REACH: Recipients of External Awards in Perinatal and Child Health

Learners in this program will enhance their skills ranging from research methods, to managing multi-site teams, to personal wellness, and other relevant topics for researchers. For a complete overview of the curriculum, please visit the curriculum tab of our website.

Up to 20 spots are available.

These awards are intended for candidates who (1) wish to pursue a career as a perinatal and/or child health researcher, (2) are conducting research in perinatal and/or child health and wellbeing and (3) have already attained salary support at a local, provincial or national level but are still seeking advanced training. Successful candidates will gain complete access to the Enrichment Program. Through an individualized research development plan, learners in the Enrichment Program will enhance their skills ranging from research methods, to managing multi-site teams, to personal wellness, and other relevant topics for researchers. For a complete overview of the curriculum, please visit the curriculum tab of our website. For further information regarding the various training pathways please see the Training Path Summary Table.

This opportunity is for perinatal and child health research learners receiving a salary award from a research organization (e.g. governmental or non-profit foundation) that is similar in scope to those granted by ENRICH via a local, provincial or national competition (e.g. SickKids CSTP, FRQS, Alberta Innovates, Michael Smith, CIHR, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Fellowship, etc.).

Active Salary Award: You must have an active salary award with at least 2 years remaining from the ENRICH funding start date. Start date for the ENRICH program curriculum is May 1st of each year.

Location of Tenure: The awardee must be a doctoral, post-doctoral or new investigator (within 5 years of first faculty appointment) at a Canadian institution.

Applicants may apply at each level of study (doctoral, postdoctoral, new investigator) during their career trajectory.

Current ENRICH awardees who receive a salary award during their ENRICH tenure will be switched to this pathway and their ENRICH stipend payments will stop.

Award: Since applicants applying to this pathway have already secured salary support from another granting agency, ENRICH will not provide any salary support for this pathway. Accepted learners will however receive complete access to the program, which includes its curriculum, network of mentors, formalized progress review, and more.

Symposium support: At present, candidates applying to this pathway require support from their local institution to attend the annual symposium. This includes travel and accommodations. Please note: We are working to provide up to 10 travel grants for the symposium in the future, stay tuned! Details to come before January 10, 2025.

Duration: 2 years

Deadline to apply: Applications for this stream are due January 10 of each year for a May 1st start.

When you are ready to submit your application click on the “submit now” button above to complete the online form. You will be asked to upload each of the required documents below.

A complete application consists of:

Award application: Please provide a PDF or your funded award application and name it “CandidateLastname_Award App”
Notice of Award: Please provide a copy of your notice of award from the granting agency. This statement should include a start date, end date and/or duration. Please name it “CandidateLastname_NoticeAward”
Your CIHR Biosketch CV Module. Please name it “CandidateLastname_CV”
Your Primary Mentor or Supervisor’s CIHR Biosketch CV Module. Please name it “5 CandidateLastname_CVSup” or “7 CandidateLastname_CVMentor”
Mentorship Plan. This letter should come from your primary mentor/supervisor. The letter should describe the plans for your mentorship over the period of training. Also clearly state the commitment of the applicant to attend the ENRICH annual symposium, and commitment to participate in the core curriculum. We request the mentorship team or the local institution to financially support the attendance of the candidate to at least one Annual Symposium.