Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Awards

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The prestigious Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Awards provide postdoctoral candidates in the Faculty of Health Sciences the opportunity to pursue leading-edge health sciences research.

The awards are designed for candidates who have an exemplary academic record and are interested in pursuing postdoctoral work in one of the numerous areas of research excellence in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. Funded through the generosity of Michael G. DeGroote, the award will provide support of $40,000 for one year. This amount is to be supplemented with $10,000 from applicants’ proposed supervisor(s), for a total annual amount of $50,000 for one year.

Successful candidates for these awards will have the opportunity to work with Health Sciences faculty who are conducting innovative research and are considered among the best in their fields. They will have access to state-of-the-art facilities that enable progressive research designed to impact health care throughout the world.

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Previous Fellowship Award Recipients

• 2011 — Fellows focus on health issues of vulnerable populations
• 2010 — Two researchers honoured with DeGroote fellowships
• 2009 — Promising investigators win major research fellowship
• 2008 — Two win Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Awards