Location of awardee: The award must be held at a Canadian Academic Institution, and/or child health research institute affiliated with a Canadian University.
Career stage: Candidates must be enrolled in a postdoctoral program. This includes 2 dedicated awards per year for applicants that identify as Black or Indigenous at any career stage.
Citizenship: This program is open to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada.
Eligible clinical trial questions: Candidates must be interested in designing perinatal and child health clinical trials. Clinical trial questions submitted must be in the idea/protocol development phase. The population must either include children (neonates to 18 years old) or include pregnant people. Condition must be specific to pregnancy or a novel design to otherwise include pregnant people. The intervention can be any type (drug, behavioural, vaccine, device) and can include any trial phase including early phase and pragmatic trials. Adaptive and innovative approaches are encouraged!
NOTE: Of the 15 IMPaCT awards available across all career stages, 2 awards are dedicated per year for applicants that identify as Black or Indigenous.
This award will provide $50,000 of salary support for 1 year for 3 candidates. All awards are provided without benefits. Successful awardees are expected to organize their own benefits with the host institution. Stipends are valued in Canadian dollars and are not subject to income tax.
NOTE: Of the 15 IMPaCT awards available across all career stages, 2 awards are dedicated per year for applicants that identify as Black or Indigenous.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: A Full application will be due November 1st of each year at 5pm EST. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. If the application competition date falls on a weekend or statutory holiday, applications will be due on the first business day following (i.e. If November 1st falls on a Saturday, applications will be due on Monday, November 3rd 5pm EST).
When you are ready to submit your application click on the “APPLY NOW” button on our website to complete the online form. Documents to support your application are available in the IMPaCT Shared Drive. You will be asked to upload each of the required documents below.
A COMPLETE APPLICATION THAT IS DUE NOVEMBER 1ST CONSISTS OF:
- Application Research Question Responses: Please provide a title for your clinical trial and answer the following 3 questions in either written or video (5 minutes maximum) format. Note that instructions and tips for video submissions are found in the shared drive.For applicants submitting a video, kindly name this file “1_CandidateLastName Video”
- What is the need for the proposed clinical trial? Provide your rationale for your research question and why is a clinical trial the right tool to answer this question. The proposed trial should be innovative, randomized (if not early phase) and can include any intervention type (drug, behavioural, device, vaccine) evaluated during pregnancy or in children (neonates through 18 years of age). Describe the need for the trial within the context of available therapies. (250 words max)
- Who else will be involved? Tell us about your planned team and design for this hypothetical trial. How will you meaningfully engage with multidisciplinary clinical experts, patients and families? How will knowledge from this trial be shared? (250 words max)
- How can IMPaCT help you? We want to hear about the specific skills, networking opportunities and professional development that will arise from your participation in our program. What training in clinical trials have you had so far? Are there specific mentors you want to connect with? How does this training platform fit into your long-term career goals? (250 words max)
- CV CANDIDATE: Kindly attach your Biosketch Style CV in a PDF that should be no more than 5 pages using the template in the shared folder. The Personal Statement should include a discussion of your research training experience and any barriers you may have faced during your training. The file should be named “2_CandidateLastName CV”.
- LETTER OF SUPPORT: A maximum 2 page letter signed by the primary supervisor (for PhD students, Postdocs) or Department Head (for ECRs) describing:
- Their commitment towards the candidate’s research training and endorsement of the candidate.
- The space, facilities and personnel support, including the interdisciplinary nature of the training environment in relation to clinical trials.
- How the award funding will be used to ensure that the learner is able to fully participate in the IMPaCT core curriculum, deliverables and IMPaCT summit.
- Kindly name this file “3 CandidateLastName_LOS”
- Indigenous Community Engagement Letter (Indigenous applicants only): Indigenous candidates, please describe your relationships to and with Indigenous nations, governments, and communities, as well as stating if/how you identify as Indigenous (including First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis), and attaching any other materials that you consider relevant to your application (for example, a letter of support from an Indigenous community or a band card). Kindly name this file “4_CandidateLastName LOSI”
French applications: Applications may be submitted in French. Please note, you are requested to advise the ENRICH National Office of your intent to submit in French a minimum 4 weeks prior to the application deadline.
Issues/Questions? Email linda.pires@sickkids.ca ENRICH Program Manager
Please see our IMPaCT salary award evaluation criteria* in the shared folder that will be used to score each complete application received. Trainees will receive copies of their evaluation forms including de-identified comments from the review committee.
*draft is subject to confirmation by IMPaCT Oversight Committee at our fall meeting
A detailed process and timeline will become available in the fall.
