Student Research Opportunities

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)   
  • 2024 UROP Award Announcement and Application (Word document)
  • 2024 UROP Award Announcement and Application (PDF)
  • 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)

                 CH Cardiovascular, Heart (1 award)

                 GM General Medical (Health Research in Any Area) (3 awards)

                 KD Kidney and Kidney Related Diseases (3 awards)

                 RE Respiratory, Circulatory and Heart Diseases (2 awards)

  •              EM Epilepsy & Multiple Sclerosis (1 award)

  • Application Deadline: February 27, 2024 
• National Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Undergraduate Students Research Award (USRA)
  • Application Deadline: February 27, 2024
• Research and Health Science Education (RHSE) Undergraduate Summer Research Studentship (USRS) 
  • 2024 USRS Award Announcement and Application form (Word document)
  • 2024 USRS Award Announcement and Application form (PDF)
  • Application Deadline: February 27, 2024
• University of Toronto Excellence Awards (UTEA)
  • New this year, a Health & Life Sciences (HLS) sector was added and the competition will be adjudicated by the Temerty Faculty of Medicine.
  • 2024 UTEA Award Application Form (Word document)
  • 2024 UTEA Award Guidelines (PDF)
  • Application Deadline: February 27, 2024
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
  • Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) (2 awards)
  • NSERC USRA 2024 -Internal Application and guidelines_1.pdf
  • New this year, students who self-identify as Black or Indigenous will be funded by NSERC above and beyond the department's allocation.
  • Eligible faculty must be eligible to hold an NSERC (but do not currently have to have one) and must also have primary appointment and/or funds administered by the Department.
  • Application Deadline: February 27, 2024
• CIHR Black Student Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA)
• 2024 CIHR Black Student USRA Award Announcement.pdf
• Application Deadline: February 27, 2024