HCP Travel Awards Competition

With a membership of more than 2,000 researchers and others interested in HIV research, the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) is the leading organization of HIV/AIDS researchers in Canada. As an integral element of its mandate, CAHR works to “promote education and the development of researchers” and “engage diverse stakeholders in ongoing dialogue and knowledge exchange.”

As part of this effort, and with the generous support of ViiV Healthcare, CAHR will be offering travel awards for Canadian health care professionals (HCPs) – working in the realm of HIV – to attend international continuing health education events.

Funding

Via this funding competition, CAHR’s will fund travel award applications for eligible HCP to attend each of the following international continuing health education events:

Events# of AwardsApplication Deadline
Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)
Date: March 9-12, 2025
Location: San Francisco, CA		8Closed
The 13th International AIDS Conference (IAS 2025)
Date: July 13-17, 2025
Location: Kigali, Rwanda		6Closed
26th International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV, Hepatitis, and Other Antiviral Drugs 2025
Date: September 3-4, 2025
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands		4Closed
EACS – European AIDS Clinical Society 20th Conference
Date: October 15-18, 2025
Location: Paris, France		5Closed
Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)
Date: November 5-8, 2025
Location: Philadelphia, PA		5Closed

Allowable Costs

The following expenditures are eligible for funding:

  1. Travel – Depending on the location of the event and your home city, travel may be by air, train or bus. Mileage is not funded.
  2. Accommodation – The hotel room rate and taxes are funded for the duration of the event.
  3. Registration – Only the event registration fee is funded. Additional items such as workshops, gala events and tours are not eligible for funding. Virtual Registration Fees may also be supported.

In all cases, NO funding will be provided directly to the awardee or his/her institution. CAHR will arrange payment of awardee travel, accommodation and registration to the international continuing health education event. Costs involving extensions, cancellations and/or changes are at the awardee’s expense.

Eligibility

  • Applicants must be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada
  • Applicants must be an active Canadian health care professional (HCP) working in the realm of HIV. For the purpose of this funding opportunity, HCP is defined as a person who by education, training, certification, or licensure is qualified to and is engaged in providing health care. This can include any of the following: an individual who is currently practicing medicine or dispensing medicines in Canada.
  • Nurses are solely eligible for the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) Conference and nurse practitioners (prescribing) may apply for other Conferences as well.
  • NOTE: For CROI, the applicant must demonstrate that CROI has accepted their registration or registration fee will not be reimbursed.
  • CAHR board members, government officials, and HCPs with active U.S. medical licenses are not eligible
  • Applicants must not have held an HCP Travel Award in a previous year for the same conference. Applicants are allowed to apply for HCP Travel Awards to attend a different conference.

How to Apply

A complete application must include:

  • A maximum two-page letter, using no more than 1000 words, that:
    • Summarizes the applicant’s relevant experience/training
    • Demonstrates that the applicant meets the eligibility requirements
    • Describes how the applicant meets the evaluation criteria
    • Outlines how the applicant will fulfill the communications requirements
  • The applicant’s CV
  • Proof of Canadian citizen or a permanent residency of Canada
  • Proof of HCP status in Canada
  • A declaration that the applicant is neither a US medical license holder nor a Government official

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Official Languages

CAHR encourages applicants to submit proposals in the Official Language of their choice and commits to ensuring a high-quality review of applications submitted in either Official Language.

Conditions of Funding

Successful candidates must:

  • Confirm that they have not already received funding from another funding body to attend the same conference
  • Accept their award within 5 working days of the date of offer or the award will be cancelled and offered to the next fundable applicant
  • Funding is non-renewable. Individuals may only hold one award per calendar year and are not eligible to hold awards for the same event in sequential years

Communication Requirements

Award recipients must

  • Agree to share the benefits of knowledge gained through the event with other Canadian HCPs by either (a) submitting a written report for publication to a specialty society or academic institution, or (b) giving a verbal presentation to HCPs in an appropriate venue
  • Acknowledge CAHR/ViiV financial support in any report/presentation related to the event

Reporting

Recipients will be asked to provide a one-page End of Award report within two months of termination of the award. Details regarding this report will be communicated to the recipients when the funds are released. Failure to submit the End of Award report will render the HCP ineligible for future funding.

