This full year course guides students through the fundamental steps in the creation of a research proposal, through monthly small group learning and a series of progressive structured lectures and assignments. Students are assigned to topic focused research groups and work with a tutor and complete an online research ethics module. The course culminates in the submission of a full research proposal. Students who successfully complete this course have demonstrated competence in the development and creation of a research proposal falling within one of the four pillars of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research: biomedical, clinical, health systems and services and population and public health.