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Faculty of Health Research Support Office - Funding Opportunities Bulletin #77
Dear Researchers,
This latest bulletin is overflowing with exciting and important funding announcements. Please be reminded that the Conference Travel Fund application deadline is on Thursday, September 30,
2010. Please submit the application form and all supporting documentation to the Faculty of Health Research Support Office, 428 HNES (Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies building).
As always, please be in touch if you are interested in any of the opportunities in this bulletin, so that I can plan time to support your application.
All the best,Melesa
ANNOUNCEMENTSIMPORTANT TRI-COUNCIL DEADLINESSep 30 – Internal SSHRC SRG Incentive Deadline. ORS is continuing a program to provide a $100 incentive to those who hand in a complete and verified application to their Faculty Research Officer ten (10) working days in advance of the SSHRC SRG deadline.Oct 15 – SSHRC Standard Research Grant (Application Deadline)Oct 18 – Internal NSERC Discovery Grant Incentive Deadline. ORS is continuing a program to provide a $100 award to those who hand in a fully completed application to their Faculty Research Officer ten business days in advance of the NSERC Discovery Grant deadline.Oct 25 - NSERC RTINov 1 – NSERC Discovery Grants (Application Deadline)
SSHRC has released information regarding eligibility of applications related to health. All potential SSHRC applicants should review details at the link below.http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/apply-demande/background-renseignements/selecting_agency-choisir_organisme_subventionnaire-eng.aspx
Clarification on How to Calculate the HST/GST Rebate on Claims for ReimbursementExpenses incurred after July 1, 2010 will be eligible for a rebate, as follows:
1. Expenses which do not contain HST or GST are eligible for a rebate of 0%. These expenditures would typically be incurred outside Canada.
2. Expenses incurred within Canada containing HST will be eligible for a rebate of 7.8%, irregardless of whether the HST was charged in Ontario, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, or Newfoundland and Labrador.
3. Expenses incurred within Canada containing GST only will be eligible for a rebate of 2.58%, as in the past. (Generally those incurred in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, PEI, and territories.)
Note that all applicable forms have been revised and are posted on the Finance website. Finance
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is encouraging the use of the Receipt Itemization and Rebate Calculator Tool as it simplifies the calculation of the rebate.http://www.yorku.ca/finance/documents/rebate_calc.xls
CONTENTS
NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Canadian National Institute for the Blind: E. (Ben) and Mary Hochhausen Access
Technology Research Award Kidney Foundation of Canada: Allied Health Research Grants Kidney Foundation of Canada: Biomedical Research Grants Canadian Cancer Society: Social Media Interventions for Tobacco Prevention and
Cessation Grant The Foundation Fighting Blindness: Operating Grant Canadian Cancer Society: Interventions to Prevent Cancer Grant Competition CIHR: Catalyst Grant HIV/AIDS and co-morbidities CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Dissemination Events CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Dissemination Events - Fall 2010
Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas) CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement
(Fall 2010 Competition) CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement –
Fall 2010 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas) CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Partnerships for Health System
Improvement CIHR: Team Grant - Violence, Gender, and Health Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre: Level II Awards Psychology Beyond Borders (PBB): PBB Mission Awards Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Max Planck Society: Max Planck Research
Award Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation: Research Project Grant Program CIHR: Operating Grant - Gastroenterology / Nutrition (2010) Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre: Level III & IV Awards SSHRC: Aid to Research Workshops & Conferences The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation: Letters of Inquiry Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative: Grand Challenges Explorations Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): Pediatric Cancer Outcomes Initiative
(PCOI) Granting Competition Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: High Priority, Short-Term Award SSHRC: Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts Canadian Hemophilia Society: The Care Until Cure Research Program European Research Council: ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant – Social
Science & Humanities SSHRC Partnership Development Grants Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): Seed Grants Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Priority Research Grant Stem Cell Network: Public Policy & ELSI Research Core Program NIH: Basic Research on Self-Regulation (R21)
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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec (FRSQ) : Training Awards - Postdoctoral
Training NSERC: Postdoctoral Fellowships Program Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowships
INTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES York Ad Hoc Travel Grants to Conferences Faculty of Health Conference Travel Funds Dean’s Health Research Catalyst Award SSHRC Small Grants Faculty of Health: Specific Research Grant (leave) and Specific Research Grant (non-
leave) SSHRC Grant in Aid of Travel Faculty of Health: Minor Research Grants
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS IPE Ontario 2011: Call for Abstracts
ARCHIVED OPPORTUNITIES
DEADLINES AT A GLANCE Sep 24 – March of Dimes/Sanofi Pasteur: Jonas Salk AwardSep 24 – Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs – New Directions Research ProgramSep 27 - Echo: Incontinence in mid-life women: Developing evidence-based tools to aid in communication and decision-makingSep 27 – NSERC Idea to Innovation (I2I) ProgramSep 30 - Canadian National Institute for the Blind: E. (Ben) and Mary Hochhausen Access Technology Research AwardSep 30 – Faculty of Health Conference Travel FundsSep 30 – Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada: Massage Therapy Research FundSep 30 – IPE Ontario 2011: Call for AbstractsSep 30 - Kidney Foundation of Canada: Allied Health Research GrantsSep 30 - Kidney Foundation of Canada: Biomedical Research GrantsSep 30 – NAMM Foundation Program GrantsSep 30 – Pfizer Neuropathic Pain Research Awards ProgramOct 1 – American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Research GrantsOct 1 – American Psychological Association: Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant AwardOct 1 – Canada Gairdner Global Health AwardOct 1 – Canada Gairdner International AwardOct 1 – Canada Gairdner Wightman AwardOct 1 - Canadian Cancer Society: Social Media Interventions for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Grant
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Oct 1 – Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Research GrantsOct 1 - CIHR: Institute Community Support (ICS) Program - IHSPR Travel Awards for Trainees and New InvestigatorsOct 1 – CIHR Medical Imaging Clinical Trials NetworkOct 1 – Danone Institute: Grant-in-Aid 2010Oct 1 - The Foundation Fighting Blindness: Operating GrantOct 1 – International Diabetes Federation: Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and SystemsOct 1 – Ministry of Research & Innovation: Premier’s Catalyst AwardOct 1 – NCE 2011 Industrial Research & Development Internship (IRDI) ProgramOct 1 - Oncology Nursing Society: Neuro-Oncology Nursing Research Grant (RE01)Oct 1 - Oncology Nursing Society/Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing Research Grant (RE01)Oct 1 - Oncology Nursing Society: Trish Greene Research Grant (RE01)Oct 1 – Open Society Institute: Global Drug Policy Program GrantsOct 1 – The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: Career Investigator Transition AwardsOct 1 - The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: Junior Investigator Development AwardOct 1 - The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: The Career Scientist AwardOct 1 – The Scientific Research Society (Sigma Xi): The William Procter PrizeOct 1 – United States Institute of Peace: 2010 Annual Grant CompetitionOct 4 – SSHRC/Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC): Metropolis National Research CompetitionOct 5 - NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment Research Data (R01)Oct 5 – NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R01)Oct 8 - Canadian Cancer Society: Interventions to Prevent Cancer Grant CompetitionOct 8 – The National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation: 2011 Annual Research AwardsOct 13 – Research Council of Norway: The Leiv Eiriksson Mobility ProgrammeOct 15 – Canadian Cancer Society: Equipment Grants for New InvestigatorsOct 15 - Canadian Cancer Society: Grants for New InvestigatorsOct 15 - Canadian Cancer Society: Research GrantsOct 15 - CIHR: Catalyst Grant HIV/AIDS and co-morbiditiesOct 15 – CIHR: Meeting, Planning & Dissemination GrantsOct 15 - CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Dissemination Events Oct 15 - CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Dissemination Events - Fall 2010 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)Oct 15 - CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement (Fall 2010 Competition)Oct 15 - CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement – Fall 2010 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)Oct 15 - CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Partnerships for Health System ImprovementOct 15 - CIHR: Team Grant - Violence, Gender, and HealthOct 15 – Citizenship & Immigration Canada: Call for ProposalsOct 15 – Dean’s Health Research Catalyst AwardOct 15 – Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec (FRSQ): Training Awards – Postdoctoral TrainingOct 15 – NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowships ProgramOct 15 – Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre: Level II Awards
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Oct 15 - Psychology Beyond Borders (PBB): PBB Mission AwardsOct 15 – SSHRC Standard Research Grants (NOI)Oct 15 – Thrasher Research Fund: Early Career AwardsOct 16 – NIH: Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03)Oct 18 – J.P. Bickell Foundation – Medical Research ProgramOct 19 – American Health Assistance Foundation: Alzheimer Disease ResearchOct 20 - Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Max Planck Society: Max Planck Research AwardOct 22 – American Health Assistance Foundation: National Glaucoma Research – Standard AwardOct 22 - Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation: Research Project Grant ProgramOct 22 – CIHR Team Grant – HIV/AIDS Vaccine Discovery and Social ResearchOct 25 – NSERC Research Tools & Instruments (RTI) GrantsOct 29 – Association for International Cancer Research: Research GrantsOct 29 – Fondation Fyssen: International PrizeOct 29 – Ontario Mental Health Foundation: FellowshipsOct 29 - Ontario Mental Health Foundation: John Dewan PrizeOct 29 - Ontario Mental Health Foundation: Paul Christie Memorial PrizeOct 29 – Ontario Mental Health Foundation: Postdoctoral FellowshipsOct 31 – SSHRC Small GrantsNov 1 – CIHR Fellowship – Focus on Stroke (2010-2011)Nov 1 – CIHR Operating Grant – Gastroenterology/Nutrition Nov 1 – Danone Institute: Distinguished Nutrition Leadership Award 2011Nov 1 – Faculty of Health: Specific Research Grant (leave/non-leave)Nov 1 – HSFC/CIHR Chair in Hypertension Prevention & ControlNov 1 - HSFC: Focus on Stroke 10 Program (Research Fellowship)Nov 1 – HSFC: Jump Start Resuscitation ProgramNov 1 – NSERC Discovery Grants (Application Deadline)Nov 1 - Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre: Level III & IV AwardsNov 1 – SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops & ConferencesNov 1 – SSHRC Grant in Aid of TravelNov 1 - The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation: Letters of InquiryNov 2 – Government of Canada: Research Grant ProgramNov 2 – Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative: Grand Challenges ExplorationsNov 2 – Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): Pediatric Cancer Outcomes Initiative (PCOI) Granting CompetitionNov 3 – Banting Postdoctoral FellowshipsNov 3 – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: High Prioirty, Short-Term AwardNov 5 – Faculty of Health Minor Research GrantsNov 5 – Ministry of Research & Innovation: Premiere’s Discovery AwardNov 5 – SSHRC: Research/Creation Grants in Fine ArtsNov 10 – Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) – 2012 CompetitionNov 15 – Canadian Hempohilia Society: The Care Unitl Cure Research ProgramNov 15 – CIHR Network Catalyst GrantNov 15 – France in Canada – French Embassy: The France-Canada Research FundNov 24 – European Research Council: ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant – Social Science & HumanitiesNov 25 – SSHRC Partnership Development GrantsNov 26 – Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): Seed GrantsDec 1 – Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Priority Research GrantDec 3 – Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowships
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Dec 3 – Stem Cell Network: Public Policy & ELSI Research Core ProgramDec 6 – NIH Basic Research on Self-Regulation (R21)Dec 15 - York Ad Hoc: Travel Grants to ConferencesDec 17 – Ministry of Research & Innovation – Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence (ORF-RE): Water Round Research
Continuous Deadline Alcoa Foundation Weeden Foundation Population Program Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation: Research Grant North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Scientific and Environmental Affairs Division Autism Speaks: Trailblazer Award NATO Programme for Security Through Science Research Infrastructure Support: Computer
Networking - Networking Infrastructure Grants Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Decision Support Synthesis Program Spencer Foundation Research Programs Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP) Relation between Education and Social Opportunity Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Commissioned Activities: Policy Synthesis
Program OHTN Community-Based Research Capacity-Building Funds CPS Small Grants for Local and Regional Initiatives in Pain Education and Organizational
Development CIHR & Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Institute- Community Support
Program NSERC Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF) United Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation Wellcome Trust Programme Grants: Biomedical Science; Health Consequences of Population
Change Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation - Pilot Grants Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowships Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) Researcher Travel Grants NSERC Special Research Opportunity (SRO) Program CHEO Individual Professional Development Awards CHEO Group Professional Development Awards Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Research on Diagnostic Errors in Ambulatory Care
Settings Human Frontier Science Program Short-term Fellowships Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) – Workshop and Learning
Opportunities Grants Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) NSERC- Strategic Workshops Program Hunter’s Hope Foundation Major and Pilot Research Grants Canada/China Scholars Exchange Program International Strategic Opportunities Program DFAIT Going Global Science and Technology Fund DFAIT Global Commerce Support Program - Going Global Innovation CIHR President’s Fund
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Scottish Office Department of Health Visiting Fellowships ACCELERATE Ontario – Ontario’s Graduate Research Internship Program Max Bell Foundation Project Grants Alberta Gaming and Research Institute (AGRI) Institute Small Research Grants Canadian Heritage Multiculturalism Program Community Action Projects Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) Visiting Clinician Awards CCFF Visiting Scientist Awards CCFF Visiting Allied Health Professional Awards Max Bell Foundation's internship grants Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Conference Grant Mayday Fund of New York Grant for Pain Research Ontario Mental Health Foundation Grants for Publications, Conferences and Public Events American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Research Program Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers Humboldt foundation Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award
NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESCanadian National Institute for the Blind: E. (Ben) and Mary Hochhausen Access Technology Research AwardThe award was established by Ben and Mary Hochhausen to further their long-time volunteer and financial contribution to CNIB. This international award encourages research in the field of access technology for people living with vision loss. Awards may be applied to research projects, study at centres of excellence in technology, fellowships, development of prototypes, and development costs for bringing important new products to market.AMOUNT: $10,000DEADLINE: Candidates are invited to submit an initial application (a 200-word abstract) by September 30, for an initial review by the Trustees, to be followed by a formal and more detailed submission, only if requested by the trustees.WEBSITE: http://www.cnib.ca/en/research/funding/hochhausen/default.aspx
Kidney Foundation of Canada: Allied Health Research GrantsThe purpose of the Allied Health Research Grant is to encourage research, by allied health professionals, relevant to clinical practice in the areas of nephrology, urology, and organ donation (with a particular focus on increasing the number of kidneys available for transplantation). The foundation will consider only those applications where there is clear, demonstrated relevance to the mission of the foundation.AMOUNT: The grant may not exceed $50,000 per year for up to two years.ORS DEADLINE: September 30, 2010AGENCY DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.kidney.ca/Page.aspx?pid=364
Kidney Foundation of Canada: Biomedical Research GrantsThe Kidney Foundation of Canada has established a national goal of encouraging and supporting research that may further the current knowledge pertaining to the kidney and urinary tract or improve health in areas relevant to the Vision and Mission of the Foundation. Biomedical Research Grants provide financial support to medical researchers to assist in defraying the operating costs of research, which may include the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment and the payment of laboratory assistants.AMOUNT: Grants of up to $50,000 CAN per year are available for one, two, or three years.ORS DEADLINE: September 30, 2010
