The Heart and Stroke Foundation supports the development of researchers across the research career spectrum from doctoral students to career investigators.
Personnel awards are funded nationally through the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
Senior Personnel Awards
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HSFC New Investigator / Distinguished Clinician Scientist
New Investigator
The New Investigator award is a salary award to support new investigators who have demonstrated excellence in their pre and post doctoral training and wish to establish their own research laboratory.
Distinguished Clinician Scientist
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is offering a Distinguished Clinician Scientist award as an integral part of the New Investigator competition. Candidates applying for the Distinguished Clinician Scientist award will also be considered in the regular pool of New Investigator applicants. This award will be offered to the highest ranked eligible clinician in the New Investigator competition. The Distinguished Clinician Scientist award carries a higher stipend than the New Investigator award, plus an additional research allowance.
New Investigator and Distinguished Clinician Scientist awards are tenable in Canada only.
Applications to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada are due annually on September 1st to become tenable July 1st of the following year.
Applications must be received by 16:00 EDT on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend, the application must be received by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada by 16:00 EDT the previous Friday.
Each year two new investigators are awarded the prestigious HSFC awards: The McDonald Scholarship and the Henry J.M. Barnett Scholarship.
The Career Investigator award of HSFO is to support established independent researchers who wish to make research their full-time career (Ontario applicants only).
Applications to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada are due annually on September 1st to become tenable July 1st of the following year.
Applications must be received by 16:00 EDT on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend, the application must be received by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada by 16:00 EDT the previous Friday.
Junior Personnel Awards
The Focus on Stroke (FOS) Doctoral Research Award provides salary support to individuals enrolled in a PhD program and undertaking full-time research training in the stroke field. Each application, including the development of the research plan, is considered to be a joint submission by the applicant and the identified supervisor.
Applications to the Heart and Stroke Foundation are due annually on November 1st to be tenable July 1st of the following year.Applications must be received by 16:00 EDT on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend, the application must be received by the Heart and Stroke Foundation by 16:00 EDT the previous Friday.
Guidelines and Application Form for Doctoral Research Award
A Research Fellowship is an "in-training" award to support young investigators with a professional degree (PhD, MD, BM, DVM or equivalent) in initiating and/or continuing in the scientific method and chosen area of the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular fields.
Applications to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada are due annually on November 1st to be tenable July 1st of the following year.
Applications must be received by 16:00 EDT on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend, the application must be received by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada by 16:00 EDT the previous Friday.
Please note the following additional opportunities:
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HSFC Research Scholarship
The Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Scholarship is a salary award for researchers with a recent or pending faculty appointment from an accredited university in Canada. This award is intended for applicants whose research focuses a high percentage (at least 60%) on applied research areas: clinical, health services/systems, and social, cultural, environmental and population health. Applicants will have appropriate degrees (Masters, Doctorate, MD, DDS, DVM, or equivalent degree) and credential(s) in a regulated accredited health discipline with less than five years of postdoctoral research experience.
The objective of this award is to attract and foster cardiovascular or cerebrovascular investigators from a variety of health disciplines. Each application is considered to be a joint submission by the applicant and the identified mentor.
Applications to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada are due annually on November 1st to become tenable July 1st of the following year.
Applications must be received by 16:00 EDT on the deadline date. If the deadline falls on a weekend, the application must be received by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada by 16:00 EDT the previous Friday.