Review Process

CAHR will assemble an independent review committee comprised of peers to adjudicate the applications.

Evaluation Criteria

The priority areas for adjudication are:

  • Demonstration that the HCP has the requisite training and expertise as appropriate for the subject matter of the event
  • Demonstration that the HCP can show benefits to their HIV patients from attending
  • Demonstration that the HCP will be participating in the conference as a presenter or has other active participation in original research or scientific work that is being presented (e.g. abstract submission)
  • Demonstration that the HCP will share the knowledge gained with a larger community after the conference because they teach in colleges or postgraduate units, or are part of a larger network of HCPs anticipating feedback from the conference

Funding Decision

Upon completion of peer review, CAHR will generate the ranking list, ratings and funding recommendations. The list will be used for funding decision-making purposes and will remain anonymous.

Applications will be funded from the top down in order of ranking as far as the budget will allow. Applications that receive a rating below 3.5 will not be funded (rating scale is 0-5).

Results

2025 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2025

  • Bill Cameron, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
  • Madeleine Durand, CHUM
  • Fatima Kakkar, CHU Sainte-Justine
  • Elizabeth King, Oak Tree Clinic – BC Women’s Hospital
  • John MacLeod, 790 Bay St. Clinic
  • Jason Szabo, Clinique L’Actuel
  • Sean Yaphe, Clinique L’Actuel

The 13th International AIDS Conference (IAS 2025)

  • Brian Conway, Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre
  • Chris Fraser, Cool Aid Community Health Centre
  • Pierre Giguère, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Malcolm Hedgcock, Spectrum Health
  • Nadine Kronfli, McGill University Health Centre
  • Bertrand Lebouché, McGill University Health Centre
  • Maxim Regimbal-Ethier, Clinique Quorum et Prelib

26th International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV, Hepatitis, and Other Antiviral Drugs 2025

  • Carley Pozniak, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Erin Ready, St. Paul’s Hospital
  • Nancy Sheehan, McGill University Health Centre
  • Rachel Therrien, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
2024 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2024

  • Chase Fisher, BC Centre for Excellence
  • Pierre Giguère, The Ottawa Hospital

AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference

  • Jonathan Angel, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Brian Conway, Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre
  • Cecilia Costiniuk, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
  • Joseph Cox, McGill University Health Centre
  • Malcolm Hedgcock, Spectrum Health
  • Bertrand Lebouche, McGill University Health Centre
  • Tasha Ramsey, Nova Scotia Health
  • Alice Tseng, Toronto General Hospital

International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV, Hepatitis, and Other Antiviral Drugs 2024

  • Claude Charbonneau, Health Sciences North
  • Dominic Martel, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health
  • Kathy Lee, Alberta Health Services
  • Lacey Devreese, The Ottawa Hospital

HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow

  • Suzanne Gill, Michael Garron Hospital
  • David Knox, Maple Leaf Medical Clinic
  • Emmanuelle Huchet, Clinique L’Agora
  • Benoît Lemire, CUSM
  • Carley Pozniak, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Erin Ready, St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy
  • Maxim Regimbal-Ethier, Clinique Médicale Quorum
  • Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill University Health Centre
  • Jinell White, Alberta Health Services/Southern Alberta Clinic
  • Sean Yaphe, Clinique L’Actuel

2023 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) 2023 Conference

  • Farah Davie, Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Justin Harvey, Access and Assessment Center for Mental Health
  • Paulette Martin, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Sarah Ionsen, Blue Door Clinic
  • Noam Lapid, Sherbourne Health

19th European AIDS Conference (EACS 2023)

  • Karen Arnold, University of British Columbia
  • David Tu, University of British Columbia
  • Melanie Murray, University of British Columbia
  • Khadija Benomar, Clinique Medicale Quorum
  • Emmanuelle Huchet, Clinique l’Agora

