Landmark Graduate Awards

The Spring 2006 Competition is now closed.

Goal

Huntington Society of Canada Landmark Graduate Awards provide pre-doctoral training opportunities for outstanding scientific and clinical student investigators in areas of immediate relevance to Huntington disease.

Eligibility

Applicants holding an undergraduate degree, who are pursuing studies relevant to Huntington disease at the master's or doctoral level, may apply for Landmark Graduate Awards. The awards are tenable at Canadian universities, research institutes, and hospitals. Non-Canadians who plan to return to their own country on completion of an award are eligible to apply.

Criteria

Applications for Landmark Graduate Awards are subject to competitive review by the Huntington Society's Research Council. The criteria for evaluating applications are:

• the merit and potential of the applicant, as demonstrated by his or her academic record and references;
• the calibre of the proposed supervisor and laboratory;
• the quality of the research proposal.
  

Term and Amount

Landmark Graduate Awards are stipendiary grants at prevailing CIHR rates. Awards are tenable for an initial period of two years. Contingent upon performance, renewal for one year may be considered. No one may receive more than three years of support through the Landmark Graduate Awards program.

(a)Institutional approvals. Landmark Graduate Awards are granted on the assumption that the grantee will remain at the same institution and with the same supervisor throughout the term of the award. Requests to change institution and/or supervisor will be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Research Council.

(b) Other awards. Recipients of Landmark Graduate Awards are not permitted to hold a second, major award.

(c) Expenditure/return of funds. The award will be administered in accordance with institutional policy for training grants


In the event that a trainee leaves the laboratory or institution prior to the completion of the term of the award, the unspent portion of the stipend must be returned promptly to the Huntington Society of Canada.

Research reporting. All grantees must provide a brief annual report, in lay language, describing their work and results obtained to date. In addition, grantees are encouraged to respond favourably if invited to address a volunteer meeting sponsored by the Huntington Society or its chapters.

Deadlines for the Spring 2007 competition are to be determined.

• Spring 2006 Competition:
  June 2, 2006 ; funding commences July 1, 2006