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Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Awards
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR THE LATEST ROUND OF THE MICHAEL G. DEGROOTE FELLOWSHIP AWARDS.
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
APRIL 1, 2012
To apply, click Apply Now
"I am investing in new discoveries in health care and in the delivery of health care."
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.
Previous Fellowship Award Recipients
Eligibility Criteria
- Only candidates who are (a) external to McMaster, or (b) internal students who have yet to begin postdoctoral studies at McMaster, or (c) internal students who began their postdoctoral studies at McMaster no earlier than July 1, 2011 will be eligible for the awards.
- The proposed supervisor(s) that a candidate lists in their application must be different than the individual(s) who supervised / are supervising their PhD.
- Priority will be given to those applicants whose graduate training has not been exclusively at McMaster.
