Endowment Competitions

Internal project awards - The 2021 Campbell McLaurin in Hearing Deficiencies Competition

The Cumming School of Medicine invites project applications in hearing loss for funding support from the Campbell McLaurin Chair for Hearing Deficiencies. Projects can include causes for hearing loss due to aging, chronic exposure to loud noises, sensorineural, conductive, etc in either a basic or clinical research setting or both.

The competition is open to all investigators with a Full-time appointment at University of Calgary at the time of the application deadline. Application team can be an individual or teams, especially for the larger award.

Value of the award: between $50,000 - $100,000, based on the award  (see Guidelines  & Application form below for details)

Term of award: up to 3 years -  contingent upon committee review at the 2^nd year, availability of funds (funding provided annually at the approved level) and application to Tri-Council funding agency within 24 months

Extended deadline for application submission: Tuesday, March 1st, 2022

Applications and questions about this competition must be submitted to: medendow@ucalgary.ca for the attention of Angela Krawetz

The award is intended to support the research of a faculty member in the field of auditory research. The competition is open to all faculty members with primary appointment at Cumming School of Medicine at University of Calgary.

Applicants can request up to $23,100/ yr for one year

Deadline for application submission to the Office of the Associate Dean Research: Tuesday, November 30th, 2021

Submit your complete application package / questions to Patty Beug-Jang/ Angela Krawetz, Office of the Associate Dean Research at: medendow@ucalgary.ca

This endowment was set up to honour the late Henry S. Koopmans. It provides funds for innovative research into the mechanisms of food intake, energy balance or integrative GI physiology. Funds are awarded on the basis of a brief innovative research proposal.

The allocation will be awarded annually to a junior faculty member with a preference for the Gastrointestinal Research Group of the Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases, but awards can be made to any applicant with a full-time appointment in the Cumming School of Medicine or a cross-appointment in the Cumming School of Medicine (preference will be given to highly ranked applications of those with a primary appointment).

Please note that due to current circumstances, the eligibility is temporarily changed to align with revised CIHR guidelines regarding Junior Investigators / Early Career Researcher (ECR), as per: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34190.html#r14
According to CIHR: “As a result of COVID-19, the term to qualify for ECR status has been extended to 0-84 months from 0-60 months.”

Amount available: One award up to $20,200 for one year

Deadline for submission to the Office of the Associate Dean Research: Wednesday, Dec 1st, 2021

Applications must be submitted to: medendow@ucalgary.ca

Questions? Inquiries can be made to Dr. Carla Coffin at cscoffin@ucalgary.ca