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AGENCY DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.kidney.ca/Page.aspx?pid=1645
Canadian Cancer Society: Social Media Interventions for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation GrantThe purpose of the Social Media Interventions for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation grants competition is to develop innovative tobacco cessation programs and programs that prevent people from taking up smoking by supporting studies of tobacco interventions and processes that utilize social media. Applications are invited from researchers working across numerous disciplines to undertake work that will modify tobacco use behaviours, thus affecting cancer risk related to a broad array of cancers. Successful applicants are expected to work in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society in order to accelerate the translation of the research results into the Society’s tobacco cessation and prevention programs. Social media is defined as conversations and interaction between people online through highly accessible and scalable web-based technologies. AMOUNT: Awards will be funded up to $125,000 per grant over a two-year term.LOI DEADLINE: October 1, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.cancer.ca/research/Grants%20and%20Awards/Social%20Media%20Interventions%20for%20Tobacco%20Prevention%20and%20Cessation.aspx?sc_lang=en
The Foundation Fighting Blindness: Operating GrantThe Foundation Fighting Blindness (FFB) supports and oversees promising research, ultimately to prevent vision loss and restore vision, thus enhancing the lives of those affected by blindness. It supports world-class research at prominent hospitals and universities across Canada, which is advancing discovery and knowledge of the causes, treatments and cures for genetic eye diseases that cause blindness.AMOUNT: FFB operating grants are typically 1-3 years in duration, granting $50,000-$100,000 per year.LOI DEADLINE: October 1, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 15, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.ffb.ca/research/grants_awards/og_app.html
Canadian Cancer Society: Interventions to Prevent Cancer Grant CompetitionThe purpose of the Canadian Cancer Society Prevention Initiative – Interventions to Prevent Cancer grants competition is to broaden the scope of currently-funded investigations on interventions to prevent cancer, including the translation of that research knowledge into evidence-based practices and policies. Applications are invited for social science, health policy, population health, health promotion and health services research aimed at identifying effective interventions that address behaviours or exposures that affect cancer risk and are likely to have an evaluable cancer prevention impact. Interventions to prevent cancer are defined as research to modify determinants of, and/or changes to, behaviours or exposures that affect cancer risk. AMOUNT: Awards will be made of up to $600,000 per project over a three-year term.LOI DEADLINE: October 8, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 7, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.cancer.ca/research/partnerships%20and%20programs/national%20programs/prevention/intervention%20to%20prevent%20cancer.aspx?sc_lang=en
CIHR: Catalyst Grant HIV/AIDS and co-morbiditiesThis funding opportunity is announced under the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity's HIV/AIDS Research Initiative and is focused on the Initiative's priority research theme of Issues of
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co-infection and co-morbidity. It is expected that this targeted investment will enable researchers to generate preliminary data, initiate new partnerships, and/or explore novel (high risk) research ideas towards enhancing the success of subsequent applications to the CIHR open and strategic competitions. As part of its Strategic Plan, the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative has identified six priority research themes including: Health systems, services and policy; Resilience, vulnerability and determinants of health; Prevention technologies and interventions; Drug development, toxicities and resistance; Pathogenesis; Issues of co-infection and co-morbidity.AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $100,000 per annum for up to one year.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1120&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Dissemination Events The CIHR Knowledge Translation (KT) Branch will provide support to dissemination events (e.g. meetings, workshops, symposia, etc.) that focus on the communication of health research evidence to the appropriate knowledge-user audience(s), tailoring the message and medium as appropriate. Events may focus on, for example:
Education of groups such as patients, health professionals, community organizations, policy-makers, the general public;
Knowledge dissemination that will inform practice, clinical care, policy and decision making;
Release of knowledge to relevant stakeholders prior to publication. AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $25,000 for up to one year.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1080&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Dissemination Events - Fall 2010 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)In this competition, funds are available to encourage and support applications in specific areas that are aligned with CIHR's research priority areas and mandates. CIHR Research Priority Areas:
Ethics HIV/Aids Improve Health and Promote Health Equity Infection and Immunity Knowledge Translation Nutrition, Metabolism & Diabetes
AMOUNT: Please see website for additional information.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1130&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
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CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement (Fall 2010 Competition)The Knowledge Translation (KT) Branch will provide supplemental funding for KT activities following the completion of a CIHR grant/award, or component of a grant/award, when it is appropriate to disseminate the results of the research beyond the traditional scientific community and using methods supplementary to publication in peer reviewed journals.AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $40,000 for up to one year.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1084&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement – Fall 2010 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)In this competition, funds are available to encourage and support applications in specific areas that are aligned with CIHR's research priority areas and mandates.CIHR Research Priority AreasEthics Health Services and Policy ResearchAMOUNT: Please see website for additional information.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1123&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant - Partnerships for Health System ImprovementPHSI is an innovative program for supporting applied and policy-relevant health systems and services research that is deemed high priority by Canada's health care decision makers. PHSI is well suited for action-oriented research projects that both add to the existing knowledge base and address high priority and policy-relevant health care and health systems problems. Activities eligible for funding may include, but are not limited to, the following examples:
Planning meetings between researchers and decision makers where the sharing of information takes place for the purpose of building partnerships with a view to applying to the PHSI program;
Gatherings of health researchers, non-researchers, and/or users of health research where the main objective is to facilitate collaboration among individuals or groups (for example, consensus meetings, planning and/or development meetings, networking and partnership development events) interested in applying to the PHSI program;
Activities that assist potential teams of researchers and decision makers in identifying emerging issues and priorities that could potentially be addressed by projects funded in the PHSI competition;
Opportunities for knowledge exchange involving stakeholder linkages (to inform practice, care, and/or policy) that could potentially lead to an application to the PHSI competition.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $15,000, per annum for up to one year.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1136&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
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CIHR: Team Grant - Violence, Gender, and HealthThe primary objective of this funding opportunity is to support expert teams composed of researchers and knowledge users to conduct research on violence, gender, and health.Relevant Research Areas
IGH will provide funding for team grant applications focused on violence, gender, and health. Teams are encouraged to align their research with one or more of the following research areas:
approaches and interventions to prevent and reduce violence and improve health outcomes across the lifespan;
contexts of vulnerabilities, resiliencies, and care in understudied groups; ecological approaches to understanding and addressing violence; evaluating knowledge translation and exchange in violence, gender, and health; pathways and processes of change in violence, gender, and health; and structural and systemic violence.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $300,000 per year over 5 years. Developmental grants of up to $10,000 may be offered, if requested, to successful applications at the Letter of Intent stage. Applicants must request development funds in their Letters of Intent.LOI DEADLINE: October 15, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1117&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
Ontario Problem Gambling Research CentreLevel II AwardsLevel II funding can be used for:
A stand-alone research project or pilot project; Conducting preliminary research in preparation for a Level III research project, such as
instrument development and testing; and Research tasks subsequent to a full research project, such as follow-up testing.
AMOUNT: Award maximums of $42,000 ($35,000 plus 20% overhead)DEADLINE: October 15, 2010
Psychology Beyond Borders (PBB): PBB Mission AwardsPsychology Beyond Borders (PBB) is seeking project proposals for the 2011 PBB Mission Awards. PBB is an international nonprofit organization focusing on the psychosocial impacts of terror attacks, armed conflicts, and natural disasters. The focus areas for the 2011 Mission Awards are as follows:
Repetitive and chronic exposure to disaster, including research into the effects of repeated exposure and specific intervention methods for repeatedly exposed populations.
The role of economic loss or empowerment in psychosocial issues post-disaster, including research on the role of financial stress in post-disaster recovery and the impact of small or large-scale development programs in recovery.
Preparedness and resilience, including research and service projects designed to teach and evaluate programs to prepare people for disasters and improve resilience, and including resilience-building programs delivered in the aftermath of an event.
Prevention, including research and service programs aimed at peacebuilding and nonviolent conflict resolution.
*PBB encourages applications from international organizations or individuals who represent diversity.
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AMOUNT: Projects of $5,000 to $15,000 (USD) will be funded with an expected project duration of one year (beginning January 2011). So that more projects may be funded, preference will be given to projects with smaller budgets that focus on a specific population or intervention (if applicable).DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://psychologybeyondborders.com/Content.aspx?p=MAOverview
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Max Planck Society: Max Planck Research AwardThe 2011 Max Planck Research Award will be awarded in the engineering sciences in the field of Intelligent Systems. Intelligent systems integrate information acquisition and processing, as well as target-oriented action, also under diffuse boundary conditions. Research in engineering science that deals with intelligent systems focuses on, among other things, making rational and human cognitive performance and procedures available for artificial inanimate and bio-hybrid systems by machines. Two research awards are to be conferred on internationally renowned scientific researchers every year. One of the awards is given to a researcher working in Germany and the other to a researcher working abroad.AMOUNT: As a rule, each award is endowed with 750,000 EUR and may be used over a period of three to a maximum of five yearsDEADLINE: October 20, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/6674.html
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation: Research Project Grant ProgramThis funding program provides operating support for laboratory and pre-clinical investigations; clinical projects and epidemiological studies; psychosocial, cancer control, survivorship, and health services research that demonstrates direct impact and relevance to breast cancer, and includes strategies for knowledge translation and dissemination. Proposed studies may include participatory community-based methodologies.AMOUNT: Projects may be up to three years in duration, with total budgets of up to $450,000 (maximum $150,000 per year).DEADLINE: October 22, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.cbcf.org/en-US/Ontario/Funding/Information%20for%20Applicants/Call%20for%20proposals%20-%20research.aspx
CIHR: Operating Grant - Gastroenterology / Nutrition (2010)The purpose of this initiative is to provide support, in collaboration with industry, to research programs in the area of gastroenterology. In addition, the intent of this initiative is to facilitate the translational objectives of CIHR, with particular interests in clinical research. Clinical research combines discoveries from the basic science laboratory incorporating the observations and insights of health professionals (a key aspect of translational research). It is the creation of new health knowledge and the translation of that knowledge from the research setting into applications where it ultimately impacts on the health of Canadians. CIHR-INMD and the CAG (representing the industry partners) will provide funding for applications that are determined to be relevant to the following research areas: Inflammatory Bowel Disease related research (Abbott, Merck); Upper gastrointestinal related research: Basic or clinical research related to the study,
diagnosis, or treatment of upper gastrointestinal disease. This includes, but is not limited to acid-related disease of the upper gastrointestinal tract (esophagus, stomach, duodenum), Helicobacter pylori, gastric and esophageal cancer, upper gastrointestinal variceal and non-variceal bleeding, Barrett's esophagus, stricture, esophageal motility, and related emerging diagnostic and therapeutic approaches (AstraZeneca);
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Some aspect of gastrointestinal endoscopy (i.e. endoscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic ultrasound, wireless capsule endoscopy) in the following areas: Clinical research (other than RCTs), including outcomes research. This might include (a) evaluation of new technologies, such as comparison with a "gold standard"; training evaluation; database/registries; quality initiatives; or assessment of competence; (b) research into therapeutic or diagnostic endoscopid techniques; and (c) knowledge transfer (Olympus).
AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $45,000 per annum for up to 2 years.DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1115&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
Ontario Problem Gambling Research CentreLevel III & IV AwardsThe purpose of the Level III and IV awards is to:
Enhance understanding of problem gambling; and Strengthen treatment and prevention practice through research Level IV awards are of greater monetary value and are designed for research requiring a
longer period of funding (up to three years) than Level III awards (up to one year) Applications for Level IV follow the same schedule and are subject to the same review
process as Level III.AMOUNT: Awards are for a period of up to one year with a maximum value of $175,000 per project for direct costs, and up to 20% of the requested amount for indirect costs (overhead).LOI DEADLINE: November 1, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 14, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.gamblingresearch.org/default.php
SSHRC: Aid to Research Workshops & Conferences Grants are available to help defray the costs of organizing workshops and conferences. Eligible expenses include administrative costs, travel and subsistence fees (but not honoraria), and production expenses related to the publication of workshop and conference proceedings.AMOUNT: Workshop grant is up to $25,000; conference grants are: Up to $20,000 for a conference of up to 200 participants Up to $35,000 for a conference of 201 to 400 participants Up to $50,000 for a conference of more than 400DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/conferences-colloques-eng.aspx
The Home Instead Senior Care Foundation: Letters of InquiryThis private foundation funds non-profit organizations that specialize in programs and services for seniors. Areas of interest for funding grants include the following: age-related research and development; scholarships; advocacy for the health and well-being of older adults; and programs that promote community inclusion for seniors, especially those facing the problem of isolation.AMOUNT: Grants have been awarded in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $25,000. Grant requests of more than $25,000 will be considered only in special circumstances. The average grant size is $10,393.DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.homeinsteadseniorcarefoundation.org/APPLICATIONS/Pages/default.aspx
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Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative: Grand Challenges ExplorationsEach round of the Grand Challenges Explorations initiative awards grants against a set of specific topics.In general, topics are chosen according to three major criteria:1. The topic fits within the goals of the Grand Challenges in Global Health and the goals and disease priorities of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;2. The topic contains a roadblock where radical, new thinking is needed for the discovery of an effective health solution;3. Potential projects within the topic are likely to be well suited for the phased structure of the initiative.In addition, we consider whether a topic will engage the participation from scientists outside traditional global health disciplines, as well as researchers working in the developing world.Topics for Grand Challenges Explorations Round 6 are:
Design New Approaches to Cure HIV Infection; Create the Next Generation of Sanitation Technologies; The Poliovirus Endgame: Create Ways to Accelerate, Sustain and Monitor Eradication; Create Low-Cost Cell Phone-Based Applications for Priority Health Conditions; Create New Technologies to Improve the Health of Mothers and Newborns.