24th International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV, Hepatitis, and other Antiviral Drugs

  • Christopher “Chase” Fisher, BC Centre for Excellence
  • Pierre Giguère, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Nancy Sheehan, Université de Montréal
  • Stacey Tkachuk, Oak Tree Clinic
  • Jinell White, Alberta Health Services

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) 2023

  • Jonathan Angel, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Bill Cameron, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Bertrand Lebouche, McGill University Health Centre
  • Jason Szabo, McGill University Health Centre
  • Brian Conway, Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre
  • Silvia Guillemi, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
  • Maxim Regimbal-Éthier, Clinique Médicale Quorum
  • Andrew Kapoor, McMaster University

IAS 2023, the 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science

  • Cecile Tremblay, C.H.U.M.
  • Fatima Kakkar, University of British Columbia
  • Joseph de wet, Spectrum Health
  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health
  • Kathy Lee, Alberta Health Services
  • Nadine Kronfli, McGill University Health Centre
  • Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill
  • Benoit Trottier, Clinique Médicale du Quartier Latin
2022 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV, Hepatitis, and Other Antiviral Drugs 2022

  • Carley Pozniak, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Alice Tseng, Toronto General Hospital
  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health

HIV Glasgow

  • Chris Fraser, University of British Columbia
  • Silvia Guillemi, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
  • Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill

Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)

  • Jennifer Hartsen, Oak Tree Clinic
  • Kassie Junek, Vancouver Coastal Health
2021 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)

  • Bill Cameron, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Nadine Kronfli, McGill University Health Centre
  • Bertrand Lebouche, McGill University Health Centre

11th IAS HYBRID Conference on HIV Science

  • Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill University Health Centre

18th European AIDS Conference (EACS)

  • Carley Pozniak, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Jinell White, Southern Alberta Clinic
2020 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)

  • Jonathan, Angel, OHRI
  • Lise Bondy, St Joseph’s Health Care London Ontario,
  • Jason Brophy, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
  • Claude Charbonneau, Health Sciences North
  • Philippe, El-helou, Mcmaster University
  • Geneviève Kerkerian, Alberta Health Service
  • Michaeline McGuinty, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Marie-louise Vachon, Chu De Québec
  • Alice Zhabokritsky, University of Toronto

23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020)

  • John Macleod, 790 Bay St. Clinic
  • Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill University Health Centre
  • Cécile Tremblay, C.H.U.M.

21st International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV, Hepatitis & other Antiviral Drugs

  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health
  • Kathy Lee, Alberta Health Services
  • Rachel Therrien, Centre Hospitalier de Montreal

Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)

  • Morgan Wadams, University of Alberta
2019 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)

  • Isaac Bogoch, Toronto General Hospital
  • Bill Cameron, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Joseph Cox,CVIS – MUHC
  • Joseph De Wet, Spectrum Health
  • Chelsea, Elwood Obstetrics and Gynecology UBC
  • Nadine Kronfli, McGill University
  • John MacLeod, 790 Bay St.Clinic
  • Alice Tseng, University Health Network
  • Shannon Turvey, University of Alberta

20th International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of HIV, Hepatitis & other Antiviral Drugs

  • Pierre Giguere, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Dominic Martel, Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal

10th IAS Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2019)

  • Khadija Benomar, Clinique Médicale Quorum
  • Cecilia Costiniuk, McGill University Health Centre
  • Chris Fraser, Cool Aid Community Health Centre
  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health
  • Bertrand Lebouche, McGill University Health Centre
  • Maxim Regimbal-Éthier, Clinique Médicale Quorum
  • Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill University Health Centre
  • Cole Stanley, Dr. Cole Stanley Inc.
  • Brad Wiggers, Lakeridge Health
  • Benoit Trottier, Clinique médicale du Quartier latin

EACS HIV Summer School

  • Raynell Lang, University of Calgary

Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)

