Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2019 Research Trainee competition is now open for applications, with the letter of intent due January 11, 2019. This program supports post-doctoral fellows in the training phase of their research careers, to build research capacity in BC and cultivate the next generation of BC health research leaders.
New for this year we are implementing a gender neutral peer review process to foster gender equity in our programs and BC health research. This will apply to all 2019 competitions.
To support gender neutral peer review, applications and the CV that MSFHR peer reviewers receive will list only the applicant’s last name (rather than first and last). Application forms that capture information on career interruptions will simply list ‘parental leave’ instead of distinguishing between ‘maternity’ and ‘parental’ leave, and those submitting letters of reference or recommendation will be instructed to use gender neutral language and provided with guidance to support this. We have also introduced unconscious bias training for reviewers.
