2008 National Summer Student Research Program Awards

CRITERIA

1. Each Canadian Pharmacy School will receive one award worth $1,250 (in Canadian dollars) in order to select an undergraduate pharmacy summer student to present his/her research project findings at the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting in Banff, May 22 - 25, 2008.
2. The funded student must complete a "hypothesis testing" research project and have had an abstract submitted and accepted to the 2007 Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting. Projects in all disciplines of Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy) are eligible. All currently registered "full-time" undergraduate pharmacy students in good standing are eligible for this program. *Note: Students who have previously held this award are not eligible to receive this award again*
3. Each participating Pharmacy School will choose its own student and sponsoring supervisor and notify the National Director by March 7th 2008. If a school does not participate in this program, the funds will be given to another school (first come, first serve). Each school will be responsible for determining the process by which it chooses its student/supervisor representatives to the program. Each school will also be responsible for advertising this program to its students and faculty.
4. Funds will be released to the school upon notification of student name, supervisor name, title of research project, and confirmation of abstract acceptance to the CSPS annual meeting to the National Director (Dr. Kishor Wasan). Please include name of school administrator to whom the funds should be sent.
5. The student will be required to present her/his research project in the form of a poster at the 2008 Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences Annual Meeting (Banff Alberta). These funds to attend this meeting are provided to be used for travel and lodging purposes only.