Peer Review Committees and Mandates - Fellowships

CIHR Fellowships are provided to: trainees who have less than three years of Post-PhD cumulative experience and/or research training by the competition deadline; and to Health Professionals and Allied Health Professionals wishing to perform research or proceed to a PhD degree.

Note: Applications are assigned to a specific committee based on the following:

the applicant's educational background at the time of taking up the award;
the applicant's licensure status at the time of the competition's application deadline date (if applicable).

Allied Health Professionals (FAH)

Reviews award applications from licensed Allied Health Professionals (who may or may not hold a PhD degree) and non-licensed Allied Health Professionals who do not hold a PhD degree, to assess the candidate's potential as a prospective independent investigator in biomedical, clinical, health Services Research and/or social, cultural, environmental and population health research. The evaluation focuses on the applicant's track record, research proposal and environment/support.

Note: Allied Health Professionals excludes medical doctors (MD), doctors of veterinary medicine (DVM) and doctors of dental science (DDS).

Health Professional Awards (FHP)

Reviews award applications from licensed Health Professionals (who may or may not hold a PhD degree) and non-licensed Health Professionals who do not hold a PhD degree, to assess the candidate's potential as a prospective independent investigator in biomedical and/or clinical research. The evaluation focuses on the applicant's track record, research proposal and environment/support.

Note: Health Professionals only includes medical doctors (MD), doctors of veterinary medicine (DVM) and doctors of dental science (DDS).

Fellowships – Post-PhD (FPP)

Reviews award applications from PhD holders, non-licensed Health Professionals who hold a PhD degree and non-licensed Allied Health Professionals who hold a PhD degree, to assess the candidate's potential as a prospective independent investigator in biomedical and/or clinical research. The evaluation focuses on the applicant's track record, research proposal and environment/support.

Health Research Training A – PhD (HTA)

Reviews award applications from PhD holders to assess the candidate's potential as a prospective independent investigator in health Services Research and/or social, cultural, environmental and population health research. The evaluation focuses on the applicant's track record, research proposal and environment/support.

Health Research Training B (HTB)

Reviews award applications from licensed and/or non-licensed Health Professionals (medical doctors (MD), doctors of veterinary medicine (DVM) and doctors of dental science (DDS)), who may or may not hold a PhD degree and for non-licensed Allied Health Professionals holding a PhD degree, to assess the candidate's potential as a prospective independent investigator in health Services Research and/or social, cultural, environmental and population health research. The evaluation focuses on the applicant's track record, research proposal and environment/support.