Awards

The Family Medicine Resident Scholarships recognize the leadership abilities of outstanding senior family medicine residents from each of the 17 Canadian family medicine residency programs.

The value of the Family Medicine Resident Scholarship is $5,000. The award may be presented during Family Medicine Forum (FMF). Each recipient will receive complimentary four-day registration for FMF. In addition, the Family Medicine Resident Scholarship may reimburse up to $2,000 per recipient to help offset the costs of accommodation, meals, and travel to attend FMF.

Eligibility criteria:

Nominees must be family medicine residents in their second year at the time of nomination.

Nominees must show an interest in enhancing their leadership skills within organized medicine.

Nominees are eligible if they have an achievement in one or more the following areas:

• Leadership activities during residency/leadership qualities (beyond departmental and program activities, such as participation in organized family medicine, the CFPC’s Section of Residents, or Resident Doctors of Canada)
• Academic achievements related to family medicine (e.g., publications)
• Research achievements
• Oral presentation skills (articulate and confident when presenting to large groups)
• Unique achievements or exceptional activities in medical school or residency
• Service to vulnerable populations, such as rural, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, addiction/mental health, inner city, etc.

Where possible, you are encouraged to consider recognizing a candidate who was not previously nominated for a

Please refer to the Guidelines for basic eligibility requirements and additional considerations.

Nomination process:

This award is closed. 2027 updates will be posted once information becomes available.

his award  recognizes a top First Nations, Metis, or Inuit family medicine resident in Canada who has shown leadership and commitment to a career in family medicine.

The value of the Indigenous Family Medicine Resident Scholarship is $10,000. The award will be presented during the Family Medicine Forum (FMF) 2026 The recipient will receive complimentary registration for one day at the next live FMF. In addition, the Indigenous Family Medicine Resident Scholarship may reimburse up to $1,500 to offset the costs of accommodation, meals, and travel to attend FMF.*

*Please note that while pandemic restrictions are imposed, we might defer this portion of the award.

Eligibility criteria:

Nominees must be senior family medicine residents in their second year at the time of nomination.

Nominees must show an interest in enhancing their leadership skills within organized medicine.

Nominees are eligible if they have one or more achievements in the following areas:

• Leadership activities during residency/leadership qualities (beyond departmental and program activities, such as participation in organized family medicine, the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Section of Residents, or Resident Doctors of Canada)
• Academic achievements related to family medicine (e.g., publications)
• Research achievements
• Oral presentation skills (articulate and confident when presenting to large groups)
• Unique achievements or exceptional activities in medical school or residency
• Service to vulnerable populations, such as rural, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, addiction/mental health, inner city, etc.

Where possible, you are encouraged to consider recognizing a candidate who was not previously nominated for a CFPC Medical Student Scholarship.

Please visit our Policies and Procedures page for basic eligibility guidelines and additional considerations.

Application process:

This award is closed. 2027 updates will be posted once information becomes available.

This award recognize outstanding academic accomplishments by family medicine residents (in their first, second, or third year). These awards are intended to stimulate family medicine research and innovation in education. One recipient or team from each faculty of family medicine across Canada will be selected.

Eligibility criteria:

Family medicine residents in their first, second, or third year of training are eligible.

Nominees cannot have received this award in the past three years.

Please visit our Policies and Procedures page for basic eligibility guidelines and additional considerations.

Nomination process:

This award is closed. 2027 updates will be posted once information becomes available.

Nominations must be submitted online.

 

The Family Medicine Resident Research Excellence Awards recognize family medicine residents in their first or second year of training for excellent research carried out and completed prior to June 1, 2026. This award is open to a maximum of two resident recipients per year.

The awards may be presented during Family Medicine Forum (FMF). Each recipient will receive complimentary four-day registration to FMF. In addition, each recipient may be reimbursed up to $2,000 to offset the costs of accommodation, meals, and travel to attend FMF.

Eligibility criteria:

Family medicine residents who have completed a research project in 2026 are eligible.

Residents in a third-year training program are not eligible.

Nominees cannot have received this award in the past three years.

Please note: As part of the application process, posters will not be accepted.

Please visit our Guidelines for basic eligibility and additional considerations.

Nomination process:

This award is closed. 2027 updates will be posted once information becomes available.

Please refer to the Nomination Guidelines for requirements.

