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ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ MedStar Award for Trainees

Objectives

  • To recognize the excellence of research done at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University by undergraduate (B.Sc.) and graduate students (M.Sc., Ph.D.), post doctoral fellows, and residents in all fields and disciplines covered by the Faculty.
  • To promote careers in health research.


Award

  • $500 per awardÌý


Frequency

  • Adjudicated in two periods each year (Jan-June, July-Dec)
  • Maximum of 12 awards perÌýsubmission period
  • Recipients of theÌýMedStar award will be notified the award in August and February of each year


Eligibility and selection criteria

  • The award is based on a research article recently published (less than eight months) as first author by a trainee (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., PDF, Resident) in the Faculty of Medicine of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University or one of its affiliated hospitals or research institutes
  • In the case of equal first co-authors, the prize will be divided equally between the two trainees
  • Must be health research from any fields with a likelihood of high impact
  • Multidisciplinary research and cross-pillars (basic, clinical, health services, population health) are a plus
  • Preferably a paper published in a high impact journal in the field
  • Applicant must be a registered ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ student during the application period and also the following term to be able to release the payment if successful
  • Award will not be given to previous MedStar winners (one given per degree level)


Submission process

  • Applications will be accepted at any time


Who can submit:

  • Undergraduate and graduate students, post doctoral fellows or residents can submit their own article
  • Supervisor or co-investigator involved in the research
  • Article can be submitted only once


What is needed?

  • A PDF file of the published article (must be published over the past eight months - manuscripts in press or submitted are not acceptable).
  • A paragraph on the significance of the research
  • A short c.v. of the trainee (biosketch format)

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