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Ontario Women's Health Scholar Awards
Award Overview
Doctoral - $35,000, plus $2,000 research allowance
Postdoctoral - $50,000, plus $5,000 research allowance
Applicants generally must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents (domestic students) and registered full-time (or undertaking research) at an eligible Ontario university.
Funded research must directly target women's health, encompassing a wide array of fields, including clinical care, biological sciences, social determinants of health, and health system services tailored to women.
The Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Health
December 1, 2026
4:00 p.m. ET
Funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, a Scholar Awards Program in Women's Health has been established to ensure that Ontario attracts and retains pre-eminent women's health scholars. The community of women's health scholars fostered by this Awards program will excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge about women's health and its translation into improved health for women, more effective health services and products for women, and a strengthened health care system.
Application Process
Review the Eligibility Criteria on the Council of Ontario Universities Awards webpage.
How to Apply:
Download the Application
The Ontario Women's Health Scholars Award Application is a fillable pdf file. The file can be found on the Council of Ontario Universities Awards webpage.
Submit the Completed Application to SGPS
Completed applications (electronic or hard copy) must be submitted to Erin Daley in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (edaley2@uwo.ca).
Electronic copies of your official transcripts are accepted.
If submitting the application electronically, please submit the completed application in a single pdf file.
Referees may forward hard copy appraisals or electronic copies directly to Erin Daley in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (edaley2@uwo.ca)
Applications open
Western's deadline
4:00 p.m. ETSGPS Executive Committee convenes
Institutional deadline to submit nominations to COU
Have a Question about this Award?
Contact the Council of Ontario Universities at ExecDirectorQA@oucqa.ca.