AMOUNT: $100,000. Successful projects have the opportunity to receive a follow-on grant of up to $1 million.DEADLINE: November 2, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.grandchallenges.org/Explorations/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): Pediatric Cancer Outcomes Initiative (PCOI) Granting CompetitionThe Pediatric Cancer Outcomes Initiative (PCOI) is currently soliciting research projects examining the outcomes and/or impacts of pediatric cancer on the patient and/or family during the treatment and survivorship periods.AMOUNT: The PCOI will fund up to three grants of up to $150,000 each over two years.LOI DEADLINE: November 2, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 14, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.pogo.ca/research/trainingandresearchg/
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: High Priority, Short-Term AwardJDRF recognizes the need at this time to support the research of investigators whose research is being curtailed or delayed by failure to receive funding. It is beneficial and of mutual interest to both the scientific community and JDRF to keep these scientists in the field, to help them receive funding for their proposals, and to have them help accelerate the JDRF mission. This award will provide one year of funding for research grant applications that address a high priority research area for JDRF and scored within 10% of the funding payline for a review cycle of a research funding agency up to a year prior to the request to JDRF. The goal of this “bridge” funding is to help investigators generate additional supporting data for an amended, competitive application.ELIGIBILITY: Applications must hold an MD, DMD, DVM, PhD, or equivalent and have a faculty position or equivalent at a college, university, medial school, or other research facility.AMOUNT: Up to $55,000 for 1 year.DEADLINE: November 3, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207
SSHRC: Research/Creation Grants in Fine ArtsThe program invites artist-researchers affiliated with Canadian postsecondary institutions, within a
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broad range of disciplines, to apply for research grants of up to three years’ duration to support research/creation. A program of research/creation is defined as a sustained research enterprise that includes one or more projects or other components, and which is shaped by broad objectives for the advancement of knowledge in the fine arts, through the development or renewal of the field of artistic endeavour concerned. ELIGIBILITY: Only those who fulfill the definition of artist-researcher are eligible to apply to this program. Humanities and social science scholars affiliated with Canadian postsecondary institutions who engage in research/creation are also eligible to apply. Artist-researcher: A member of the faculty of a Canadian postsecondary institution whose work involves research, the creation of works of art, and the training of undergraduate and/or graduate students. Where their work is similar to that of full-time faculty, and where the institution agrees, this may include adjunct, part-time, sessional and emeritus faculty as well as university-employed curators.AMOUNT: Up to $100,000 per annum, but totaling not more than $250,000 in a three-year periodDEADLINE: November 5, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fine_arts-arts_lettres-eng.aspx#a4
Canadian Hemophilia Society: The Care Until Cure Research ProgramThis program allows Canadian investigators to conduct research on various medical and psychosocial aspects of bleeding disorders. Grants are given for clinical research, including outcome evaluation, in fields relevant to improving the quality of life of persons with hemophilia, persons with von Willebrand disease or other inherited bleeding disorders, persons with related conditions such as HIV or hepatitis C as well as carriers of an inherited bleeding disorder.For the 2011-2012 edition of the program, specific areas of interest have been identified:AREAS OF INTEREST:Hemophilia B:1. Epidemiology / burden of disease / outcome research2. Routine prophylaxis and preventative treatment3. Surgical prophylaxis, dosing4. Recovery experience (hemophilia B)5. Joint outcomes and optimizing therapyTransition and clinical issues:1. Treatment adherence to prescribed regiments2. Management of adolescent hemophilia patients3. Management of aging hemophilia populationClinical monitoring of hemophilia treatmentProduct switching experience:1. Rationale for switching products2. Inhibitor development and safety associated with switchesInhibitorsFactor VIII moleculeAntifibrinolyticsAMOUNT: Research operating grants are normally made for 1 or 2 year periods with a maximum amount of $75,000 per yearDEADLINE: November 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.hemophilia.ca/en/research/care-until-cure/general-conditions/
European Research Council: ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant – Social Science & HumanitiesERC Starting Independent Researcher Grants are designed to support researchers (PrincipalInvestigators) at the stage at which they are starting or consolidating their own independent
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research team or programme. The scheme will support the creation of independent andexcellent new individual research teams and will strengthen others that have been recentlycreated.The Social Sciences and Humanities research domain is divided into the following panels:
SH1 Individuals, institutions and markets: economics, finance and management SH2 Institutions, values, beliefs and behaviour: sociology, social anthropology, political
science, law, communication, social studies of science and technology SH3 Environment, space and population: environmental studies, demography, social
geography, urban and regional studies SH4 The Human Mind and its complexity: cognition, psychology, linguistics, philosophy
and education SH5 Cultures and cultural production: literature, visual and performing arts, music, cultural
and comparative studies SH6 The study of the human past: archaeology, history and memory
ACTIVITY LOCATION: The ERC grants are open to researchers from any country in the world. However, the ERC-funded research should be carried out in one of the 27 EU Member States or in one of the associated countries (Switzerland, Israel, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, Turkey, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Serbia, Albania and Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Faroe Islands).ELIGIBILITY: The PrincipalInvestigator must have been awarded their first PhD at least 2 and up to 12 years prior to the publication date of the call for proposals of the ERC Starting Grant. However, Principal Investigators who were awarded their first PhD more than 12 years prior to thepublication date of the call may still be eligible in certain properly documented circumstances such as maternity.AMOUNT: Normally, the maximum grant will be EUR 1 500 000 for a period of 5 years (pro rata for projects of shorter duration). However, an additional EUR 500 000 can be made available tocover (a) eligible “start-up” costs for Principal Investigators moving from a third country tothe EU or an associated country or (b) the purchase of major equipment.DEADLINE: November 24, 2010 WEBSITE: http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.ideasDetailsCallPage&call_id=347#infopack
SSHRC Partnership Development GrantsPartnership Development Grants provide support to:
develop research and related activities in the social sciences and humanities, including knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of students and new scholars, by fostering new research partnership activities involving existing and/or potential partners; or
design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that may result in best practices or models that either can be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up at a regional, national or international level.
AMOUNT: Requests for support from SSHRC would typically be in the range of $75,000 to $200,000 over a period of one to three years, with requests for lower or higher amounts considered.DEADLINE: November 25, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/partnership_development_grants-bourses_partenariat_developpement-eng.aspx
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): Seed GrantsPOGO's Research Unit offers a small number of seed grants intended to facilitate or support research that may either provide preliminary or feasibility data for a subsequent grant application or be self-sufficient. The subject matter of the seed grants should either fall within one of the
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PRU's research pillars (epidemiology, health services research, economics, quality of life/status of survivors) or demonstrate relevance to the goals and objectives of POGO.AMOUNT: Up to $15,000.DEADLINE: November 26, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.pogo.ca/research/trainingandresearchg/
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Priority Research GrantThe purpose of the Priority Research Grant mechanism is to provide investigators with support toexplore the feasibility and development of proposals that are considered to be on the leading edge of diabetes research and that address the JDRF research emphasis areas. Proposals that have the potential to impact the current state of diabetes research or that clearly lead to avenues of therapeutic benefit are major considerations for the Priority Research Grant. Also of merit are exploratory proposals that may or may not have sufficient preliminary data but have a sound research development plan that is considered to be of high priority to JDRF. The Priority Research grant mechanism is specifically intended to support innovative proposals that can be developed to a level of maturity where generated data strengthens future research project grant applications for ongoing support.Priority Areas
Immune Therapies Beta Cell Therapies Complications Therapies Glucose Control
AMOUNT: Up to $165,000 a year for three years.LOI DEADLINE: December 1, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 21, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.jdrf.org/index.cfm?page_id=103207
Stem Cell Network: Public Policy & ELSI Research Core ProgramCore projects focused on Public Policy and Ethical, Legal and Social Issues related to the field of stem cell research are large multidisciplinary initiatives (minimum of 4-5 investigators) that pursue integrated goal-directed programs to address major research outcomes. While projects are not required to form partnerships with industry, proposals must include specific plans to engage receptors such as basic scientists, NGOs & Industry representatives, policy makers or the public, as part of their research approach. Projects may contain several of, but not necessarily be restricted to, the following components: Autonomy/Privacy; Patient rights and access to therapies; Commercialization and intellectual property, including benefit sharing; Economic impact assessments; Stem cell tourism and unproven therapies; Incentives and impediments for translational research; Challenges to market acceptance of stem cell therapies; Risk analysis relating to clinical trials; Market failure for private investment in regenerative medicine; Role of Developing Countries in Stem Cell Research; Health policy and regulation; Interoperability and international governance; Research ethics; Regulatory challenges associated with stem cell therapies.AMOUNT: Projects are funded for 3.5 years (from October 1, 2011 to March 31, 2015) with a total envelope of up to $350,000 per team.REGISTRATION DEADLINE: investigators must request an application form by December 3, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 13, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.stemcellnetwork.ca/index.php?page=public-policy-elsi&hl=eng
NIH: Basic Research on Self-Regulation (R21)
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This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network (OppNet), solicits exploratory/developmental (R21) research applications examining basic mechanisms of self-regulation. The intent of this FOA is to advance research on basic processes and mechanisms of self-regulation, capitalizing on recent advances in methods and theory from the psychological (social, personality, developmental), economic, neuroscience, sociocultural, and other behavioral and social science literatures. The current lack of consistency and conceptual integration in how self-regulation is studied across a range of disciplines hinders our understanding of the basic mechanisms underlying many important health and developmental outcomes. Applications submitted to this FOA are expected to address one or more of the following basic behavioral and social science research (b-BSSR) challenges: (1) to precisely identify and operationally reconcile the basic processes and mechanisms involved in self-regulation of cognition, emotion, and behavior, and refine their measurement and theoretical conceptualizations, (2) to assess relations among various self-regulatory functions and their sub-components, and (3) to systematically characterize changes in self-regulatory functions over time, across different social and environmental contexts, and across the lifespan in both men and women. Proposals are expected to engage investigators working at multiple levels of analysis and across disparate literature.AMOUNT: This FOA will utilize the R21 award mechanism. Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over a two-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in any single year.DEADLINE: December 6, 2010WEBSITE: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-11-010.html
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESFonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec (FRSQ) : Training Awards - Postdoctoral TrainingThis program is designed for Québec doctorate (Ph.D.) holders to enhance their training and broaden their fields of interest. Applicants must pursue full-time postdoctoral training in health sciences research at an internationally recognized research environment. An applicant must be supervised by an independent investigator, and must choose a different host university from the university at which he or she earned his or her Ph.D. (preferably outside Québec) and must choose a different supervisor from that of the doctorate. The FRSQ's mission is to support studies into human biology and biological dysfunction. It funds research on disease incidence, causes, mechanisms and treatment so as to improve individual and population health and further Québec's economic development. Applicable research fields include the following:
Aging Cancer Child, Youth and Maternal Health Circulatory and Respiratory Health Gender and Health Health Services Human Genetics Infection and Immunity Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction Nutrition and Metabolism Population Health
Specific themes funded by partners are listed below: Infectious diseases and AIDS
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Optimal drug use Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis Transfusion medicine and biovigilance Prevention of chronic diseases Alzheimer's disease Trauma
AMOUNT : Applicants with a Ph.D. receive $30,000 per year. Applicants with a professional degree receive $30,000-$39,323 per year, depending on the year the degree was earned. Awards granted for internships out of Québec will be adjusted upwards of an amount of $15,000.DEADLINE : October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/en/financement/Programmes_2011_2012/f06_fiche_poste_3e_cycle.shtml
NSERC: Postdoctoral Fellowships ProgramThe Postdoctoral Fellowships Program provides support to a core of the most promising researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. The fellowships are also intended to secure a supply of highly qualified Canadians with leading edge scientific and research skills for Canadian industry, government and universities. NSERC encourages qualified Aboriginal students who are interested in the program to apply. ELIGIBILITY: To be considered eligible for support, as of the deadline date of the year in which you apply, you must:
be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada; and hold or expect to hold a doctorate in one of the fields of research that NSERC supports.
For complete eligibility requirements please see the NSERC website.AMOUNT: $40,000 per year for two years.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PD-NP/PDF-BP_eng.asp
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO): PhD/Post Doctoral FellowshipsThe PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowship will be awarded to either an applicant working toward a PhD or to a post doctoral research candidate, with a background in any of the relevant disciplines (including medicine and nursing). While applicants may have training and/or experience in areas not directly related to POGO activities, they will be required to demonstrate relevance to pediatric oncology.AMOUNT: $45,000 yearly salary. Ability to apply for $5,000 in project-specific one-time operating support. Fellowships may be one or two years in duration.DEADLINE: December 3, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.pogo.ca/research/trainingandresearchg/
INTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESYork Ad Hoc Travel Grants to ConferencesFull-time faculty members may apply for travel grants to national and international conferences at which a substantial presentation will be made. This is a last resort fund. AMOUNT: Awards will be made up to the cost of return minimum airfare. DEADLINE: December 15, March 15 and June 15, September 15WEBSITE: http://www.research.yorku.ca/securehome/research_services/apply_for_funding/internal_funding/Fillable_Forms/index.html
Faculty of Health Conference Travel Funds
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Conference travel funds are awarded to full-time faculty members to offset the cost of travel to conferences where a paper is being presented. Faculty members may apply for up to $1,000 per fiscal year (May 1 – April 30). Deadline: Applications will be considered twice a year, on September 30 and April 30. If the deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or statutory holiday, applications will be accepted on the next working day.Value: Up to $1000.00 per fiscal year.Eligibility: Only YUFA members are eligible to apply.
Dean’s Health Research Catalyst AwardThe aim of this award is to support faculty members via course release in developing and advancing their research program. This award is designed to encourage innovative, cross-cutting collaborative research that is likely to attract external funding. It is intended to recognize merit in research or creative work by providing an individual scholar with an enhanced opportunity to engage in projects requiring intensive effort that otherwise may not be possible.AMOUNT: The funding will be primarily in the form of a half-course (or possibly full-course) teaching releaseDEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.yorku.ca/health/research_funding.html
SSHRC Small GrantsThe objective of the SSHRC Small Grant Program is to provide support to full-time faculty members and professional librarians in the humanities and social sciences for pilot studies, young faculty, ‘opportunistic’ small projects, to round out work on larger projects, and projects not readily funded elsewhere. AMOUNT: Up to $4,000 for one year. DEADLINE: October 31WEBSITE: http://www.yorku.ca/research/support/internalgrants/index.html
Faculty of Health: Specific Research Grant (leave) and Specific Research Grant (non-leave) This program permits, under certain conditions, a researcher to receive a research grant in lieu of salary. The expenditures proposed must be warranted in the context of the research outlined and may not be duplicated in any other grants received by the researcher. Please note that there are tax and pension implications associated with this program.DEADLINE: Nov 1, Feb 1 annually. If the deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or statutory holiday, applications will be accepted on the next working day.WEBSITE: http://www.yorku.ca/health/research_funding.html
SSHRC Grant in Aid of TravelThe objective of this grant is to provide assistance for attendance at national and international scholarly conferences for which the applicant is giving a paper or featured at a solo or 2 person opening of an exhibition, a principal screening, premier performance of dance, theatre or musical productions.AMOUNT: Generally, up to a minimum APEX or Charter Class airfare.DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.yorku.ca/research/support/internalgrants/index.html
Faculty of Health: Minor Research GrantsMinor research grants are available to assist faculty in conducting research projects that do not require or are not eligible for major resources, including, but not limited to:
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• Pilot studies for the initiation of programs for which outside grant applications may be submitted
• Limited emergency support of research projects• Supplementary funding to cover limited additional costs of projects nearing completion and
already supported by external fundsAMOUNT: Up to $3,000DEADLINE: November 5, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.yorku.ca/health/research_funding.html
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPSIPE Ontario 2011: Call for AbstractsThis conference is for health care and health education policy makers, regulators, leaders,educators and practitioners to share best practices, innovations and research findings ofinterprofessional education and practice for Ontario and beyond. Participants are invited to submitabstracts for oral presentations, workshops, or posters of projects and research relevant to thefollowing conference themes:1. Theory Building, Research & Evaluation2. Impact and Sustainability3. At the Interface of Education and Practice4. Exploring Intraprofessional and Interprofessional ContextsAbstracts should be no more than 250 words and should include financial disclosure.To submit an abstract go to:http://abstracts.cepdtoronto.caABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 30, 2010DATE OF CONFERENCE: January 23-25, 2011LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: University of Toronto Conference Centre 89 Chestnut Street, Toronto, ONCONFERENCE REGISTRATION: Register online at: www.ipeontario.ca
ARCHIVE: Deadlines- Previous bulletins FUNDING OPPORTUNITIESSep 23 - Foundation Jerome Lejeune - Jerome Lejeune FoundationThese grants are intended to lead to the discovery of treatments improving the capacity of patients with genetic diseases with intellectual disabilities, especially trisomy 21.AMOUNT: not specifiedDEADLINE: September 23, 2010WEBSITE: http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.fondationlejeune.org/&ei=XbtoSpqVDZTWNeei3YMP&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3DFoundation%2BJerome%2BLejeune%26hl%3Den
Sep 24 - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs – New Directions Research ProgramThe Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) is issuing the 2010/11 Call for Letters of Intent (LOI) for the New Directions Research Program. This program supports novel research leading to innovations and/or new knowledge that benefit Ontario’s agri-food and rural sectors. Letters of Intent are solicited that will generate new knowledge and/or technologies in the following areas:
Emerging Markets (Organic and Ethnic Markets) Water Management Agri-food Value Chains
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Food Processing – Competitiveness, Challenges and OpportunitiesNOTE: A pre-submission consultation meeting will be held on Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. A teleconference option will be available. To register, please contact Kathleen Basciano ([email protected]) or to obtain further information, please contact Ainsley Archer at 519-826-3976 or [email protected]: Not specifiedORS LOI DEADLINE: September 10, 2010AGENCY LOI DEADLINE: September 24, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 30, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/research/new_directions/index.html
Sep 27 - Echo: Incontinence in mid-life women: Developing evidence-based tools to aid in communication and decision-makingThe following objectives are mandatory. Applicants are welcome to submit additional objectives(1) To develop a knowledge-base about women‟s incontinence needs from the literature (in addition to that identified in this RFA) and key informants;(2) To identify the most appropriate decision-aid tool(s) for women experiencing incontinence through the literature and key informants;(3) To develop a tool(s) to support women in relation to: a) understanding incontinence; b) talking to their family physician/health care providers about their incontinence; and c) making decisions about treatment for their incontinence;(4) To test the tool(s), refine, and support awareness of the tool with diverse stakeholders (i.e., Ontario women, practitioners, policy makers);(5) To engage research participants from across Ontario; and(6) To prepare a final report for Echo that shares the knowledge gained from the previous objectives, offer further insights and makes recommendations for knowledge translation, policy changes, programming, or research on treatment options for incontinence in women.AMOUNT: $50,000REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Echo requires that those considering applying for this RFA should contact the appropriate KT specialist for this project who is Simone Kaptein ([email protected]; 416-597-9687 x230; 1-888-597-3246 x230) by September 27th 2010.APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 11, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.echo-ontario.ca./echo/en/component/content/article/154.html?cm_mid=571399&cm_crmid=7518f373-cb49-df11-9a58-02bf0a064bec&cm_medium=email
Sep 27 - NSERC: Idea to Innovation (I2I) ProgramThe program provides funding to college and university faculty members, through defined stages, for research and development activities leading to technology transfer to a new or established Canadian company. Four distinct funding options are proposed, which are characterized by the maturity of the technology or the involvement of an early-stage investment entity or an industrial partner. These options are limited in time. In the Market Assessment, NSERC will share costs of an independent and professional market study with the institutions (including industry liaison office [ILO]). In the Phase I, the direct costs of research will be entirely supported by NSERC; in the Phase II, they will be shared with a private partner. The technology development may begin with a Phase I (Reduction-to-Practice Stage – i.e., demonstrating that the innovation is sufficiently tested and will work for its intended purpose) project followed by a Phase II (Technology Enhancement) project or, if the development is at a later stage, it can start directly with a Phase II project. In any case, the combination of Phase I and Phase II will be limited to a maximum of three years' funding for any given project.AMOUNT: Varies depending on the type of project. See website for details.DEADLINE: September 27, 2010
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WEBSITE: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/I2I-INNOV_eng.asp
Sep 30 - Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada: Massage Therapy Research FundThe Holistic Health Research Foundation of Canada invites applications in:
clinical research (primary focus) mechanisms of action and policy issues (secondary focus)
Studies may be qualitative, quantitative, or mixed method. Initially, funding preference will be given to smaller, pilot, or creative study designs. In this way, the MTRF aims to assist the scientific and massage communities in building a foundation for the eventual construction of more complicated research projects.AMOUNT: A total funding amount of $50,000 is offered. Grant applications up to $15,000 will be considered.ORS DEADLINE: September 17, 2010 AGENCY DEADLINE: September 30, 2010 at 5 p.m. ETWEBSITE: http://www.holistichealthresearch.ca/massagefund.gk
Sep 30 - NAMM Foundation Program GrantsThe NAMM Foundation provides grants to worthy programs that advance access to music education and music making for people of all ages. The NAMM Foundation supports programs for people of all ages that utilize music-making materials, are replicable as regional, national orinternational models, and include outcomes and impact measures, including the following: Group music programs with non-performance-based outcome goals, including group-based
music programs facilitated within senior homes, hospitals, youth groups, parks, etc. that provide a positive music-making experience to all participants regardless of prior experience
Integrated music-making programs, including programs that train non-music educators to utilize basic music making to teach other core subjects such as math, history, world cultures, science, literature, citizenship, etc.
