Frequently Asked Questions

    • This award is for current PhD students (full-time), post-doctoral fellows, and Early Career Researchers who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada.

    • As the primary IMPaCT fellowship deliverable is to develop a new trial protocol, the clinical trial question you submit must be in the idea/protocol development phase. The population must either include children (neonates to 18 years old) or include pregnant people. Condition must be specific to pregnancy or a novel design to otherwise include pregnant people. The intervention can be any type (drug, behavioural, vaccine, device) and can include any trial phase including early phase and pragmatic trials. Adaptive and innovative approaches are encouraged! 

    • IMPaCT defines a clinical trial as follows: A clinical trial is a research study involving human participants that evaluates the safety and/or effects of one or more interventions on health outcomes. Interventions include, but are not limited to, drugs, vaccines, radiopharmaceuticals, cells and other biological products, surgical procedures, radiologic procedures, devices, genetic therapies, natural health products (NHPs), process-of-care changes, preventive care, manual therapies, and psychotherapies.

  • No, there is not.

  • Yes, you are so long as your current salary award permits you to hold a second training award. IMPaCT training is considered in addition to your duties as a graduate student or early career researcher/clinician. 

  • Letters of support must come from Department Heads or primary supervisor as they are individual who is best positioned to protect time for participation in IMPaCT. 

  • Yes, you are.  Awardees must be in their position at the time of accepting the training award. 

  • IMPaCT training awards should only be to enable an individual to participate in IMPaCT. The funds can be used to financially support their salary, buy out their clinical time, or support other personnel to offset the time you would normally spend on research activities. This is important in order to protect time for participation in IMPaCT, which is an intensive one-year commitment. 

  • You can suggest preferred mentors from the IMPaCT mentor list, however, mentors will be assigned as available. You will know you mentors before you accept your award and are welcome to provide feedback.

  • Applications may be submitted in French. Please note the IMPaCT curriculum is delivered in English.

Policies

  • If IMPaCT training award holders are taking maternity and/or parental leave (in accordance with their local institution’s policies), they are allowed to request that the award paid from IMPaCT be placed “on hold” for the duration of the leave. In this case, the award would resume when they return from leave.

    IMPaCT must be notified, at minimum 30 days in advance, of the leave start date. For further information regarding parental leave planning and requirements, please contact IMPaCT at impactrials@gmail.com. Plans for reintegration into the curriculum will be decided on a case-by-case basis dependent on the timing of the leave; IMPaCT is committed to providing support and ensuring that learners have the necessary resources to successfully complete the training curriculum upon their return.

  • If IMPaCT training award holders are taking a medical or a family caregiver leave (in accordance with their local institution’s policies), they are allowed to request that the award paid from IMPaCT be placed “on hold” for the duration of the leave. Awards will resume upon their return from leave. For further information regarding leave planning and requirements, please contact IMPaCT at impactrials@gmail.com.

    Plans for reintegration into the curriculum will be decided on a case-by-case basis dependent on the timing of the leave; IMPaCT is committed to providing support and ensuring that learners have the necessary resources to successfully complete the training curriculum upon their return.

  • IMPaCT training award holders are required to inform IMPaCT, via email at impactrials@gmail.com, if they intend to defer acceptance of their training award due to parental, medical, or family caregiver leave. Training awards can be deferred by one year due to these circumstances. If the IMPaCT training program is not running the following year, a deferral is not possible, and alternatively, the award can be declined.