Call for Student Researchers

2025 T-CAIREM Summer Research Program

T-CAIREM is committed to funding the next generation of researchers in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine. Our annual summer program introduces students in undergraduate and professional programs such as medicine to AI health research. We hope it encourages trainees from universities across Canada to pursue careers that use AI to make biomedical discoveries, improve clinical care, and create better health outcomes.

In 2025, 30 paid positions will be available for students. Students accepted into the program will carry out summer AI research projects under the supervision of a T-CAIREM member.

The application deadline is January 17, 2025 (Friday) by 11:59pm ET. The application must be filled out jointly by the trainee and the supervisor. 

Students will be required to work full-time for a minimum of 10 weeks between May 1, 2025 and August 31, 2025.

Please keep the following in mind:

• Trainees and supervisors MUST agree upon the start and end dates for the trainee.

• Research projects MUST be full-time and last for at least 10 weeks.

• Supervisors MUST be available to the trainee during work hours for the duration of the summer research program.

• Supervisors MUST ensure that the trainees submit a one-page abstract of their research findings to the T-CAIREM Centre Administrator before the mini-conference in early August. Students and supervisors will be reminded in advance via email. The supervisor should also guide students on how to write a complete scientific abstract. 

• To help the trainees expand their network, supervisors affiliated with a T-CAIREM Network partner will supervise UofT students. UofT supervisors may mentor UofT and non-UofT students.

Relevance to AI in Health

This funding program supports original research on the application of AI to biomedicine that could be published in biomedical journals and conference proceedings.

Research proposals can include any aspect of basic science, clinical, or population research relevant to AI and health, such as ethics, governance, policy, patient engagement, implementation science, developing new algorithms, and applying existing algorithms to new health problems, among others. 

Student Eligibility

• This program is not restricted to UofT students. 

• Students from any Canadian university who are currently enrolled in any undergraduate or professional degree (e.g. medicine) program may apply. (We encourage applications from students in any discipline.)

• Students from a Canadian university who will complete an undergraduate or medical degree program in May 2025 (but not earlier) or will be enrolled in a graduate degree program commencing September 2025 (but not earlier) may also apply.

• International students currently enrolled in an undergraduate or medical degree program at any Canadian university are eligible for this program if they are legally allowed to work in Canada.

• Students in course-based Master's degrees are eligible to apply. (If your course load is more than 60% of your degree, we'll consider that to be a course-based program.)

Students Not Eligible to Apply

• High school students. 

• Students who will complete an undergraduate or medical degree program by January 2025. 

• Students who are currently enrolled or will be enrolled in a research-based graduate degree program by May 2025.

• Students in research-based Master's degrees are not eligible to apply.

💰 Student Stipends

Student stipends will be at least $7,200 for the 10-week duration of program. T-CAIREM will provide the supervisor’s institution with $3,600. A minimum of $3,600 must be provided by the supervisor. 

Evaluation Criteria

Applications will be evaluated by the T-CAIREM Trainee Advancement and Development Committee according to the following criteria: 

• the research project, including relevance to AI in health 

• the training environment in which the student will carry out their research project 

• the student’s academic record 

• special accomplishments or attributes relevant to the student's application 

• equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations.

The Application Process

Step 1 - Find a Potential Supervisor 

Students must contact potential supervisors directly to discuss the possibility of a summer research position.

To help students find potential supervisors, we have compiled a PDF of researchers who plan on hiring summer students in 2025, as well as their research projects. (The PDF is updated as more supervisors list their research projects.) Students may also independently find a faculty supervisor who isn't on the PDF list of potential supervisors. Faculty supervisors who have listed their research projects are NOT automatically approved for funding. Each project is funded once the joint student-supervisor application has been approved by T-CAIREM.

The application deadline has passed, so we have removed the PDF of supervisor projects.

Step 2 - Submit an Application 

After the student has found a potential supervisor, the supervisor and student must jointly submit a completed application to T-CAIREM by the deadline. Students may not submit more than one application. 

Step 3 - Notification

T-CAIREM will notify students and their supervisors by Monday, March 3, 2025. Funding decisions will also be posted on this website.

Application Form 

Please submit a completed application form by the deadline using the link below. A maximum of two (2) applications may be submitted by each potential supervisor. However, only one studentship will be awarded per supervisor under normal circumstances.

Application Deadline: January 17, 2025 (Friday) by 11:59pm ET. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered. 

Other Terms

• Students may only apply for a maximum of one summer research project. 

• IMPORTANT:  All trainees selected for the Summer Research program must attend at least 75% of the seminars and are required to give a presentation of their work at the mid-term check-in and mini-conference. U of T medical students are also strongly encouraged to submit their work to MSRD. Failure to comply with the program’s requirements will result in future ineligibility of both the student and supervisor for T-CAIREM funding. 

• Successful applicants must acknowledge support from the “Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine, University of Toronto” in relevant presentations and publications resulting from the supported research. Failure to acknowledge this support will result in future ineligibility of both the student and supervisor for T-CAIREM funding.

For More Information

• Read our 2025 Call for Faculty Supervisors

• Video recording: 2024 information session to answer questions from potential applicants.

Click to watch info session recording

Previous Summer Research Students

Here are links to previous students who've participated in this program, along with their supervisors and summer research projects:

• 2024 Summer research students
• 2023 Summer research students
• 2022 Summer research students
• 2021 Summer research students

Contacts

Dr. Laura Rosella
T-CAIREM Education Lead

Zoryana Salo 
T-CAIREM Administrator