Programs that train music educators to supplement their existing programs with non-traditional methods, instruments or technologies allowing them to teach music to students who may not be interested in the traditional band and orchestra programs
After-school music programs including “drop-in” music-making activities facilitated by music-trained youth service personnel
Programs that train music educators to utilize group-based informal music making as an after-school youth development and/or community-building tool
Projects and programs that serve specific demographics, expand the market for music products, are replicable, provide measurable results and are self-sustaining
Interim and final reports, including budget reports, are required for every grant awarAMOUNT: The average program grant range has been $20,000 - $40,000LOI DEADLINE: September 30, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.nammfoundation.org/grant-information/namm-foundation-funding-guidelines
Sep 30 - Pfizer Neuropathic Pain Research Awards ProgramPfizer Canada is strongly committed to improving lives of Canadian patients suffering from neuropathic pain (NeP) and is pleased to support Canadian medical innovation through the Pfizer NeP research grant competition. This competition program aims to fund and support independent NeP research in the areas of basic biomedical, clinical and health service and systems sciences.AMOUNT: Up to $150,000DEADLINE: September 30, 2010
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WEBSITE: https://pfizercns.ca/en/
Oct 1 - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses: Research GrantsImpact Research GrantThe program was designed to address gaps in acute and/or critical care areas of clinical research. The grants will ensure the pipeline for research that is vital to AACN’s research translation resources such as protocols and practice alerts. In evaluations of our evidence-based resources needed areas of future research are outlined and identified. In addition the new grant will facilitate research to support other AACN priorities such as describing the impact of family presence, influencing nurse certification or implementing standards for healthy work environments.AMOUNT: Up to $50,000AACN-Philips Medical Systems Clinical Outcomes GrantQualified proposals should seek to achieve improved outcomes and/or system efficiencies in care of acute or critically ill individuals of any age. Especially desirable are proposals for hospital-based inquiry that focuses on any of the following:
o Intervention strategies addressing technology integration into patient care o Use of computerized medical record systems in assessing patient outcomes and
managing care o Improving specific patient care outcomes (e.g., clinical, safety, financial) o Use of simulation in clinical education of nurses o One or more of the 2006 National Patient Safety Goals issued by the Joint Commission
(http://www.jointcommission.org/)AMOUNT: $10,000DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.aacn.org/WD/Practice/Content/grant-large.pcms?menu=practice
Oct 1 - Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Research GrantsResearch grants are intended to facilitate the scientific investigation of all aspects of cystic fibrosis. Research grants are awarded for a term of one, two, or, in a limited number of instances, three years.AMOUNT: The amount of a grant will be determined by the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee, following a detailed review of the applicant's proposed budget.NOI DEADLINE: August 3, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.cysticfibrosis.ca/en/research/researchgrants.php
Oct 1 - CIHR: Institute Community Support (ICS) Program - IHSPR Travel Awards for Trainees and New InvestigatorsThe new ICS Program is designed to foster community development by providing grants and awards to individuals and organizations for the purposes of aiding research and knowledge translation activities where the circumstances fall outside CIHR's programs; and supporting organizations and activities whose goals are consistent with the institute's and CIHR's vision, mandate and strategic directions. Key highlights of the program include support for travel awards for trainees and new investigators, and support for health services and policy research community development activities. IHSPR will provide travel awards in the 2010 to 2011 fiscal year for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and new investigators to attend and present their research at meetings, conferences (including international conferences) and/or symposia that align with the Institute's mandate and advance their professional development and/or knowledge translation initiatives in health services and policy research.
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ELIGIBILITY: The grants are for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and new investigators. The applicant must be the first author and presenter of the oral communication or poster. Priority will be given to first-time applicants. AMOUNT: $1000.00DEADLINE: June 2, 2010; October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/38476.html
Oct 1 - CIHR: Medical Imaging Clinical Trials NetworkThe objectives of this RFA are:
to support the creation of a single Medical Imaging Clinical Trials Network that will serve to link existing centres, medical disciplines and isotope-based imaging modalities. The network will initially address the objectives of the Federal "Isotope Supply Initiative", which are focused on reducing our clinical reliance on the 99mTc currently produced by nuclear reactors and may provide an opportunity for expanding the scope of clinical trials currently being developed by the teams funded under the "Alternatives Radiopharmaceuticals for Medical Imaging RFA". The network will facilitate the coordination of imaging clinical trials and enable the clinical evaluation of new or improved imaging technologies and their uptake into routine patient care. The network will take into consideration the full spectrum of clinical care from prevention to palliation with an emphasis on meeting the needs of the end-users of the technologies and patient populations;
to establish a national, sustainable imaging clinical trials network that will provide a clinical platform for imaging research in Canada and facilitate the evaluation of existing and new biomarkers that demonstrate clinical relevance in disease diagnosis, monitoring therapeutic response, or patient stratification leading to customized care;
to engage partners, from the onset, to ensure the sustainability of the network and provide ongoing support for clinical trials;
to establish an administrative hub and management structure that will manage: o Protocol design; o Biostatistical services; o Data and image transmission, storage, and management; o Development and maintenance of standards; o Quality assurance; o Data analysis through modality and/or disease specific core laboratories.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $4.7 million per year for two years.LOI DEADLINE: October 1, 2010PRE-APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1, 2010REVISED APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 24, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1091&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
Oct 1 - Danone Institue: Grant-in-Aid 2010The purpose of this grant is to encourage research focussed on or leading to improved nutrition behaviour during pregnancy, childhood and adolescence. Projects involving evaluation of nutrition education strategies and communication practices are also considered for support.AMOUNT: $50,000DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.danoneinstitute.ca/en/award/subventions.aspx
Oct 1 - International Diabetes Federation: Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global
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Environments and SystemsRelevant topics include: Methods to improve health care delivery for patients with or at risk of diabetes Strategies to enhance diabetes self management Methods to develop strategies to promote healthy lifestyles to reduce the risk of diabetes New cost effective ways to identify people with pre-diabetes and treat diabetes Important considerations are the cost-effectiveness and sustainability of the intervention(s)
proposed and the ability of interventions to be widely disseminated in settings such as representative health care systems, schools, worksites or other community settings.
Proposals focusing on high risk and underserved populations disproportionately affected by diabetes are encouraged. Proposals in which the main focus is on development and validation of culturally appropriate materials are not considered responsive.AMOUNT: Short-term projects for a maximum duration of 2 years and a maximum amount of USD 65,000. Long term projects for a maximum duration of 3 years and a maximum amount of USD 400,000. LOI DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.idfbridges.org/general-information
Oct 1 - NCE – 2011 Industrial Research and Development Internship (IRDI) ProgramThe IRDI program provides funding to successful recipient organizations which match graduate students and post-doctoral fellows with private sector organizations for private sector research internships. The interns work on research projects jointly developed by their industrial partner and academic supervisor. Specific outcomes of this program include: Immediate Outcomes (during award period) • S&T graduates exposed to real world business problems. • Private sector exposure to S&T benefits. • New S&T solutions developed for business needs. • Strengthened linkages between business and universities. • Increased number of graduates with research, user-sector skills and know-how. • Enhanced use of S&T graduates by the private sector. • New positions for S&T graduates.Intermediate/Long Term Outcomes • Increased private sector investment in S&T. • Longer term S&T positions created by business, i.e., more job opportunities in Canada for S&T graduates. • Change in business culture that will lead to increased and sustainable business S&T activities, and long term university private sector collaborationsAMOUNT: Funds will be made available to cover the administrative expenses of delivering the IRDI program and the expenses of the stipends paid to interns. The amount of the grant funds provided to each recipient organization will depend on the nature of the proposed initiative.ORS EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST DEADLINE: August 20, 2010AGENCY EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST DEADLINE: September 1, 2010ORS APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2010AGENCY APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 13, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.nce-rce.gc.ca/Competitions-Competitions/Current-EnVigueur/IRDI-2011/Index_eng.asp
Oct 1 - Oncology Nursing Society: Neuro-Oncology Nursing Research Grant (RE01)The purpose of this grant is to support neuro-oncology nursing research.AMOUNT: $10,000LOI DEADLINE: September 1, 2010
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.ons.org/Awards/FoundationAwards/NeuroOncology
Oct 1 - Oncology Nursing Society/Sigma Theta Tau International Foundation for Nursing Research Grant (RE01)The purpose of this grant is to stimulate oncology nursing research. The author is encouraged to publish research results in the Oncology Nursing Forum or Sigma Theta Tau's international publication.AMOUNT: $10,000LOI DEADLINE: September 1, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://ons.org/Awards/FoundationAwards/InternationalFnd
Oct 1 - Oncology Nursing Society: Trish Greene Research Grant (RE01)The purpose of this grant is to promote oncology nursing research in the areas of pain assessment and pain management. Note: If drug therapy is part of the research design, a Purdue Pharma, L.P. product must be used in at least one area of the treatments being employed.AMOUNT: $10,000LOI DEADLINE: September 1, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.ons.org/Awards/FoundationAwards/TrishGreene
Oct 1 - Open Society Institute: Global Drug Policy Program GrantsThe Open Society Institute Global Drug Policy Program aims to broaden, diversify and consolidate the network of organizations actively challenging the current state of international drug policy. Stemming from the notion that the "war on drugs" is actually a "war on drug users," the program advocates a more balanced approach in international drug policy with a greater focus on human rights. The program is dedicated to utilizing scientific evidence and input from organizations and individuals engaged in and affected by drug use and drug policy in the development of policy recommendations.AMOUNT: While the program does not have upper or lower funding brackets, projects are expected to demonstrate co-funding. The Global Drug Policy program funds projects which do not exceed one year.DEADLINE: The program will accept applications on a rolling basis from March 1 until October 1.WEBSITE: http://www.soros.org/grants/application/grant_apply_step_5_view?country_id=112&grant_type=organizational&initiative_id=drugpolicy&initiative_name=Global+Drug+Policy+Program&grant_id=100&x=66&y=15
Oct 1 - The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: Career Investigator Transition AwardsTo meet its strategic priorities, the OHTN seeks to support the career transition and/or skills enhancement of established independent investigators who are interested in undertaking rigorous training in HIV research. We encourage applicants who wish to undertake training in epidemiological, social or behavioural HIV-related research in Ontario. OHTN Career Investigator Transition Awards (CITA) are open to all investigators who have established a reputation for excellence in research and possess a strong record of publication and success in obtaining competitive grant funding in their current discipline.AMOUNT: Funding for Career Investigator Transition Awards will be for periods of up to five (5) years. Annual amounts will range from $50,000 (Scholarship level) up to $70,000 (Career Scientist level) per year.DEADLINE: October 1, 2010
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WEBSITE: http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Pages/Funding/Grants-Guidelines-Overview.aspx#Career-Investigator-Transition-Award
Oct 1 - The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: Junior Investigator Development AwardJunior Investigator Development Awards (JIDA) are intended to encourage the further career development of a researcher who has completed her or his professional training (MD, PhD) in the field of HIV research. The purpose of the award is to support the development of outstanding independent researchers and clinician scientists. The award consists of a training period (Postdoctoral training) of up to two years followed by 3 years of salary support as a junior scientist. It is expected that awardees will have achieved independent researcher status by the end of the 5-year award period.The OHTN generally offers support to Ontario-based researchers in HIV disease in the areas of:
o Basic Science o Clinical Science o Epidemiology o Social / Behavioural Research
AMOUNT: Funding of JIDA Awards will be for periods of up to five (5) years. Amount of funding is up to $50,000 per year.DEADLINE: October 1, 2010 WEBSITE: http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Pages/Funding/Grants-Guidelines-Overview.aspx#Career-Investigator-Transition-Award
Oct 1 - The Ontario HIV Treatment Network: The Career Scientist AwardOHTN Career Scientist Awards (SCI) are open to investigators who have established a reputation for excellence in research and possess a strong record of publication and success in obtaining competitive grant funding. The purpose of these awards is to enable the investigator to secure protected time to implement a program of research that would not otherwise be available. The OHTN generally offers support to Ontario-based researchers in HIV disease in the areas of:• Basic Science• Clinical Science• Epidemiology• Sociobehavioural ResearchAMOUNT: Funding of Career Scientist Awards will be for periods of up to five (5) years. Amount of funding is $70,000 per year for salary supportDEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.ohtn.on.ca/Pages/Funding/Grants-Guidelines-Overview.aspx#Career-Investigator-Transition-Award
Oct 1 - United States Institute of Peace: 2010 Annual Grant CompetitionThe Annual Grant Competition:
supports innovative peacebuilding projects involving research, the identification of promising models and effective practices, the development of practitioner resources and tools, the development and delivery of education, training and dialogue programs, and the production of films, radio programs, and other media.
funds projects focused on preventing, managing, and resolving violent conflict and promoting post-conflict peacebuilding in settings outside the borders of the U.S. Awards support activities that apply across a broad range of relevant disciplines, skills, and approaches. USIP welcomes proposals of an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary nature.
