Name	ALZHEIMER SOCIETY OF MANITOBA FELLOWSHIPS
Research Fields TEST	Alzheimer Disease and Other Related Dementia
Categories	Medical Health Sciences Social Sciences and Humanities
Citizenship	Canadian or Permanent Resident
Eligibility	The Alzheimer Society of Manitoba provides funding for Fellowships valued at $4,000 each. They are offered to encourage graduate student interest in research in the area of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Specifically: To enhance knowledge about the cause, treatment, cure and effects of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias in the biomedical and psychosocial domains. To increase knowledge about the care of people with dementia by formal and informal caregivers. To encourage graduate student interest in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. To stimulate graduate student research activity in Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Each year, two fellowships will be offered to a graduate student who: is enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, in either the first or second year of a Master’s program, or is within the first four years of a doctoral program, and whose research focuses on Alzheimer Disease and related dementias in Universities in Manitoba; has achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.5 based on the previous 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study; has demonstrated outstanding interest or commitment to research in Alzheimer Disease and related dementias; is not a recipient of a major award valued at $10,000 or greater in the year in which the fellowship is tenable.
Value	The value is not available
Currency	Canadian
Tenable at	University of Manitoba.
Deadlines	June 2
Application Details	For more details on how to apply, please visit the Centre of Aging website for all contact information and details: http://umanitoba.ca/centres/aging/students/588.html Updated: May 16, 2017