An innovative cardiovascular start-up, HDAX Therapeutics, is the latest company to win $250,000 in funding following another year of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research’s Entrepreneurship for Cardiovascular Health Opportunities (ECHO) program. The ECHO program...
Education Fund
The Ted Rogers Centre Education Fund is designed to foster world-class talent among trainees and clinical research fellows, to drive projects that target the causes and progression of heart failure, and to accelerate innovation.
These annual awards are unique opportunities for researchers to pursue or validate novel ideas that have high translation and commercialization potential. Projects must align with our Centre’s overall mission and involve collaboration of at least 2 of our partners: SickKids, University Health Network and University of Toronto.
Education Fund 2023
Application cycle for the Education Fund has now closed.
Education Fund awards are available at two levels:
- Doctoral (PhD) Award: $20,000 award, renewable once
- Post-doctoral Researcher (PDR) Award: $40,000 award, renewable once
The number of awards funded for the cycle is dependent on the quality of applications received during the cycle. The funding period runs Sept 1, 2023 – Aug 31, 2024.
*Note: Renewal application processes have changed. Please see the Education Fund Notice for further information.
Join us for a workshop featuring a panel of former Education Fund reviewers at our next Lab Meeting to lead conversations and answer questions on how to write successful application submissions. To learn more, email Purva Mehta, purva.mehta@uhnresearch.ca.
Please see relevant documents below:
Curiosity
Ideation
Collaboration
Perseverence
Innovation