This is dependent on the quality and quantity of applications received.

Not necessarily. They are located within the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University, which includes affiliations with academic hospitals within Hamilton Health Sciences and St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Please visit schools and departments associated with the Faculty for more information.

Yes. All candidates are required to apply to work under a faculty member in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Candidates must communicate with their proposed supervisor in advance of applying to confirm the "Confirmation of Supervisor Support" requirement of the application. The proposed supervisor(s) that a candidate lists in their application must be different than the individual(s) who supervised / are supervising their PhD.

The application deadline for the latest round of awards was April 1, 2012. Please check back regularly for the next round of awards.

No. Applications are only to be submitted online. Reference letters must be scanned and e-mailed to mgdfa@mcmaster.ca. Please ensure that letters of reference are received, along with your electronic submission, before the application deadline.

Please address cover letters to:

Dr. Stephen Collins
Chair, Michael G. DeGroote Fellowship Awards Selection Committee
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University

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 10 months before the application deadline, will be eligible for the awards. Priority will be given to those applicants whose graduate training has not been exclusively at McMaster.

No. Awards are non-renewable.

Yes. Although we understand that explaining such complex topics as academic background and research proposals in a concise form can be difficult, we must enforce strict page limits due to the number of applications received. Please keep within the page limit while ensuring that your application is still legible and neat.

No. These awards are only open to those who plan to conduct their research in a department or school (or related centre or institute) that resides in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University. For more details, please review the following:

• Schools and departments
• Research centres

Applications will be rated based on the applicant’s track record of publications, grants/fellowships, references and their overall CV, as well as the strength of their proposed research project.

The committee aims to have the selections made by the end of April for the current round of awards. All applicants are notified of the result of their application once selections have been made.

You are still eligible to apply. Please note that selection committee members are required to abstain from rating any applications for which they are listed as the proposed supervisor.

This is to be determined between the award recipient and their supervisor.

This is to be determined between the winner and their supervisor.

Please e-mail your question to mgdfa@mcmaster.ca and we’ll be sure to answer it as soon as possible.