Young Leaders Innovation Challenge

About

The Princess Margaret Young Leaders Innovation Challenge is an opportunity for members of the Young Leaders Program to define an immediate, high impact innovation project.

This competition is open to all members from the Young Leaders program and strongly favors projects composed of a multidisciplinary team. This is in line with a recent call by the Young Leaders membership to challenge the current culture of research and innovation by supporting diverse multidisciplinary projects spanning different specialties, professions, and job profiles that clearly promote creative collaborations and networking. Proposed projects should be “shovel ready” with clearly defined milestones, a realistic endpoint, and clear impact which is measurable and achievable within a 12 month time period.

Funding

• Funding will be assigned based on scale, timeliness and projected impact and will be negotiated with successful applicants
• Projects may vary in size and scope, with proposed budgets up to $15,000 and a timeline not to exceed 12 months
• Budgets must account for administration costs associated with functional costs centre management
• Funding will be a one-time, non-renewable grant

Eligibility

• Principal applicants must be active members of the Young Leaders program with at least one principal applicant being ‘early to mid career’ (i.e., within 8 years from their terminal degree)
• A majority of the applicants must be active or previous Young Leaders
• Applications should focus on projects with a clear trajectory and are achievable within a 12 month funding period

Application

• Full applications should be limited to no more than two (2) pages addressing the project, key deliverables, and clearly explain how various interdisciplinary team members will contribute to the expected outcome
• Use the following format: 12-point Times New Roman font, single-spaced, 0.75 inch margins
• A maximum of two (2) pages of figures can be appended
• A budget should be justified, appended, and include necessary administration costs associated with Functional Cost Centre management
• References not required
• Selected applications may be invited to submit a longer written proposal and/or make a oral presentation to program members, the Young Leaders Advsiory, and representatives from the Princess Margaret Elders group

Applications are due October 30^th, 2024 at 5pm EST via email to cancereducation@uhn.ca.