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Congratulations to Roberto Charles, who won the 2025/26 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars from Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada
Roberto Charles won the 2025/26 Personnel Awards for Black Scholars (BSA).
Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada are supporting the 2025/26 Master’s Personnel Awards for Black Scholars in committing up to a total of $270,000. This award was established to support Black scholars of African or Caribbean heritage and/or ancestry in Canada, and was co-created with Black leaders at all career stages who supported Heart & Stroke in the development of this funding opportunity. The objective of the competition is to increase the number of highly-qualified Black trainees across Canada committed to working in the fields of heart and/or brain research.