Studentship Awards
2020 BHCRI Summer Studentship Award Competition
We are very pleased to announce the 2020 summer studentship competition with up to 6 awards offered in the amount of $5000 each for a 14-week term during the summer of 2020.
The following awards are available:
- Jeremy Ingham Cancer Research Studentship - We are extremely grateful to Jeremy Ingham whose generous donation has created the Jeremy Ingham Cancer Research Trust through the IWK Foundation. The Jeremy Ingham Cancer Research Studentship award will support a top-ranked candidate with plans to pursue a career in cancer research. Applications for research into pediatric cancers are encouraged. Jeremy’s generosity will allow this new award to be offered annually.
- Breast Cancer Research – through a generous gift to the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, BHCRI will provide two summer studentships in breast cancer. This gift was made to recognize the care and treatment provided by two outstanding surgeons at the QEII Health Sciences Centre, Dr. Lucy Helyer and Dr. Jason Williams. Thank you to this team of surgeons and their staff and to the donor who made this funding possible.
- Canadian Cancer Society Carol Ann Cole Comfort Heart Studentship for breast cancer research – made available through the support of the Canadian Cancer Society Nova Scotia.
- GIVETOLIVE – two studentships are available to support any area of cancer research.
This competition is open to applicants at recognized institutions across Atlantic Canada. Supervisors must be a Scientist, Senior Scientist, Associate Member or Honorary Member (qualifying as a Scientist, Senior Scientist or Associate Member) of the Institute.
The Studentship Award competition is now closed. Thank you to all those who applied. The next competition will be announced in December 2020.
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For more information on this competition, please contact admin@bhcri.ca
Congratulations to the following 2020 BHCRI and Partners Studentship Award Recipients:
Lauren Chong, Pediatrics, IWK Health Centre
Supervisor: Dr Andrew Stadnyk
Funded by the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute with funds provided by GIVETOLIVE
Stephanie Grantham, Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie University
Supervisors: Dr. Jeanette Boudreau and Sarah Nersesian
Funded by the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute through the IWK Foundation Jeremy Ingham Summer Studentship
Lauren Hogan, Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John
Supervisors: Dr. Anthony Reiman and Dr. Alli Murugesan
Funded by the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute
Dania Shikara, Medical Science, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Dr. Francesca Di Cara
Funded by the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute with funds provided by GIVETOLIVE
Andrea Tomko, Pharmacology, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Dr. Denis Dupré
Funded by the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute through the Helyer/Williams Summer Studentship
Joshua Tulk, Psychology, Memorial University
Supervisor: Dr. Sheila Garland
Funded by the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute through the Canadian Cancer Society Carol Ann Cole Comfort Heart Summer Studentship for Breast Cancer Research
Hayley Walsh, Pathology, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Dr Paola Marcato
Funded by the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute through the Helyer/Williams Summer Studentship
(Declined by applicant)
For more information on this competition, please contact admin@bhcri.ca or phone 902-494-8970.
A sample Studentship Competition Review Form is provided for your reference only and is subject to change.
