Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars Competition

Heart and Stroke, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), and Brain Canada are committing to a total of $400,000 CAD to launch inaugural 2023 Master's Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars. Through a process of co-creation, Heart and Stroke engaged with Indigenous leaders, at all career stages, to help inform this funding opportunity. The objective of the competition is to increase the number of highly-qualified Indigenous trainees from the FNMI communities, whose traditional and ancestral territories are in Canada, committed to working in heart and/or brain research. The stipends awarded will be up to $50,000 ($25,000 per year for two years), enabling Indigenous trainees (including Elders and Knowledge Keepers) to focus on their Master's research studies and engage with mentors as part of their training.

Value

• Up to 8 awards at $25,000 per year for a maximum of two years for Masters students
• Up to 5 awards at $30,000 per year for a maximum of 3 years for PhD students

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Applicants must self-identify as Indigenous
• At the time of submission, applicants must either be
  • enrolled in a full-time Master's program at an eligible Canadian institution, or
  • have applied for full-time admission to a Master's program at an eligible Canadian institution, with a start date no later than January 1, 2024
• Applicants must have an identified research supervisor based at an eligible Canadian institution where the research will be undertaken
• Applicants must submit, from the institution, written evidence of being enrolled as a full-time student in a Master's program prior to funds being released

For master's students, full competition guidelines can be found here

For doctoral students, full competition guidelines can be found here