CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award (2022): Information Webinar – Feb. 1, 2023

The first launch of the CIHR Research Excellence, Diversity, and Independence (REDI) Early Career Transition Award (2022) will facilitate the transition of promising researchers who self-identify as Blackc (any gender) or racializedd womene into independent research faculty positions in Canadian academic, health system and research institutions. Applicants may be post-doctoral researchers, clinicians, or research associates.

CIHR plans to relaunch this program in future years with each round of CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Awards open to specific underrepresented groups, recognizing existing inequitable systems produce different impacts and outcomes for different groups of people. Future competitions will benefit from the early learnings of the 2022 funding opportunity, community consultations, and the continued accrual of self-identification data from Canadian academic, health systems and research institutions.

The Award has two phases across a maximum of 6 years.

• The mentored Phase 1 includes a research allowance, stipend, mentorship, and career development. Applicants will propose a Research Project that they will work on in Phase 1. This project will establish the foundation for their independent research program as faculty members in Phase 2.
• The independent Phase 2 includes a research allowance, salary support, faculty mentorship, and 1:1 matching of funds from the host institution. Awardees are expected to transition to an independent research faculty position – marking the start of Phase 2 – within 2 to 3 years of the funding start date.

CIHR will be hosting webinars to support participants with the requirements of this funding opportunity, to support applications under development, and answer questions. Webinars will be held in English and French.

Full application deadline is May 3, 2023.