Canadian Biomaterials Society
Société Canadienne des Biomatériaux

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• CBS Visiting Scholar Award
• CBS Merit & Travel Award
• WBC 2016 Legacy Postdoctoral Experience Award
• WBC 2016 Legacy Travel Award
• International Union Of Societies For Biomaterials Science And Engineering (IUS-BSE)
• CBS Lifetime Achievement Award
• CBS Early Career Investigator Award
• CBS Service Award

Biomaterials Awards
CBS Merit & Travel Award

Award Deadline: 2026-01-31

No application is required for CBS2025. All trainees who submit an abstract and are members of the CBS can indicate on their submission form that they wish to be considered for this award.

Tentative Award Notification: 2024-02-25

This award will support travel costs associated with the participation of trainees to a CBS annual meeting or a World Biomaterials Congress. 
Eligibility and Selection Criteria
•    Applicants must be registered full-time in an undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral program and be in good standing in their program at a Canadian university at the time of submitting their abstract to the meeting.
•    Applicants must submit an abstract to the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Biomaterials Society (or to the World Biomaterials Congress) and be a member of the Canadian Biomaterials Society at the time of the abstract submission.
•    Applicants may apply and receive awards over multiple years but only one award per year.
•    Awardees will be selected by the Awards Committee and based on the quality of abstracts. 
Application Procedure
•    For non-WBC years, all abstracts submitted by CBS trainees member will automatically be considered for CBS Merit and Travel awards (no application required)
•    For WBC years, applicants are asked to please complete the application form and submit the application form and abstracts via email to CBS secretary. 

Current Award Winners

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• Zahra Abdali (McGill University)
• Vahid Adibnia (Université de Montréal)
• Alaura Androschuk (University of Toronto)
• Jennifer Archibald (University of Ottawa)
• Ali Babar (McMaster University)
• Laura Bahlmann (University of Toronto)
• Markian Bahniuk (University of Alberta)
• Emilia Bakaic (McMaster University)
• Guangyu Bao (McGill University)
• Syeda Rubab Batool (Koc university )
• Kyle Battiston (University of Toronto)
• Kyle Battiston (University of Toronto)
• Kyle Battiston (University of Toronto)
• James Baylis (University of British Columbia)
• James Baylis (University of British Columbia)
• Claire Benwood (University of Victoria)
• Amanda Brissenden (Queen's University)
• Amanda Brissenden (Queen's University)
• Kathryne Brockman (University of Toronto)
• Dimitria Camasao (Université Laval)
• Camille Cassel de Camps (McGill University)
• Karen Chan (University of British Columbia)
• Karen Chan (University of British Columbia)
• Qiang Chang (University of Manitoba)
• Yiwen Chen (McGill University)
• Jane Cheung (University of Toronto)
• Patricia Comeau (University of Waterloo)
• Patricia Comeau (University of Waterloo)
• Patricia Comeau (University of Waterloo)
• Megan Cooke (McGill University)
• Francesco Copes (Université Laval)
• David Cortes (University of Ottawa)
• Shujun Cui (Université Laval)
• Nicholas Cunningham (École de technologie supérieure)
• Nicholas Cunningham (École de technologie supérieure)
• Benjamin Dalisson (McGill University)
• Locke Davenport Huyer (Dalhousie University)
• Laura De la Vega Reyes (University of Victoria)
• Yasaman Delaviz (University of Toronto)
• Sergio Diaz-Rodriguez (Université Laval)
• Sergio Diaz-Rodriguez (Université Laval)
• Nicholas DiStasio (McGill University)
• Mohamed Elkhodiry (McGill University)
• Felipe Eltit (University of British Columbia)
• Felipe Eltit (University of British Columbia)
• Cagla Eren Cimenci (University of Ottawa)
• Sajjad Fanaee (Dalhousie University)
• Maxime-Alexandre Ferko (University of Ottawa)
• Salvador Flores-Torres (McGill University)
• Salvador Flores-Torres (McGill University)
• Charles Fortier (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
• Tobias Fuehrmann (University of Toronto)
• Liangpeng Ge (Chongqing Academy of Animal Sciences)
• Armin Geraili (University of Toronto)
• Armin Geraili Nejadfomeshi (University of Western Ontario)
• souhaila ghadhab (Université Laval)
• Nawel Ghribi (Université Laval)
• Brent Godau (University of Victoria)
• Andrea Greschner (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique)
• Gabriele Griffanti (McGill University)
• Capucine Guyot (École de technologie supérieure)
• Capucine Guyot (École de technologie supérieure)
• Capucine Guyot (École de technologie supérieure)
• Matthew Hagen (Oregon Health & Science University)
• Tim Tian Han (Queen's University)
• Tim Tian Han (Queen's University)
• Katsuhiro Hosoyama (University of Ottawa)
• Ludivine HUGONI (Laboratoire de biomatériaux et bioingénierie)
• Vincent Huynh (McMaster University)
• Ghulam Jalani (McGill University)
• Alexander Jesmer (McMaster University)
• Nan Jia (Université Laval)
• Junzi Jiang (University of Manitoba)
  Injectable ADEP hyaluronic acid-chitosan hydrogels based on Schiff Base enhance angiogenesis, cell proliferation and promote skin regeneration
   
