Key Dates
- August 29, 2024: Launch of call for applications
- September 29, 2024, 11:59 PM: Application deadline
- October 25, 2024: GHP notifies all applicants of the results
- Late November/Early December 2024: Awards paid
- Until September 2025: Student travel or project work
- Up to 6 weeks after return or project completion: Award winners submit their report to GHP
- Early November 2025: Award winners deliver poster presentations at GHP's annual Global Health Night event.
Eligibility
- UU直播 undergraduate medical students and post-graduate medical residents in the UU直播 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) are eligible to apply.
- Students and residents must be in good standing.
- Awardees must remain registered as full-time or part-time UU直播 students or residents for the entire duration of their project.
- Applicants must be part of a听global health research project and/or clinical training related to immigrant, refugee, and/or Indigenous populations, in Canada or in another country.
- While the project does not need to be supervised by a UU直播 Professor, you do need to have the support of a UU直播 professor with experience in the research or field in question. We expect the UU直播 professor to look at the project and recognize it as relevant. You will need to provide the name and email address of that professor in your application.
Eligible Costs
- Eligible costs include travel to/from the project site, accommodations, vaccinations and living expenses while travelling, and costs relating to the completion of the approved research (e.g. supplies) or clinical elective (aside from those costs defined as ineligible).
- Ineligible costs include participation fees for exchange programs or clinical elective programs run by external organizations/agencies, conference fees and travel to/from conferences.
Terms and Conditions of the Award
- Preference will be given to projects of merit, projects with cross-disciplinary perspectives, and projects with faculty support.
- Research projects and/or travel cannot be completed before the September 29 application deadline for this award.
- GHP only funds travel to countries and regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level of Level-1 (鈥渢ake normal security precautions鈥�) or Level-2 (鈥渆xercise a high degree of caution鈥�).
- Travel to countries or regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level of Level-3 (鈥淎void all non-essential travel鈥�) is only possible with written approval from the Deputy Provost. Please see UU直播 Abroad's Travel Exemption Request page for further instructions.
- Travel to countries or regions with a Government of Canada travel advisory risk level Level-4 (鈥淎void all travel鈥�) is not eligible.
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- MDCM students听must complete the online FMHS Pre-Departure Training if travelling outside of Canada (including the US) for a听family medicine clinical rotation, elective, placement, observership or research project. The GHP office will contact awardees with instructions for enrollment. Note: Residents are not required to complete the pre-departure training.
- GHP Awards are non-transferable.
- A student or trainee is eligible for only one award from GHP for the same project.
- The project must be carried out between October 2024 to October 2025 and should be agreed upon by the student and their UU直播 Faculty supervisor/or an on-site supervisor.
- Any changes in travel plans (based on what was originally proposed) must be communicated to and approved by the GHP office ahead of time for the award to be honoured. Subject to GHP鈥檚 approval, awards may be deferred up to an additional six months, used for an elective or placement in another location, or declined.
- Awardees who are travelling must register their travel via the UU直播 Student Travel Registry 鈥� the official safety app for UU直播 students travelling outside of the Greater Montreal area on university-related travel activities.
- Awardees must submit a report within 6 weeks of completing the project.
- Awardees must present a poster on their research or project at GHP鈥檚 annual Global Health Night event, typically held in early November.
Application Instructions
Clicking the link above will open a new window. Application deadline: September 29, 2024.
Note: applications must be submitted as one PDF file, containing the following elements in the order presented below. Please title the PDF using your first name and last name e.g. 鈥淛ane Doe.pdf鈥�)
- Essay
- Description of the project (max 1 page)
- Explanation of how the funding from this award听will help improve the overall quality of the project and/or contribute to the project鈥檚 success (max 陆 page)
- Description of what faculty support you have for this project (if applicable) and any aspects of this project that are interdisciplinary (if applicable) (max 陆 page)
- CV
- Budget for how you spend the award. Please refer to the Eligible Costs section above.
- If travelling: Signed letter from the host organization or local supervisor (at your destination site) demonstrating the host's acceptance of your visit.
About the award
Established in 2016 by Rhona Weinstein (n茅e Strasberg) BA 1967, MA 1969, and Harvey M. Weinstein BSc 1963, MD CM 1967, in honour of Rhona鈥檚 late father, Alex W. Strasberg, MD CM 1921 and Harvey M. Weinstein, MD CM 1967, both pioneers and advocates in clinical work and research related to vulnerable populations.
An immigrant to Canada, Dr. Strasberg was among the earliest Jewish students to graduate from UU直播 Medicine. He became a urologist on staff at the Jewish General Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital, conducted research, and taught in the Department of Urology at UU直播. He devoted his practice to treating the poor and was for many years the physician of choice for many in the Montreal Chinese immigrant community.
Dr. Weinstein trained as a psychiatrist at Yale University and worked in university student health at Stanford University as well as in hospital and private practice settings. In later years he earned a public health degree from UC Berkeley and devoted his time to research and policy in refugee and immigrant health. Author of two books and numerous articles, he also became involved in human rights scholarship and advocacy about how countries respond to ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences upon recommendation of the Director of Global Health Programs to provide support for undergraduate medical students or post-graduate residents in the Faculty who are engaged in global health research and/or clinical training related to immigrant, refugee, and aboriginal/Indigenous populations, in Canada and abroad. Support may include funds for travel, housing, research, and/or clinical experiences. Preference will be given to projects of merit and projects with cross-disciplinary perspectives as well as faculty support. The value of this award will vary.
