Description:

CAN TAP TALENT Travel Awards aim to provide Clinical Research Professionals (CRPs), trainees, and patient partners with financial support for travel expenses to attend and participate in clinical research or academic conferences.

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The Travel Awards also aim to increase clinical research training and capacity, advance research, enable knowledge translation and contribute to the career development of clinical research professionals and research trainees.

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CAN TAP TALENT is pleased to offer up to 20 Travel Awards this cycle for conference participation to enable clinical research professionals, patient partners and trainees to participate in a national or international conference. Candidates who apply are encouraged to provide details on how they plan to participate and present a poster or oral presentation at a conference.  Presentations should relate to the applicant's field of research, clinical research quality improvement initiatives, and, for patient partners, their personal experiences and contributions to clinical research.

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For more information on the definition of patient partnership, please refer to Patient Partnership on the CIHR website.

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Note: CAN TAP TALENT will accept a rolling intake of applicants to meet capacity. This Travel Award is open until funds are fully allocated. The candidate will need to apply for the Travel Award 4 weeks ahead of the conference dates to be eligible for consideration.

Travel Category

At this time, Conference Travel awards are open for application.

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Travel will involve the candidate’s attendance and active participation (for example: by presenting a paper or poster, exhibiting their research, or participating in a panel discussion at a national or international clinical research conference).
 

For conference travel in winter and spring of 2025.

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Application Process:​

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Complete Travel Award Application available here.

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Application Guidelines:

Applicants will be asked to provide (1) a personal statement, (2) a CV/Resume, (3) a letter of support from an Academic Supervisor, Clinical Research Manager, and, for Patient Partners, a letter of support from an academic researcher/investigator, and (4) a detailed budget.

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1. Personal Letter of Intent:

This letter should be no more than two (2) pages and should include the following elements:

• Describe how your project or interest is related to clinical trials.

• Describe why the CAN-TAP-TALENT program is of interest to you and how you expect to benefit from this training experience.

• Discuss your current clinical research training environment and supervisory support;

• Describe your professional, academic, and extracurricular experiences/achievements and how they will have prepared you to successfully complete this CAN TAP TALENT program.

• Describe your career goals and how the award would help to support your pursuit of these goals.

• If applicable, describe barriers that you have experienced as a member of an underrepresented group in science or research and how you have sought to overcome these barriers. How would this award support you to overcome barriers relative to equity, diversity, and inclusion?

 

Please Note: In compliance with the Declarations of Research Assessment (DORA), CAN TAP TALENT encourages applicants to include complementary achievements which are not included in traditional CVs. These achievements will be considered to provide a more holistic reflection of a candidate’s personal achievements. These complementary achievements will contribute to your total score.

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2. CV/Resume

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3. Letter of Support from your Supervisor/Clinical Research Manager/Academic Investigator

For patient partners, a letter of recommendation may be provided by a professional affiliated with an academic institution or community hospital who has directly involved the patient partner in health research activities.

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4. Detailed Budget

Please see an example of a detailed budget here.

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Value:

Variable, up to a maximum value of $2000 CAD depending on the estimate of eligible expenses provided by the candidate awardee.

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Eligibility

Clinical Research Professional (CRP), Students and Trainees, Patient Partners

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Award Timeline:

Submissions will be accepted from December 1, 2024 to January 31, 2025. We will accept a rolling intake of applications, as long as funds allow. To be eligible, please ensure that the proposed travel dates are 4 weeks away at the time of submission, to allow for CAN TAP TALENT application reviews.