CIHR Training Programs
Canada's future prosperity depends on having a critical mass of Canadian health scientists with the international knowledge and intercultural skills necessary to meet globalization challenges. CIHR is committed to ensuring that Canada's future health scientists are internationally-connected.
This section is aimed at keeping health/medical students and postdoctoral fellows abreast of CIHR training programs and fellowships that will enable them to train abroad, as well as enable foreign postdoctoral researchers to train in a Canadian research environment.
Examples of Training Programs that enables Canadian to train abroad:
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
- CIHR Fellowship (Post-PhD or post-health professional degree stages)
- CIHR Doctoral Foreign Study Awards
- Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement – Canada Graduate scholarships holders only (Master or Doctoral Level)
- CIHR Clinician Scientist - Phase 1
Examples of Training Programs that enables foreign researchers to train in a Canadian research environment:
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
- CIHR Fellowship (Post-PhD or post-health professional degree stages)
- CIHR Clinician Scientist - Phase 1
Current Funding Opportunities
To view the opportunity, please type the specific name of the grant or award in the Search Term(s) in the new CIHR Funding Opportunity Database. For example, type "Fellowship - 2009-2010" and select search.
Other: Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (2011-2012)
The Canada Graduate Scholarships—Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) program supports high-calibre Canadian graduate students in building global linkages and international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences abroad. By accessing international scientific research and training, CGS-MSFSS recipients will contribute to strengthening the potential for collaboration between Canadian universities and affiliated research institutions and universities, or other research institutions outside of Canada.
This foreign study supplements program is available to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who hold a Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Alexander Graham Bell or Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) at the master's or doctoral level, or a Vanier CGS at the doctoral level.
Application Deadline: 2011-10-11
Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research Programs (STIHRs)
For more information, we recommend that you contact the principal investigator of the relevant STIHR.
Background
STIHRs listed by province(s) of principal investigator(s)
