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91社区 MedStar Award for Trainees

Objectives

  • To recognize the excellence of research done at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of 91社区 by undergraduate (B.Sc.) and graduate students (M.Sc., Ph.D.), post doctoral fellows, and residents in all fields and disciplines covered by the Faculty.
  • To promote careers in health research.


Award

  • $500 per award (as of January 2012)


Frequency

  • Adjudicated in two periods each year (Jan-June, July-Dec)
  • Maximum of 12 awards per听submission period
  • Recipients of the听MedStar award will be notified the month听proceeding the end of each award period.听


Eligibility and selection criteria

  • The award is based on a research article recently published as first author by a trainee (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., PDF, Resident) in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of 91社区 or one of its affiliated hospitals or research institutes听
    • January to June period--articles that was published during January to June of the same year should be submitted for our review
    • July to December period--articles that was published during July to December of the same year should be submitted for our review
  • In the case of equal first co-authors, the prize will be divided equally between the two trainees
  • Must be health research from any fields with a likelihood of high impact
  • Multidisciplinary research and cross-pillars (basic, clinical, health services, population health) are a plus
  • Preferably a paper published in a high impact journal in the field
  • Award will not be given to previous MedStar winners (one given per degree level)
  • Applicant must be a registered 91社区 student during the application period and also the following term to be able to release the payment if successful


Submission process

  • Applications will be accepted at any time. Awards will be announced in March and August.


Who can submit:

  • Undergraduate and graduate students, post doctoral fellows or residents can submit their own article
  • Supervisor or co-investigator involved in the research
  • Article can be submitted only once


What is needed?

  • A PDF file of the published article (must be published during the January-June and July-December period - manuscripts in press or submitted are not acceptable).
  • A paragraph on the significance of the research
  • A short c.v. of the trainee (biosketch format)

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