Aim/Objectives

The annual Summer Program in Aging (SPA) is designed to offer students and post-doctoral fellows involved in aging research, and those doing post-graduate clinical training that includes a program of research in aging, an advancd research training program that crosses disciplines, sectors, institutions and geography and that addresses one or more of the CIHR Institute of Aging's research priorities in:

• Fundamental research
• Clinical research
• Health services research
• Social research

Participants will have an opportunity to:

1. Gain an understanding of processes critical to academic success, through plenary and practical sessions.
2. Examine multidisciplinary collaboration, grant preparation, peer review, communication, knowledge transfer, professionalism and ethics in the context of research on aging.
3. Network with other emerging researchers in aging and with academic mentors from across the country

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• be enrolled full time or part time in a Master's or PhD program or hold a postdoctoral fellowship at a Canadian University; or be doing post-graduate clinical training that includes a program of research.
• be Canadian citizens or have landed immigrant status (a few positions may be open to trainees at Canadian institutions who do not meet either criteria);
• have research interests, a thesis subject or a post-doctoral project in the field of aging, or with an aging component; and
• not have attended any of the previous Summer Programs in Aging funded by CIHR Institute of Aging or FormSav. The curricula of CIHR-sponsored summer institutes vary.  If you have previously attended such a program, please contact us with program information so we can determine your eligibility for SPA.

SPA 2010

The 2010 Summer Program in Aging (SPA 2010) will be held in Alberta, June 13-17, 2010. The application deadline was March 15, 2010.