Health Research BC IMPaCT Clinical Trials Training Awards 2025 for Fellowship

Eligibility Criteria

1. Location of awardee: The award must be held at a Canadian Academic Institution, and/or research institute or hospital affiliated with a Canadian University. 

2. 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. 

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

4. Eligible clinical trial questions: Candidates must be interested in designing perinatal and child health clinical trials. As the primary IMPaCT fellowship deliverable is to develop a funding proposal based on a new trial, the clinical trial question you submit must be in the idea/protocol development phase. The population must either include children (neonates to 18 years old) or include people who are pregnant or in the postpartum period. The condition must be specific to pregnancy or postpartum or use 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!

Offered Benefits

For the 2026-27 competition there are awards available for PhDs ($35,000), Postdoctoral Fellows ($50,000), and Early Career Researchers ($70,000). This includes 2 dedicated awards per year for applicants that identify as Black or Indigenous at any career stage. 

Application Process

1. nstructions to support your application are available in the  IMPaCT shared folder.

2. CV: Your CV must be a 5-page biosketch and submitted as a PDF. Other formats will not be reviewed. The biosketch template is available on the  IMPaCT shared folder.

3. Letter of support: A maximum 2 page letter signed by the primary supervisor (for PhD students, Postdocs) or Department Head (for ECRs) describing: (1) Their commitment towards the candidate's research training and endorsement of the candidate, (2) The space, facilities and personnel support, including the interdisciplinary nature of the training environment in relation to clinical trials, (3) How the award funding will be used to ensure that the learner can fully participate in the IMPaCT core curriculum, deliverables and IMPaCT summit.

4. Trial question: As the primary IMPaCT fellowship deliverable is to develop a funding proposal for a new trial, the clinical trial question you submit must be in the idea/protocol development phase. The population must either include children (neonates to 18 years old) or include people who are pregnant or in the postpartum period. The condition must be specific to pregnancy or postpartum or use 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       
   We recognize and value Indigenous ways of knowing, and these perspectives are welcomed and encouraged throughout the development of your trial question and design.

5. All applications include an EDI questionnaire.

For more details, visit the scholarship webpage