Topic areas of interest to USIP include, but are not limited to: Conflict analysis and prevention; Mediation and conflict resolution;
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Postconflict peace and stability operations; Religion and peacemaking; Women and girls in conflict and peacebuilding; Rule of law and transitional justice; Economies and conflict; Social, psychological, and physical impacts of war and conflict; Media and conflict.
AMOUNT: The awards generally range from $50,000 to $120,000.DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/annual-grant-competition
Oct 4 - SSHRC/Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC): Metropolis National Research CompetitionThe purpose of the annual Metropolis National Research Competition is to select and finance a major national-level policy research project in the field of immigration and diversity. The findings of the research will be of direct relevance to policy-makers within the Government of Canada and, more specifically, to the main funding partners of the Metropolis Project. Proposals should:
A) Articulate an approach to assessing the adequacy of the standard explanations of poverty amongst growing visible minority communities, showing how the standard explanatory factors are understood and how they will be assessed. Proposals will also articulate how the research will determine whether or not there is a need for alternate explanations or enhanced conceptualizations of poverty. Emphasis should be placed on consequences and outcomes of poverty as well as on the possible solutions.
B) Indicate as precisely as possible the policy linkages of the proposed research project, based on consultations with relevant policy-makers in Citizenship and Immigration Canada and/or in partnering federal departments; or with policy-makers at the provincial or municipal level.
AMOUNT: The maximum value of the research grant is $125,000 for 12 to 18 months.DEADLINE: October 4, 2010WEBSITE: http://canada.metropolis.net/competition/4th_researchcomp_e.html
Oct 5 - NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment Research Data (R01)The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invite applications to support the innovative analysis of existing social science and behavioral data to study the etiology and epidemiology of drug using behaviors (defined as alcohol, tobacco, and other drug), HIV risk behaviors, related disorders, prevention and treatment of these behaviors, and health service utilization including quality, access, and costs. NIDA and NCI encourage coordinated analyses of substance abuse research data that are in public use or that are privately held by a principal investigator. The Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) joins this FOA as part of its effort to promote research on the behavioral and social aspects of health and illness.AMOUNT: Budgets for direct costs of up to $150,000 direct costs per year and a project duration of up to three years may be requested, for a maximum of $450,000 in direct costs over a three-year project period.DEADLINES: February 5, 2010; June 5, 2010; October 5, 2010WEBSITE: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-018.html
Oct 5 - NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R01)
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This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Research Project Grant (R01) applications that propose to (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related "natural experiments" (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), or (2) develop or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this FOA is to inform public policy and research relevant to (1) diet and physical activity behavior, and (2) weight and health outcomes of Americans.AMOUNT: The total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding opportunity may not exceed 5 years. Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary.DEADLINE: February 5, 2010, June 05, 2010, October 5, 2010WEBSITE: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-027.html
Oct 8 - The National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation: 2011 Annual Research AwardsThe purpose of this award is provide funds, primarily in the form of seed money, for exploration into innovative biomedical research areas in the preventions, causes, treatments and cures of hearing loss and deafness. NOHR encourages proposals related to biological restoration of hearing.AMOUNT: $20,000DEADLINE: October 8, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.nohrfoundation.org/Pages/2007%20innereargrants.html
Oct 13 - Research Council of Norway: The Leiv Eiriksson Mobility ProgrammeThe Leiv Eiriksson mobility programme is a follow-up to the "Norwegian Strategy for Scientific and Technological Cooperation with North America" (2004). The programme aims to contribute to the long-term escalation of R&D collaboration with the USA and Canada by allowing more Norwegian researchers to spend time in the U.S. or Canada, and vice versa. Grants are available to academic personnel, including doctoral and post-doctoral research fellows. Funding is normally granted for research visits lasting from 3 - 12 months in the U.S. and Canada, or 1 - 12 months in Norway based on fixed amounts.AMOUNT: See website for details.DEADLINE: October 13, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.rcn.no/en/Funding/ISBILAT/1253952714182?progId=1244734017095&visAktive=true
Oct 15 - Canadian Cancer Society: Equipment Grants for New InvestigatorsThe purpose of this program is to make it possible for new investigators to set up cancer research facilities in Canada. The award is designed to assist young investigators who are beginning a career in cancer research. AMOUNT: Applicants for an Equipment Grant for New Investigators may request up to $75,000 for equipment under this category. Equipment requests are not counted towards the $150,000 or $300,000 ceiling on the budget.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://sccma.ncic.cancer.ca/research/Grants%20and%20Awards/Grants%20to%20Individuals/Equipment%20Grants%20for%20New%20Investigators.aspx?sc_lang=en
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The purpose of this program is to assist new investigators who are beginning a career in cancer research to obtain their first research grant. AMOUNT: The ceiling for salaries and supplies combined is $300,000 per year per grant, for research involving clinical studies, epidemiology, behavioural, psychosocial, supportive care, palliative care, health promotion and health services research and is $150,000 per year per grant for all other types of research.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://sccma.ncic.cancer.ca/research/Grants%20and%20Awards/Grants%20to%20Individuals/Research%20Grants%20for%20New%20Investigators.aspx?sc_lang=en
Oct 15 - Canadian Cancer Society: Research GrantsGrants for research will be awarded to projects deemed worthy of support, provided that the basic equipment and research facilities are available in the institution concerned and that it will provide the necessary administrative services. Such awards will be granted for the purchase and maintenance of animals, expendable supplies, minor items of equipment, payment of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and technical and professional assistants, open access publication costs, research travel and permanent equipment. These grants do not provide for personal salary support of the Principal Investigator (PI) and/or Co-applicants nor for institutional overhead costs.AMOUNT: The ceiling for salaries and supplies combined is $300,000 per year per grant, for research involving clinical studies, epidemiology, behavioural, psychosocial, supportive care, palliative care, health promotion and health services research and is $150,000 per year per grant for all other types of research.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://sccma.ncic.cancer.ca/research/Grants%20and%20Awards/Grants%20to%20Individuals/Research%20Grants.aspx?sc_lang=en
Oct 15 - CIHR: Meeting, Planning & Dissemination GrantsAgingAMOUNT: $5,000 for up to one year for eligible recurring meetings, congresses, symposia, workshops, or conferences; $10,000 for up to one year for non-recurring events that are beyond traditional meetings congresses or symposia; $25,000 for up to one year for eligible international research partnership development activities.Cancer ResearchAMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $15,000 for workshops, $20,000 for symposia, and $5,000 for congresses.Circulatory & Respiratory HealthAMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $10,000 for up to one year.GeneticsAMOUNT: This program is designed to provide between $2,500 - $5,000 as partial support for workshops and scientific symposia held in Canada. All applicants are strongly encouraged to seek funding from other sources in addition to the IG. In exceptional cases, up to $15,000 will be provided in support of larger events that demonstrate the potential for high likelihood for significant impact to the IG community. Applicants requesting more that $5,000 are strongly encouraged to contact the CIHR Institute of Genetics before submitting an application.Musculoskeletal Health and ArthritisAMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is: $5,000 for up to one year for congresses; $15,000 for up to one year for workshops; $25,000 for up to one year for symposiumsNeurosciences, Mental Health and AddictionAMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $10,000 for up to one year.
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Reproductive & Child HealthAMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $10,000 for up to one year.DEADLINE FOR ALL MPD GRANTS: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/srch.do?all=1&search=true&org=CIHR&sort=program&masterList=true&view=currentOpps&fodAgency=CIHR&fodLanguage=E
Oct 15 - Citizenship & Immigration Canada: Call for ProposalsUnder the Inter-Action Projects stream, we are calling for proposals that support one or more of the following Program objectives:
Building an integrated, socially cohesive society by: o building bridges to promote intercultural understanding; o fostering citizenship, civic memory, civic pride, and/or respect for core democratic
values grounded in our history; and o promoting equal opportunity for individuals of all origins.
Improving the responsiveness of institutions to the needs of a diverse population by: o assisting federal and public institutions to become more responsive to diversity by
integrating multiculturalism into their policy and program development and service delivery.
Actively engaging in discussions on multiculturalism and diversity at the international level by:
o promoting Canadian approaches to diversity as a successful model while contributing to an international policy dialogue on issues related to multiculturalism. (Funding for this objective will primarily be for activities that take place in Canada.)
AMOUNT: Projects have ranged from $25,000 to $1.4 million per project, precise amounts will be based on such factors as value for money, project duration, planned activities, scope of project and funding from other sources.DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/funding/cfp.asp
Oct 15 - Thrasher Research Fund: Early Career AwardsThe purpose of this program is to encourage the development of medical research in child health by awarding small grants to new researchers. The Fund is open to a variety of research topics important to children’s health. The Fund’s current focus is on clinical/translational pediatric research. Emphasis is placed on projects with the potential for findings that could be clinically applicable in a relatively short period of time for the prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of pediatric medical problems.ELIGIBILITY: Those eligible to apply include:
Physicians who are in a residency/fellowship training program, or who completed that program no more than one year before the date of submission of the concept paper.
Post-doctoral researchers who received the doctoral level degree no more than three years prior to the date of submission of the concept paper.
AMOUNT: Up to $25,000CONCEPT SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 15, 2010 at noon Mountain TimePROPOSAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 29, 2010 at noon Mountain TimeWEBSITE: http://www.thrasherresearch.org/sites/www_thrasherresearch_org/Default.aspx?page=174
Oct 15 - SSHRC: Standard Research GrantsA program of research is defined as a sustained research enterprise that includes one or more projects or other components, and which is shaped by broad objectives for the advancement of
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knowledge. It might be undertaken primarily by one investigator and be encompassed within a single research career, or it could mobilize a team of researchers during a specific period. In pursuit of the overall objectives, specific approaches and methods are advanced, adopted and modified as the research proceeds and as findings are made and reported. SSHRC supports new and ongoing programs of research through three-year grants, based on peer-review judgment of the probable significance of the contribution to knowledge in the social sciences and humanities. AMOUNT: The value of these grants is up to a maximum of $100,000 per year, but not totalling more than $250,000 in a three-year period. A minimum budget of $7,000 in at least one of the three years is required.NOI DEADLINE: August 16, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: October 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.sshrc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/standard_grants_subventions_ordinaires-eng.aspx
Oct 16 - NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03)This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, and the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), encourages Small Research Grant (R03) applications that propose to (1) conduct evaluation research on obesity-related "natural experiments" (defined here as community and other population-level public policy interventions that may affect diet and physical activity behavior), or (2) develop or validate relevant community-level measures (instruments and methodologies to assess the food and physical activity environments at the community level). The overarching goal of this FOA is to inform public policy relevant to diet and physical activity behavior, and weight and health outcomes of Americans. The R03 grant mechanism supports different types of projects including pilot and feasibility studies; secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects; development of research methodology; and development of new research technology. The R03 is intended to support small research projects that can be carried out in a short period of time with limited resources.AMOUNT: Budgets for direct costs of up to $50,000 per year and a project duration of up to two years may be requested for a maximum of $100,000 direct costs over a two-year project periodDEADLINE: February 16, 2010, June 16, 2010, October 16, 2010WEBSITE: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-029.html
Oct 18 - J. P. Bickell Foundation – Medical Research ProgramThe objective of this grant is to assist biomedical scientists of various departments and faculties in Ontario universities, hospitals and scientific institutions concerned with medical research. These grants may be distributed among medical research institutions and universities in Ontario. Note: Only one application is accepted from each university. Therefore, York researchers are requested to submit one (1) hardcopy of the application directly to the Office of Research Services by 12:00 noon on October 18, 2010. The granting agency’s deadline is November 1st. Potential applicants are required to submit early to allow ORS to coordinate a peer review process if necessary.AMOUNT: Up to $65,000ORS DEADLINE FOR INTERNAL ADJUDICATION: 12:00 noon on October 18, 2010AGENCY DEADLINE: November 1, 2010
Oct 19 - American Health Assistance Foundation: Alzheimer Disease Research
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Standard AwardsThe standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.AMOUNT: Up to $400,000 over three years.Pilot AwardsPilot awards are designed to take a highly innovative proposal with modest preliminary data and give investigators the opportunity to prove their ideas. These awards are typically described as being ‘high risk – high reward’. They are often given to investigators who need funding to demonstrate the validity of a very focused hypothesis.AMOUNT: Up to $150,000 over two years.DEADLINE: October 19, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/openawards.html
Oct 22 - American Health Assistance Foundation: National Glaucoma Research – Standard AwardThe standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.AMOUNT: Up to $100,000 over two yearsDEADLINE: October 22, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.ahaf.org/research/apply/openawards.html
Oct 22 - CIHR: Team Grant - HIV/AIDS Vaccine Discovery and Social ResearchThe objectives specific to this funding opportunity are to:
Create internationally recognized teams of Canadian and LMIC researchers and support them in their efforts to contribute important knowledge to the global search for HIV vaccines;
Support teams that are multidisciplinary in nature, or that are composed of entirely social scientists or basic scientists;
Provide training and build infrastructure capacity for HIV vaccines discovery and related social research in Canada and in LMICs;
Create mechanisms for teams funded under this initiative to network and share information with one another and other relevant international networks and consortia;
Create mechanisms for ongoing learning and sharing within and among funded teams including data sharing, shared platforms and global intellectual property access mechanisms; and
Support the production of new knowledge and the translation of research findings into improvements in health and the health care system.
