PSL Restricted Awards

Margaret J. Santalo Scholarship

To be awarded to graduate students in the Department of Physiology in recognition of the student's achievements to date and future potential. This scholarship is tenable only while the student is present as a full-time graduate student under the supervision of a primary or cross-appointed member of the Department of Physiology. The student must continue to seek external peer review funding from other university, provincial and national sources.

Kraicer Award

Dr. Jack Kraicer has been dedicated to the academic excellence of our students for many years. Through his directorship of the CIHR grant writing course he has touched the academic lives of all of our PhD students in the Department. To acknowledge this dedication and contribution, this award has been named in his honour. The Kraicer award is given to recognize excellence in scholarship during doctoral studies in the Department of Physiology. Each year the award winner will receive an inscribed plaque and $1,000.

PPEF - Dr. Albert and Dorris Fields Graduate Scholarships in Cardiovascular Physiology

To be awarded annually on a competitive basis to the top graduate students (international or domestic) enrolled in a full-time PhD program in cardiovascular sciences in the Department of Physiology. This award is by nomination by the department.

The Dr. John Hepburn Award

This award was established by the estate of Dr. Ruben D. Grant 2T8, in honour of Dr. John Hepburn 2T1, a cardiologist and teacher in the University.  This award is given each year by the Medical Alumni Association, on the recommendation of the Chair of the Department of Physiology, to one of the Physiology graduate students in cardiovascular research.

Yuet Ngor Wong Awards

In 2019, the Yuet Ngor Wong Awards were established to support up to two (2) trainees (Masters, PhD, or post doc) each year in the area of quantitative and/or mathematical applications or modeling in health or disease.  Each award is valued at $10,000.

The recipients of the Awards will be determined by a committee, co-chaired by the Chair of the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto and the Director of the Centre for Mathematical Medicine at the Fields Institute.

First preference will be given to trainees affiliated with the Centre for Mathematical Medicine at the Fields Institute and supervised or co-supervised by a faculty member in the Department of Physiology. If no such trainee exists in a given year, second preference is for one Award to be awarded to a trainee in the Department of Physiology, and the second to be awarded to a trainee affiliated with the Centre for Mathematical Medicine at the Fields Institute and supervised or co-supervised by a faculty member in any department at the Faculty of Medicine.

Departmental QEII-GSSTs

  1. Queen Elizabeth II/R. Howard Webster Foundation/Genesis Research Foundation/Physiology Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology
  2. Queen Elizabeth II/Physiology/Medicine Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology

Graduate Stimulus Package

2023-24 Graduate Stimulus Package