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Published: 02 Apr 2025 260 views
Salary awards are offered to graduate students who are undertaking full-time research training in an area of clear relevance to arthritis and Arthritis Society Canada's Strategic Plan 2020-2027: Accelerating Impact - Research Strategy which aims to identify research avenues that focus on areas of highest priority to patients and achieve the highest levels of scientific excellence and rigour. Applications must focus on innovative research efforts in the following priority areas.
Arthritis pain research in:
Improving our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of pain
Translating basic science discoveries into practice
Improving techniques to measure pain
Developing new and more personalized treatment approaches
Alternative approaches to pain management including research on medical cannabis from basic science, clinical, health services and policy perspectives
Improving self-management tools and technology enablers to help manage and communicate about pain
Osteoarthritis (OA) research in:
Improving our understanding of what cause different forms of OA, including the underlying biological mechanisms and how the disease progresses
Understand sex and gender differences in patients with OA
Developing new and more personalized treatment approaches
Developing more effective self-management tools
Improving health services and systems
Reducing health disparities in vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations
Inflammatory arthritis (IA) research in:
Improving our understanding of what causes different forms of IA, including the underlaying biological mechanisms and how the disease progresses
Developing new and more personalized treatment approaches
Improving strategies to manage symptoms
Developing more effective methods to support patient-physician communications
Improving health services and systems
Reducing health disparities in vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations
Childhood arthritis research in:
Improving our understanding of what causes childhood arthritis, how to detect it earlier, and diagnose it most effectively
Developing new and more personalized therapies that are safe and effective
Innovations to improve transitions in care as children navigate from pediatric to adult healthcare settings and improve unique quality of life issues through other life changes (e.g., education, employment)
Work-related research in:
Providing a strong evidence base to inform arthritis-related workplace policies and accommodations
Ensuring that employees and employers have effective tools and resources to communicate how to manage chronic conditions in the workplace
The prevention of workplace disability and the most effective accommodations
Arthritis Society Canada is a national health charity, fueled by donors and volunteers, with a mission to fight the fire of arthritis with the fire of research, advocacy, innovation, information and support. Arthritis Society Canada is dedicated to extinguishing arthritis. We represent the six million Canadians living with arthritis today, and the millions more who are impacted or at risk.? Fueled by the trust and support of our donors and volunteers, Arthritis Society Canada is fighting the fire of arthritis?with research, advocacy, innovation,?information?and support.?W... continue reading
| Application Deadline | 15 Apr 2025 |
| Value | $35,000 |
| Country to study | Canada |
| Type | PhD |
| Sponsor | Arthritis Society Canada |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Our research funding is always contingent on the generosity of our donors.
The maximum award per application is $35,000 annually for up to three years ($105,000 total). These awards are non-renewable.
Please note the matching funds required for this program:
The program provides 50% of the salary award to successful applicants. The other 50% of the award funding must come from one or more partners (government, industry, NFP or academic institution) or be allocated from an existing research agency grant held by their supervisor.
Successful candidates will receive up to $17,500 annually from Arthritis Society Canada for this award.
To be considered eligible for this award, applicants must:
Be engaged in full-time training in research in a Canadian graduate school program leading to a PhD;
Be within the first three years of a PhD training program at the time of the application deadline; and
Be working on a research project with clear relevance to the research priority areas in Arthritis Society Canada’s 2020-27 Research Strategy.
Not hold a competitive award, as of the September 1 start date, that exceeds the value of this award.
Applications must be submitted through Arthritis Society Canada’s online research grant portal and include the following components:
Scientific abstract (Max. 500 words)
Project description (Max. 2,500 words)
References
Relevance of the proposal to Arthritis Society Canada’s Research Strategy priority areas (Max. 250 words)
Lay summary sections (Max. 150 words per section)
Knowledge translation (KTE) plan sections (Max. 250 words per section)
Required attachments
Signature page (signed by the candidate, supervisor(s), department head and Host Institution)
Candidate and supervisor(s) Canadian Common CV (CIHR Biosketch - CIHR issued PIN required)
Timeline and milestones (1 pg. diagram/chart)
Official transcripts (Undergraduate and Graduate)
Two letters of support, including one from the candidate’s primary supervisor including confirmation that the trainee will devote at least 75% of their time to conducting the proposed research, providing an assessment of the candidate’s critical thinking, independence, perseverance, originality, organizational skills, interest in discovery, etc., value of the award to the candidate, the research environment, and details of the source of matching funding.
Optional attachments
Appendices (Max. 5MB per document)
A maximum of one application per trainee will be permitted in the competition.
All submissions will be screened for completeness and eligibility. Note that incomplete applications by the deadline will be deemed ineligible and withdrawn from the competition. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that applications are complete at the time of submission.
All applicants are strongly advised to read all program documentation listed. If you have any questions, please contact the research department.
For more details, visit Arthritis Society Canada webpage
