Clinician Scientist Training Program
Overview
The Clinician-Scientist Training Program (CSTP) provides clinicians with the tools necessary to function in the future as independent scientists in the field of child health. The program is designed to provide research training at the level of that within a doctoral (PhD) program. The duration of funding will depend on the trainee's progress within the program, and may be available for up to four years from the start date of the PhD program. The trainee will be affiliated with a specific lab, wet bench or patient-based, in which the research will be performed, and will have a clearly defined mentor in the director of the lab in which his/her research is being conducted.
Annual value: $40,000 (CSTP), $10,000 (Supervisor).
Award status: Applications accepted for Spring 2012
Deadline: March 1, 2012.
Eligibility
Clinicians, physicians and other paediatric health care practitioners trained in a paediatric clinical discipline, who have demonstrated an ability to engage in research, and who are pursuing a career in research, are eligible to apply to the program. This includes clinicians in paediatric medicine, paediatric surgery and other paediatric health professions, such as nursing, social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and respiratory therapy. The mentor must have a scientific appointment in the SickKids Research Institute.
Clinicians must be applying to work in the laboratory or with the team of an approved SickKids Senior Scientist, Scientist, Senior Associate Scientist, or Associate Scientist. Applicants may apply to CSTP before their health practitioner license has been awarded; however, proof of current valid license must be provided before funding can begin. This license must also be valid throughout the duration of funding. The full-time student is required to spend a minimum of 80 per cent of his/her time in research. Clinical commitments cannot exceed 20 per cent or eight daytime hours per week.
*Note: Annual renewal of the award is mandatory and each year students must demonstrate that they have applied for external funding.
Citizenship: Canadian; Permanent Resident; International; Non-Permanent Resident
Degree Level: PhD
Applicant Status: Incoming Students; Continuing Students
Evaluation Criteria
Selection is based on academic performance, publication activity, research/academic or professional leadership and development, characteristics and abilities, and research training environment.
Application Procedures
A complete Letter of Intent includes:
- Title and abstract of the study
- Description of the applicant’s training environment, including information on: applicant’s supervisor, the research environment, and the number of trainees who presently work under the applicant’s supervisor
- Description of the applicant’s education and research experience to date
- Description of the applicant’s career path; projected goals for the future
A complete application includes:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Academic Transcripts
- Research Proposal
- Letter from Proposed Mentor
- Two letters of Reference
- Personal Statement
- Copy of Funding Application/Proposal
- Supervisor’s CV Module
For detailed CSTP application instructions, download the application.
The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP)
The Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program (CCHCSP) provides support for highly qualified child health clinician candidates to develop their requisite knowledge and skills for a career as an independent scientist in child health research. Trainees engage in research training and a core curriculum in one of the participating Child Health Research Training Centres of the CCHCSP.
If you would like to be considered for CCHCSP, please refer to the CCHCSP Internal Review Guidelines on the RTC Intranet site under Forms and Applications. Please note that the CCHCSP internal review is different from the SickKids CSTP application. A letter of intent is not required for CCHCSP.
Deadline for SickKids internal review: March 1, 2012.
For more information please visit the CCHCSP website.