Subject: 2025 National Gathering of Graduate Students (NGGS)
From: Elaine Kraeker <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2025 17:47:27 +0000

PIKE-Net Travel Sponsorship for the
2025 National Gathering of Graduate Students (NGGS)

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The National Gathering of Graduate Students (NGGS) is an annual event supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and organized by regional Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHRs). Its purpose is to foster mentorship and networking among Indigenous students affiliated with NEIHRs across Canada who are engaged in or interested in Indigenous-led health research across diverse disciplines and topics.

The Prairie Indigenous Knowledge Exchange Network (PIKE-Net), the student mentorship program of the Manitoba NEIHR, is now accepting applications from Manitoba-based Indigenous graduate students interested in attending the 2025 NGGS, which will take place from October 27-30, 2025, in Banff, Alberta.

Eligibility: Applications are open to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit graduate students based in Manitoba whose research aligns with the health priorities of Indigenous communities in the province. As the NGGS is a NEIHR-sponsored event, only those who apply through this call will be considered for sponsorship to attend.  Priority will be given to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit graduate students engaged in innovative research that addresses the health priorities of Indigenous communities in Manitoba, as well as to students who have not previously attended the NGGS. All students sponsored by PIKE-Net are required to present their work at the gathering.

PIKE-Net will sponsor a limited number of students to attend the NGGS and provide funding for travel-related expenses, including return airfare from Winnipeg and accommodations in Banff*.

How to Apply:  To be considered for sponsorship from PIKE-Net to attend the gathering, complete the following by June 6, 2025:

  1.  Submit your abstract to the 2025 NGGS Call for Abstracts. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEkfxVuKEnVo_GeEC61XEFbdMgsopLeb7-NDxyT8pUEFJWhQ/viewform>

  2.  Complete the 2025 PIKE-Net NGGS Travel Sponsorship<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GM7HGBQ> form.
Both applications must be submitted for the application to be considered complete.

Questions about NGGS or PIKE-Net Sponsorship may be directed to [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>.

[*Shuttle transportation from the airport to the conference site will be provided for participants arriving on group-approved flights within designated dates and times.  The travel award does not cover local transportation, parking in Winnipeg, or meals outside the conference.]

Elaine Kraeker (she/her)
Research Program Lead
Ongomiizwin  Research
Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing | Rady Faculty of Health Sciences | University of Manitoba
715-727 McDermot Avenue | Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0J9
Tel: 204-789-3302
Email: [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

Upcoming absences:
May 12-20, 2025
May 23 & 26, 2025

Ongomiizwin acknowledges that the University of Manitoba Campuses are located on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Metis Nation.

We also acknowledge that northern Manitoba includes lands that were and
are original home of the Inuit.

We respect the Treaties that were made on these territories, we acknowledge the harms and mistakes of the past, and we dedicate ourselves to move forward in partnership with First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities in a spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.