Grant: Synapse - CIHR Youth Connection Program
Direct Payment
$300,000.00
Promoting Health Research Career Opportunities to 100,000 Canadian Youth
FY 2010-11
Summary
This application is for financial support in the amount of $300,000 ($100,000 per year for each of 2011-2013 inclusive) for the delivery of health research school workshops and summer camps engaging 100,000 youth and 100 CIHR researchers at Actua camps in every province and territory in Canada including youth that no other organization is reaching in rural, remote, Aboriginal and high-risk communities. The focus of this application is on engaging youth who are typically underserved and underrepresented in science fields, including Aboriginal youth, girls, under-privileged and/or at-risk youth and youth living in rural and remote locations of the country.
Department
Program
Synapse - CIHR Youth Connection Program
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
228924
Name
Actua .
Region
Ontario
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Research Institution
Instname2
Population and Public Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
CIHR Synapse Program
Projecttitle
Promoting Health Research Career Opportunities to 100,000 Canadian Youth
Programtype2
Undefined
Orgnameinp2
Direct Payment
Cihramount2
$300,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Synapse - CIHR Youth Connection Program
Keyworddelim
Aboriginal Youth; Camps; Careers; Education; Hands-On Health Science; Health; Mentors; Synapse; Workshops; Youth
Abstract
This application is for financial support in the amount of $300,000 ($100,000 per year for each of 2011-2013 inclusive) for the delivery of health research school workshops and summer camps engaging 100,000 youth and 100 CIHR researchers at Actua camps in every province and territory in Canada including youth that no other organization is reaching in rural, remote, Aboriginal and high-risk communities. The focus of this application is on engaging youth who are typically underserved and underrepresented in science fields, including Aboriginal youth, girls, under-privileged and/or at-risk youth and youth living in rural and remote locations of the country.
Competitiondate
201103
Approvedterm2
3 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Actua, .
Approvedterm
3 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $300,000~ $0~
