ICR Publication Prizes - Institute Community Support (ICS) Program

2013-2014 Timeline and Funding

  • Application deadline: October 1, 2013
  • Notification of decision: December 21, 2013
  • Funding per award: $1,000 per award

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Description

The mandate of ICR is to support research based on internationally accepted standards of excellence that reduces the burden of cancer and improve the health and quality of life of cancer patients and their families through prevention strategies, screening, diagnosis, effective treatment, psycho-social support systems, and palliation.

ICR wishes to recognize excellence in cancer research carried out by emerging Canadian scholars. Approximately 5 publication prizes are offered annually to meritorious authors of outstanding published scientific articles that focus on cancer research. Articles must describe work done in Canada that is relevant to ICR's mandate. The ICR Publication prizes are aimed at graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents from all disciplines working in the field of cancer research who have published research articles as first authors within 12 months of the application deadline. In the case of equal first co-authors, the prize will be divided equally. There will be one submission deadline per year.

Funds available

ICR's contribution to the amount available for these awards is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them. The number of awards given per competition will be affected by the above factor as well as the number and quality of applications, and the fiscal year constraints.

ICR expects to award annually a total of 5 non-renewable publication prizes of $1,000 each.

Objectives

The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) has established the Publication Prizes program to recognize significant contributions by students and trainees in the field of cancer research.

Specific objectives of this program are to:

  • recognize excellence of research carried out in Canada by graduate students (Masters and PhD), post-doctoral fellows, and residents/fellow in all fields and disciplines covered by the mandate of the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research;
  • recognize research contributions for which a trainee has had primary responsibility;
  • promote careers in cancer research in Canada.

This program is administered under the Institute Community Support program.

Eligibility

Eligibility criteria for all CIHR research funding programs apply. Please refer to the Eligibility Requirements for CIHR Grants and Awards regarding the eligibility requirements for individuals and institutions.

Specific Eligibility Requirements
Eligibility requirements specific to this opportunity include the following:

  • Supervisors, faculty members, departmental heads, etc. must nominate the candidate.
  • The candidate must have a recently published research article as a first author (within 12 months of the application date). Manuscripts in press or submitted for consideration are not acceptable.
  • The candidate must be a student or trainee at any Canadian university, teaching hospital, research centre or other health organization (undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate, post-doctoral fellow, resident) where the research mentioned in the publication was carried out.
  • Canadians or foreigners doing research in Canada are eligible.
  • Canadians doing research abroad are not eligible.
  • There is no need for the research to have been supported by CIHR or for the author to be a CIHR awardee.

In cases where there is more than one eligible first author (e.g., if two trainees contributed equally as co-authors of a paper), please specify in your application if the eligible authors are applying for a joint prize.

Only one submission is permitted for any given article. Previous winners of ICR's Publication Prizes are not eligible.

All co-authors must be copied on the e-mail submission of the application.

Review Process and Evaluation

The award is based on the excellence of the research, its relation to the mandate of ICR, its interdisciplinary focus and its potential benefits to the health of Canadians. Individual submissions will be evaluated and ranked according to their individual and collective merit based on the following criteria:

  • Relevance to the mandate of ICR: ICR is dedicated to supporting research based on internationally accepted standards of excellence that reduces the burden of cancer and improve the health and quality of life of cancer patients and their families through prevention strategies, screening, diagnosis, effective treatment, psycho-social support systems, and palliation.
  • Level of the student or trainee's contribution: quality of the research based on the level of the applicant and his/her specific contribution to conception and design of the study, acquisition of data and analysis and interpretation.
  • Quality of the journal: Relevance and impact of the Journal relative to the particular field of study.
  • Impact of the publication: Are the results of importance beyond the specific field of study of the applicant i.e., multidisciplinary research or consideration of the relevance of the research to the four pillars of CIHR: biomedical; clinical; health services and policy; and population and public health.
  • Impact on the target audience: Potential impact of the research to the target audience and knowledge translation strategies (does the research have the potential to stimulate additional research or to be translated into products, services, policies, educational material, practice documents).

Evaluation Schedule

The evaluation committee meets annually and reviews all applications received up to and on the application deadline date.

Decisions of the evaluation committee will be communicated within twelve weeks of the application deadline. The evaluation committee is typically comprised of the Institute's Assistant Directors, members of the Institute Advisory Board, and invited researchers in the field of cancer research. ICR will notify applicants of the competition results by e-mail.

How to Apply

Submissions that meet the eligibility criteria are welcome at any time throughout the year. Nominations must be made by supervisors, faculty members or departmental heads, etc.

The candidate may prepare and submit his/her application as follows:

  • a completed application form for the ICR Publication Prize [ PDF (360 KB) ] duly signed. If you do not have a CIHR Personal Identification Number (PIN), connect to your ResearchNet account and use the 'Register for a CIHR PIN' link to request a new PIN. If you do not have a ResearchNet account, please access ResearchNet and use the 'Register' link to request a new account. One working day is typically required to process PIN requests.
  • When applying for a joint prize, in the case where there is two or more first co-authors, submit one application per first co-author.
  • Mail one original signed copy of the completed application form and the published article to the following address by the deadline date (must be postmarked by the deadline):

    ICR Publication Prizes - ICS Program
    CIHR Institute of Cancer Research
    3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, room 701
    Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6

  • In addition to the original copy, please e-mail the completed application form and a PDF file of the published article by the deadline date (regardless if the deadline falls on a week-end) to ic.icr@mcgill.ca. Enter "ICR Publication Prize application" in the subject field of the e-mail. Receipt of emails will be acknowledged. All co-authors/supervisors must be copied when sending the e-submission.

Contact Information

For questions about this program, please contact:

Diana Sarai
CIHR Institute of Cancer Research
3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, #701
Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6
Telephone: 514-398-5611
Email: diana.sarai@mcgill.ca

or

Nicolay Ferrari, Ph.D.
CIHR Institute of Cancer Research
3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler, #701
Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6
Telephone: 514-398-2981
Email: nicolay.ferrari@mcgill.ca