The Temerty Medicine Research Excellence Award recognizes the innovative research and accomplishments of our faculty. Each year, this award goes to two early- to mid-career faculty members at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine: one will be awarded to a researcher in the basic sciences and the other to a researcher in the clinical sciences. A secondary goal of this award is to encourage faculty to develop a strong awards dossier that can be used for other awards and honours applications.
Amount
Each successful applicant will receive an award of $10,000 (cash to the applicant). The winning applicants will also have their submission materials revised by grant writing experts in the RHSE and submitted to an external award competition in the 12-month period following the award competition. The external award will be selected in consultation with the applicant and the award review committee.
Deadlines
Deadline for Expression of Interest (EOI): Wednesday, October 30th at 11:59PM
Deadline for Full Application: Monday, November 25th at 11:59PM
Anticipated award announcement: Late March-April 2025
Provided they meet the eligibility requirements, all applicants who submit an EOI will be eligible to submit a full application, but an EOI must be submitted to proceed to the full application stage.
Eligibility
Applicants must be faculty (Assistant, Associate or Full Professor) whose primary academic appointment is at Temerty Medicine. For this award, applicants must be within 10 years of beginning their first independent research position (formal leaves will be taken into account).
Award winners will be expected to serve as a panel member on the Temerty Research Excellence Awards Committee in the following year’s competition.
Assessment criteria
Applicants must submit a complete Temerty Faculty of Medicine Research Awards Dossier.Applicants will be assessed for their research excellence and innovation by a panel of expert researchers at the University of Toronto. Only applicants that submit an EOI and the completed awards dossier by the deadlines above will be considered for the award.
Inquiries & Submission
All questions regarding the Temerty Medicine Research Excellence Award and completed final applications can be sent to Frances Hauser. Please put ‘Temerty Medicine Research Excellence Award’ in the subject line for all correspondence.
The Temerty Faculty of Medicine is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
The Temerty Medicine Research Excellence Award has been made possible by the transformational gift from Jim and Louise Temerty and the Temerty Foundation. Their investment supports discovery, collaboration and innovation across the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
