Upcoming Deadlines for IGH Trainee Funding Opportunities

IGH Travel Awards* – September 9, 2011 (click here for link)
Travel awards provide up to $2,500 for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to present their own research at meetings, conferences (including international conferences) or symposia. Applicants must be presenting research that has a substantive focus on gender and/or sex and health. *Please note that the Travel Awards competitions will be administered through ResearchNet. (3 deadlines per year)

IGH Gender, Sex and Health Knowledge Translation (KT) Supplement – October 1, 2011 (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/43621.html)
The aim of the Gender, Sex and Health Trainee KT Supplement is to support graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to engage in the KT of gender, sex and health research from their postgraduate thesis or post-doctoral project. Up to five KT supplements may be awarded per year, valued up to $5,000 each. (1 deadline per year)

IGH Gender, Sex and Health Research Skills Development Award Program – October 1, 2011 (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/43622.html)
The aim of IGH’s Gender, Sex and Health Research Skills Development Award Program is to build research capacity by providing graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with funding for gender, sex and health research skills acquisition. Up to five skill awards may be granted per year, valued up to $5,000 each. (1 deadline per year)

IGH Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research – October 1, 2011 (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39483.html)
The IGH Award for Excellence in Gender, Sex and Health Research recognizes outstanding gender, sex and health research carried out by graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from all disciplines, working in the field of gender, sex and health research are eligible to apply for this $1,000 award. (1 deadline per year)