Requirements, deadlines and procedures for the MSHRBC Health Professional-Investigator Award.
The MSHRBC Health Professional-Investigator Program supports health professionals who are actively involved in patient care to build their health research programs, train the next generation of scientists, and make significant contributions to their field.
MSHRBC has launched the new 2025 Health Professional-Investigator (HPI) Competition.
Competition guidelines and instructions are available on the MSHRBC website at https://healthresearchbc.ca/fundingprogram/health-professional-investigator-hp-i-program/.
| Important Dates | |
|---|---|
| November 19, 2024 | Register to apply for HPI (Letter of Intent Deadline) |
| Check with your Department/School | Application package sent to Department Head/School Director office for review & approval |
| January 8, 2025 | Application package sent to Dean’s Office at UBC Point Grey campus, hard copy or via email, for review & approval (FoM Internal Deadline). See below for application package details. |
| January 23, 2025 | 4:30pm | Applicant submits application on ApplyNet (Applicant e-Submission Deadline) |
Procedure
- For the MSHRBC full application, the Dean’s ApplyNet system account email is fomdean.mshrbc@ubc.ca. Please check with your UBC Department Head/School Director for their ApplyNet system account email address.
- Check with your Department/School for its internal deadline for the review of your MSHRBC HPI application. See below for a list of the required items.
- Your application package must be sent to evelina.tolstykh@ubc.ca via email by January 8, 2025.
- The UBC Dean and UBC Department Head/School Director will strive to submit their forms on ApplyNet by January 21st, 2025. Do not submit the Department Head form on ApplyNet until you hear from Evelina Tolstykh.
- Submit your application on ApplyNet by 4:30pm on January 23, 2025.
Please remember that you can continue working on your research proposal up until you submit on ApplyNet on January 23rd, even after you have submitted your application package for review.
Please note that unlike last program cycles, reference letters are no longer required (letters of collaboration are optional)
Required Documents
A complete application package consists of the following items:
- Research Project Information Form, signed by the UBC Department Head or School Director. UBC Centre Director signature is also required if the applicant will be using research space within a Centre.
- Request for Dean’s Approval Form, signed by the UBC Department Head or School Director, and Centre Director if applicable.
- First few pages from MSHRBC Full Application, up to and including the Research Proposal section (not the full research proposal).
- Department Head form, in MS Word format. Please note the following:
- Use the template (see “Dean and Department Head Forms” section)
- Signature on Department Head form not required for the FoM internal deadline (but will be requested once Dean’s Office review is completed)
- Sponsor letter, if applicable (see Sponsor Letter” section for details).
Please email your application package to evelina.tolstykh@ubc.ca.
Dean and Department Head Forms
MSHRBC requires the completion of the Dean and Department Head forms online to support each application. The Dean’s form will be completed by the Dean’s Office and not required as part of your application package. Applicants are asked to draft the Department Head form, then send to their UBC Department Head for review and approval. We highly recommend that Department/School administrators and HR staff are involved with the completion and review of this form to ensure accuracy of the details provided within. The UBC Department Head or
Please use the following templates for the Department Head form:
- [Department Head form will be available here shortly after November 19]
The Dean’s Office reserves the right to request changes on this form. Changes will be communicated to the applicant and Department/School if applicable. Evelina Tolstykh will inform the UBC Department Head/School Director once the Dean’s Office has approved this form so that it can be submitted on ApplyNet.
Do not submit the Department Head form on ApplyNet until you hear from Evelina Tolstykh.
Sponsor Letter
Partner and Clinical faculty applicants have an appointment at UBC, but may be employees of (i.e. paid by) another institution. In such cases, the applicant may be required to obtain a letter from their employer, addressed to their UBC Department Head/School Director, to be included in the application package for Departmental and Faculty approval. This sponsor letter should address the following:
- Required – Confirmation of 50% of the applicant’s time protected for research activities
- If applicable – Available resources to the applicant (salary support, administrative support, infrastructure and equipment, human resources, etc.)
If the UBC Department Head/School Director has the authority to comment on items 1-2 above, then the sponsor letter will not be required.