  • Cheryl Arneson, Hospital For Sick Children
  • Vera Caine, University of Alberta
  • Bernie, Lopko, Nine Circles Community Health Centre
  • Barbe Pickering, Oak Tree Clinic

17th European AIDS Conference

  • Marianne Harris, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
  • Malcolm Hedgcock, Spectrum Health
  • Carley Pozniak, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Roger Sandre, Health Sciences North
  • Sharon Walmsley, University Health Network
2018 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)

  • Philippe El-Helou, McMaster University
  • M Pierre Giguere, Ottawa Hospital
  • Bertrand Lebouche, Mcgill University Health Centre
  • Paul Macpherson, Ottawa Hospital
  • Michaeline McGuinty, Ottawa Hospital
  • Nancy Nashid, Hospital for Sick Children
  • Nathaniel Winata, Providence Health Care

European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis

  • Laura Bron, Oak Medical Arts

International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of Antiviral Therapy 2018

  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health
  • Nancy Sheehan, McGill University Health Center
  • Joel Varsava, Specialty Rx

22nd International AIDS Conference

  • Jean-Guy Baril, Clinique du Quartier Latin
  • Joseph Cox, McGill University Health Centre
  • Joss De Wet, Spectrum Health
  • Jonathon Herriot, University Of Toronto
  • Nadine Kronfli, McGill University Health Centre
  • John Macleod, 790 Bay St. Clinic
  • Carley Pozniak, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Laura Sauve, University Of British Columbia
  • Cécile Tremblay, C.H.U.M.

EACS HIV Summer School

  • Dr. Siddharth Kogilwaimath, University of Saskatchewan

ID Week 2018

  • Dr Quynh-Dao Dinh, University of British Columbia
  • Dr Raynell Lang, University of Calgary
  • Ms / Mdl Jinell Mah Ming, Southern Alberta HIV Clinic
  • Dr Fatima Kakkar, Sainte-Justine University Health Center

HIV Drug Therapy, Glasgow

  • Antoine Cloutier-Blais, Clinique médicale urbaine du Quartier Latin
  • Pierre Côté, Clinique médicale urbaine du Quartier Latin
  • Serge Dufresne, Clinique médicale urbaine du Quartier Latin
  • Michelle Foisy, Alberta Health Services
  • Benoît Lemire, Centre universitaire de santé McGill
  • Bernard Lessard, Clinique médicale urbaine du Quartier Latin
  • Kenneth Logue, Unversity Health Network, The Toronto General
  • Jason Szabo, Mcgill University Health Centre
  • Benoit Trottier, Clinique médicale urbaine du Quartier Latin
  • Sharon Walmsley, University Health Network

Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)

  • Joanna Binch, Somerset West Community Health Centre
  • Kim Burt, Eastern Health
  • Geoffrey Ford, Bccdc
  • Amy Mark, Saskatchewan Health Authority
  • Jane Mccall, University of Alberta
  • Kelly Muhsin, St Joseph’s Health Care, London
2017 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)

  • Isaac Bogoch, Toronto General Hospital
  • Louise Charest, Clinique L’actuel,
  • Joseph Cox, Mcgill University Health Centre,
  • Marina Klein, McGill University Health Centre
  • Nadine Kronfli, Mcgill University Health Centre
  • Raynell Lang, University Of Calgary, College of Medicine
  • John Macleod, 790 Bay St. Clinic

European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis

  • Maxim Éthier, Clinique Médicale L’Actuel
  • Gabrielle Landry, Université de Montréal
  • Marlene Shehata

18th International Workshop on Clinical Pharmacology of Antiviral Therapy

  • Pierre Giguere, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Michelle Foisy, Royal Alexandra Hospital
  • Brent Vanin, Saskatoon Health Region

International AIDS conference

  • Adriana Carvalhal, University of Toronto
  • Cecilia Costiniuk, McGill University Health Center
  • Debbie Kelly, Memorial University
  • Fatima Kakkar, Sainte-Justine University Health Center
  • Jason Kielly, Memorial University
  • Darrell Tan, University of Toronto
  • Benoit Trottier, Clinique Médicale Quartier Latin
  • Sharon Walmsley, University of Toronto
  • Nathaniel Winata, St. Paul’s Hospital
  • Alexander Wong, University of Saskatchewan

