CIHR New Investigator

Note: See Salary Awards for complete Faculty of Medicine application procedures. The procedure for Salary Awards is different from the procedure for Operating Grants.

  1. Your application package must be submitted to the Dean’s Office by Tuesday, September 11th, 2012 for Faculty approval. You have the option of dropping off a paper copy or emailing it to Bryan Wong at bwong@medd.med.ubc.ca. See below for a complete list of the required items.
  2. If there are no outstanding issues, your application will be printed (if necessary) and taken to ORS by Thursday, September 13th, 2012.
  3. You will be contacted by ORS once your application is ready for pickup at their UBC Point Grey campus location, on or before Friday, September 14th, 2012.
  4. Upload the scanned signed copies of your Dean’s Letter, Appendix 2A, and CIHR’s signature pages to ResearchNet to complete your application.
  5. Submit your application online via ResearchNet on or before Monday, September 17th, 2012.

Because this is a salary award, Faculty approval can only be obtained from the Dean’s Office located at the UBC Point Grey campus.

Should you submit your application for Faculty after September 11th, 2012, and there are issues with your application, we cannot guarantee that your application will be ready in time for CIHR’s deadline.

Required documents to be submitted to the FoM for the CIHR New Investigator award:

  1. Completed FoM Grant Application Cover Sheet
  2. Request for Dean’s Approval of Salary Award Applications form
  3. Dean’s Letter of Support
  4. CIHR application details pages 1 & 2
  5. CIHR signatures pages
  6. 1-page summary of your proposal
  7. Appendix 2A
  8. 1-2 SPARC Internal Reviewer Sign-off Form(s) (optional)

For your convenience, we have put together a Checklist that lists the necessary items. This checklist is entirely optional and is not required as part of the application package.

Details:

  1. FoM Grant Application Cover Sheet
    The FoM Grant Application Cover Sheet is a FoM agreement completed by the Principal Investigator and signed by the following:
    • The Principal Investigator (must hold a full-time faculty appointment at UBC)
    • The Department Head or School Director (and not an alternate)
    • Dean, Faculty of Medicine
  2. Request for Dean’s Approval of Salary Award Application
    This form, to be completed by the Department Head or School Director (and not an alternate), demonstrates Departmental/School support for the applicant and that the proper requirements have been fulfilled.
  3. Dean’s Letter of Support
    A draft letter must be sent by email to Bryan Wong on or before September 11th, directly from the Department Head or School Director (or their Assistant/Administrator). This is to ensure that the Head/Director is aware of the contents of the letter. We will arrange to have the letter prepared for the Dean’s signature. When the application package is brought to the Dean’s Office for signatures, the letter will be added to the package and submitted to the Dean for approval and signature.
  4. CIHR application details pages 1 & 2 (available as a PDF from ResearchNet – click on “Preview Application Materials” under list of tasks, then on next screen, click on “Preview” to the right of  “Application Details” under the heading, “Application Materials”)
  5. CIHR signatures pages
    The CIHR signatures pages include the routing slip, and a second page for the institutional signature, where an official from ORS will sign.
  6. 1-page summary of your proposal
  7. Appendix 2A
    Appendix 2A is to be completed and signed by the Department Head or School Director on one or all parts of Appendix 2A. It consists of the following 3 sections on separate pages:
    • Other Responsibilities of the Candidate
    • Research Associations
    • Commitment of the Nominating Institution
  8. 1-2 SPARC Internal Reviewer Sign-off Form(s)
    The Internal Reviewer Sign-off Form(s) is/are not required as part of your application package, but we will check to ensure that Internal Review has been completed. Internal Review and Grant Development is mandatory in order for your application to be approved by the Dean.

Please visit the ORS website for the CIHR eSubmission procedure.

If you have any questions, please contact Bryan Wong at the FoM (bwong@medd.med.ubc.ca) or Lily Liew at ORS (lily.liew@ors.ubc.ca).