What are the IMPaCT training awards?
Assigned 1-3 mentors (including youth or parent partners)
Deliverable: complete a trial protocol based on the trial question submitted in your application using the 10 page template*
Participate in elevator pitch competition at the in-person summit
Complete core learning modules with live discussions
In-person mentoring (travel and accommodation for participation in 3-day summit)
Leadership training
Mentorship cafes for ongoing discussions and team building
Integrated learning opportunities w/ ongoing clinical trials
Immersive learning opportunities including government advocacy, trial methods, peer review panels and more to come
A network of trialists to support you throughout your career!
*note for teams that have study funding already and are looking to write a full study protocol this will also be considered an acceptable deliverable for a salary awarded learners.
Our expectations for learners and mentors is available here.
IMPaCT training awards facilitate participation in a 1-year immersive learning experience with assigned mentors and deliverables.
This program is designed to give you the skills and network to design, conduct, and communicate about clinical trials with pregnant people and children (neonates through adolescents). Summary award information is available in a PDF here in English and here in French.
For the Nov. 1, 2023 competition there are 15 awards available, including 3 PhD awards ($35,000), 3 Postdoctoral awards ($50,000) and 9 ECR awards ($70,000) per year.
That includes 2 dedicated awards per year for applicants that identify as Black or Indigenous at any career stage.
What does an IMPaCT training award mean for you?
What does a year look like for awarded IMPaCT Trainees and ECRs?
Location of awardee: The award must be held at a Canadian Academic Institution, and/or research institute or hospital affiliated with a Canadian University.
Career stage: Candidates must be enrolled in a doctoral program, in a postdoctoral program (any year of program) or an Early Career Researcher defined using CIHR definitions at the time of accepting the award. This includes 2 dedicated awards (per year) for applicants that identify as Black or Indigenous at any career stage.
Citizenship: This program is open to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada.
Eligible clinical trial questions: Candidates must be interested in designing perinatal and child health clinical trials. Clinical trial questions submitted must be in the idea/protocol development phase. The population must either include children (neonates to 18 years old) or include pregnant people. Condition must be specific to pregnancy or a novel design to otherwise include pregnant people. The intervention can be any type (drug, behavioural, vaccine, device) and can include any trial phase including early phase and pragmatic trials. Adaptive and innovative approaches are encouraged!
If you have questions about your eligibility, email us at impactrials@gmail.com
Who is eligible for a training award?
How are awards evaluated?
Please see our IMPaCT training award evaluation criteria in the shared folder that will be used to score each complete application received. Trainees will receive copies of their evaluation forms including de-identified comments from the review committee.
