Doctoral Salary Award for Black and Indigenous Scholars

Opportunity Information

These awards are intended for Black or Indigenous research scholars who wish to pursue a career as a perinatal and/or child health researcher. Through an individualized research development plan, learners in ENRICH will enhance their skills ranging from research methods, to managing multi-site teams, to personal wellness, and other relevant topics for researchers.

This award is open for Black or Indigenous scholars only.

Location of Tenure: The award must be held at a Canadian Academic Institution, and/or child health research institute affiliated with a Canadian University.

Timing: Applicants must have at minimum 2 active years remaining in their doctoral studies from the ENRICH funding start date, which is May 1st of each year. Any interruption in a candidate’s career should be explained in a CIHR Biosketch Common CV.

Active Salary Awards: Applicants who already have a multi-year salary/stipend award from a local, provincial, or national organization/institution are ineligible for this award. Please apply to the REACH Award. 

Citizenship: This program is open to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada.

Regional Leaders are available to help you: Sixteen Canadian Pediatric Academic Centres have a Regional Leader. Please contact the Regional Leader closest to your academic institution. They are knowledgeable about the ENRICH program and competition processes.  You do not need their sign-off to submit an application.  Please contact them well in advance of the application deadlines (45-60 days) to make sure that they have enough time to help you.  A list of Regional leaders can be found HERE.