Fellow Application – DIVERT Mental Health

Fellow Eligibility Criteria

Every November, DIVERT Mental Health will recruit approximately 20 Fellows per year. Fellows are master’s, doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and early career researchers conducting or planning to conduct research for accessible and inclusive mental health care.

DIVERT Mental Health will prioritize recruiting a diverse cohort of Fellows from across Canada. Applications for 2025 are now open. Applications are due by December 20th, 2024.

Register as an Associate Fellow member to stay in the loop and receive instant & free 24/7 access to our online Learning Management System, mentorship opportunities, and more!

Eligibility criteria (you must meet all three criteria):

The trainee or ECR (within the first 5 years of independent appointment) is currently residing in Canada.
The trainee or ECR is training/working at a University or Hospital Research Institute in Canada and will continue for at least 18 months from their application date at that same University or Hospital Research Institute. This fellowship is not for people who are in the last year of their degree program or their early career eligibility period.
The trainee or ECR is leading a research project focused on digital, virtual and/or technological innovation in mental health care for children, youth, and families on or relevant to traditionally marginalized populations.

Benefits of being a DIVERT Fellow

Access to exciting monthly virtual education activities.
Travel support to annual in-person regional meetings.
Prioritized access to mentorship affinity groups with leaders in the field.
A $5,000 stipend to support your training and professional development activities.
Access to industry/NGO practicum grants.
Support and mentorship with the trainee’s Individual Development Plan.
Continuous training and career development support for years to come!

Fellow Application (3 – 2025)

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Commitment Terms

Being a DIVERT Mental Health Fellow is an amazing way to get financial support to accomplish your research project and receive state-of-the-art learnings on inclusive and technologically innovative ways to improve mental health. By signing up to be a Fellow, you commit to participate in monthly learning activities, join mentorship groups, engage in feedback groups, and complete an individualized development plan. You also agree to allow us to contact you for information needed to complete our annual and end-of-grant reports.

I agree to the Fellow commitment terms:*

I agree

I do not agree

Confirmation of Eligibility

I confirm that I currently reside in Canada.*

Yes

I confirm that I will be working/training at a Canadian University or Hospital Research Institute and will continue to do so for AT LEAST 18 MONTHS from my application date. Fellows cannot be in the last year of their program or ECR eligibility status.*

Yes

I confirm that I am leading a research project focused on digital, virtual and/or technological innovation in mental health care for children, youth, and families on or relevant to traditionally marginalized populations.*

Yes

Contact Information

Name*

First Last

Email*

Where do you currently reside?*

Street Address Address Line 2 City Province Postal Code Country

Date of Application*

Current Degree Level*

Start date at Current Career Level*

Estimated end date of Current Career Level*

(e.g. when do you graduate? When does your post-doc end? When will you be completed Early Career Status?)

University or Research Institute*

Geographic Region of your University or Research Institute*

Preferred Language of Instruction*

Preferred Pronouns*

Please enter your Preferred Pronouns:*

Discipline*

Please specify other:*

Supervisor Name*

First Last

Supervisor Email*

Is your supervisor a Principal or Co-Investigator for DIVERT Mental Health?*

Yes

Self-identification Form

DIVERT Mental Health is committed to creating practices that promote the importance of equity, diversity, and inclusion. Our strength as an organization is linked to diversity and inclusivity of our membership and this depends on our ability to know this information about our members. We will constantly strive to uphold your trust to share this information. If you have questions, please reach out to divert@yorku.ca.

This request form is a mandatory requirement for DIVERT Fellows and Associate Fellows members. However, if you do not want to provide information about one or more aspects of your identity, please check “I prefer not to answer” to submit the form.

Purpose and Use: We will use this data to create innovative ways to support and welcome the participation of individuals who identify with any of the federally designated equity-seeking groups (Women, Racialized, Indigenous Peoples of Canada, Persons with Disabilities] and other groups who have been traditionally marginalized (e.g. 2SLGBTQIA+, prolonged lived experience with poverty) in the mental health system/mental health training. There will be tailored or targeted opportunities to individuals with certain lived experiences, and we will use your data to invite you to these experiences (but you have the right to ask us to stop). We will never present your data individually and it will always be reported in aggregate form (anonymized).

Privacy and Confidentiality: DIVERT will follow strict security practices and procedures required to ensure that your self-identification data will not be compromised. As such, all received data will be stored securely and only authorized personnel (i.e., the DIVERT Mental Health Program Manager and Nominated Principal Investigator) will be able to access your self-identification data. On occasion, when approved by the Administration and Management Committee, the Co-Chairs of other core DIVERT Mental Health Leadership Committees will be given permission. You have the right to withdraw your self-identification data at any time.

