Research Admin Offices:

• HRS

Opportunity Type:

• Grant

Value:

Awards are available annually on a competitive basis and will cover all allowable expenses associated with attendance at the selected conference, to a maximum up to $2,500 (national) or $3,500 (international) each. Amounts are in Canadian dollars (note: this includes expenses associated with producing a poster up to a maximum of $125.00).

Disciplines:

• Health Sciences

Sponsors:

• Hamilton Health Sciences

Deadlines:

Description:

The purpose of this award is to build research linkages, foster the development of interested individuals’ research careers, and develop capacity within eligible clinical health professional disciplines (non-physician) at Hamilton Health Sciences. The award is intended to help facilitate dissemination of findings at relevant research forums and to provide opportunities for research networking. Applicants will be allowed a maximum of 3 Travel Awards throughout his/her research career.

Additional Program Information:

Deadlines are ongoing, no competition deadlines.

Eligibility:

• Applicants must provide evidence of acceptance of their research abstract for presentation at an upcoming national or international, peer-reviewed conference. Applicants must be the first author on the accepted abstract. Only the primary author’s travel expenses are reimbursed by this award, however, co-authors will be recognized in HHS reporting of these research activities.

Application/Nomination Process:

• Only complete applications will be accepted. Applications must be submitted electronically to the Office of Research Administration.
• Applicants are responsible for submitting ONE PDF ATTACHMENT, which requires Adobe Acrobat software.
  • Completed Application Form.
  • Personal Summary
  • Appendices:
    • Copy of accepted abstract
    • Letter of acceptance to present the abstract.
    • Letter of Support – Clinical Manager
    • Letter of Support – Site-based Chief of Inter-Professional Practice

Resources:

Additional Details

Contact:

travelawards@hhsc.ca