CIHR-IHSPR is committed to building, strengthening and supporting Canadian health research and knowledge translation capacity in the field of health services and policy research at every step along a researcher's career trajectory. IHSPR is also dedicated to recognizing the research excellence and knowledge translation initiatives of the next generation of health services and policy researchers.

Various resources are provided below to encourage students and trainees in the health services and policy research field. These resources include links to student awards and prizes (check out the new IHSPR Rising Star Award!), funding opportunities, training programs, knowledge translation initiatives, and networking and capacity-building programs.

Student Awards and Prizes

• IHSPR Rising Star Award
• IHSPR Travel Awards for Trainees and New Investigators
• IHSPR-CAHSPR Student Poster Competition

Funding Opportunities

• IHSPR Funding Opportunities
• CIHR Knowledge Translation Funding Opportunities
• Other CIHR Funding Opportunities

Training Programs

• Strategic Training in Health Research (STIHR) Programs
  • For more information, we recommend that you contact the principal investigator of the relevant STIHR.
• CIHR-CHSRF Applied and Developmental Research and Evaluation in Health Services and Nursing (CADRE) Program 
• External training opportunities

Networking and Capacity-building Programs

• IHSPR-IPPH Summer Institute 

Knowledge Translation (KT)

• IHSPR KT
• CIHR KT
• E-Watch Bulletin on Innovation in Health Services from the CHSRF/CIHR Chair on Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
• Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) Knowledge Transfer and Exchange
• HPME Seminar Series on Knowledge Translation
• Healthcare Policy Journal

Profiles of HSPR Students

• IHSPR Rising Star: Katie Dainty, PhD student, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto
• IHSPR Rising Star: Randy Fransoo, Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
• IHSPR Rising Star: Gillian Hanley, PhD student, Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia
• IHSPR Rising Star: Paul Kurdyak, PhD student, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
• IHSPR Rising Star: Sylvia Reitmanova, PhD student, Community Health & Humanities, Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Nicole Hartnell, PhD student, Interdisciplinary Program, Dalhousie University
• Meredith Lilly, PhD Candidate, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Useful Links

• Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research
• McMaster University's new Health Policy PhD program is now accepting applications for the interdisciplinary program commencing in September 2008