May 2020: We are currently recruiting new members and will soon be recruiting for the National Committee. Please join here.

Members of the ACECHR are current (0-5 years in faculty position) or recent (about 5-8 years in faculty position) early career health researchers with an affiliation at a Canadian institution.

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Read the results of our survey of early-career investigators

Read our Open Letter - A Crisis for Early-Career Health and Biomedical Researchers in Canada 

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#InvestInCanadianHealthResearch
See our series of infographics, quotes, and statistics about why health research in Canada needs sustainable funding.

Media related to ACECHR:
2 Jun 2017 Canadian researchers rally around funding recommendations
3 Nov 2016 Addressing Bias in Canadian Research Funding
25 Oct 2016 Scientific challenges loom for Canada's popular prime minister
9 Sep 2016 How to avoid gender bias in research (part 4 of a CBC Radio series)
7 Sep 2016 Gender bias in health research funding (part 2 of a CBC Radio series)
7 Sep 2016 Canada's everyday science researchers are still starved for funds
14 Jul 2016 Pushback from scientists forces overhaul of funding system in Canada
1 Jul 2016 In Canada, outraged health researchers demand end to peer-review changes
16 May 2016 CIHR hikes grants to young researchers
15 Apr 2016 Canada just announced more money for its young scientists
​7 Apr 2016 No Country for Young Scientists - Motherboard
29 Mar 2016 Health minister vows to support disenfranchised young scientists - Ottawa Citizen
26 Mar 2016 ​Young health researchers consider leaving the country due to funding drought - Ottawa Citizen
14 Dec 2015 Researcher on CIHR funding drought: 'It is called eating your young' - Ottawa Citizen


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