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Keenan Research Centre - Students & Trainees

Summer Student Scholarship Program

The Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute is pleased to announce that it will award a limited number of Research Summer Student Scholarships for 2008.

Application Process

The Application Process for this program must be initiated by the St. Michael's Hospital Investigator (Researcher). If you are interested in being a research summer student, you must align yourself with an investigator who will apply to get funding for the research project.

It is up to you, the student, to search and find out who is conducting research in areas you are interested in and contact the investigator directly.

Once you have found an investigator who agrees to take you on as a research summer student, you complete the application together. Once signed and completed, the investigator will then submit it to the Office of Research Administration for consideration.

Regarding the Application Form

  • The application form must be signed and completed in full by both the student and investigator.
  • All sections must be completed. Incomplete or improperly prepared application forms may disqualify a student from the competition.
  • Student requires a B average (copy of report card or transcript to be attached to application).
  • All applications must be typed. Handwritten applications will not be considered.

Timelines

  • Applications will be available to the Investigators by early January 2008.
  • Deadline for receipt of applications is March 21, 2008.
  • Notification of successful awards will be made in writing to the Investigator by the first week of April 2008 from the Office of Research Administration.

Support:  

  • The required minimum of $3,500 is required for a 12-week period (for scholarship or non-scholarship students).
  • Successful applicants will receive $2,500 support from the Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. The Investigator provides a minimum of $1,500 additional support.

Eligibility

  • Students must be enrolled full time in school/medical school or in an undergraduate university program at the time the application is submitted.
  • Students must agree to participate in the project on a full-time basis and to not terminate their position prior to the stipulated end date.
  • Investigators must hold an academic staff appointment and be active researchers with funding for projects at St. Michael's Hospital.
  • Student projects must take place at St. Michael's Hospital, unless the investigator's laboratory is located off site.
  • A limit of one student may be sponsored per investigator and each investigator can only apply once to this competition.
  • Investigators are reminded that Hospital policy prohibits the appointment of a student who would report directly to a close relative.
  • International students can apply to the Program if they have a valid work permit and SIN card and meet the rest of the eligibility criteria as noted above.

Students Please Note

If you have not been successful in securing an Investigator, please send your resume and a cover letter electronically to Liz Stone at StoneL@smh.toronto.on.ca, who will then e-mail your resume to our investigators and if interested, the investigator will contact you directly.

Contact Us

Liz Stone
Coordinator, Research Summer Student Program
Office of Research Administration
St. Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street
Toronto, ON
M5B 1W8, Canada
Phone: 416-864-3077
Fax: 416-864-6043
Email: StoneL@smh.toronto.on.ca