SPARC is offering the following support to researchers submitting applications to the March 23, 2012 MSFHR Career Investigator Program – Scholar Award competition (full details below):

1. Streamlined Internal Review (IR)
2. Access to successful 2011 MSFHR Scholar applications
3. Tips for developing support letters (i.e., Department Head, Dean)

Please share this email with interested colleagues and my apologies for any duplication.

Cheers,

Christy

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1. Streamlined Internal Review (IR)

For researchers interested in utilizing Internal Review (IR) for their March 23, 2012 MSFHR Career Investigator Program – Scholar Award applications, SPARC is currently accepting registrations.

SPARC IR Registration Deadline:  Monday, February 20

To register for IR, email the following details to christy.mctait@ubc.ca by February 20:

1. Title of your MSHFR application
2. Brief description of your proposed project (minimum 1-2 paragraphs)
3. Your MSFHR Application Theme:  Biomedical Research, Clinical Research, Health Services Research or Population Health Research (refer to MSFHR Scholar Award Instructions for definitions)
4. Any Faculty reviewer requests, plus any Faculty who you would prefer NOT to review your grant

SPARC IR Submission Deadline:  Monday, February 27, 3pm

IR will be available to those who can provide the following MSFHR documents by February 27, 3pm:

1. Scientific Summary (1 full page)
2. Career Expectations
3. Response to Previous Reviews (for resubmissions only)
4. Program of Research (10 full pages)
5. Department Head letter
6. Dean letter

SPARC IR Reviewer Deadline:  Thursday, March 8

IR feedback will be returned to the applicant 1 ½ weeks later, by March 8.

In view of the short timeline and overlap with other major funding competitions, any researchers failing to register and/or submit all of the required IR documents by the outlined deadlines will be ineligible for IR; and registering for IR does not guarantee an appropriate reviewer will be found for every MSFHR application.

Faculty of Medicine (FoM) Researchers:

FoM has waived the mandatory requirement for the 2012 competition.  Therefore, FoM Grant Development (GD) and SPARC IR are optional.  If interested in GD, please see below.

CFRI only

Contact the Research & Technology Development Office as soon as possible to discuss proposal development/review.

• Dr. Tamara English, Senior Research Development Facilitator; tenglish@cfri.ca
• Dr. Dawn McArthur, Head, Research & Technology Development; dmcarthur@cfri.ca

Other sites

To register with Elizabeth Cheu (604-822-2327, or echeu@medd.med.ubc.ca), complete this online form by February 16.

For the Dean’s letter, Medicine applicants and Heads are asked to submit a draft to Bryan Wong (bwong@medd.med.ubc.ca) by March 14.  The internal Medicine deadline is March 19.

2. Access to successful 2011 MSFHR Scholar applications

 If you would like to view a successful 2011 MSFHR application, please email christy.mctait@ubc.ca with the following details:

1. Your MSFHR Application Theme:  Biomedical Research, Clinical Research, Health Services Research or Population Health Research (refer to MSFHR Scholar Award Instructions for definitions)
2. Which application sections you are interested in (e.g., Program of Research, Department Head letter, etc.)

Note:  Different application components have been made available by different recipients.  As well, some applications will be available electronically while others only as hard copies in the SPARC office.   Thank you to all UBC 2011 MSFHR Scholar recipients who have so generously shared their documentation!

3. Tips for developing support letters (i.e., Department Head, Dean)

Please contact christy.mctait@ubc.ca if you would like to receive some tips for developing your support letters.

FINAL NOTE:

The UBC internal deadline for MSFHR Scholar Award applications is Wednesday, March 21, 10am.  Please visit the ORS website later this week for details.

Cheers,

Christy

Christy McTait

Internal Review Officer – CIHR and health research

Division of the VP Research and International Office

University of British Columbia

TEFIII, Room 101, 6190 Agronomy Rd | Vancouver, BC   V6T 1Z3

604.827.5615| 604.827.5356 | christy.mctait@ubc.ca

Website:  www.sparc.ubc.ca