Instructions to complete the ICS program application form when applying for an IHDCYH Skills Update Travel Award

Section 1 - Applicant Information

1. CIHR Personal Identification Number (PIN)
   Enter your CIHR PIN. If you do not have one, visit the new user registration page to register for a PIN and password
2. Name of applicant
   Provide your family name and given name
3. Affiliation
   Indicate the name of your host research institution
4. Institution paid
   Indicate the name of your host research institution where the funds should be sent
5. Address
   Indicate the Institution address where the payment should be sent 
6. Telephone number
   Indicate your residential telephone
7. Email
   Provide your Email address

Section 2 - Request for Funding Information

1. Project title
   Provide a title for the proposed training activity you are applying for
2. Are you applying as an...
   Select as an "individual"
3. If you are requesting funds from other CIHR Institutes please indicate them
   Not applicable
4. If you are requesting funds from other sources then CIHR please indicate them
   Indicate if you have or will request for other travel funds from sources other then CIHR; if yes, please specify the sources
5. Total amount requested
   Maximum amount that can be requested for a skill update travel award is $5,000 for postdoctoral fellows and new investigators and $10,000 for investigators and senior investigators
6. Start date of funding request: month/day/year
   Specify the date (starting and ending dates) of the propsed training activity 
7. Duration of funding request (in months)
   Not applicable
8. Using the following model, please submit, as an attachment to this application, a budget table that includes names of all funding sources, amounts and timelines requested for his activity
   Not applicable
9. Provide a justification for the amount and duration of the funding request
   Include a proposed travel itinerary and detailed budget of your expenses

Section 3 - Activity Description

1. Provide the rational and objective(s) of the funding request
   Not applicable
2. How does this request align with the Instiute's mandate?
   Provide a summary of your present research and its relevance to IHDCYH's mandate
3. Provide a description of the activities for which support is being requested
   State the title and relevance of the proposed training activity to the mandate of IHDCYH
4. Provide the anticipated outcomes of the funding request
   Please provide this information separately as requested in the "How to apply" section 
5. Provide information on the anticipated size of the target audience and the specific intended use of the CIHR grant or award
   Not applicable (N/A)
   Describe the need for this activity, including a statement why this request cannot be funded under existing CIHR funding programs
   Not applicable (N/A)

Section 4 - Signature

Mandatory

Please complete and sign the ICS form and email the form and all additional documents.  The original page 5 of the ICS form (signature page) must also be faxed to the Institute (416-586-8745) or scanned  and sent by email to the Institute at  IHDCYH-IDSEA@cihr-irsc.gc.ca