PSI acknowledges that mid-career can be a challenging time for physician researchers. During this phase, there are often additional academic roles and responsibilities including committee work, leadership positions, and mentoring of junior investigators, while clinical work continues. PSI recognizes the importance in supporting this phase of an investigator’s trajectory.
PSI Launches the 2025 Competition for the PSI Graham Farquharson Knowledge Translation Fellowship
Please note: Knowledge translation must be the fundamental purpose of this Fellowship and must be demonstrated in the application.
Amount and Duration of Funding
Total Support
This program offers two options for a funding timeline for salary support:
A maximum of $400,000 over two years;
OR
A maximum of $400,000 over three years.
The award is intended to protect at least 50% of the fellow’s time to undertake research, regardless of whether the award is taken over two or three years.
Matching Funding Requirements
The sponsoring institution is required to fund 50% of the total award.
For example, if the fellow requests a total support of $400,000 over two years, then PSI will fund $200,000 over two years ($100,000 per year) and the institution is required to co-fund $200,000 over two years ($100,000 per year).
Eligibility
For this competition, the candidate for the Fellowship must be:
- A practicing physician in Ontario with a College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario licensed M.D. having direct patient care responsibilities and an academic appointment, thus eligible to apply for their own research grants as an independent investigator
- Within six (6) to fifteen (15) years of their first academic appointment and have demonstrated potential for high impact research work
- Dedicating at least 50% of a full-time schedule to the Fellowship
The PSI Mid-Career Knowledge Translation Fellow is able to apply to PSI for an operating grant (e.g. Clinical Research grant).
Important Information in Funding Guidelines
The Funding Guidelines contain important information regarding the award, including PSI’s definition of knowledge translation, matching funding requirements, and funding criteria. Please review this document before applying.
How to Apply
PSI is launching this competition through a Letter of Intent (LOI) process.
PSI will invite successful applicants to submit full applications by October 28th, 2024 at 5pm EST, which will undergo internal review for a final funding decision in December 2024.
Questions?
Please contact the PSI Office to discuss any questions you may have about submitting an application for funding.