A. Indigenous Peoples within the geopolitical state of Canada identify as First Nation, Inuit or Métis. Based upon this definition, do you self-identify as Indigenous?*

Yes – Indigenous Peoples of Canada

Yes – But not living in the geopolitical state of Canada

I prefer not to answer

I self-identify as:*

First Nations

Métis

Inuit

B. How do you identify your race/identity/ethnicity?*

C. Persons with different abilities are those that have a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning impairment and: (a) who consider themselves to be at a disadvantage in employment by reason of that impairment, or (b) believe that an employer or potential employer is likely to consider them to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment. This also includes persons whose functional limitations owing to their impairment have been accommodated in their current job or workplace. Based upon this definition, do you self-identify as a person with a disability?*

Yes

I prefer not to answer

Is there anything DIVERT Mental Health can do to help accommodate your participation in our virtual or in-person activities?

D. What is your gender identity?*

Woman

Man

Trans*

Two-Spirit

Intersex

Gender Non-conforming

I prefer not to answer

Other

(Trans* includes, for example trans, transgender, transsexual, transwoman, transman)

As you selected 'Other', please specify:**

E. 2S/LGBQA+ is an acronym for persons who identify, for example as, two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, genderqueer, questioning, or who otherwise express sexual orientation diversity. Do you self-identify as 2S/LGBQA+?*

Yes

I prefer not to answer

F. Socioeconomic disadvantage is being tracked by DIVERT Mental Health, to help provide access to the ‘academia hidden curriculum’ that trainees and early career investigators often report not knowing because they were not raised in Canada or were raised in family environments that did not transmit this information. Please check all that apply*

I am a first generation Canadian

I came to North America because I or my family was claiming asylum or refugee status

I have lived experience with poverty (e.g., periods of time with food insecurity, personal or familial income that did not allow for safe housing, healthy food, health care)

Other types of disadvantage we have not asked about

I prefer not to answer

N/A

Please specify other types of disadvantage that we have not asked you about

Have you ever taken an official leave during your graduate studies or as an ECR?*

Yes

If yes, please denote the nature of the leave (i.e. parental, medical, other) and how long you were away total across all of your leaves.

Project Description

Please type in the space below: a 150-word (maximum 1000 characters) description of your project. Include goals, research questions, and why your project is important.*

Please type in the space below: a 150-word (maximum 1000 characters) explanation for how your project helps support the mission of making the mental health system more inclusive.*

Please type in the space below: a 150-word (maximum 1000 characters) explanation of how your project focuses on innovative digital/virtual or other technological approaches.*

Achievements/Awards

Please list your top five awards (e.g., most competitive, most prestigious, most meaningful to community). Indicate N/A if you have not received any.*

Title of Award, Date Awarded, Organization who Gave Award, Award Value (if applicable)

Peer-Reviewed Contributions (Papers)

Total number of first authored peer-reviewed papers (indicate 0 if you have no first-authored publications):*

Please list peer-reviewed papers in which you were first author:*

Total number of second authored or higher peer-reviewed papers (indicate 0 if you have no second author or higher-authored publications):*

Please list peer-reviewed papers in which you were second author or higher:*

Peer-Reviewed Contributions (Posters)

Total number of first authored peer-reviewed posters (indicate 0 if you have no first-authored posters):*

Please list peer-reviewed posters in which you were first author:*

Total number of second authored or higher peer-reviewed posters (indicate 0 if you have no second author or higher-authored posters):*

Please list peer-reviewed posters in which you were second author or higher:*

Community Advocacy and Knowledge Mobilization Activities

Total number of activities that you are involved in to support knowledge dissemination and mobilization outside of academia (indicate 0 if you have no activities that support this outside of academia):*

Please list all activities that you are involved in to support knowledge dissemination and mobilization outside of academia:*

Organization(s)/Collaboration(s), Activity/Title of Project, Timeline/Duration

Transcript

If a Master's or PhD student, please upload an up-to-date transcript.*

I am a Master’s or PhD Student

I am not a Master’s or PhD Student

Upload Transcript (Unofficial or Official)*

Max. file size: 2 GB.

Supervisor Approval Letter

Please upload a brief signed statement from your research supervisor (trainees) or department head (early career researchers) that states: (1) they support your application to join DIVERT Mental Health and they are aware of DIVERT's mission (supporting training in inclusive and technologically innovative mental health research and care); (2) confirming the title and project description you submitted above; (3) they are aware of the regular monthly commitments of all DIVERT fellows (i.e., attending monthly lectures, mentorship meetings, annual in-person meeting, etc.; approximately 2 hours a month). This letter must be on official institutional letterhead with their institutional email provided. This is NOT a reference letter.*

Max. file size: 2 GB.

Full Name*

Date*

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