KBHN National Training Program aims to enhance the training of the next generation of researchers and professionals to develop and implement innovative solutions and services with the potential to improve the lives of children living with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
KBHN is excited to offer a limited number of Access Awards to support KBHN members in experiential learning opportunities, including internships, exchanges, and conference participation. The awardees will be featured on the KBHN website, newsletter, and social media.
Award Details
- Amount: Up to $1,500 to offset the cost of the activity.
- Eligible Applicants: Applicants must be KBHN members at the time of application (see below for more information on how to join KBHN).
- Application Deadline: Rolling call until July 19, 2024, or until all funds have been allocated.
- Award Notice: Two weeks after application submission.
How to Apply
To apply, fill out the application form: Application Form Link.
For any questions, contact the KBHN training team at training@kidsbrainhealth.ca.
Award Requirement
Before the Event/Activity: Selected applicants must register and provide proof of registration (e.g., purchased conference ticket). Funding will be provided upfront upon receipt of registration proof. Awardees will be featured on the KBHN website, newsletter, and social media platforms. They have to submit a biosketech and a picture.
After the Event/Activity: Recipients must acknowledge KBHN support in their presentation, provide a letter of attendance from the conference organizers, and submit an 800-1000 word blog post reflecting on the activity. Recipients must also provide related photos, which will be posted on the KBHN website.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be KBHN network members in good standing (students, post-docs, research associates, persons with lived experience, and family members). Priority will be given to persons with lived experience, and family members. If you are not a member of the KBHN network, please join here.
- Proposed activities should align with KBHN’s goals.
- Experiential Learning: Collaborating with industrial or community partners in applied settings.
- Transdisciplinary Learning: Engaging in exchanges with labs and research centers across different academic fields.
- Conference Participation: Extending the reach of KBHN through new research areas, approaches, and methods.
- Courses or Summer Institutes: Participating in programs that expand career paths and focus on innovation.
- The activity must be aligned with KBHN goals and focus on impacting children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
- Access Awards may not be used for salaries or course fees that are part of the awardee’s academic degree program.
- Awardees may only hold only one Access award each calendar year.
- For conferences, applicants must be presenters or co-presenters and the award is conditional upon the presentation abstract being accepted. Conferences must occur before August 31, 2024.
- The award covers only the costs listed below.
- Activity registration fees.
- Travel costs, including economical economy class airfare or ground transportation.
- Accommodation (both hotels and AirBnB are accepted).
About the Kids Brain Health Network
The Kids Brain Health Network (KBHN) is a national research network established under the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) Program, an initiative of the Canadian government to foster partnerships between universities, industry, government, and not-for-profit organizations with the goal of mobilizing knowledge generated through research in ways that deliver socio-economic benefit to Canada.
As a national organization, KBHN partners with community groups, non-profit organizations, industry, parents, clinicians, health professionals, and provincial and federal governments to advance evidence- based solutions to improve outcomes for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families. KBHN particularly values the voice of families and individuals with lived experience in the research that it funds, as partners in the research itself, in the review process and in mobilizing the knowledge generated.
As a part of this network, the KBHN National Training Program aims to enhance the training of the next generation of researchers and professionals to undertake interdisciplinary and inclusive research to generate and/or apply new knowledge.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Statement
KBHN is committed to excellence in research and research training. Achieving a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive Canadian research enterprise is essential to creating the excellent, innovative, and impactful research necessary to advance knowledge and understanding, and to respond to local, national, and global challenges in the field of neurodevelopmental disabilities.
With these goals in mind, KBHN is committed to:
- Supporting equitable access to funding opportunities for all members of the research community.
- Promoting the integration of equity, diversity and inclusion-related considerations in research design and practices.
- Increasing equitable and inclusive participation in the research system, including on research teams.
- Collecting the data and conducting the analyses needed to include equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations in decision-making.
Through these means, KBHN will work with those involved in the research system to develop the inclusive culture needed for research excellence and to achieve outcomes that are rigorous, relevant, and accessible to the concerned stakeholders in the field of neurodevelopmental disabilities.
