Attention!! Application deadline is Friday, October 3, 2025, Catherine Eamer Cooke Memorial Fellowship
The purpose of the fund is to provide research support to a medical student, resident, or graduate student who is performing a supervised research project, in the Max Rady College of Medicine, related to the ear. Each year, beginning in 2018-2019, the available annual interest from the fund will be used to award one fellowship to a student who:
(1) is enrolled full-time in either:
(i) the Undergraduate or Postgraduate Medical Education Program in the Max Rady College of Medicine, or
(ii) the Faculty of Graduate Studies in a Master's or doctoral program delivered by the Max Rady College of Medicine.
(2) has either:
(i) maintained good standing in the Undergraduate or Postgraduate Medical Education Program, or
(ii) achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.5 (or equivalent) in the Faculty of Graduate Studies based on the previous 60 credit hours of study.
(3) will be performing a supervised research project related to the ear.
(4) has demonstrated outstanding interest or commitment to ear research.
Candidates will be required to submit an application (maximum 250 words) to the Department of Otolaryngology, GB421-820 Sherbrook St., Winnipeg, MB R3A 1R9, which includes the following information: the name of the applicant, the title of the research project, the objective and methods of the research, the research project budget; and a supporting letter from the faculty supervisor which includes a statement about how the student meets criterion (4) above.
Please email your application to AwardsUGME@umanitoba.camailto:AwardsUGME@umanitoba.ca All applications must be received by 4:00 pm on Friday, October 3, 2025.
Research projects should be completed within a year of the award and should have appropriate ethics committee approvals.
Thank you,
Jen Mair