The McCaig Education Committee will be accepting applications for the Cumming School of Medicine Post Doctoral Fellowship (CSM PDF) competition on an ongoing basis until 2 remaining positions are filled. The competition provides funding, matched by the applicants supervisor, for two years of a post doctoral fellowship. The supervisor must be a full member of the McCaig Institute who is a full-time, primary CSM faculty member.
This scholarship honours Linda Marchuk and her commitment to the advancement of science to better people’s lives. For most of her adult career, Linda worked in the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health at the Cumming School of Medicine as a lab Manager/technician. This scholarship will support the pursuit of research and innovation within the McCaig Institute and continue Linda’s legacy of mentoring her “kids."
Email completed application to mccaig@ucalgary.ca
Deadline: July 11, 2025
The Special Training Opportunities fund provides funding to McCaig Institute trainees and technical staff to pursue unique training opportunities (not conferences) related to their academic goals and professional development. Examples of special training include: collaborating with trainees from other departments or faculties to create technical equipment; attending a workshop/course focused on a particular technique or piece of equipment; arranging for a world-class expert to visit Calgary and teach a short course on their area of specialization. Only one person per lab is eligible to attend each opportunity. Trainees applying for this type of financial aid are also encouraged to apply for the various travel funds offered throughout UCalgary.
Experiential Learning Subsidy
For trainees seeking to gain skills in rheumatology clinical and health outcomes research through experiential learning opportunities at other institutions.
Trainee Travel Stipend
For trainees engaged in clinical and health outcomes rheumatology research attending a workshop or conference.
Knowledge Mobilization Stipend
For trainees in rheumatology clinical and health outcomes research degrees to disseminate their research outputs.
Supplemental Learning & Resources Stipend
For trainees seeking to gain skills in rheumatology clinical and health outcomes research or requiring data management or analysis subscription software.
Clinical Trainees Research Funds
For trainees undergraduate medical students or postgraduate medical education residents engaging in a research project with aims to improving outcomes or advancing knowledge relating to rheumatology outcomes research.
For general inquiries, application forms and for more information please contact Tessa Kleissen; email: arthritis@ucalgary.ca, ph. 403-210-9305.
PURE Awards (undergraduate)
The T. Chen Fong Postdoctoral Fellowship in Imaging Science
Cumming School of Medicine
Postdocs:
Graduate and undergraduate students:
Alberta Innovates Summer Research studentships
Alberta Spine Foundation Graduate Student Award
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award
Canadian Institutes of Health Research funding programs
The Arthritis Society funding programs
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grants Programs Overview
The McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health offers opportunities for undergraduate students to gain valuable research experience during a summer studentship.
To access the portal, click HERE.
The R. R. Singleton Summer Studentship Awards are the result of a generous donation from Mr. Richard Singleton and the late Mrs. Linda Singleton. This competitive internal award is intended to provide stipend support to undergraduate students pursuing a summer research position.
Apply for this award for through the portal.
This competitive internal award is intended to provide stipend support to an undergraduate student pursuing a summer research position, encouraging trainees to explore research as a potential field of study.
Apply for this award for through the portal.
BME Calgary has partnered to offer summer studentships for undergraduate students to work on biomedical engineering-related projects with researchers in a number of different partners groups across campus (up to 17 studentships available). Preference will be given to students in the BMES program, but this is open to all undergraduates.
Alberta Spine Foundation, through a generous donation, is partnering with the McCaig Institute to fund up to two summer students. Funding is available to all McCaig Institute members and/or members of orthopedic surgery with a spine-related research project for a summer student. Summer students are asked to fill out the application form below and provide supporting documents as one pdf.
Letter of reference must come directly from the supervisor to mccaig@ucalgary.ca for review by Friday, January 31, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.
Apply directly to the institute.
The COUHR program offers EDI-focused summer studentships, providing under-represented students with practical research experience. The selected students will receive a stipend of $2,000 per month for a total of 16 weeks (4 months).
Supervisors, to participate, full or associate McCaig Institute members can send a completed application form to the McCaig Institute by Friday, October 25, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Students, apply to COUHR directly to participate in this program.
