Royal College Visiting Professorship in Medical Research
For 2012
This visiting professorship provides medical students and residents with the opportunity to meet established researchers from other Canadian centres in order to promote medical research as a career choice. The visiting professor interacts with both undergraduate medical students and residents through rounds and other teaching sessions across departments.
Nominations
Deans of the Canadian faculties of medicine can nominate a visiting professor to come to their centre. They submit proposed itinerary, reflecting how the school intends to use the grant and a curriculum vitae of the nominee.
Selection
The Awards Committee, at its annual fall meeting, will select the visiting professors on the basis of the submitted data and its applicability to the defined objectives.
Grant
The Awards Committee selects the visiting professor at its annual fall meeting.
Visiting Professorship
Up to four medical faculties may be chosen each year for a $3000 grant to receive one professor.
Closing Date
5 p.m. (EST) September 1, 2011. Late applications will not be considered.
For further information, please contact
Melanie Blackburn, Grant Administrator
Awards and Grants Section, Office of Professional Affairs
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
774 Echo Drive
Ottawa ON K1S 5N8
Telephone: 613-730-8177 / 1-800-668-3740, ext. 355
Fax: 613-730-2410
E-mail: awards@royalcollege.ca
