CSCI-CIHR Resident Research Awards
The CSCI-CIHR Resident Research Award is a prize of $1000 awarded annually to the best resident research project during a RCPSC/CFPC training program at each Canadian medical school.
Please see the CSCI website for more information about this award: .
The application forms can be found by clicking here for the English form and French form.
Please note that only one research project will be considered per applicant and that published manuscripts have priority.
The deadline to submit application: TBC
To apply, trainees must submit the following application package (must be a single PDF package in the order listed):
Application form
· Note: Residents are not required to provide their Social Insurance Number (SSN) on the CSCI Application form.
Synopsis of the research project:
· Either submit a manuscript or published paper, or
· In the absence of a published manuscript, please submit a maximum 2-page summary of your research project with or without an attached abstract.
CV of applicant (maximum 2 pages)
Executive Summary of the Supervisor’s CV:
· 2 pages of the key points of the supervisor’s CV.
· Key points to focus on are the supervisor’s education, grants, and published articles in the last 2 years.
Please note that applications that do not follow the above format will be refused.
Applications must be sent to Dr. Joanne Alfieri, Assistant Dean Curricula, Postgraduate Medical Education, by emailing education1.med [at] mcgill.ca.
Award |
Year Award Given | Winner | Project | Residency Program |
CSCI | 2024 | Andrea Accogli | Variants in the WDR44 WD40-repeat domain cause a spectrum of ciliopathy by impairing ciliogenesis initiation | Medical Genetics |
CSCI | 2023 | Richard GarfinkleÌý | Bowel stimulation before loop ileostomy closure to reduce postoperative ileus: a multicenter, single‑blinded, randomized controlled trial | General Surgery |
CSCI | 2022 | Guillaume Butler-Laporte | Exome-wide association study to identify rare variants influencing COVID-19 outcomes: Results from the Host Genetics Initiative | Medical Microbiology |
CSCI | 2021 | Yifan Wang | A preclinical trial and molecularly-annotated patient cohort identify predictive biomarkers in homologous recombination deficient pancreatic cancer | General Surgery |
CSCI | 2020 | David Benrimoh | An AI-Powered Clinical Decision Support System for Depression Treatment | Psychiatry |
CSCI | 2019 | Marco Mascarella | Evaluation of a preoperative adverse event risk index for patients undergoing neck and head cancer surgery | Otolaryngology |
CSCI | 2018 | Oliver Lasry | Epidemiology of recurrent traumatic brain injury in the general population: a systematic review | Neurosurgery |
CSCI | 2017 | April Rose | MAPK pathway inhibitors sensitize BRAF-mutant Melanoma to an antibody drug conjugate targeting GPNMB | Internal Medicine |
CSCI | 2016 | Mehdi Afshar | Lipoprotein (a) Interactions with Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Premature Acute Coronary Syndromes | Internal Medicine |
CSCI | 2015 | Omar Ahmad | A Mendelian randomization study of the effect of type-2 diabetes on coronary heart diseas | General Internal Medicine |
CSCI | 2014 | Jonathan Cools-Lartigue | Neutrophil extracellular traps sequester circulating tumor cells and promote metastasis | General Surgery |
CSCI | 2013 | Alberto Carli (co-winner) | FGF18 Augments Osseointegration of Intra-Medullaryimplants in Osteopenic FGFR3-/- Mice | Orthopedic Surgery |
CSCI | 2013 | Ivan Litvinov (co-winner) | The role of AHI1 and CDKN1C in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma progression | Dermatology |
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CSCI | 2011 | Simon Ducharme | Neuroanatomical Correlates of Behavioral Traits in Healthy Children | Psychiatry |
CSCI | 2010 | Mamatha Bhat | Phenotypic & Genotypic Characteristics of IBD in French-Canadians: comparison with a large North American repository | Gastroenterology |
CSCI | 2009 | Francois Mercier | Bone marrow mesenchemal stromal cells in patients with myeloproliferative disorders do not carry the JAK2 mutation | Adult Hematology |
CSCI | 2008 | Jesse Papenburg (co-winner) | Pediatric Injuries From Needles Discarded in the Community: Epidemiology and Risk of Seroconversion | Medical Microbiology |
CSCI | 2008 | Saima Hassan (co-winner) | Plasma Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1: Host-Derived Marker Predictive of Distant Metastasis in Breast Cancer | General Surgery |
CSCI | 2007 | Marc Tewfik | Genetics of Innate Immunity and IGE Expression in Inflammatory Airway Disease | Otolaryngology |
CSCI | 2006 | Jack Y.J Huang | The effect of cryopreservation on the cytogenetic and embryonic development of frozen thawed oocytes: A comparaison of vitrification vs. sodium-depleted slow freezing method | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
CSCI | 2005 | Étienne De Villers-Sidani | Synaptic Activation Patterns of the Perirhinal-Entorhinal Inter-Connections | Neurology |
CSCI | 2004 | Barry Bedell | Novel MRI Probes for In Vivo Molecular Imaging of Enzyme Activity | Pathology |
CSCI | 2003 | Vidal Essebag | Amiodarone and the risk of Bradyarrhythmia requiring permanent pacemaker in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation and prior myocardial infarction | Cardiology |
CSCI | 2002 | Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi | Therapeutic Angiogenesis using Autologous Bone Marrow Stromal Cells | Cardiac Surgery |
CSCI | 2001 | Paolo Campisi | BMP Expression – Rabbit Mandible Distraction Osteogenesis | Otolaryngology |