4  Dates & deadlines

4.1 Conferences

Conference presentations are a great way to disseminate our findings and engage with the larger research community. All lab members are expected to submit their work for conference presentations, and I aim to fund conference travel for all lab members who are accepted as presenters, at least once. This table has some of the main conferences you might consider submitting to. Talk to Alton if you are interested.

Conference

URL

Submission type

Submission deadline (2022)

Conference date (2022)

Conference location (2022)

Society for Medical Decision-Making North America

https://smdm.org/

Abstract (peer review)

TBA Spring 2022

Oct 23 - 26

Seattle WA USA

Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (AABB) annual meeting

https://www.aabb.org/annual-meeting

Abstract (peer review)

TBA Spring/Summer 2022

Oct 1 - 4

Orlando FL USA

International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) congress

isbtweb.org

Abstract (peer review)

TBA Feb/Mar 2022

June 4 - 8

Kuala Lumpur Malasia

INFORMS Healthcare (odd years only)

Invite or abstract submission (no peer review)

NA

NA

NA

Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health (CADTH) symposium

symposium.cadth.ca

TBD

November probably

TBD

Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)

https://www.ispor.org/conferences-education/conferences

4.2 Fellowships & Scholarships

We are prepared to fully fund all lab members to whom we make an offer without external funding. However, lab members are still expected to apply for fellowship funding. Writing fellowship applications is a great way to clarify your goals and research plans. If you’re successful, you get a major boost on your CV while allowing the lab to re-allocate funds to extending our research program.

Here are key dates for major fellowships:

Name

Funder

URL

Deadline

Note

FRQS scholarships (masters, doctoral, postdoc)

Quebec Fonds de Recherche - Sante

https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/en/scholarships-and-grants/

5 Oct, 2022

CIHR fellowships (masters, doctoral, postdoc)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/50513.html

IVADO fellowships (graduate and postdoc)

IVADO

https://ivado.ca/en/scholarships-and-grants/

Check website

McGill Faculty of Medicine Studentships

McGill Faculty of Medicine

https://www.mcgill.ca/medhealthsci-gradstudies/funding-opportunities/graduate-students/internal-studentships

44683

Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

Government of Canada

https://vanier.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.html

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship

Government of Canada

https://banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca/en/home-accueil.html

Competition launch Apr 2022