Collaborative Centre 2025/26 Student Funding

We are offering funding for members of the Collaborative Centre to hire students during the 2025/2026 academic year.

This funding opportunity is now closed.

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Overview

Eligibility

Application Form

Expectation of Students

Overview

We are offering funding of up to $5000 for members of the Collaborative Centre to hire students during the 2025/2026 academic year with a focus on research, quality improvement, or practicum experiences that relate to the Collaborative Centre’s purpose. Projects that relate to our current or prospective research clusters, and that engage with centres of excellence with overlapping interests at the University of Toronto and across TAHSN are encouraged.

Eligibility

  • Student employment is expected to start during the Fall 2025 semester, and conclude by the end of the Winter 2026 semester (April 2026)
  • Collaborative Centre funding must flow entirely to students (as stipend or wage); funding cannot be used to support other activities.
  • Either students or supervisors can apply:
    • If supervisors apply, they must confirm the intended student upon acceptance of funding.
    • If students apply, they must email a letter of support from the supervisor/co-supervisor who would accept the funding to climate.health@utoronto.ca. Please include “2025/26 Student Funding Application – First Name Last Name of applicant” in the subject line.
  • One of the students’ supervisors or co-supervisors must be from one of the Collaborative Centre’s four founding faculties (Medicine, Public Health, Nursing or Pharmacy), and must be a member of the Collaborative Centre (prospective supervisors who are not currently members can apply for membership simultaneously).
  • Funded students must be enrolled in a University of Toronto undergraduate, graduate, or trainee program. Full-time students will be prioritized in the review process.

Application Form Requirements

  • Project title
  • Project description
  • Tasks and responsibilities of the student
  • Educational value to the student
  • Indication of other funding sources you intend to use or apply for to match Collaborative Centre funding (matching funding is not required).
  • Budget, which indicates:
    • Total wages/stipend to be offered (include how many weeks, hours/week the student will be employed, and hourly wage)
    • Breakdown of funding (include intended funding from the Collaborative Centre, other funding you are applying for concurrently, or other sources of funding)
    • Other detail, as appropriate
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Expectations of Students

  • Brief bio and headshot for our Annual Report and/or website
  • Personal statement on the experience (template to be provided)
  • Student participates in at least two Collaborative Centre events during the academic year, including:
  • Final report in the form of a poster (for Symposium, see below) or paper/report
    • Symposium: Students are strongly encouraged to submit their work to the Collaborative Centre’s Third Annual Symposium, which will be hosted October 2026 (date TBD).