{"id":8881,"date":"2021-01-25T19:05:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2021-01-25T19:05:50","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T19:05:50","slug":"the-2021-krescent-competitions-are-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/the-2021-krescent-competitions-are-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2021 Krescent Post-Doctoral Fellowships and New Investigator Award Competitions are now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4>The 2021 Krescent Post-Doctoral Fellowships and New Investigator Award Competitions are now open!<\/h4>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div class=\"\" lang=\"EN-CA\">\n<div class=\"m_-6072310633243798004WordSection1\">\n<p>Applications in English must be completed via the on-line application system <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proposalCentral.com\">ProposalCentral<\/a>. Please allow extra time to review the system before the application deadline of <strong>February 01, 2021<\/strong>. To apply through this site, you will have to set up a profile, and then search for \u201cKRESCENT\u201d or \u201cKidney\u201d and fill out the KRESCENT application.<\/p>\n<h5>Important dates<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Krescent Post-Doctoral Fellowship: February 01, 2021<\/li>\n<li>Krescent New Investigator Award: February 01, 2021<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Description<\/h5>\n<p>A KRESCENT program\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kidney.ca\/Krescent\/#\">Post-Doctoral Fellowship\u00a0<\/a>is an \u201cin-training\u201d award intended for applicants with a PhD, MD or equivalent degree. The objective is to attract and foster young investigators to initiate and\/or continue training in kidney research.<\/p>\n<p>An awardee may not be in receipt of another major personnel award at the same time as holding the Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the KRESCENT program. However, the KRESCENT program will consider approving supplemental funding if a minor stipend has been provided from a local or provincial funding agency.<\/p>\n<p>The KRESCENT program\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kidney.ca\/Krescent\/#\">New Investigator Award\u00a0<\/a>is awarded to researchers (within three years of their first faculty appointment) who have clearly demonstrated excellence during their pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training in kidney disease and provides salary support for up to three years of the faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent at a Canadian University. The purpose of this award is to support the recipient in becoming established as a fully independent investigator in the field of kidney disease.<\/p>\n<h5>Eligibility<\/h5>\n<p>Applicants for both Post-Doctoral Fellowship and New Investigator Award programs must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants at the time of submission of their application. Applicants must apply through a university department or affiliated institution that has been accepted as suitable for research training by the\u00a0KRESCENT\u00a0program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Post-Doctoral Fellowship:<\/strong>\u00a0Candidates with more than four years of post-Ph.D. training by the competition deadline are not eligible. Applicants with a MD degree must hold license in Canada and be enrolled in a program leading to certification in Canada at the time of applying for this award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Investigator Awards:<\/strong>\u00a0Researchers within the first three years of their first faculty appointment (Assistant Professor level or equivalent) at the time the Award commences, who hold an MD and\/or PhD. New Investigator Awards must be held at universities in Canada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"gmail_quote\">\n<div class=\"\" lang=\"EN-CA\">\n<div class=\"m_3199236212364373880WordSection1\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"\">For more information regarding the KRESCENT Program, please contact Christine Marquis at <\/span><span class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"mailto:christine.marquis@kidney.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">christine.marquis@kidney.ca<\/a>.<u class=\"\"><\/u><u class=\"\"><\/u><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8883,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8885,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8881\/revisions\/8885"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdtrp.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}