• Tao Jiang (McGill University)
• Hisham Kamoun (University of Western Ontario)
• Anna Kornmuller (University of Western Ontario)
• Jacqueline Kort-Mascort (McGill University)
• Jacqueline Kort-Mascort (McGill University)
• Drew Kuraitis ()
• Michael Lagowski (University of Toronto)
• Bryan Lee (McMaster University)
• Pauline Lequoy (École de technologie supérieure)
• Hugo Level (McGill University)
• Ievgenii Liashenko (University of Oregon)
• Christopher Ling (University of Toronto)
• Shuhan Liu (University of Manitoba)
  pH and reduction dual-sensitive copolymeric micelles for intracellular doxorubicin (DOX) delivery
   
• David Lomboni (University of Ottawa)
• Majid Lotfollahi (Université Laval)
• Caroline Loy (Université Laval)
• Haiming Daniel Luo (University of British Columbia)
• Haiming Daniel Luo (University of British Columbia)
• Zhenwei Ma (McGill University)
• Nataly Machado Siqueira (University of Toronto)
• Mathieu Maisani (Université Laval)
• Michael Majcher (McMaster University)
• Laura McKiel (Queen's University)
• Mina Mekhail (McGill University)
• Kibret Mequanint (University of Western Ontario)
• Bahram Mirani (University of Toronto)
• Bahram Mirani (University of Toronto)
• Arash Momeni (Dalhousie University)
• Arash Momeni (Dalhousie University)
• Dibakar Mondal (University of Waterloo)
• Dibakar Mondal (University of Waterloo)
• Dibakar Mondal (University of Waterloo)
• Vanessa Montano-Machado (Université Laval)
• Pascal Morissette Martin (University of Western Ontario)
• Pascal Morissette Martin (University of Western Ontario)
• Pascal Morissette Martin (University of Western Ontario)
• Eva Mueller (McMaster University)
• Eva Mueller (McMaster University)
• Jose Gil Munguia Lopez (McGill University)
• Carley Ort (McGill University)
• Krystal Ortaleza (University of Toronto)
• Hyeree Park (McGill University)
• Nele Pien (Université Laval)
• Nele Pien (Université Laval)
• Federica Ponti (Université Laval)
• Luis Eduardo Portillo Esquivel (McMaster University)
• Emilie Prouvé (Université Laval)
• Ronghui Qi (Queen's University)
• Maedeh Rahimnejad (Université de Montréal)
• Talena Rambarran (McMaster University)
• Ehsan Rezabeigi (Concordia University)
• Muhammad Rizwan (University of Waterloo)
• Matthew Robichaud (University of Waterloo)
• Vincent Roy (Université Laval)
• Jonathan Rubianto (University of Toronto)
• Gad Sabbatier (Université Laval)
• Somiraa Said (McMaster University)
• Zeina Salloum (University of Ottawa)
• Corin Seelemann (University of Waterloo)
• Fiona Serack (University of Western Ontario)
• Nadia Sharma (University of Western Ontario)
• Suja Shrestha (University of Toronto)
• Suja Shrestha (University of Toronto)
• Arthi Shridhar (University of Western Ontario)
• Sanya Siddiqui (McGill University)
• Gurankit Singh (University of Manitoba)
• Quinton Sirianni (University of Western Ontario)
• Karim Soliman (McMaster University)
• Alex Steeves (University of Ottawa)
• Alex Steeves (University of Ottawa)
• Evan Stefanek (University of Victoria)
• Cameron Stewart (University of Toronto)
• Alex Szojka (University of Alberta)
• Lily Takeuchi (University of British Columbia)
• Julia Terek (University of Western Ontario)
• Alexane Thibodeau (Université Laval)
• Shahin Torki (University of Manitoba)
• Francesco Touani Kameni (Université de Montréal)
• Samaneh Toufanian (McMaster University)
• Raymond Tran (McGill University)
• Eleni Tsekoura (University of Alberta)
• Juliana Valencia Serna (University of Alberta)
• Ratna Varma (University of Toronto)
• John Walker (University of Western Ontario)
• Qiong Wang (University of British Columbia)
• Brian Webb (University of Toronto)
• Kyla Wilson ()
• Kyla Wilson (University of Ottawa)
• Meghan Wright (University of Toronto)
• Fei XU (McMaster University)
• Fei XU (McMaster University)
• Fei XU (McMaster University)
• Yuan Yao (University of Waterloo)
• Hossein Yazdani Ahmadabadi (University of British Columbia)
• Stuart Young (Queen's University)
• Claire Yu (Queen's University)
• Kai Yu (University of British Columbia)
• Peiyu Yu (University of Manitoba)
• fatemeh zehtabi (École de technologie supérieure)
• Xingying Zhang (University of Manitoba)
• Yi Zhu (University of Toronto)