2025 Spring CRTP Award Competition
The Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute CRTP Award competition provides funding to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and clinical research fellows enrolled in the Cancer Research Training Program and undertaking cancer research at recognized institutions in Atlantic Canada. A limited number of traineeship awards will be offered to outstanding applicants whose graduate research focuses on cancer. Funding for these awards has been made available from a variety of sources.
The 2025 CRTP Award Competition is now closed.
2025 CRTP Award Terms of Reference
IMPORTANT DATES:
Receipt of the Intent to Apply form must be received by the BHCRI office to apply.
April 04, 2025 - Intent to Apply
April 28, 2025 - Full Application
- Microsoft Word Fillable Form
- PDF Fillable Form
- note: to activate .pdf fillable fields, download form and use the 'fill in form fields' icon in the side bar
June 2025 - Notification of Decision
Sept 01 2025 - Award start date
ELIGIBILITY
Trainees who are part of the Cancer Research Training Program and meet the eligibility requirements are invited to apply. Cancer Research Training Program trainee requirements and mandatory curriculum components can be found here.
Eligibility dates refer to the candidate's status on September 1, 2025.
- Postdoctoral fellows may receive funding if, on September 1, 2025, they have not completed more than 4 years of postdoctoral study.
- PhD candidates (including those that transferred from an MSc program) if, on September 1, 2025, they have not completed more than 5 years of graduate study.
- PhD candidates may apply for postdoctoral funding but must have successfully defended their thesis prior to the start date.
- MSc students if, on September 1, 2025, they have not completed more than 2 years of graduate study.
- A maximum of two trainees may be funded per supervisor to assist as many research locations as possible and ensure a breadth of trainees.
- In any competition, the number of applications from each supervisor is limited to four. A supervisor may not have more than two trainees funded at the same time.
- A trainee may not receive more than two CRTP awards.
Please note that Supervisors must be Scientists, Senior Scientists or Associate Members of BHCRI and trainees must be part of the CRTP program to apply for Awards.
Monetary Value of the Traineeship Award: $17,500. Tenable over 12 months.
OTHER AWARDS: 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, but the total amount received from awards must adhere to the following guidelines:
- The total combined amount for all awards may not exceed $40,000 for a graduate student (MSc or PhD).
- The total combined amount for all awards may not exceed $70,000 for a post-doctoral fellow.
In all cases, the maximum amount paid by CRTP cannot exceed the original CRTP approved amount. If granting the full CRTP award of $17,500 will cause the total combined amount of awards to exceed the thresholds of $40,000 for a graduate student (MSc or PhD) or $70,000 for a post-doctoral fellow, BHCRI will top up the total combined amount with the CRTP amount until the respective thresholds of $40,000 for graduate students (MSc or PhD) or $70,000 for post-doctoral fellows are met.
Important Documents:
- Guidelines for Writing Lay Summaries
- Turning on Readability Statistics (MS Word Office 365)
For questions on the CRTP program or CRTP award, please contact: admin@bhcri.ca
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.
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
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Congratulations to the September 2023 CRTP Award Recipients!
Masters Student:
Riley Arseneau, Pathology, Dalhousie University
Supervisors: Dr. Jeanette Boudreau, Dr. Boris Gala-Lopez
Funding provided by GIVETOLIVE
“Integrating Cancer Genetics and Immunology to Design Precision Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer”
PhD Candidate:
Theresa Vo, Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Supervisors: Dr. Robin Urquhart, Dr. Wiesława Dominika Wranik
Funding provided by the Canadian Cancer Society’s JD Irving Limited – Excellence in Cancer Research Fund
“Canadians’ healthcare system literacy: validation of a new instrument and its application for lung cancer survivors”
Postdoctoral Fellow:
Preethi Gopalakrishnan Nair, Pathology, Dalhousie University
Supervisor: Dr. Shashi Gujar
Funding provided by GIVETOLIVE
“Kynureninase hydrogels for immuno-metabolic glioblastoma therapy”