CIHR Sex and Gender Trainee Award

IASR thanks the Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for funding two awards for trainees based at Canadian Institutions. One award ($250) will be for poster presenters, and a second award ($250) will be for the presenter of a data blitz or brief communication. It is recommended that presenters consider accounting for sex as a biological variable in basic science, clinical, health system, and population health studies where appropriate. It is recommended that applicants consider accounting for gender as a sociocultural determinant of health in clinical, health system, and population health studies where appropriate. While we encourage all presentations at IASR meetings to give consideration to sex and gender, the funding requirements of this award are specific only to students registered at a Canadian institution. Cash prizes will be distributed to winners after the IASR meeting.

Eligibility:

  • Students registered at a Canadian institution

  • Presentation is delivered by the student in either a poster or oral (data blitz, brief communication) format at the IASR meeting

Judging criteria:

  • Judges will be familiar with the CIHR “Sex and Gender in Health Research” priorities (https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/50835.html)

  • Judges will be selected by the IASR President

  • Presentations will be scored on the basis of how sex and gender are integrated. All presentations, regardless of research methodology, meeting the above eligibility criteria will be considered.

Consideration of sex:

  • If applicable, does the (completed or proposed experimental design) disaggregate results by sex?

  • If disaggregation by sex is not applicable, does the trainee at least mention how sex is relevant to their study, and justify why sex disaggregation was not done?

  • If single-sex alone was studied, does the trainee provide a justification?

  • Does the trainee consider existing sex differences in the literature?

  • If sex is not considered in the study design or analysis, does the trainee provide a reasonable explanation why it is not possible or relevant to account for sex as a biological variable?

Consideration of gender:

  • Does the literature review report what is known about gender, gender-theories, and/or intersectionality in the field of study, where relevant?

  • Do the methods describe how gender will be measured or investigated in the population under study?

  • Does recruitment address and mitigates bias?

  • Do statistical or qualitative analysis describe how gendered sub-groups will be compared and that the findings will reported separately in the results section?

  • If a knowledge translation plan is discussed, does it consider aspects affected by gender?