IDWeek

  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health
  • Linda Sulz, Regina Qu’appelle Health Region

European AIDS Conference (EACS)

  • Jean-Guy Baril, Clinique Du Quartier Latin
  • Pierre Côté, Clinique Médicale Du Quartier Latin
  • Serge Dufresne, Clinique médicale urbaine du Quartier Latin
  • David Knox, Maple Leaf Medical Clinic
  • Melanie Murray, University Of British Columbia
  • Jean-pierre Routy, Mcgill University Health Centre
  • Réjean Thomas, Clinique Médicale L’actuel
  • Cécile Tremblay, CHUM
  • Alice Tseng, University Health Network
  • Stephen Vaughan, University Of Calgary

Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC)

  • Serena Chalmers, St. Paul’s Hospital
  • Suzanne Pagé, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Debbie Rodger, Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region
  • Anne Russell, Winnipeg Health Sciences Center
2016 HCP Travel Awards Competition Results

Conference of Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)

  • Jonathan Angel, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute / L’Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital d’Ottawa
  • Cole Stanley, Providence Health Care and Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Kristine Stephenson, Vancouver Coastal Health

European Meeting on HIV & Hepatitis

  • Jean-Guy Baril, Clinique du Quartier Latin
  • Jason Brunetta, Maple Leaf Medical Clinic
  • Jennifer Hawkes, Northern Health
  • Patrice Junod, Clinique Médicale L’Actuel
  • Amber Lynn, Alberta Health Services – Safeworks Harm Reduction

8e Conférence Internationale Francophone VIH/Hépatites AFRAVIH 2016 (AFRAVIH)

  • Gabrielle Landry, Université de Montréal
  • Réjean Thomas, Clinique Médicale L’Actuel
  • Benoit Trottier, Clinique Médicale L’Actuel

HIV & Hep C Clinical Pharmacology Workshop

  • There were no eligible applications for this workshop, therefore no awards were given.

ASM Microbe

  • There were no eligible applications for this workshop, therefore no awards were given.

21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016)

  • Isaac Bogoch, Toronto General Hospital
  • Bill Cameron, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Pierre Giguere, The Ottawa Hospital
  • Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, Providence Health Care
  • David Knox, Maple Leaf Medical Clinic
  • John MacLeod, 790 Bay Clinic
  • Jane Mccall, University of Alberta
  • Jean-Pierre Routy, McGill University Health Centre
  • Cécile Tremblay, Centre Hospitalier De L’université De Montréal
  • Mark Wainberg, McGill University AIDS Centre

HIV Drug Therapy, Glasgow

  • Cecilia Costiniuk, Chronic Viral Illness Service–Mcgill University Health Centre
  • Pierre Cote, Clinique Médicale Du Quartier Latin
  • Serge Dufresne, Clinique Médicale Du Quartier Latin
  • Jason Szabo, McGill University/Clinique L’actuel
  • Patricia Wilson, Central Interior Native Health Society

Contact

Please contact hcpawards@cahr-acrv.ca for more information.

Partners

ViiV Healthcare ULC

ViiV Healthcare in Canada, a company devoted to HIV/AIDS research and treatment and to supporting people affected by HIV/AIDS across Canada. ViiV Healthcare in Canada is part of ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company established by GSK and Pfizer in 2009 and joined by Shionogi in 2012. We are committed to taking a deeper and broader interest in HIV/AIDS than any other pharmaceutical company has done before. We have advanced research and development and also work in partnership with HIV/AIDS communities across Canada: populations at risk, people living with HIV/AIDS, their caregivers and support organizations, and healthcare providers. ViiV Healthcare’s Canadian operations are headquartered in Laval, Quebec. For further information on ViiV Healthcare, please visit www.viivhealthcare.ca