Awards & Grants

Resident Advocacy Grant

Application deadline: April 30
Online application

Established in 2004, the Resident Advocacy Grant supports paediatric residents in developing, planning and implementing a community-based research or advocacy project in child and youth health. This grant hopes to encourage paediatric residents to develop and implement advocacy initiatives. The grant provides up to $10,000 funding each year and is funded by Healthy Generations.

A paediatric resident or medical student must lead the project and be significantly involved in proposal development and project activities.   

Eligibility 
Project Criteria
Use of Grant Funds
Applications
Selected Projects
Reporting / Funding
Past recipients

Eligibility 
To be considered for the Resident Advocacy Grant, the paediatric resident or fellows or medical student must:

• be a CPS member,
• be a resident in a Canadian paediatric training program or a medical student in a Canadian university,
• lead the project,
• submit a complete application, and
• have all the required signatures. 

Project Criteria 
To qualify, candidates must submit a proposal for a community-based project that meets all of the following criteria:

• is led by a resident or medical student in Canada,
• is community-based* with the possibility of being replicated in other communities,
• represents a NEW initiative within the community,
• increases child and youth access to specific health services,
• demonstrates community collaboration,
• includes achievable plans for sustainability beyond the grant period,
• demonstrates a realistic, achievable evaluation system for the program,
• includes justification of need for funding, and
• follows the ethical guidelines of the CPS as outlined in the CPS Code of Ethics

Priority will be given to proposals submitted by applicants who have not previously received the Residents Advocacy Grant. However, previous grant recipients may resubmit.  

*Community-based projects develop broad, collaborative community partnerships for the initiation of child and youth health projects. Partners may include grassroots associations, parents, faith-based groups, local businesses, local public health service agencies, non-governmental health agencies, and hospitals.  

Project activities must lead to sustainable, community-based child and youth health initiatives that increase access to care, especially for underserved children and youth, and/or address health disparities among children and youth. Project activities may include needs assessments and/or community asset mapping, feasibility studies, community meetings/forums, focus groups, planning meetings and the development of grant proposals for future projects after the planning phase is complete. 

Ineligible proposals include:  

• continuing medical education activities,
• paediatric human resource activities,
• submissions from a member of the selection committee, and
• funding for infrastructure.

Use of Grant Funds
Planning activities may include needs assessments, community asset mapping, feasibility studies, community meetings, focus groups and development of grant proposals for implementation and sustainability beyond the grant period. Implementation activities (if included in the proposal) may, in the context of a pilot project, include service delivery, outreach and promotion. Each budget line item must include an expense justification (description of activity and formula) and clearly support the project goals outlined in the proposal. See Guidelines for Developing Your Budget for details.

Applications
Applications must be received before the submission deadline for consideration. Incomplete or late applications will not be considered.

Selected Projects
The Resident Advocacy Grant provides funding to one project per year, as chosen by the selection committee. No more than $10,000 will be granted in a given year.

The recipient will be invited to present their project at the CPS Annual Conference the year following the grant application.  They will receive basic travel expenses and complimentary conference registration.

Reporting / Funding
Grant funds will be disbursed in two equal instalments. A brief summary of activities and documentation of expenditures will be required before release of the second instalment. A final report will be due six months after receipt of the second instalment, or on completion of the project.

Past recipients:

For more information, please contact
Education Department 
Canadian Paediatric Society
Tel.: 613-526-9397, ext. 264
Fax: 613-526-3332
E-mail: education@cps.ca

Last updated: April 2010