Sponsor

Manulife Financial

Description

This prize recognizes a Canadian Academic whose research has contributed to understanding how factors such as physical activity, nutrition, fitness, or psychosocial context can influence personal health and well-being, and whose work could have a positive impact on our health-related behaviours and lifestyle choices.

Eligibility

Candidates must hold an academic appointment at a Canadian University and be actively conducting research in a campus or hospital setting.  Past winners of the Manulife Prize are not eligible to reapply.  Of particular note, successful candidates are expected to demonstrate:

  1. An outstanding and innovative research record evidenced by peer-reviewed scientific publications, patents or products, and academic presentations.
  2. The translation of research findings and outcomes into initiatives or actions that have had, or have the potential to have, a positive impact on physical activity, nutrition, fitness, or the psychosocial context, that can influence personal health and well-being, and whose work could have a positive impact on health-related behaviours and lifestyle choices

Prize

$50,000.00

Deadlines

If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.

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External Deadline

Applicants (or nominators of applicants) can apply directly through the prize application site by uploading:

  1. CV that includes a publication list of peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters from the last five years only.
  2. Impact Statement outlining candidate's research conducted within the past five years noting how it can enhance personal health and well-being and the impact it could have on health-related behaviours and lifestyle choices
  3. Two Letters of Reference, with appropriate contact information

Please submit a pdf copy of the final (submitted) application as well as an OR-5 to Laurie Gallinger in Research Support Services at stratprg@uoguelph.ca with a copy to research.services@uoguelph.ca.

For More Information

Manulife Prize 2018 Call for Submissions

Alert Classifications
Category:
Honours and Awards

Disciplines:
Health and Life Sciences
Humanities
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences