Stage estival de recherche pour étudiants de premier cycle 2024 (USRI)

Application Package and Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be reviewed by the HBHL Trainee Committee in accordance with the following criteria:

Impact Statement (maximum 500 words)

Discuss how this internship will support you in achieving your career goals.
For example, you may choose to discuss:

• Your potential career interests (including academic and non-academic paths);
• Skills you hope to gain through the internship and how they will support your education and career path;
• Barriers that have impacted your access to and/or participation in education and career development opportunities (including but not limited to barriers related to personal circumstances and societal injustice);
• Outcomes you hope to support through the proposed research; and/or
• Anything else that demonstrates the value of this internship experience for you.
   

The Impact Statement counts for 50% of the total application grade, and will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Explanation of the benefit the internship will provide the applicant: 95% (This may include: career interests that are connected to the proposed research project, learning, skill development, breaking down barriers, personal development, how it will allow student to reach their short-term and long-term goals)
• Quality of statement (e.g., clarity, grammar, used appropriate verb tense, easy to follow): 5%
   

Proposed Research Summary (maximum one page, not including references. No page restriction on references)

Describe the project you will work on during your internship. The proposed project must fall under one of the four HBHL Research Themes. The Proposed Research Summary counts for 50% of the total application grade, and must include:

• A brief summary of literature in the field;
• Rationale for the study, explaining why this study is novel and important in the context of previous work;
• A clear hypothesis and aim;
• A description of the proposed methods, with considerations of feasibility and connections to the rationale and aim;
• Explanation of how equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) will be considered in the research design, as applicable (for example, testing for sex differences in a cellular or animal study; considerations in participant recruitment and integration of demographic data in a human study). If EDI is not applicable to your research project, you must provide an evidence-based justification; and
• A reference list in APA 7^th format.
   

This proposal will be graded on the following:

• Structure (following page limit and guidelines): 0% (pass or fail)
• Quality of proposal (clarity, defined all the acronyms, grammatically correct, sufficiently explained scientific terms, easy to follow): 5%
• Understanding of existing literature (demonstrates that the student has explored existing research in their topic): 15%
• Rationale for study (it is suggested to have a clear statement): 20%
• Clear hypotheses and aims: 20%
• Proposed methods (sufficiently detailed, feasible, understanding of recruitment if applicable, evidence of thought put into the design of analyses, connected to rationale and aims): 25%
• Explanation of how equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) will be integrated into the study design: 15%
   

Please note that you will be asked to indicate in which of HBHL’s Research Themes your project fits best.
 

Supervisor Agreement Form (using the official form, completed by the proposed research supervisor)

The supervisor will: 

• Indicate the HBHL research theme that best fits with their work;
• State agreement to supervise the student applicant should the application be successful;
• Indicate the name and year of graduation of a postdoc or PhD student who will serve as a mentor to the undergraduate student; and
• State the percentage of the supervision the PI will be providing versus others such as a postdoc/PhD.
   

Please download and provide your prospective supervisor with the HBHL USRI 2024 Supervisor Agreement Form.