The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize
The Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research, established in 2015, is awarded annually to recognize and support Canadian early-career researchers with a focus in the area of mental health. The annual
The Prize is a $100,000 grant, unrestricted, to be used at the recipient’s sole discretion for personal support, research operations and/or research equipment.
The Prize strongly encourages applicants with a wide variety of experience and diverse backgrounds.
Eligibility
Eligible candidates shall be:
- Early career researchers (normally should not be older than 45 years of age, independent of years of post-training) who are Canadian citizens or have landed immigrant status in Canada and are currently residing in Canada;
- Affiliated with a Canadian academic or clinical research institution;
- Researchers that hold an M.D. (or equivalent) and/or a PhD;
- Eligible leaves (e.g., maternity, parental, medical, bereavement) will be credited at twice the amount of time
taken; part-time leaves will be taken into consideration, calculated according to the percentage of leave
taken, and credited at twice the amount of time taken.
Nomination Process
A completed nomination will consist of the following:
- A completed and signed nomination form;
- A cover letter written by the applicant; providing an introduction and research highlights and accomplishments, also this can include a description of any eligible career interruptions
(including duration, and if there was any research productivity during that time), maximum two pages; - 1000 word research summary;
- A current free form CV (50 pages max.) with the following sections in this order:
- education (degrees and credentials);
- employment experience (academic and non-academic; please indicate primary affiliation);
- prizes, awards, recognitions;
- peer-reviewed publications;
- other publications or research outputs (e.g., clinical guidelines; datasets, quality of care metrics);
- complete research funding history;
- supervision, mentoring;
- knowledge translation activities, intellectual property and transfer activities;
- academic research presentations;
- interviews and media communications;
- other academic activities;
- partnership activities (e.g., roles in collaborations, partnerships, networks);
- leadership roles (e.g., advisory committees, working groups, task forces, editorships, community and client engagement or education).
Please submit the nomination as a single searchable PDF file to research.awards@theroyal.ca; please title and submit as indicated: "Last Name_First Name RMG Prize Application.pdf"
Deadline
The final submission deadline is July 15,
Contact
Potential nominators and nominees are encouraged to contact Research Awards & Distinctions at rwprizes@uwo.ca regarding Western Research support and coordination of your nomination.
Further information can be found at https://www.theroyal.ca/research/about-imhr/the-royal-mach-gaensslen-prize-for-mental-health-research/