Dr. D. Grant Gall Award

in Global Health, Faculties of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Grant Gall, former Dean of the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM), recognized the importance of transdisciplinary research to address healthy priorities at the animal, human and environmental interface. This award honours his memory and is intended to foster innovative research and learning experiences in One Health.

A One Health approach engages and integrates multiple disciplines (human, animal and environmental) to help solve complex health concerns. One Health projects are focused on addressing social and economic inequalities in Canada and low-and-middle income countries (LMIC).

This award will provide financial support for undergraduate students in the CSM and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (UCVM) engaged in research activities related to One Health. The awards are intended to build capacity to engage in One Health trans-disciplinary research with Indigenous and/or international partners.

Application process for 2023-2024 is now open. Further details are listed below. 

For more information or questions: Contact the Global Health Coordinator at globalhealth@ucalgary.ca.

 

There will be a quarterly review of applications after which the committee will inform the successful applicants within one month of the deadline dates.

Quarterly deadlines:

January 2, 2022 
April 1, 2022 
July 1, 2022 
October 1, 2022 
 

  • Four awards of up to $5000 per student (maximum of two awards per project) for materials, travel, accommodation, student stipends, research conferences to present results, funding for international student peers, honorarium or financial support for Indigenous or international research collaborators and preceptors.  
  • This travel grant will not provide travel advances. 
  • Funds are to be utilized within a one-year period unless circumstances require a longer time frame.
  • A selection committee of members from the Cumming School of Medicine and Faculty of Veterinary Medicine will meet to review applications and select recipients of this award.
  • Those who are selected are required to submit a research report to the Grant Gall Committee detailing: activities undertaken, and an accounting of how the award funding was spent. 
  • Award recipients must acknowledge the Dr. D. Grant Gall Award in One Health in any publications, posters or reports that may result from this funding.

Open to any undergraduate student in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, or Cumming School of Medicine (BHSc, Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies or Undergraduate Medical) with a supervisor or preceptor engaged in One Health research. 

Preference will be given to student research proposals that engage learners from both CSM and UCVM who will work collaboratively. For international research, projects that pair students with peers from a strategic partner institution are strongly encouraged. Funding can be used to support students working together. 

Supervisors or preceptors may be from any faculty in the University of Calgary. The supervisor/preceptor will manage the award. 
 

The application form is not to exceed 5 pages.

Supervisors or preceptors will provide:
a)     a description of their current or intended One Health oriented research activities, proposed collaborators and research environment. 
b)    a detailed description of the proposed student/s project.
c)    funds required and how they are to be utilized 

New faculty members who wish to engage students in One Health research are encouraged to apply.  
Application Form

Supervisors are responsible for obtaining approval from the appropriate institutional ethics review committee(s) should the project involve human subjects or the use of animals or bio-hazardous material.