Pursuit Awards International Competition 2026 for PhD Students and Graduates – YOA

Deadline: September 25, 2026

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s 16^th annual Pursuit Awards worldwide competitors is now open for functions. This prestigious competitors acknowledges PhD college students and current doctoral graduates from world wide for their excellent contributions to childhood incapacity analysis, enabling customized variations of a very good life throughout the lifespan for all people with childhood-onset disabilities, acquired accidents and developmental variations, their households and communities.

Over the years, the Pursuit Awards have celebrated a number of the most promising younger minds within the discipline—researchers who’ve, for occasion, explored how bodily exercise can profit youth with neurodevelopmental circumstances, or developed instruments to assist households make knowledgeable choices for kids dwelling with brachial plexus beginning damage.

The Pursuit Awards is made doable by the beneficiant contributions of The Ward Family Foundation, Holland Bloorview Foundation donors, and the Bloorview Research Institute.

Awards

The high three candidates, chosen by an esteemed panel of scientists, workers and household leaders, will likely be introduced at a ceremony held throughout the annual Bloorview Research Institute (BRI) Symposium on November 5-6, 2026.

• 1st place: $3,000 CAD
• 2nd place: $2,000 CAD
• third place: $1,000 CAD

Eligibility

Open to candidates worldwide who’re:

• PhD college students (inside six months of their defence)
• Postdoctoral trainees (inside one yr of receiving their PhD)
• Recent PhD graduates (inside one yr of PhD completion)

Evaluation Criteria

Finalists will likely be evaluated on:

• Academic excellence, together with tutorial coaching, expertise, and awards of distinction
• Research potential, together with originality, important pondering, innovation, and the power to affect observe, coverage or analysis in childhood incapacity
• Knowledge translation, together with efforts to have interaction companions, disseminate findings, and collaborate throughout disciplines
• Research productiveness, together with the standard and amount of publications and displays

Finalists are anticipated to pre-report their displays for the annual BRI Research Symposium which is able to happen on November 5-6, 2026. It is anticipated that finalists can be found to take part within the occasion.

Applications

To apply for the 2026 Pursuit Award competitors, please fill out the application type under and submit it as one PDF to [email protected] utilizing the topic 2026 Pursuit Award Application – [Your Full Name] by Friday, September 25, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. EST.

Finalists will likely be introduced throughout our annual BRI Research Symposium on November 5–6, 2026.

Click here for application form.

For extra data, go to Pursuit Awards.