Precision Health Scholarship
The Precision Health Scholarship Competition is organized jointly with the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation scholarship competition.
Candidates who wish to apply to the Precision Health scholarship must apply via the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation scholarship competition and select YES to the question “Would you like to apply for the Precision Health scholarship”. The application will be evaluated within the framework of both competitions by the same jury. The best candidates will be selected for the Precision Health scholarship (one scholarship per category). Other applications received may obtain a scholarship from the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation if they have evaluation results above the funding threshold.
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ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
1. Conduct a Precision health research project, i.e. research or development of tools and technologies that will enable faster, more precise and efficient diagnoses, more appropriate treatments, increased drug safety and equitable access to individualized care for children and adolescents.
2. The research project must take place at the Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine and/or at the CRME-Technopôle.
3. The candidate’s principal researcher must be an active member of the Researchers’ Assembly of the Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine at the time of the application.
4. The candidate must be registered at the Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine at the time of application (except for students beginning their studies at a ulterior term).
5. International candidate must have a valid study or work permit at the time the award is activated.
6. People who receive remuneration from the RAMQ or remuneration for clinical activities must indicate their salary in the response form. This salary will be counted in the same way as an external scholarship in the calculation of the scholarship accumulation.
7. Candidates must participate, in person at CHU Sainte-Justine or CRME-Technopôle, in at least 12 scientific presentations per year.
8. Not having already obtained the Precision Health scholarship.
1. Be officially accepted to a full-time doctoral program, with supporting proof of admission before activation of the scholarship;
2. As of September 1 of the current year, have completed no more than six (6) terms (2 years) of the doctoral program*.
*See the mesures regarding parental leave below
1. Hold a Ph.D. degree (at the time of scholarship activation);
2. Meet the eligibility criteria for postdoctoral trainees at the affiliated university of your research director and commit to officially register as a postdoctoral trainee before activation of the scholarship;
3. On September 1st of the current year, the candidate must not have obtained the PhD more than one (1) years ago*. The date taken into account for the calculation is the date indicated on the Ph.D. diploma
*See the mesures regarding parental leave below
1. Hold a Ph.D. or M.Sc. degree (at the time of scholarship activation);
2. Hold a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree (at the time of scholarship activation);
3. Meet the eligibility criteria for postdoctoral trainees at the affiliated university of your research director and commit to officially register as a postdoctoral trainee before activation of the scholarship;
4. On September 1st of the current year, the candidate must not have obtained the Ph.D. or M.D. more than one (1) years ago*.
*See the mesures regarding parental leave below
Scholarship accumulation
The accumulation of major scholarships is not permitted. Recipients must declare any scholarship received from other granting organizations or foundations.
Recipients who have obtained a nominative scholarship from another public granting organization or a foundation for an amount equal to or greater than the amount of the Precision Health scholarship must decline the precision health scholarship as soon as it is offered. Granting scholarships of lower amounts will have no impact, unless their sum exceeds the authorized amounts.
Parental Leave
Students who took maternity, paternity or adoption leave during the study program related to the scholarship application may benefit from an eligibility extension of a maximum of twelve (12) months. Students wishing to benefit from this extension, must notify the program manager and include a letter of justification in the annex file.
Foundation Scholarship recipients who wish to take a maternity, paternity or adoption leave must notify the Research Directorate at least 30 days before the start of the leave. The scholarship will then be suspended for a maximum of twelve (12) months. The Scholarship end date will then be postponed for a period equal to the student's absence.
Evaluation
The Precision Health Scholarship competition is organized jointly with the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation scholarship competition.
The applications will be evaluated within the framework of both competitions by the same Jury. The best candidates will be selected for the Precision Health scholarship (one scholarship per category). Other applications received may obtain a scholarship from the CHU Sainte-Justine Foundation if they have evaluation results above the funding threshold.
Commitments of the scholarship holder
The financed candidates will have to comply with the following conditions, otherwise the Research Center reserves the right to terminate the scholarship payments:
· Carry out your research activities at CR-CHUSJ and/or CRME
· Attend CR-CHUSJ scientific conferences (minimum 12 presentations per year)
· Submit two (2) proofs of submitting a scholarship application to an external granting organization if eligible for these programs. This evidence must be submitted no later than December 1st of the current year
· Remain actively enrolled in the study program or postdoctoral internship throughout the duration of the scholarship
· Declare any scholarship received from organizations other than from the CR-CHUSJ and submit a notification of award to the person responsible for academic affairs upon receipt of the award decision
· Participate in student activities and be available for activities related to Precision Health
· Present your research project at the Annual Research Congress of CHU Sainte-Justine as well as at the Annual Symposium of the Pediatric Precision Health Partnership in the editions following the award (poster or oral)
· At the end of the scholarship, submit a one-page report on the progress made during the research project to the Pediatric Precision Health Partnership team
· Provide the Academic Affairs Office with all proof of thesis submission
Any publication, including a dissertation or thesis, resulting from work accomplished during the term of the award must acknowledge financial support from the Pediatric Precision Health Partnership.
