Student Research Opportunities

Summer Research Awards and Applications for Undergraduate Students can be found on the Research and Health Science Education (RHSE) website 

Please have the following information ready:

• The research project title you and your supervisor have agreed upon.

• A summary of your previous research experience and/or relevant coursework, including any lab-based classes.

• A statement outlining your research interests and academic goals.

• Any special circumstances or considerations you would like the awards adjudication committee to take into account.

 Application deadline: February 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM. 

Please read student eligibility criteria for each award carefully and reach out to supervisors in the Department.  

• Undergraduate Award Student Eligibility Undergraduate award student eligibility_5.pdf

• Harmonized Stipends for 2026 Undergraduate Research Summer Students

The Department of Physiology is pleased to offer the following categories of summer research awards to undergraduate students on a competitive basis

Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)   

Awards will be provided to research associated with             

• CA Cancer and Cancer related Diseases (5 awards )
• CA-JPM Dr. John P. Mitchell Cancer Research Fund (1 award )
• GM General Medical (Health Research in Any Area) (1 award)
• CH Cardiovascular, Heart (2 awards)
• KD Kidney and Kidney Related Diseases (3 awards)
• RC Respiratory, Circulatory and Heart Diseases (3 awards )
•  EM Epilepsy & Multiple Sclerosis (1 award)

      Undergraduate Summer Research Studentship (USRS) (1 Award)

      University of Toronto Excellence Awards (UTEA)  

• UTEA Health and Life Sciences (2 awards)
• UTEA Natural Sciences and Engineering (2 awards)
• Supervisors must be campus-based, i.e. have their primary budgetary appointment in the Temerty Faculty  of Medicine (status-only faculty are no longer eligible) 
•  A supervisor must be a principal investigator (PI) who holds an active tri-agency grant or has a pending application with one of those agencies at the start date of the UTEA (May 1st) (co-investigators are no longer eligible)  

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)  (2 awards)

• Eligible faculty must hold an academic appointment with the University of Toronto (i.e. campus or hospital-based) and must hold an active Tri-agency grant or has a pending/recent Tri-agency application at the time of USRA application with the department. 

NSERC USRA Black Student Award 

These awards are competitive and will be adjudicated by the University of Toronto Research Services Office (RSO)