Establishment grants are intended to allow recently recruited faculty members in the Province of Manitoba to focus on research and to establish their research programs.
These awards will provide up to $100,000 to be used within a three year period, subject to Council approval, for a variety of purposes such as the purchase of equipment and supplies, buy-out of teaching time, and salaries of research personnel (other than the applicant's salary), etc.
Council will only consider applications for Establishment grants from individuals who have held an academic appointment at the level of Assistant Professor or above in the Province of Manitoba for not more than 4 years.
Eligibility
To be eligible, the principal applicant:
Must hold an academic appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor (or equivalent) or above in Manitoba, with appropriate salary that is secure for a minimum period of three years from the start date of the award.
Must have held the faculty appointment in Manitoba for no more than 4 years as of March 1st of the application year;
Must devote at least 75% of their time to research;
Must have a doctorate and postdoctoral research experience, or equivalent research experience, or a professional degree (e.g. MD, DDS, DVM, Pharm D) with research training and expertise equivalent to that of a PhD with postdoctoral research experience; and
Must be recommended by the appropriate Department Head and Dean.
Application Instructions At-A-Glance
The checklist below indicates the steps that an applicant will need to follow to submit a hardcopy application to MHRC for the 2010 Establishment Grant competition:
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Complete an updated online Common CV (to include MRHC specific pages)
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Complete and Submit correct # of HARDCOPIES of Application form
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Print out and Submit correct # of HARDCOPIES of Common CV as attachment to each application
Note: Your common CV should be printed after the validation stage. You are not required to "Finalize & Submit", as this is required only for eGMS applicants.
CCV attachments must be printed out separately
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Arrange for supporting letters, and transcripts (if applicable), to be sent to MHRC office
Before beginning an application, the MHRC strongly advises applicants download and review the following documents and have them on-hand while completing the application eForm:
CLICK HERE for the link to the .PDF application form* for the 2010 Establishment competition.