Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.cancer.ca/en/research/grants-and-awards/current-funding-opportunities/travel-awards/
Sponsor/Award: CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY RSRCH INST - TRAVEL AWARD - 2018 WINTER COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $2000
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jan 08, 2018
Sponsor's: Jan 15, 2018

Subject Areas:
Description:

A limited number of Travel Awards to PhD or MD/PhD students, and post-doctoral/medical/clinical fellows are available. The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation as a first author or presenter at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional meeting.

Candidates must be attending a conference for the purpose of presenting data (paper or poster presentation) from a cancer-related project on a first-author or presenter basis. Applications will be accepted for conference dates within 6 months of the competition deadline date. Applications will not be accepted for conferences that have already taken place. Note that acknowledgement of CCS funding must be included in the paper or poster.

Application Details: Applicants must be either a: ?registered student in a PhD or MD/PhD program ?post-doctoral fellow (within 5 years of attaining their PhD) ?medical resident/clinical fellow (within 5 years of attaining their MD) At the time of the conference, PhD/MD students must be registered at an eligible Canadian host institution.The application will require details of the conference, applicant CV, presentation details, project summary including the relevance to cancer, budget, along with information regarding the candidate's supervisor, who must also provide a letter of support in the system. Specific guidelines for the online application are available.
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Bieber,Trevor
Kilianski,Louise
Hancock,Jennifer Anne

Sponsor Contacts:

CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY
10 Alcorn Avenue, Suite 200
Toronto, Ontario, Canada