Heart & Stroke Women's Personnel Awards

As part of the commitment to transform women’s heart and brain health, Heart & Stroke is launching the 2025/26 Heart & Stroke Doctoral Personnel Awards for Women’s Heart and/or Brain Health. The objective of the competition is to increase the number of researchers and clinician-scientists in Canadian universities and research institutions devoted specifically to women’s heart and/or brain health and, in so doing, expand research initiatives in this field. In the context of this award, heart and/or brain health research refers to research addressing heart conditions, stroke, and vascular cognitive impairment. The stipends awarded will enable Doctoral award recipients to pursue their program of research and engage with mentors as part of their training.

Women include cisgender and transgender women, and trans and non-binary people with shared health experiences but who may not identify as women.

Value: $15,000 per year for up to three years

Deadline: September 10, 2024, 4pm ET

Note:

• Late or in complete applications will not be accepted
• Applications will not be accepted by email

Eligibility:

• Applicant must propose a research program that seeks to build knowledge on women's heart and/or brain health
• Applicant must be be Canadian citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada, or a Refugee
• Must be:
  • enrolled in a doctoral program at an eligible Canadian University
  • have applied for a full-time doctoral program at an eligible Canadian University with a start date no later than September 30, 2025
• Applicants who started their doctoral program before June 30, 2021 are ineligible
• Must have remaining at least 12 months of their program and no greater than 36 months form the start of their program
• Applicant must have an identified research supervisor

Important Dates:

• Competition launch date: June 27, 2024
• Deadline: September 10, 2024
• Award Notification: May 2025
• Award Start Date: September 1, 2025

For more information, visit Heart and Stroke Foundation.

Submission guidelines can be found here.