For community-focused proposals, the guiding principle for participation is that community groups are active, influential and ongoing participants in the research, training, mentoring and knowledge translation activities, and that their roles have been formally agreed upon in the spirit of ensuring equity and mutual benefits from the partnership.AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded per year is up to $850,000 CAD for a single grant for a maximum of $4.25 million CAD over five years.LOI DEADLINE: October 22, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 1, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1087&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
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Oct 25 - NSERC: Research Tools & Instruments (RTI) GrantsRTI Grants are one-year awards that assist in buying or developing research equipment that costs more than $7,000. In exceptional cases, multiple-year requests will be accepted. The onus is on the applicant to clearly explain the rationale.AMOUNT: $7,001 to $150,000DEADLINE: October 25, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RTII-OIRI/RTI-OIR_eng.asp
Oct 29 - Association for International Cancer Research: Research GrantsAICR awards grants to support fundamental or translational research into the causes, mechanisms, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cancer. We do not support clinical research. We will consider applications that include some clinical research in a project which is mostly basic or translational. However, completely clinical applications, such as intervention studies, clinical trials or health care delivery research are beyond the remit of AICR.AMOUNT: Most of the three-year grants awarded have a total budget of £200,000 or less.DEADLINE: October 29, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.aicr.org.uk/ApplyingforResearchGrants.stm
Oct 29 - Ontario Mental Health Foundation: FellowshipsSenior Research FellowshipSenior Research Fellowships are open to experienced investigators who have a strong record of publication and success in obtaining competitive grant funding; applicants for this award must at the time of application be a minimum of nine years beyond the most recent professional research qualification. Applicants for the Senior Research Fellowship must be members of the institution’s full-time staff. AMOUNT: 3 years (up to $40,000 per year)Intermediate Research FellowshipIntermediate Research Fellowships are intended to help individuals to continue a career in research once they are established members of the mental health research community. To be eligible, candidates must at the time of application be a minimum of five years but not more than ten years beyond the most recent professional research qualification. The 5-year minimum does not apply to individuals who are completing 3 years as an OMHF New Investigator Fellow. Applicants for the Intermediate Research Fellowship must be members of the institution’s full-time staff. AMOUNT: 3 years (up to $40,000 per year)New Investigator FellowshipNew Investigator Fellowships are intended for candidates who at the time of application are in the first five years of their career since obtaining the most recent professional research qualification. The purpose of these awards is to enable flexible options for a newly independent investigator to develop a line of research and to consolidate a research career. AMOUNT: 3 years (up to $35,000 per year)DEADLINE: October 29, 2010 at 4:00 pm (Eastern Time)WEBSITE: http://www.omhf.on.ca/guidelines/fellowships/
Nov 1 - NSERC: Discovery GrantsDiscovery Grants (DG) Program supports ongoing programs of research (with long-term goals) rather than a single short-term project or collection of projects. These grants recognize the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances, whether made individually or in teams. Researchers are free to work in the mode most appropriate for the research area. NOI DEADLINE: August 1, 2010. An NOI is mandatory.
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/DGIGP-PSIGP_eng.asp
Nov 1 - HSFC/CIHR Chair in Hypertension Prevention & ControlThe Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health are partnering on this Request for Applications with the objective of supporting a Chair in the area of hypertension research who will focus on: • improving awareness, prevention and control of hypertension; • identifying gaps in Knowledge Transfer and Exchange / Knowledge Translation from
evidence to practice for hypertension prevention and control; and • developing and evaluating new policies, programs and interventions aimed at reducing the
burden and/or impact of hypertension. The funding partners wish to solicit proposals from candidates for a HSFC / CIHR Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control who have the potential to address Knowledge Transfer and Exchange / Knowledge Translation and knowledge gaps in this critical area.AMOUNT: The maximum amount per year: $100,000 for salary support and $50,000 for operational expenses (primarily travel and research expenses). Award duration is 5 years. NOI DEADLINE: November 1, 2010INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 1, 2011WEBSITE: http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/strategic-funding-opportunities/hypertension-chair.html
Nov 1 - HSFC: Focus on Stroke 10 ProgramResearch FellowshipSupport for highly qualified postdoctoral candidates wishing to receive further research training.AMOUNT: $40,000 stipend per annumDEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/2011_Forms/fos%2010%20rfa%20final.pdf
Nov 1 - HSFC: Jump Start Resuscitation ProgramThe objectives of this initiative are: 1) to increase the number of trained researchers working in the area of resuscitation; 2) to build greater capacity for resuscitation research in Canada; and 3) to encourage more research by health professionals related to out of hospital and in-hospital cardiac arrest care, including: emergency medicine, critical care, cardiology, nursing, psychology, paramedicine, and public health. Research FellowshipThe Jump Start Resuscitation Research Fellowship is an "in-training" award intended for individuals with (or expecting) a degree at a doctoral level (e.g. PhD, MD, BM, DDS, DVM, or equivalent degree). The objective of this award is to attract and foster young investigators to initiate and/or continue research training in the field of resuscitation. Each application is considered to be a joint submission by the applicant and the identified supervisor, including the development of the research plan.ELIGIBILITY: Please see website for details regarding eligibility.AMOUNT: $40,000 stipend per annum for up to three yearsDEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/2011_Forms/js%20resusc%20rfa%202010%20final.pdfResearch ScholarshipThe Jump Start Resuscitation Research Scholarship is a salary award intended for applicants with a Masters and/or Doctorate degree and with credential(s) in a regulated accredited health
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discipline and training in the field of resuscitation. Paramedics, although not accredited in all provinces across Canada, are eligible to apply. Each application is considered to be a joint submission by the applicant and the identified mentor. Applicants with credentials in a regulated accredited health discipline such as, but not limited to nursing, social work, pharmacology, respiratory therapy, and medicine are eligible to apply. The applicant must have a faculty appointment and be involved in active research and clinical practice.AMOUNT: $45,000 stipend per annum + $5,000 research allowance per annum for up to two years.DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/2011_Forms/js%20resusc%20rfa%202010%20final.pdf
Nov 2 - Government of Canada: Research Grant ProgramThe Research Grant Program promotes research that contributes to a better knowledge and understanding of Canada, its relationship with the United States, and its international affairs. The grant is designed to assist individual scholars, or a team of scholars, in writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality and reporting their findings in a scholarly publication and at scholarly conferences, thus contributing to the development of expertise on Canada in the United States. Projects of particular interest must have policy relevance for Canada and Canada-U.S. relations. Topics that are highly relevant to Canada-U.S. relations include smart and secure borders; North American economic competitiveness; regulatory cooperation; Canada-U.S. trade and investment partnership; energy security and sustainability; environmental sustainability; emergency planning and management; Canada-U.S. security and defense cooperation; Canada in Afghanistan; global health policy; and changing demographics in North America. Projects that include collaboration with researchers at Canadian institutions are strongly encouraged.ELIGIBILITY: This program is intended for faculty members at accredited U.S. four-year colleges and universities, as well as scholars at American research institutions. Recent Ph.D. recipients who are citizens or permanent residents of the United States are also eligible to apply. Applicants are ineligible to receive the same grant in two consecutive years or to receive two individual category Canadian Studies grants in the same grant period.AMOUNT: applicants may request funding up to US$15,000; applicants whose project focuses on the priority topics listed above and who can demonstrate matching funds from others sources may request funding up to US$20,000DEADLINE: November 2, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/washington/studies-etudes/research-recherche.aspx?lang=eng
Nov 10 - Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) – 2012 CompetitionThe NCE Steering Committee invites potential applicants to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the 2012 NCE Network Competition. The LOI must describe the problem(s), challenge(s), or opportunity(ies) that the proposed Network will address, as well as the proposed Network’s vision, socioeconomic context, budget and key participants. It should also summarize how the proposed Network will address the five NCE Program Criteria, the NCE Program goals and objectives and the competition framework. The four S&T priority areas and the 13 STIC sub-priority research areas are:Environmental science and technologies:1. Water (health, energy, security) 2. Cleaner methods of extracting, processing and using hydrocarbon fuels, including reduced consumption of these fuels Natural resources and energy: 3. Energy production in the oil sands
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4. Arctic (resource production, climate change adaptation, monitoring) 5. Biofuels, fuel cells and nuclear energy Health and related life sciences and technologies: 6. Regenerative medicine 7. Neuroscience 8. Health in an aging population 9. Biomedical engineering and medical technologies Information and communication technologies: 10. New media, animation and games 11. Wireless networks and services 12. Broadband networks 13. Telecom equipment engineering and medical technologies The 2012 NCE Network Competition is looking for a balanced portfolio of networks. Subject to requests submitted and funding available, it is therefore anticipated a maximum of one new network in a given S&T priority area will be supported. AMOUNT: Not specified. It is anticipated that four to five new networks may be funded in the 2012 NCE Network Competition.ORS LOI DEADLINE: November 10, 2010AGENCY LOI DEADLINE: November 24, 2010, at 4:30 p.m.WEBSITE: http://www.nce-rce.gc.ca/Competitions-Competitions/Current-EnVigueur/NCE-RCE-2012/Index_eng.asp
Nov 15 - CIHR: Network Catalyst Grant The KT Branch intends to launch a Netowrk Catalyst funding opportunity in August 2010. The objective of this funding opportunity will be to support the creation and/or further development of formal networks by encouraging national and/or international collaboration, resource sharing, capacity building and dissemination in priority research areas.AMOUNT: Up to $200,000 per annum for up to three years.DEADLINE: November 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/srch.do?all=1&search=true&org=CIHR&sort=program&masterList=true&view=currentOpps&fodAgency=CIHR&fodLanguage=E
Nov 15 - France in Canada – French Embassy: The France-Canada Research FundFinancial support is offered by the French Embassy in Canada for Canadian researchers who wish to undertake short term visits to France within the framework of ongoing projects between French and Canadian centres and institutions.AMOUNT: Between $ 8 000 and $15 000 for 2 yearsDEADLINE: November 15, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.ambafrance-ca.org/spip.php?article1415
Dec 17 - Ministry of Research & Innovation - Ontario Research Fund Research Excellence (ORF-RE): Water Round ResearchThe Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence (ORF-RE) Water Round promotes research excellence of strategic value to Ontario by supporting new leading-edge, transformative, and internationally significant research in water and wastewater-related technologies. The ORF-RE Water Round promotes the development of water-related solutions both for domestic adoption and international export.CONTACT: Complete details can be obtained by contacting Steven Mataija (Manager, Government Research Initiatives Programs) at ORS at x22507 or [email protected] . As applicants must submit a Notice of Intent (NoI) by September 17, 2010, potential applicants
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should contact Steven Mataija as soon as possible.AMOUNT: The program will contribute a maximum of 1/3 of the operating costs, with 1/3 of the remainder coming from the private sector and 1/3 from the applicant institution(s). As a general rule, the minimum support provided by the ORF-RE to a Water Round project is $500,000 and the maximum support provided is $5 million.NOI DEADLINE: September 17, 2010APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 17, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/orf/re/water/program.asp
AWARDS (Archive)Sep 24 - March of Dimes/Sanofi Pasteur: Jonas Salk AwardThe Jonas Salk Award is presented annually to a Canadian scientist, physician or researcher who has made a new and outstanding contribution in science or medicine to prevent, alleviate or eliminate a physical disability. AMOUNT: $10,000DEADLINE: September 24, 2010 by 4:00PMWEBSITE: http://www.marchofdimes.ca/dimes/people_with_disabilities_caregivers/grants_and_awards/research_and_education/jonas_salk_award.htm
Oct 1 - American Psychological Association: Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant AwardThe Lizette Peterson Homer Memorial Injury Research Grant supports research into psychological and behavioral aspects of the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents as reflected in the activities and interests within pediatric psychology of the late Lizette Peterson Homer and her commitment to improving the status of children in the face of the most significant threats to their health and development. This grant is open to students and faculty to support research related to the prevention of injuries in children and adolescents.AMOUNT: $5,000DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/peterson-homer.aspx?tab=1
Oct 1 - Canada Gairdner Global Health AwardThe Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is directed at health issues pertaining to developing countries. It recognizes those who have made major scientific advances in any one of four areas; namely basic science, clinical science or population or environmental health. These advances must have, or have potential to make a significant impact on health outcomes in the developing world. Nominations for leadership and administration however outstanding, do not fall within the parameters of this award. The purpose for the Canada Gairdner Global Health Award is the recognition of individual whose seminal scientific work constitutes a discovery or a highly tangible sustained achievement toward improving our knowledge of and application to global health, and also to generate scientific momentum in the field and augmenting public awareness.AMOUNT: $100,000 DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.gairdner.org/awards/nominati/globalheal
Oct 1 - Canada Gairdner International AwardThe Foundation's aim is to honour and reward outstanding biomedical scientists who have made original contributions to medicine with the ultimate goal of contributing through research to the conquest of disease and relief of human suffering. The Foundation invites the scientific community to nominate qualified scientists from every branch of biomedicine.
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AMOUNT: $100,000. The Awards are for the personal use of the recipient. DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.gairdner.org/awards/nominati/thegaird
Oct 1 - Canada Gairdner Wightman Award A special annual award will be given to a Canadian who, in the opinion of the Foundation, has demonstrated outstanding leadership in medicine and medical science consistent with the purpose of the Foundation. For leadership in a specific field of biomedical sciences (basic, clinical, population health) in
Canada, and/ or original and sustained contributions to that field at an internationally recognized level.
For institutional academic and scientific leadership leading to the establishment and development of biomedical research at an international level. (e.g. Dean of Medicine, Director of a Research Institute, leader of a national initiative).
For leadership at the highest level which contributed to "conquest of disease and relief of human suffering"
For special recognition relating to the development of Canadian and international biomedical science.
Normally the Wightman awardee should be an MD, or Ph.D., involved in academic scientific responsibilities.
AMOUNT: $100,000DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.gairdner.org/awards/wightman
Oct 1 - Ministry of Research & Innovation: Premier’s Catalyst AwardThe 2011 Premier’s Catalyst Awards provide six awards of $200,000 for developing an innovation that is a commercially successful new, or significantly improved, product or service based on a breakthrough technology. Innovations must have the potential to impact Ontario's economy, society and/or sustainable development.
The Best Young Innovator Award celebrates early stage innovators who have played a significant role in developing a commercially successful product or service based on a breakthrough technology and who demonstrate future potential.
The Innovator of the Year Award celebrates innovators who have played a significant role in developing a commercially successful product or service based on a breakthrough technology.
The Lifetime Achievement in Innovation Award celebrates individuals who have played a significant role in establishing a strong track record of bringing new and successful innovations to market.
The Start-up Company with the Best Innovation Award celebrates emerging companies that have demonstrated outstanding performance, growing revenues and/or attraction of venture capital and the potential to become a market leader as a result of developing a commercially successful product or service based on a breakthrough technology.
The Company with the Best Innovation Award celebrates established companies who have outstanding performance, growing revenues and the potential to grow market share as a result of developing a commercially successful product or service based on a breakthrough technology.
the Premier’s Catalyst Award for Water Innovation will be given to a company that is developing a commercially successful technology related to the conservation and/or treatment of water. The company will be expected to demonstrate outstanding performance, growing revenues or venture capital and its potential to become a market leader.
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AMOUNT: $200,000NOMINATION DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m. Friday October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/pca/program.asp
Nov 1 - Danone Institue: Distinguished Nutrition Leadership Award 2011The Danone Institute is offering an annual award to recognize the contribution of an individual or an association to the field of nutrition within Canada. This award is intended to reflect a career devoted to improving nutrition behaviour through the advancement and application of knowledge, novel treatment and prevention strategies or development of nutrition communication aimed at increasing public and professional awareness of the effect of nutrition on health. Criteria for eligibility for this award include demonstration of innovation, commitment, leadership and long lasting impact on nutrition behaviour.AMOUNT: $5000NOMINATION DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.danoneinstitute.ca/en/award/excellence.aspx
Nov 5 - Ministry of Research & Innovation: Premiere’s Discovery AwardThe Discovery Award consists of five awards recognizing excellence in research for either a single discovery or a body of work on both domestic and international fronts.
The $500,000 Life Sciences and Medicine award celebrates advances in the study of human health and/or biological/ecological systems.
The $500,000 Natural Sciences and Engineering award celebrates achievements in the study of physical sciences and/or engineering processes.
The $250,000 Social Sciences award celebrates achievements in the study of social interactions and/or social systems.
