Funding Road Map

Name of Funding Organization:
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research

Name of Grant/Scholarship/Program (if applicable):
Summer Internship Award

Type of Funding:
Paid summer internship for undergraduate students.

Description:
The Centre for Aboriginal Health Research is an Aboriginal Capacity and Development Research Environment, funded by CIHR. This program provides funding to undergraduate students to participate in an internship program that allows them to develop and carry out a research project.

Note: The CAHR’s Junior Research Internship Award may also be of interest to you:
www.umanitoba.ca/centres/cahr/docs/Junior%20Internship%202008.pdf

Eligibility:

• You must be enrolled in an undergraduate university program full-time
  
• You may not be employed at another full-time position during the internship
• Priority will be given to Aboriginal students

Specific focus on global health research?
The focus of this program is Aboriginal health research.

Application Process:
You must complete and submit an application form (this can be found on the Summer Internship Award Application page, the link for which is given below), and include the following documents: summary of personal, academic and career goals; summary of proposed project (if you are going to be developing your own project), summary of research interests (if you would like to be assigned a research project), proof of registration in a post-secondary program of study, academic transcripts, CV, and two letters of reference.

Application packages should be sent to the postal address listed below.

Please see the Summer Internship Award Application page for complete details:
www.umanitoba.ca/centres/cahr/docs/Application%20Summer%20Internship%202008.pdf

Deadline:
The deadline for the 2008 competition was March 14, but please refer to the CAHR website to see if this date changes in the future.

Contact Information:
Postal Address:
Linda Diffey, ACADRE Program Coordinator
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
Suite 715, 7th Floor
Buhler Research Centre
The University of Manitoba
715 McDermot Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3E 3P4

Fax: (204) 975-7783