality of life of individuals, up to the point where they are tested on human subjects. Studies on human subjects that do not have a diagnostic or therapeutic orientation.
Clinical Research
Research with the goal of improving the diagnosis, and treatment (including rehabilitation and palliation), of disease and injury; improving the health and quality of life of individuals as they pass through normal life stages. Research on, or for the treatment of, patients.
Health Services Research
Research with the goal of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of health professionals and the health care system, through changes to practice and policy. Health services research is a multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviors affect access to health care, the quality and cost of health care, and ultimately our health and well-being.
Population Health Research
Research with the goal of improving the health of the Canadian population, or of defined sub-populations, through a better understanding of the ways in which social, cultural, environmental, occupational, and economic factors determine health status.
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Years of Independent Research Experience
Award Categories are determined according to the applicant's years of independent research experience in academic, industry and government settings. It is calculated from whichever of the following two conditions comes first:
- date of the applicant's first full-time academic appointment that has health research as its primary focus and/or,
- date of the applicant's first peer-reviewed operating grant as principal investigator from a provincial/national/international funding organization.
The reference date is the current competition deadline. Career interruptions (e.g. parental leave for birth or adoption, sick leave, etc.) are deducted from the calculation. Applicants must clearly explain the nature of the interruptions.
Scholar Awards
- applicants must have less than five years of independent research experience
- the host institution (Dean or Department Head) must specify how the funds freed up by the MSFHR Career Award will be used. The use of these funds must be consistent with MSFHR expectations, for example, towards:
- award recipients' research program
- protection of 75% research time
the host institution (Dean or Department Head) must commit to offering a full-time academic appointment, which is, at minimum, as an Assistant Professor or the equivalent for the applicant to take up the award
Senior Scholars
- applicants must have less than ten years of independent research experience
- the host institution (Dean or Department Head) must specify how the funds freed up by the MSFHR Career Award will be used. The use of these funds must be consistent with MSFHR expectations, for example, towards:
- award recipients' research program
- protection of 75% research time
the host institution (Dean or Department Head) must submit a written commitment confirming an additional five (5) years of salary support comparable to the MSFHR Senior Scholar award after the completion of the Senior Scholar Award.
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- Scholar: $80,000 per year for six years, inclusive of benefits
- Senior Scholar: $100,000 per year for five years, inclusive of benefits
Scholar and Senior Scholar awards must be taken up within twelve (12) months of the date of offer, July 1, 2008.
Recipients of other peer-reviewed salary awards are eligible to receive top-up and incentive funding for the duration of the MSFHR Award or to the end of the other peer-reviewed award, whichever comes first.
- Top-up: If the value of the other peer-reviewed award is less than the value of the MSFHR award, the award recipient is eligible for a top-up to the MSFHR award category in which they are funded.
- Incentive: Award recipients are also eligible to receive an incentive award which is 30% of the value of the other peer-reviewed award to a maximum of $15,000 per year, inclusive of benefits.
- MSFHR Scholars may apply for the MSFHR Senior Scholar Award prior to the completion of the Scholar Award term.
- Successful applicants may take up the Senior Scholar award upon completion of the Scholar term provided the applicant meets the eligibility criteria for Senior Scholars.
Unsuccessful applicants may apply any number of times to the Career Investigator Program as long as they meet the eligibility criteria for the category they are applying to.
MSFHR has a number of funding partnerships. These partnerships are based on and reflect the commitment of MSFHR and the partnering organizations to build capacity in health research. Applications meeting a partner's funding criteria will be considered for a partnership award. The salary contribution will remain at MSFHR rates, and all MSFHR Conditions of Award will apply.
- Applicants identify their Department Heads at the mandatory Letter of Intent stage
- Department Heads must complete and submit the Department Head Form on the MSFHR ApplyNet after the applicants have completed their Full Applications
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Establishment Grants are:
- one-time, non-renewable grants linked to MSFHR Career Investigator awards
- supplemental to the host institution's commitment to provide appropriate start-up funds and infrastructure support for the researchers
Eligibility
Establishment Grants are only open to the following researchers:
- new recruits to a BC university/research institute or
- investigators with less than 24 months of independent research experience or
- investigators whose first full-time academic appointment with health research as primary focus is within 24 months of the competition date or
- BC investigators who are changing research locations three (3) months prior to or three (3) months after the current competition date
Base Establishment Grant
- The Base Establishment Grant is up to $75,000 over two years
- The start date is linked to the start date of the Career Award
Matching Establishment Grant
Base Establishment Grant recipients who are successful in acquiring additional cash contributions from their host institution within 12 months prior to, or 12 months after, the start date of the MSFHR Career Award are eligible to receive the MSFHR Matching Establishment Grant. MSFHR will match up to 50% of the host institution's contribution to a maximum of:
- $50,000 for Scholars over two years
- $75,000 for Senior Scholars over two years
The start date of the Career Investigator Award is the start date of both the Base and Matching Establishment Grants.
Please refer to the Eligible Expenses for Establishment Grants.
If you have questions regarding the Career Investigator Program, please contact:
Rashmita Salvi
Program Manager, Career Investigator Program
Phone: 604.714.2779
E-mail the Career Investigator Program
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Last updated March 28, 2008
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