The $250,000 Arts and Humanities award celebrates achievements in the study of arts and/or culture.
The $250,000 Innovation Leadership award recognizes exceptional leadership in the transfer of knowledge and/or technology.
NOTE: Eligible researchers may be nominated by the Vice-President of Research (or equivalent) of an Ontario publicly funded research institution or by any other faculty member at an Ontario publicly funded research institution, provided that the nomination is also signed by the Vice-President of Research (or equivalent) of the Ontario publicly funded research institution at which the award will be administered and the research conducted.NOMINATION DEADLINE: 5:00 p.m., Friday, November 5, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/pda/program.asp#deadline
PRIZES (Archive)Oct 1 - The Scientific Research Society (Sigma Xi): The William Procter Prize The William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement has been awarded annually to a scientist who has made an outstanding contribution to scientific research and has demonstrated an ability to communicate the significance of this research to scientists in other disciplines.AMOUNT: $5,000DEADLINE: October 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/prizes/procter.shtml
Oct 29 - Fondation Fyssen: International PrizeThe aim of Fyssen Foundation is to "encourage all forms of scientific inquiry into cognitive
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mechanisms, including thought and reasoning, which underlie animal and human behaviour ; their biological and cultural bases, and phylogenetic and ontogenetic development". For this purpose, an INTERNATIONAL PRIZE . is awarded annually to a scientist who has conducted distinguished research in the areas supported by the Foundation such as ethology, paleontology, archaeology, anthropology, psychology, epistemology, logic and the neurosciences. The topic for the next international prize is “evolution of social communication”.AMOUNT: $60,000 EUROSNOMINATION DEADLINE: October 29, 2010 WEBSITE: http://www.fondation-fyssen.org/prixUS.html
Oct 29 - Ontario Mental Health Foundation: John Dewan PrizeThe John Dewan Prize was established in honour of Dr. John Dewan who held the position of executive consultant to the Foundation from 1964 to 1974. The prize is intended to recognize an outstanding researcher whose work has been, or is presently, supported by the Foundation. The decision of the Foundation shall be based upon an assessment of the originality and uniqueness of either laboratory or clinical research and the contribution to significant new knowledge or concepts bearing upon mental health. AMOUNT: $2,500NOMINATION DEADLINE: October 29, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.omhf.on.ca/guidelines/prizes/
Oct 29 - Ontario Mental Health Foundation: Paul Christie Memorial PrizeThe Paul Christie Memorial Prize was established in memory of Dr. Paul Christie to give recognition to a young researcher who holds, or has held, a Fellowship or Research Studentship from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation. To be eligible a candidate must have held a Fellowship for at least two years or a Studentship for three years.AMOUNT: $1000NOMINATION DEADLINE: October 29, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.omhf.on.ca/guidelines/prizes/
INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES (Archive)Human Frontier Science program Short-term FellowshipsShort-term fellowships enable researchers to move into new areas by learning state-of-the-art techniques in use abroad or by establishing new research collaborations. These fellowships can last from two weeks to three months in a foreign country. To be eligible, a fellow must either come from or go to a member country.AMOUNT: Travel and living expenses according to guidelinesDEADLINE: Applications may be submitted throughout the year. Decisions on awards will be announced approximately 3-4 months after receipt of the complete application. WEBSITE: http://www.hfsp.org/ and http://www.hfsp.org/how/PDFs/STF_Guidelines_2007.pdf
Canada/China Scholars Exchange Program This program is intended to enhance Chinese and Canadian scholars' knowledge and understanding of each other's country. The government of each country offers awards to scholars of the other country to conduct research. The minimum term is four months, the maximum 12 months. Canadian applicants may be faculty members or students. Canada offers awards to non-academics in China holding senior professional posts (e.g. judges, broadcasters, economists) so that upon their return home they can make a distinctive contribution to life in their country and to mutual understanding between Canada and China.
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AMOUNT: Participants receive return airfare and a monthly stipendDEADLINE: 6 weeks in advance of project commencementWEBSITE: http://www.dfait.gc.ca/culture/123go_clf1/scholars_exchange-en.asp
International Strategic Opportunities ProgramThe International Strategic Opportunities Program (ISOP) provides funding for strategic international collaborations between Ontario research institutions and the global research community. The goal of the program is to improve Ontario's long-term economic potential by attracting and retaining the best and brightest research talent.ISOP has been developed to:
Facilitate research of scientific importance Increase Ontario's long-term economic potential Attract and retain top international research talent Enhance Ontario's profile in the international research community
Priority will be given to collaborations with researchers in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, China and India.AMOUNT: Up to $150,000 over three yearsDEADLINE: Completed applications will be reviewed on a quarterly basis.WEBSITE: http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/isop/program.asp
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) Going Global Science and Technology Fund 2008-2009The Going Global Science and Technology Fund program is specifically designed to promote and enhance Canada’s international science and technology efforts by supporting Canadian researchers in accessing international R&D collaborative opportunities through the development of partnerships with key players in other countries. Objective: To promote public understanding of international development issues, as well as the role that Canadians play in developing countries and countries in transition. AMOUNT: Up to $50,000 DEADLINE: Applications must be submitted 6 weeks in advance of the commencement of the project. WEBSITE: http://www.infoexport.gc.ca/science/gglobal-en.htm
Scottish Office Department of Health Visiting FellowshipsThe Chief Scientist Office invites applications for visiting research fellowships in public health and related areas. The purpose of the scheme is to bring experienced researchers into Scotland to encourage an exchange of ideas and to foster collaboration with researchers, practitioners and policy makers based here. Fellows would be expected to publish at least one significant paper based on their work during the period of the fellowship, and to present their work to Health Department or health service audiences on at least one occasion. Fellowships are tenable in any of the following host institutions:
1. Departments of Scottish universities2. Research units based in or linked with a Scottish university3. NHS Boards (including operating divisions) and other health service organisations in
ScotlandFellowships will be for periods of not less than 3 and no more than 12 months. AMOUNT: Reimburse fellow's employer up to an amount equal to the fellow's salary; travel (for the fellow, partner and dependent children); accommodation; for the period of the fellowship; some research expenses; up to 20% of the fellow's salary towards the costs incurred by the host institutionDEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.sehd.scot.nhs.uk/cso/ApplyingForFunding/Visiting/VIntro.htm
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Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral ResearchersAlexander von Humboldt Foundation enables highly-qualified scientists and scholars from abroad who are just embarking on their academic careers and who completed their doctorates less than four years ago to spend extended periods of research (6-24 months) in Germany. Scientists and scholars from all disciplines and countries may apply. Research projects are carried out in cooperation with academic hosts at research institutions in Germany. Candidates choose their own research projects and their host in Germany and prepare their own research plan. AMOUNT: 2,250 EUR per month plus an allowance for research costs amounting to 800 EUR per month (for research projects in the natural sciences and engineering) and 500 EUR (for research projects in the humanities and social sciences). Additional allowances may include intensive language study, family and travel. DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/docs/F1277/programme_information_p.pdf and http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/771.html
International Development Research Centre (IDRC) -General Research GrantsThe IDRC believe that all of us, private and public sector, north and south, have a role to play in international development. IDRC's core research funding falls under the following broad program areas.- Environment and natural resource management- Information and communication technologies for development- Innovation, policy and science (IPS)- Social and economic policy
IDRC will consider supporting stand-alone projects from individual researchers. IDRC's principal approach, however, is to support projects and partnerships proposed by developing-country research institutions. However, this does not exclude South-North partnerships, and Canadian institutions may propose an initiative in collaboration with one or more developing-country partners.
In funding projects, the IDRC place a particular emphasis on the outcomes of research. To ensure that results are used, the IDRC support linkages between local communities and researchers, and among researchers in different institutions around the world. This sharing of knowledge among all the parties involved in the research process adds to the likelihood of success.
The IDRC also fund a number of relatively small exploratory activities in research. If they show promise, they may develop into program initiatives with a greater scope and additional funding.AMOUNT: unspecifiedDEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.idrc.ca/institution/ev-56760-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF)The Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation offers several medical and scientific grants and awards throughout the year. The calls for applications are usually announced three months prior to an application deadline.
VISITING ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AWARDS For allied health professionals from abroad who are invited to engage in CF clinical observation or activity at a Canadian institution; or Canadian allied health professionals who wish to visit another clinic in Canada or abroad. To qualify, an allied health professional must be associated
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with a recognized CF clinic, and be an active member in CF clinical care. Please note: Applications may be submitted at any time, but the Foundation should be consulted in advance with respect to the availability of funds. AMOUNT: unspecifiedDEADLINE: Continuous
VISITING CLINICIAN AWARDS For clinicians from abroad who are invited to engage in CF clinical observation or activity at a Canadian institution; or Canadian clinicians who wish to visit another clinic in Canada or abroad. To qualify, a clinician must be associated with a recognized CF clinic, and be an active member in CF clinical care. It is intended that this experience as a CCFF Visiting Clinician will, in some way, benefit Canadian CF clinical care. Please note: Applications may be submitted at any time, but the Foundation should be consulted in advance with respect to the availability of funds. AMOUNT: unspecifiedDEADLINE: Continuous
VISITING SCIENTIST AWARDS For senior investigators from abroad who are invited to engage in CF research at a Canadian institution; or junior and senior Canadian investigators who wish to work in another laboratory in Canada or abroad. A senior investigator can be considered such if he or she has attained at least the position of an associate professor, or has six years of equivalent experience. It is intended that this experience as a CCFF Visiting Scientist will, in some way, benefit the Canadian CF research effort. Please note: Applications may be submitted at any time, but the Foundation should be consulted in advance with respect to the availability of funds. AMOUNT: unspecifiedDEADLINE: ContinuousCCF WEBSITE: http://www.cysticfibrosis.ca/page.asp?id=87
Helmholtz Humboldt Research Award - Helmholtz Research Awards for Internationally Acknowledged Scientists Resident Outside Germany (Helmholtz-Humboldt-Forschungspreise fur Spitzenwissenschaftler aus dem Ausland)Alexander von Humboldt FoundationThe Helmholtz Association and the Humboldt Foundation jointly grant research awards annually to internationally acknowledged scientists from abroad in recognition of their achievements in research to date. Scientists and scholars who are nominated for a Helmholtz-Humboldt Research Award must have contributed fundamental discoveries, new theories or insights that significantly impact their own research area and also reach beyond their specialized field of research.
Award-winners are invited to carry out research projects of their own choice in the fields of energy, Earth and environment, health, key technologies, structure of matter, transportation and space in cooperation with German scientists at one of the 15 member-centres of the Helmholtz Association for six months to one year. At least one further partner from a German university is to be integrated in the research project.NOTE: Nominations for the granting of Helmholtz Research Awards to foreign scientists must be made by established scientists who work at research centres of the Helmholtz Association or cooperating universities. Direct applications are not accepted.AMOUNT: Up to € 85,000 (up to 6 awards annually)DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/programme/preise/helmholtz.htm
Humboldt Research Award- Scholar Award Programs
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Alexander von Humboldt FoundationThe award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to scientists and scholars who have contributed fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights that significantly impact their own research area and also reach beyond their specialized field of research. All disciplines and research areas are eligible.
Awardees are invited to conduct an original research project of their own design in close collaboration with an appropriate colleague in Germany over a period of 6-12 months. The stay may be divided up into segments.NOTE: Nominations must come from respected academics in Germany. Direct applications are not accepted.AMOUNT: up to € 60,000 (up to 100 Humboldt Research Awards annually) DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/wt_show.text_page?p_text_id=6446
Wellcome Trust Principal Research FellowshipsPrincipal Research Fellowships are the most prestigious of the Wellcome Trust's personal awards and provide long-term support for researchers of international standing. The fellowships are particularly suitable for senior researchers currently based overseas who wish to work in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland. Candidates will have an established track record in research at the highest level. The Wellcome Trust's funding streams are as follows: Immunology and infectious disease Populations and public health Neuroscience and mental health Physiological sciences Molecules, genes and cells
AMOUNT: Awards provide personal salary and research programme funding in full for 7 years and Wellcome Trust may supplement a fellow's basic salary with a Principal Research Fellowship 'distinction' award of up to £50,000.DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/Fellowships-and-personal-awards/WTD004406.htm
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research AwardThe von Humboldt foundation grants research awards to young, top-flight scientists and scholars from abroad who are already recognized as outstanding researchers in their fields. The research award is given in recognition of the recipients' research achievements to date. The award winners are also invited to work on research projects of their own choice in cooperation with colleagues in Germany for a period of 6 to 12 months.AMOUNT: €45,000DEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/5339.html
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)IDRC' supports projects and partnerships proposed by developing-country research institutions, including South-North partnerships. Canadian institutions may propose an initiative in collaboration with one or more developing-country partners. IDRC's core research funding falls under the following broad program areas:- Environment and natural resource management- Information and communication technologies for development- Innovation, policy and science (IPS)
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- Social and economic policy
IDRC will consider supporting stand-alone projects from individual researchers. In funding projects, the IDRC place a particular emphasis on the outcomes of research. To ensure that results are used, the IDRC support linkages between local communities and researchers, and among researchers in different institutions around the world. This sharing of knowledge among all the parties involved in the research process adds to the likelihood of success. The IDRC also funds a number of relatively small exploratory activities in research. If they show promise, they may develop into program initiatives with a greater scope and additional funding.AMOUNT: no specifiedDEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.idrc.ca/institution/ev-56760-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Humboldt Research Awards to Outstanding Scholars Resident Outside GermanyThe Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) grants Humboldt Research Awards to scientists and scholars from abroad with internationally recognized academic qualifications. The research award honours the academic achievements, in any discipline, of the award winner's lifetime. Furthermore, award winners are invited to carry out research projects of their own choice in Germany in cooperation with colleagues for periods of between six months and one year. The nominating scientists and scholars must ensure that sufficient non-financial resources and equipment as well as access to archives and libraries are available, so that it is possible for nominees to accept the invitation to conduct research projects of their own choice in Germany. Nominators are also expected to make all necessary preparations for the award winners' research visit to Germany and to be responsible for their well-being (e.g., finding accommodation). Nominations must be made by established researchers working at universities or other research institutions in Germany. Self-nominations are not accepted.AMOUNT: up to €60,000 for research in Germany for 6+ monthsDEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/6446.html
Lise Meitner Program for Scientists from AbroadThe program is aimed at highly qualified scientists of any discipline whose work could contribute to the scientific development of an Austrian research institution.Eligibility: completed doctoral studies, international scientific publications, invitation from an Austrian research institution.AMOUNT: The award level is dependent on the level of qualification: Post Doc salary (€54,180 per annum) or senior Post Doc salary (€61,240 per annum) plus €8,000 for material, travel, assistance, etc.DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.fwf.ac.at/en/projects/meitner.html
Finland Centre for International Mobility (CIMO) FellowshipCIMO Fellowship program supports young researchers to travel to Finnish universities. The objective is to encourage academic mobility to Finland and to promote international cooperation in research and teaching. The programme is open to all academic fields.AMOUNT: Monthly allowance is €800-1,200 (in 2009) to cover living expenses in Finland for a single person. The award period is 3-12 months. DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://finland.cimo.fi/scholarships/postgraduate_studies_and_research/cimo_fellowships.html
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FOR POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS (Archive)Nov 3 - Banting Postdoctoral FellowshipsThe objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program will be distinguished from existing postdoctoral fellowships programs by its emphasis on the synergy between an applicant's individual merit and potential to launch a successful research-intensive career and the host institution's commitment to the research program and environment with which the applicant is to be affiliated. As such, an applicant's application to the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program must be completed in full collaboration with the proposed host institution. The program will fund 70 new awards annually. The fellowships will be distributed equally across the three federal granting agencies. AMOUNT: $70 000 per year (taxable) for two yearsDEADLINE: All applicants, in collaboration with their proposed host institutions, will be required to submit a complete electronic application, including referee assessments, via ResearchNet on or before November 3, 2010.WEBSITE: http://www.cihr.ca/e/42097.htmlNOTES: Note that the application includes an applicant CV which must be completed on the Canadian Common CV platform. Complete details of the application requirements and access to the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships e-submission platform on ResearchNet to complete an application will be available in mid-August.
