CIHR Fellowship Award

Procedures and timelines for the CIHR Fellowship Award.


​Important Dates
Check with your Department/SchoolApplication package sent to Department Head/School Director office for review & approvalSee below for application package details.
September 24, 2024 | 12:00pmApplication package sent to Dean’s Office or affiliated hospital research office via email for review & approval (FoM Internal Deadline).
September 26, 2024 | 8:30am​Application package approved by Faculty, and sent to ORS (UBC Internal Deadline)
October 1, 2023 | 12:00pm​Applicant submits application on ResearchNet
October 2, 2024 | 4:30pm​ORS approves application on ResearchNet (CIHR Application Deadline)

Procedure

For the 2024 CIHR Fellowship award opportunity,  the Faculty of Medicine (FoM) has established the following procedures, in alignment with the Office of Research Services timelines:

  1. Your application package must be submitted to the Dean’s Office or affiliated hospital research office by Tuesday, September 24, 2024 for Faculty approval. Please email it to the Faculty signature contact for your site. Note that Evelina Tolstykh (fom.grantapprovals@ubc.ca) is the contact for Faculty approval for those located at the UBC Point Grey campus. See below for a complete list of the required items.
    NOTE: These documents will not be returned to you as they will be forwarded to ORS, who will approve your application on ResearchNet.
  2. After Faculty approval, your documents will be forwarded to ORS.
  3. Your application must be submitted via ResearchNet no later than 12:00pm on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.
  4. ORS will electronically approve your application via ResearchNet for submission to CIHR.

Please remember that you can continue working on your research proposal up until you submit on ResearchNet on October 4th, even after you have submitted your application package for Faculty approval.

Required Documents

  1. Completed Research Project Information Form, including signatures of your supervisor, their Department Head/School Director, and Research Centre Director (if applicable).
  2. CIHR Application Details pages 1 & 2 (available as a PDF from ResearchNet – click on “Preview Application Materials” under list of tasks, then on next screen, click on “Preview” to the right of “Application Details” under the heading, “Application Materials”).
  3. CIHR signature pages, including:
    1. Routing slip
    2. Signature page for your supervisor, with his/her signature
    3. Blank institution signature page – no signature required here as ORS approves the application online via ResearchNet
  4. Summary of research proposal page

Please also review the ORS website for the CIHR-specific Agency Application Requirements & Procedures.

If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Evelina Tolstykh at FoM (evelina.tolstykh@ubc.ca).