IGH Institute Community Support (ICS) Program (2013-2014) - Awards for Trainees

The mission of CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) is to foster research excellence regarding the influence of gender and sex on the health of women and men throughout life and apply these research findings to identify and address pressing health challenges. In keeping with CIHR's commitment to investing in world-class research excellence, the purpose of IGH's Institute Community Support (ICS) Program is to build capacity for gender, sex and health research and knowledge translation. IGH is specifically interested in training, retaining, and sustaining a healthy research foundation by providing recognition and support for trainees through its ICS Program.

Through the ICS Program, IGH funds awards for trainees (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) whose research is relevant to the mission of IGH and has a substantive focus on gender, sex and health. "Substantive" means that gender and/or sex are an integral aspect of the applicant's research process. IGH funds four types of awards through its ICS Program (please see individual funding opportunity pages for specific eligibility requirements):

1. IGH Travel Awards

   Application deadlines: May 2013, September 2013, January 2014.

   This award (worth up to $2,500) provides funding for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows presenting their own research at national or international meetings, conferences or symposia. For more information, please visit the CIHR Funding Opportunities Database. IGH's research foci, eligibility requirements and funding levels are outlined in the "Partner Description" section of the Travel Awards funding opportunity.

   Past Travel Award Recipients: June 2011 and after

2. IGH Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research

   Application deadline: October 1, 2013

   This award (valued at $1,000) recognizes outstanding gender, sex and health research carried out by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. For more information, please visit the IGH Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research page.

   Past Award for Excellence Recipients

3. Gender, Sex and Health Trainee Knowledge Translation Supplements

   Application deadline: October 1, 2013

   This award (worth up to $5,000) supports the capacity of trainees to engage in the knowledge translation of their own gender, sex and health research. For more information, please visit the IGH Gender, Sex and Health Trainee Knowledge Translation Supplements page.

   Past KT Supplement Recipients

4. IGH Gender, Sex and Health Research Skills Development Awards

   Application deadline: October 1, 2013

   This award (worth up to $5,000) supports research skills development among graduate students and postdoctoral fellows whose research has a substantive focus on gender, sex and health. For more information about this program, please visit IGH Gender, Sex and Health Research Skills Development Award Program page.

   Past Skills Award Recipients

Funds Available

IGH's contribution to the amount available for the ICS Program is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them. The total amount available for the ICS Program for fiscal year 2013-2014 is $100,000 distributed among the four types of awards funded by IGH:

• IGH Travel Awards for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
• IGH Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research
• IGH Gender, Sex and Health Trainee Knowledge Translation Supplements
• IGH Gender, Sex and Health Research Skills Development Award Program

$70,000 will be allocated to the Travel Awards competition and $30,000 will be allocated across the IGH Award for Excellence, Knowledge Translation Supplements, and Research Skills Development Program.

Please note: The ICS Program is not intended to support the direct cost of research (e.g., pilot projects, feasibility studies or operating grants), principal and co-investigator salaries or research equipment. For those seeking meeting, workshop or symposium support, please refer to the Planning Grants and Dissemination Events funding opportunities in the CIHR Funding Opportunities Database.