Funding, News and Announcements

AGE-WELL is pleased to announce that it will again offer research funding to highly qualified graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across Canada through the Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging.

AGE-WELL NCE is a national research network whose goal is to accelerate innovation in the field of technology and aging in order to improve the quality of life of older adults and caregivers and produce economic and social impact for the benefit of Canadians and the global community.

The following awards expect to be offered in the 2019 call:

• 3 Master’s level awards at $10,000
• 4 PhD level awards at $15,000
• 3 Postdoctoral level awards at $20,000

AGE-WELL is also pleased to once again offer the Michael F. Harcourt Policy Fellowship to support one postdoctoral fellow from any discipline and training program that wishes to explore the policy dimensions of their work.

Also offered are the following partner co-funded awards:

AGE-WELL-MIRA Awards

AGE-WELL and the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging aim to support a greater number of salary awards to outstanding graduate students enrolled at McMaster University who wish to commence, pursue or sustain their research training in technology and aging.

The following awards expect to be offered in the 2019 call:

• Master’s level award at $15,000
• PhD level award at $18,000
• Postdoctoral award at $50,000

AGE-WELL-NBHRF Awards

AGE-WELL NCE and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) are pleased to open the call for the 2019 AGE-WELL-NBHRF Funding Program. Applicants must be based at a New Brunswick institution.

The following awards expect to be offered in the 2019 call:

• Master’s level award at $17,500
• PhD level award at $25,000 per year
• Postdoctoral level award (PhD) at $40,000
• Postdoctoral level award (MD or Pharm. D) at $56,500

AGE-WELL-TRP Awards

AGE-WELL NCE and the Translational Research Program, University of Toronto are pleased to offer a co-funded Master’s scholarship to an outstanding graduate student enrolled at the University of Toronto who wishes to commence, pursue or sustain their research training or program in the technology and aging field in the Translational Research Program in Health Science.

The following awards expect to be offered in the 2019 call:

• Master’s level award at $10,000

Successful candidates will also gain access to invaluable training and mentorship opportunities through the EPIC training program for Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP). AGE-WELL’s HQP program is designed to build and elevate the technology and aging sector in Canada. It will train the next generation of researchers and professionals in this area and will drive the development of new knowledge, services and products for healthy aging.

For more information and how to apply to this program, visit the AGE-WELL website.

Questions may be addressed to Samantha Sandassie, Education and Training Program Manager at AGE-WELL NCE.

Important Dates

Applications Open: 1 May, 2019
Completed Applications Due: 31 May, 2019
Results Available: July 31, 2019
Funding Commences: September 2019
Award Term: 1 September 2019-31 March 2020