Congratulations Fall 2025 CRTP Award Competition Winners!
OUR NEXT AWARD PERIOD WILL BE SPRING 2026
The CRTP Award provides stipend funding to CRTP Trainees (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical research fellows enrolled in the CRTP). A limited number of awards from a variety of sources will be offered to outstanding applicants whose graduate research focuses on cancer. A CRTP Trainee may not receive more than two CRTP awards.
** You must be a CRTP Trainee to Qualify for the CRTP Award Competition.
If you were a former CRTP trainee, you will need to reapply to the CRTP training program to qualify for the CRTP Award. The CRTP guidelines and application can be found here. You must submit your CRTP application on or before the Fall 2025 CRTP Award Intent to Apply submit deadline.
Total CRTP Value – $17, 500 CAD
A supervisor may supplement the value of the traineeship award from their grant support, and/or trainees may receive support from other awards while receiving the CRTP stipend.
In all cases, the maximum amount paid by the CRTP cannot exceed the original CRTP approved amount. If the full $17,500 CRTP award pushes a student’s total funding past the award cap, BHCRI will only award enough CRTP funds to reach those maximum amounts.
- Eligibility criteria: ** Our next award period will be Spring 2026
Eligibility & Amount Guidelines
| Trainee Level | Eligibility Criteria | Award Cap Guidelines |
|---|---|---|
| MSc Student | Must not have completed more than 2 years of graduate study | Max combined award funding: $40,000 |
| PhD Candidate | Must not have completed more than 5 years of graduate study (including transfers from MSc programs). May apply for Postdoctoral funding if they have successfully defended thesis before award start. | Max combined award funding: $40,000 |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Must not have completed more than 4 years of postdoctoral study | Max combined award funding: $70,000 |
Please note: if you expect to transfer from Masters to PhD before Sept 2026, your application will be considered a PhD application and reviewed with other PhD applicants.
Supervisor & Trainee Funding Guidelines
- Supervisors must be a BHCRI Member
- Supervisors may be listed on up to four trainee applications per competition, but no more than two of their trainees may be funded at any given time
All BHCRI award applicants are invited to complete the optional self-identification form.
BHCRI encourages completion of the voluntary self-identification form to help determine whether our programs are reaching a broad range of applicants in an effort to create an inclusive environment and sense of belonging with a diverse community of contributors. Information provided is confidential and will only be used for statistical reporting on the representation of equity groups within the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute and will not be used for any aspect of the peer-review process. If you have submitted a form in the past, please do not submit another form.
Questions: admin@bhcri.ca
Important Documents:
- Guidelines for Writing Lay Summaries
- Turning on Readability Statistics (MS Word Office 365)
Sample CRTP Competition Review Forms are located below. This is provided for your reference only and is subject to change.
Download the CRTP Competition Review Forms: Masters, PhD, PDF