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OHI Awards | Submit an Application


One Health Institute Awards | Submit an Application


One Health collaborations across disciplines, faculties and campuses are important steps to resolving and understanding complex problems that exist at the interface of human, animal, and environmental health.

The One Health Institute offers several studentship opportunities for students to engage in One Health research:

UNDERGRADUATE

GRADUATE


How to Apply

There are two applications – one shared application for the undergraduate awards, and a separate application for the graduate award. Applications will only be considered if the student will engage in One Health research. For all awards, priority will be given to:

  • Early career/pre-tenure researchers
  • A faculty member who has not previously received an award administered by the One Health Institute

Submissions:

  • You may submit ONE project for consideration for the undergraduate awards. There is a check box in the application where you can indicate which undergraduate award(s) you would like to be considered for. You may select all 3.
  • You may submit an application for undergraduate awards, and a SEPARATE application for the graduate award. If you submit the same project for a the undergraduate AND graduate awards, you MUST clearly explain the role for the student, differentiating between an undergraduate summer research experience, and graduate study.

Click the buttons below to apply for the award(s) you are interested in.

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

To complete the application for one or more of the One Health Institute’s UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS, you will need to provide: 

  • Your name, affiliation and contact information
  • Proposed start date
  • Project title
  • Project proposal description (1/2 page or 250 words)
  • At least one project objective and a description of why a One Health approach is necessary to achieve this objective
  • A short description of the role for the student in this project

If you are applying for the University of Guelph & McMaster University | Undergraduate Summer Research Studentship in One Health, you will be asked to provide additional information: 

  • Your McMaster University collaborator’s name, affiliation and contact information
  • A letter (maximum of 1 page) from your proposed McMaster University collaborator on university letterhead stating that they:
    • are aware of this application;
    • have an active collaboration with you, or plan to have one in place by May 1, 2023 **include a 2-sentence overview of this collaboration, including why it is necessary and what each researcher brings to the collaboration**;
    • should the application be successful, commit to training the University of Guelph summer student for a minimum of 10 days during the summer work term at their research space.
      *NOTE: you will be required to upload this letter as part of your application.*

You may submit ONE project for consideration

Faculty members who are successful in Stage 1 may advertise for a student during Stage 2 (“Selection of Students by Faculty Members successful in Stage 1”).

GRADUATE STUDENTSHIP IN ONE HEALTH

Eligibility:

Faculty at the University of Guelph are eligible to apply if they are supervising (or planning to supervise) a graduate student who is conducting research in One Health. The research must also be in collaboration with a researcher at one of McMaster University or Western University, and the researcher must also be a member of the graduate student’s supervisory committee. Sharing research space is encouraged.

The application for the award will be submitted by the University of Guelph Principal Investigator, who is also the graduate student’s primary advisor. All co-investigators must be members of the graduate student’s supervisory committee. 

To complete the application for one or more of the One Health Institute’s GRADUATE AWARD, you will need to provide: 

  • Applicant and co-applicant names, email addresses, affiliations and contact information
  • Project title
  • Project proposal description (1/2 page or 250 words)
  • At least one project objective, a description of why a One Health approach is necessary to achieve this objective, how the achievement of at least one objective is enhanced/enabled by collaboration with a faculty member at McMaster University OR Western University
  • A description of the role for the graduate student in the project

Schedule of Dates

DateAction Due
Monday, December 18, 2023Call for Project Proposals Opens
Monday, January 15, 2024 Project Proposals Due
Thursday, January 25, 2024Successful Proposals Announced
Friday, January 26, 2024Faculty member recipients advertise opportunities
Friday, March 8, 2024Final date that offers can go out to students. Note that offers can be made/accepted anytime between January 26th and March 8th, 2024 
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