Discovery Fund
The Discovery Fund ($3000) is a scholarship program that aims to spark interest in international health research among non-medical undergraduate students. Students will have the opportunity to engage in an academic learning experience including a structured research project on global health issues. This fund is limited to research projects from full-time undergraduate students at the University of Toronto.
Applications for our 2022-2023 cycle are now available. Please download this fillable document: UTIHP Scholarship for International Health Research
If selected, please submit a manuscript and poster submission upon completion of your project prior to 2023 (TBA). For more information about these submissions, please read this document.
The second round of applications deadline to apply for the scholarship is Thursday, March 31st, 2022 at 11:59pm EST
Submit your applications over email to codirectors@utihp.ca
with the subject line "Discovery Fund 2022"
If you have any questions about the scholarship, please direct them to codirectors@utihp.ca.
How it works
Finding a supervisor
The Discovery Fund is intended to help undergraduate students either conduct their own original research, or assist in ongoing research - in both cases, their research must be under supervision. We do not help applicants find their supervisors - they are required to reach out to prospective supervisors themselves, However, a good place to start would be the IMS Faculty List, DLSPH Faculty List, or by asking your professors.
Ethics Approval
All research involving primary data collection must be REB (Research Ethics Board) approved. Please ask your supervisors on how to best go about the REB approval process, or if you need REB for you project at all. However, as the approval process is not immediate, we will not require proof of REB approval at the time of application submission. Successful applicants will be contacted in the weeks after the deadline, and will be asked to submit proof that they have at least applied for REB. At the end of the project, recipients of the scholarship will be asked to submit a report on their research, formatted like a research article, any relevant receipts, and their REB approval in order to receive the $3000 reimbursement for their research.
Conducting Research Abroad?
Please make sure that you fulfill U of T's requirements for conducting research abroad if you plan to travel for your project. Information on this can be found through the Center for International Experience.
Funding
Upon acceptance of the Discovery Fund $1500 will be sent to you as a scholarship the other $1500 portion will be reimbursed direct to supporting the costs of your research be that equipment or other expenses.
2021-2022 Recipient
Jasmine Ryu Won Kang
Retrospective characterization of HIV diagnoses in Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto
2020-2021 Recipients
Cheryl (Skylar) Cheung
Statistical Analysis of Bi-partisan Perceptions of COVID-19 in the United States of America
Vibhuti Kacholia
The role of context in shaping HIV testing and prevention engagement among urban refugee and displaced adolescents and youth in Kampala, Uganda: findings from a qualitative study
2019-2020 Recipients
Conroy Gomes
Trauma, Resilience, and Integration: Determining the Tripartite Effect on Healthcare Outcomes Among Syrian Refugees
Luanna Lui
Prevention and Treatment of Major Depression: Preliminary Findings from the Global Alliance of
Chronic Disease Study, a China-Canadian Multidisciplinary Approach to Standardize the Management of
Major Depression Disorder
Evani Patel
Clinical Application of a Facial Dysmorphology Tool: Enhancing Genetic Diagnosis and Education at the Point-of-Care
2017-2018 Recipients
Heather Abela
Social Stigma and Racism as Barriers to Health Care Equity for Racialized Newcomer Women Living with HIV
Catherine Bobiash-Rozkiewicz
Effects of water access and sanitation on adolescent girls in urban Peru
Quentin Fox
The Quality of Dying and Death in Hospice Care in Uganda
Vanessa Kishimoto
What impact are we having? Follow up evaluation of the Toronto International Program in strengthening Family Medicine & primary care (TIP-FM)
2016-2017 Recipients
Braden Kenny
The Impact of Social Exclusion on Self- and Collective acceptance of Transgender Women in Jamaica
Vardaan Gupta
Association between ethnicity and kidney transplant knowledge and readiness among patients on maintenance hemodialysis
Helena Najm
Improving Access to Healthy Groceries in Food Deserts: The Roles of the Public and Public Office
Zara Ahmed
The effect of Ziziphus Mauritiana ‘Ber’ honey on glycemic control: A randomized controlled trial
Aseel Anabtawi
Reducing Barriers to Breast Cancer Examination among the Highest Age-specific Incidence Cohorts in Jordan
Simran Dhunna
Transforming the Social Reality of Young Māori Mothers Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence
Evani Patel
2013 Recipients
Jesse Beatson
Nabila Purno
Sarindi Aryasinghe
Greg Dungca
Mary Qiu
