Application Guide
The following is a checklist for CIP applicants to guide them, in addition to the CIP Application. The deadlines will vary depending upon which clinical specialty/subspecialty you are in and to which graduate department you are applying. The dates listed here are for reference only. Make sure you check with the clinical department and graduate unit directly for official deadline dates.
1. CIP Application
Applications for the competition of Ministry of Health-CIP funding of 14 positions are accepted each year as part of general admission for July program start, but with a January 14, 2025 deadline.
Other New CIP Trainee Application Deadlines are:
- November 1, 2024 for Applications for January 1, 2025 start
- May 1, 2025 for Applications for July 1, 2025 start
Download the CIP Application 2025 here.
PLEASE NOTE: Page 3 of the Application, Graduate School Endorsement Signature - This can be left empty if you have not yet been accepted to your graduate school, as acceptance to CIP will be conditional upon acceptance to your programs. Make sure to note on Page 2 of the Application the specific graduate unit you have applied to.
2. Summary of Required Documentation:
Below is the list of the required application documents. Please follow these Application Instructions.
- Application
- Program Director Support Form
- Research Supervisor Attestation Form
- Research Supervisor CV
- Letter of intent from applicant (one-page)
- A copy of the Graduate Program acceptance letter (when enrollment is confirmed)
- Current CV
- Canadian Common CV format required
- Research proposal (one-page)
- Most significant research-related contributions (one-page)
- Special Circumstances (optional, one-page)
- For Postdoctoral Stream Applicants, in addition to the above:
- Start and end dates of the research project summary of previous research experience
- Copies of publications (first page only)
- Letter of reference from your previous research supervisor and/or Ph.D. supervisor
- Letter confirming to follow standard procedures for monitoring of progress in CIP, and listing any courses to be completed (if required)
- List of two additional faculty members who, together with your supervisor, will serve as your research advisory committee and meet with you every six months to evaluate your research and progress
3. Clinical Department Application
- Surgery – Surgeon Scientist Training Program
- Medicine – Clinician Scientist Training Program
- Psychiatry – Clinician Scientist Program
- Pediatrics – Clinician Scientist Training Program
- Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program
- Anaesthesia – contact Clinical Program Director
- Diagnostic Radiology – contact Clinical Program Director
- Obstetrics & Gynecology – contact Clinical Program Director
- Radiation Oncology – contact Clinical Program Director
4. Graduate Unit Application
Please note: Your acceptance into CIP and/or for MOH-CIP funding is conditional upon acceptance into your graduate unit.
- Institute of Medical Science – Feb1 for Sept. start or October 1 for Jan. start (online applications)
- Institute of Health Policy Management & Evaluation – Clin. Epi, HSR – November 15 for July start
- OISE – Education Leadership and Policy, Higher Education – December 1 but check website for extensions
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology – February 1 (early) /June 1 for Sept. start; October 1 for Jan. start
- Department of Immunology – February 1 but see website for extensions
- Dalla Lana School of Public Health – January/February – check website
- Institute of Biomedical Engineering – February for Sept. start; October 1 for Jan. start
- Medical Biophysics – February 1 for September start but can apply throughout the year
- The School of Graduate Studies has a complete listing for these and all other departments and institutes.