Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://mcc.ca/about/research-and-development/research-clinical-assessment/
Sponsor/Award: MEDICAL COUNCIL CANADA - RESEARCH IN CLINICAL ASSESSMENT - 2015 WINTER COMPETITION

Grant Amount:
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Jan 25, 2015
Sponsor's: Feb 01, 2015

Subject Areas:
Description: The purpose and priorities of the competition are the encouragement of innovations in the assessment of clinical competence or performance of students, postgraduate trainees or practitioners. Priority will be given to proposals that show promise in contributing to the knowledge and understanding of measurement in clinical assessment and to clinical program evaluation methods for medical education. The proposal must focus on research, not development, in the assessment of performance or clinical assessment. Of special interest will be proposals that focus on the following themes: Test content analysis and blueprinting; Test development and scoring; Standard setting; Test fairness; Longitudinal evaluation of test scores

Application Details:

The award is intended to address two target groups: 1.Junior or other investigators starting out in the assessment field 2.Students who are undertaking graduate education in assessment of clinical competence or performance and who are seeking support for their research, which is part of their thesis requirements or postdoctoral program Senior investigators are also encouraged to apply; however, preference may be given to junior investigators in order to foster the development of new researchers. If the principal investigator (PI) is a graduate student, a faculty supervisor is required.

All documentation should be submitted in PDF format. Proposals should be submitted by email to grants@mcc.ca. please review the sponsor website for all submission requirements

INDIRECT COSTS OF 12.5% TO BE INCLUDED IN BUDGET

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:

Sponsor Contacts:

GRANTS@MCC.CA.
SUITE 100
2283 ST LAURENT BLVD
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 5216012