Hello, RFHS Graduate Students,

On behalf of the Office of the Vice-Dean, Research, we are informing you that the call for nominations for the 2026 Hilary Kaufman Lerner Memorial Fund is open. You may connect with your faculty for further information and for inquiries regarding nominations. Questions can also be directed to Radyresearch@umanitoba.camailto:Radyresearch@umanitoba.ca.

Hilary Kaufman Lerner Memorial Fund 2026 - Call for Nominations

The following has been sent on behalf of Dr. Jude Uzonna, Vice-Dean Research - Rady Faculty of Health Sciences:

Please see attached the following information on the 2026 Hilary Kaufman Lerner Memorial Fund Call for Nominations.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors the HKL fund has grown. This year we are able to offer an award of $6000.

Attached are the following:

- Nomination Guide

- Request for Nominations

- Nomination Form - New electronic version

- Terms of Reference

Requests for nominations, along with a FAAF is to be sent electronically to resmedgrants@umanitoba.camailto:resmedgrants@umanitoba.ca, by Friday, October 24th, 2025.

In the future, the value of the award will be based on the annual allocation that is generated by the fund.

Annual allocations are determined as part of the University investment and trust policy.

Thank you very much.

Office of the Vice-Dean, Research Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Room A203 Chown Bldg. 753 McDermot Ave Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0T6 Telephone: 204-789-3375 Email: Radyresearch@umanitoba.camailto:Radyresearch@umanitoba.ca Website: http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/research/