This award recognizes outstanding scholarly projects by FM Resident(s) around small group learning through research, quality improvement, or education program development.

Projects that align with the following goals of Residency Practice-Based Learning will be favoured:

• Embedding evidence-based educational principles
• Promoting peer small groups for life-long learning
• Encouraging reflection on learning

Eligibility Criteria:

Applicants must be Family Medicine Residents currently enrolled in a Canadian Family Medicine Residency or Enhanced Skills training program.

 Value:

The resident(s) whose work is selected as the winning project will each be offered a free membership to either The Pathway to Small Group PBLP, The Small Group Practice-Based Learning Program, or The Individual Practice-Based Learning Program, and one $500 cash prize.

The next 2 top projects, the recipient(s) will each receive a free membership to one of the three above mentioned programs after graduation.

 Application process:

This award is closed. 2027 updates will be posted once information becomes available.

One award will be given per site. This is awarded to a first-year resident who has demonstrated interest and excellence in teaching. Recommendation for this award will come from site faculty members and the director at each site.

The award was created by Dr. Arthur and Judith Dodek in honour of Dr. Morton Dodek, a graduate of UBC’s first medical class in 1954, who spent many years as a full-service family physician and exemplified commitment to family medicine. The award is offered to a resident who demonstrates care, competence, and compassion in their pursuit of providing care to underserved and vulnerable populations. The recipient will demonstrate this in one or more of the following ways:

1. Sought out opportunities to provide care to underserved and vulnerable populations.
2. Translated current knowledge on best practices providing other caregivers with guides to best practice.
3. Mentors, encourages, and teaches others in providing care to these populations
4. Develops new knowledge by reflection, assessment and/or research into the care of underserved and vulnerable populations.
5. There will be one resident recipient per academic year and residents nominees are selected by their site for award consideration. Nominations are reviewed by the Award Committee in the Spring.

This award is funded by the Lloyd Jones Collins Foundation for outstanding Scholarship Project as chosen by Family Practice faculty. The Lloyd Jones Collins Foundation, under the directorship of Dr. Goertzen and four associates, granted its first annual Resident Research Awards in 1999 and continues to generously support family medicine residency research and faculty development.

Residents can apply for a  research scholarship award that aims to assist in the publication of their scholarship papers.

We have developed guidelines to help guide residents in their use of Generative AI in the scholarship project process. These guidelines must be followed as a declaration around the use of Generative AI will be asked during the evaluation process. Consider these guidelines when using Generative AI for any scholarly work.

If you are interested in applying for the Lloyd Jones Collins Award this year, please send a blind cover letter (indicating why you should be considered for the award) and your blind manuscript to fmprpostgrad.research@familymed.ubc.ca by March 31st. For support on how to submit a blind cover letter and manuscript for award consideration, please review the Manuscript Formatting Guide.

The Department of Family Practice Care of the Elderly s is offering two awards to second-year residents who demonstrate excellence in scholarly projects related to care of the elderly. The award is to support research and scholarship that contributes to geriatrics within the discipline of family practice. The award will be selected from among the final projects submitted by R2’s in June.

Recipients of the Care of the Elderly Scholar Prize are expected to present their Scholar Project to the Care of the Elderly Committee within 12 months.

The Care of the Elderly Research Grant is available to UBC family medicine residents to support original research work and raise awareness and interest in the field of elder care. The funding is intended to support new family practice researchers to develop and carry out a research project. The grant will be awarded to projects that demonstrate excellence in research that contributes to geriatrics and elder care within the discipline of Family Medicine.

UBC residents conducting and presenting research as part of graduation requirements (i.e. Scholar project) are eligible and invited to apply.  If the application is submitted by a research team of two or more residents, the grant will be awarded to support the research project as a whole.

The value of each Care of the Elderly Research Grant for a resident research project. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.  

For information on eligibility criteria and the application process, click here. 

Please submit your completed application and/or direct related questions to Hiresh Gindwani, Research Coordinator, at hiresh.g@ubc.ca.

Two research grants are available to UBC residents to recognize original education research work and raise awareness and interest in the field of Continuing Professional Development/Continuing Medical Education (CPD/CME) research.

1. Specialty practice
2. Family practice

Grant recipients receive an honorarium to support educational research projects. UBC residents conducting and presenting research as part of graduation requirements are eligible and invited to apply. To apply for the grants visit: https://ubccpd.ca/grants