Oct 29 - Ontario Mental Health Foundation: Postdoctoral FellowshipsThe Postdoctoral Fellowship is intended to provide an opportunity for a person with a Ph.D. to obtain further training. AMOUNT: 2 or 3 years ($35,000 per year)DEADLINE: October 29, 2010 at 4:00 pm (Eastern Time)WEBSITE: http://www.omhf.on.ca/guidelines/fellowships/
Nov 1 - CIHR: Fellowship - Focus on Stroke (2010-2011)The emphasis of this strategic initiative is on building capacity in the later themes/pillars of stroke research (i.e., clinical, health services/policy, and/or population health research) and supporting research training of health professionals (e.g. nurses, occupational therapists, pharmacists, physiotherapists, speech therapists). Funding priority will therefore be given to highly rated applicants whose research is 60% or more in the area of clinical, health services/policy, and/or population health research. While applications with a basic biomedical research focus are eligible for this competition, a limited amount of funds is available to support research in this area. AMOUNT: Trainee stipend: $40,000 per annum for PhDs for up to 3 years; $50,000 per annum for MDs for up to 3 years. Research allowance: $5,000 per annum for up to 3 years.DEADLINE: November 1, 2010WEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1099&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
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CONTINUOUS SUBMISSION PROCESSAlcoa Foundation: Community Focused GivingThe foundation's grant making focus centers on four distinct Areas of Excellence: Conservation and Sustainability, Safe and Healthy Children and Families, Global Education and Workplace Skills, and Business and Community Partnerships. The foundation gives priority consideration to programs and organizations in or near communities where Alcoa has a presence.The foundation focuses its resources on partners working to mobilize action in the following four priority focus areas:1. Sustainable environment2. Building tomorrows workforce and leaders3. Community health and safety4. Community capacity and resilienceAMOUNT: The minimum grant request is US$15,000DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.alcoa.com/global/en/community/foundation/info_page/about_working_foundation.asp
Autism Speaks: Trailblazer AwardAutism Speaks places a high priority on innovation and has designed its new Trailblazer Award to respond quickly to arising opportunities and highly novel ideas. The Trailblazer Award mechanism will support highly novel “out of the box” autism-relevant research that addresses significant roadblocks or that can open new avenues to understanding the causes, diagnosis, subtyping, prevention, treatments, and cure of autism spectrum disorders. The Trailblazer Award mechanism is designed to fund small investigator-initiated high risk/high impact projects that are potentially transformative. Good fits include: 1) projects that may be too risky for regular research mechanisms, including the Autism Speaks pilot study research grants, and/or 2) studies that are time-sensitive in their ability to leverage an exceptional opportunity for conducting highly innovative and relevant ASD research. The proposed Trailblazer project:
Must explore a highly novel idea or research technique that potentially could have high impact, i.e., have the capacity to change the way we diagnose, subtype, prevent, and/or treat ASD or the way we conduct relevant research on ASD.
Is not required to have preliminary data. Should be considered risky as to not likely be supported though other AS grants
programs, including pilot studies. May come from newer or established investigators with demonstrated expertise and
experience in autism and/or from investigators in non-autism areas of research that will be applied directly to autism research.
AMOUNT: Awards are limited to a period of 12 months and an amount up to $80,000DEADLINE: ContinousWEBSITE: http://www.autismspeaks.org/science/research/grants/open_grants_how_to_apply.php
Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation: Research GrantThe Foundation provides funding for pilot studies on research important to the prevention and treatment of cerebral palsy, including improvement in the quality of life of persons with disabilities due to cerebral palsy and closely related developmental brain disorders. This broad research agenda includes basic, clinical and applied research in the biomedical and bioengineering sciences. Research grant applications are reviewed for scientific merit by the Foundation’s
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Scientific Advisory Council and then for funding by the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis taking into account scientific merit, scientific and clinical significance and relevance to cerebral palsy.AMOUNT: Grants are generally awarded for up to 2 years at a maximum of $50,000 a year.LOI DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://cpirf.org/research/grant-applications
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Scientific and Environmental Affairs DivisionNATO Programme for Security Through Science Research Infrastructure Support: Computer Networking - Networking Infrastructure GrantsNetworking Infrastructure Grants (NIGs) provide assistance to Partner country research institutions in purchasing equipment that will improve the level and the quality of telecommunication facilities. In addition, NIGs provide training, software and travel to promote distance-learning programs and collaborative projects based on electronic communication. These grants are intended primarily
to provide connectivity to partner communities which are not yet connected to the internet; to increase the number of users in a given partner community already connected; to provide equipment, training, software and travel for communication and not for research
purposes; to promote distance-learning programs; and to develop virtual communities of experts in a field.
ELIGIBILITY: To be eligible for support a project must include non-profit-making institutions or research establishments from one or more Partner countries and must be presented in collaboration with an institution from a NATO country. Applications from single institutions will be given lower priority. Low priority will also be given to applications for substantial upgrades of existing, operational infrastructure which already has reasonable national and/or international connectivity. Project participants are senior scientists responsible for the project who are group leaders of the collaborating teams. Two project participants - one from a NATO country and one from a partner country - should be designated Project Co-Directors. Any person can apply for a NATO grant who is an expert in the field for which he/she is applying and who has his/her main residence in a NATO, Partner or Mediterranean Dialogue country with mailing address and contact details in that country (the person should be settled in the country and not just a short-term visitor).DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.nato.int/science/nato_funded_activities/grant_mechanisms/nig-nfa.htm
Weeden Foundation Population ProgramThe Weeden Foundation supports high leverage population projects with advocacy components to influence policy makers and opinion leaders. Additionally, foundation funds have supported the creation of educational materials, site-specific demonstration projects (frequently near biological reserves), and innovative media approaches to raising awareness about family planning and reproductive health both in the U.S. and abroad. Over the past decade, the foundation has also supported efforts in Nepal, Mexico, and across Latin America to promote reproductive rights and create better access to reproductive health services. Only rarely has the foundation made international population grants to locations outside its target region of Latin America. Currently the foundation is supporting a group of grants that aim to opportunistically promote reproductive rights across the Latin American region.AMOUNT: average $20,000DEADLINE: approximately six weeks prior to each meeting (March, June, and October)WEBSITE: http://www.weedenfdn.org/wfguides.html
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Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Decision Support Synthesis ProgramThe foundation's Decision Support Synthesis program aims to contribute the best available evidence to decision-making in a particular policy or management context. Decision support syntheses are driven by the information needs of decision makers and produce recommendations for policy and management through a deliberative process that involves key stakeholders. These syntheses incorporate different types and sources of evidence, including research results and promising practices. Decision support syntheses are distinct from knowledge support syntheses. Knowledge support syntheses summarize the research evidence and strive for greater general applicability and contribution to the knowledge pool. Cochrane-style systematic reviews are examples of high quality knowledge support syntheses. Decision support syntheses, on the other hand, include summarizing evidence as well as other tasks required to support decision-making in a particular context, such as determining recommendations for action and considering factors relevant to implementing change. The foundation's current priority research themes (2008-2011) are as follows: Workforce and the Work Environment Quality and Patient Safety Values-based Decision-making and Public Engagement Change Management for Improved Practice and Improved HealthAMOUNT: up to $130,000DEADLINE: continuous WEBSITE: http://www.chsrf.org/dss/index_e.php
Multiple Sclerosis Scientific Research Foundation - Pilot GrantsThe purpose of the Pilot Program is to provide limited short-term support of research related to multiple sclerosis in areas where preliminary data are scant or nonexistent. Research proposals submitted to this program should represent unique or novel ideas with the potential to open significant new avenues of research on MS. Projects that are extensions of on-going research programs, or that already have ample supporting data, should be submitted to the regular grant program. Applicants must hold a full time faculty position at a Canadian university or research institution.AMOUNT: up to $35,000 for 1 yearDEADLINES: Applications for Pilot Project Awards may be submitted at any time but will only be reviewed between April 1st and August 1st. WEBSITE: http://www.mssociety.ca/en/research/pdf/MSSC_pilotapp.pdf
Spencer Foundation Research ProgramsThe Spencer Foundation provides funding for investigations that promise to yield new knowledge about education in the United States or abroad. The foundation funds research grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors.
Concerned with advancing the learning and development of children and adults, Spencer is interested in studies that lead to better understanding and improvements in the intellectual, material, and organizational resources that contribute to successful teaching and learning. A key aim of research in this initiative is to support investigations of questions that are grounded directly in teaching practice as well as in research about important aspects of teaching and learning processes that hold promise for enriching opportunities to learn and for guiding informed policymaking. The foundation is particularly interested in studies of teaching and teacher development.AMOUNT: $5,000 - $400,000DEADLINE: variesWEBSITE: http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/teaching-learning-and-instructional-resources
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Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP)The Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP) is designed to assist the publication of works of advanced scholarship in the humanities and social sciences that make a significant contribution to knowledge, but that are unlikely to be self-supporting. In general, only book-length manuscripts (at least 100 typescript pages) about to be published in Canada by approved Canadian presses are eligible for consideration. Collective works must constitute the result of a collaborative effort; furthermore, there must be substantive integration of the chapters. Critical bibliographies, critical editions, reference works, and documentary collections that fulfill a real need in the scholarly community and that are distinguished by completeness, accuracy, full reference material, and necessary critical comments, may be considered eligible.
The ASPP does not provide grants for the publication of textbooks, technical reports, original works of poetry, fiction, and drama, scholarly journals and articles, or conference proceedings. AMOUNT: $8,000DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.fedcan.ca/english/aspp/about/
Global Commerce Support Program - Going Global InnovationThe Going Global Science and Technology (S&T) Program is specifically designed to promote and enhance Canada's international science and technology efforts by supporting Canadian researchers in accessing international R&D collaborative opportunities through the development of partnerships with key players in other countries/economies. The Going Global S&T Program supports activities (''projects'') that aim to build on targeted relationships between Canadian researchers and key players in other countries and allow them to proceed with the formal discussions required to initiate collaboration on future international research and development initiatives. The program funding is used for the face-to-face encounters needed to solidify the partnership and move it forward to the point where the researchers can begin the R&D phase of the initiative. These meetings may be used to formulate the partnership and conduct detailed planning of their collaborative R&D initiative (i.e., to define objectives, activities, timelines, responsibilities, etc.).AMOUNT: $5,000 - $75,000 (matched fund program)DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.tradecommissioner.gc.ca/eng/science/going_global.jsp
Relation between Education and Social OpportunityThe Spencer Foundation provides funding for research projects that study education in the United States and abroad. The foundation funds research grants that range in size from smaller grants that can be completed within a year, to larger, multi-year endeavors. The foundation seeks to shed light on the role education plays in reducing economic and social inequalities - as well as, sometimes, reinforcing them - and to find ways to more fully realize education's potential to promote more equal opportunity. Expanded opportunity is important not only to a society's economic well being but to the character of its civic, cultural, and social life as well.
Education enriches and expands people's lives in many ways, including through their employment opportunities, their civic and political involvements, and the quality of their personal lives. The foundation's interests therefore extend to studies that examine the ways in which differences in educational experiences (including quality and character of schooling as well as number of years in school) translate into differences in employment, earnings, and civic and social outcomes. Such work can help identify ways to change schooling investments and outcomes in the interests of a more just and prosperous society.
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AMOUNT: $5,000 - $400,000 (indirect costs 15% for grants great than $50,000)DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.spencer.org/content.cfm/education-and-social-opportunity
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Commissioned Activities: Policy Synthesis ProgramWorking with decision-maker partners who are developing health policy options, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) commissions researchers to synthesize evidence and experience in a specified area. The foundation will disseminate these peer-reviewed policy syntheses in English and French to both co-sponsor partners and the health services community. Both researchers and policy makers can use the Policy Synthesis Program.
A policy synthesis draws together published literature, grey literature, decision makers' experience, and researchers' knowledge and experience to make best practice recommendations for a specified area of policy development under active consideration by identified and interested decision makers.
Researchers may contact CHSRF to express interest in being available for the program. If an interested researcher's area becomes the focus of one of CHSRF's commissioning exercises the researcher will be invited (at CHSRF expense) to the kick-off Round Table. At this event decision makers and researchers, all active in the area, debate the scope of the synthesis and the issues it should address. Researchers may then submit a bid for the commission.
For policy makers charged with reforming some area of health services, the foundation might be able to assist by acting as the broker and convenor, offering opportunities to brainstorm with researchers and other decision makers active in the area. At the end of the process policy makers also get a high-quality peer-reviewed synthesis of the relevant research and experience to inform their final decisions. From beginning to end, the policy synthesis process takes a year or even longer. But for less than policy makers are likely spend on consultants, they can get the expertise of Canada's health services research community.DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.chsrf.org/funding_opportunities/commissioned_research/index_e.php
OHTN Community-Based Research Capacity-Building FundsThe OHTN aims to encourage and support HIV-related research in Ontario across the streams of basic, clinical, epidemiological and socio-behavioural science. CBR Capacity-Building Funds are intended to: develop and support scientifically rigorous and policy-relevant research proposals that
address social justice and determinants of health priority issues using a CBR framework; enable community organizations to build strategic alliances and infrastructure with academic
partners (and vice-versa) related to CBR; enhance research protocol development skills (e.g., methodological expertise, policy-
relevance) and other relevant research skills for community-based researchers that may include internships, workshops, practicum or other mechanisms for developing CBR capacity;
enhance the ability of people living with HIV/AIDS (and other affected communities) to meaningfully engage in CBR initiatives or the sector in general;
enable community organizations, in concert with academic and other stakeholders, opportunities to assess relevant community research needs, questions and priorities; and
enable CBR teams to develop and implement effective KTE activities.AMOUNT: up to $25,000DEADLINE: Continuous
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WEBSITE: http://www.ohtn.on.ca/OHTNFundCalls.htm
CPS Small Grants for Local and Regional Initiatives in Pain Education and Organizational DevelopmentThe Canadian Pain Society (CPS) offers small grants in support of projects designed to improve pain management or to promote education about pain. Examples of such projects include: One-time grant for seed money to establish an interdisciplinary pain interest group, paying for
communication (printing, postage, fax) and other direct startup costs Forgivable loan in support of an educational conference or seminar, money to be repaid to the
Society if the conference makes a profit Grant to support cooperative activities (e.g., printing and distribution of information) by groups
(formal or informal) of people who have painAMOUNT: $1,250DEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.canadianpainsociety.ca/grants.html
CIHR & Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Institute- Community Support ProgramThe new ICS Program is designed to foster community development by providing grants and awards to individuals and organizations for the purposes of aiding research and knowledge translation activities where the circumstances fall outside CIHR's programs; and supporting organizations and activities whose goals are consistent with the institute's and CIHR's vision, mandate and strategic directions. Key highlights of the program include support for travel awards for trainees and new investigators, and support for health services and policy research community development activities. IHSPR's ICS funding will be distributed among the following opportunities: IHSPR travel awards for trainees (including postdoctoral fellows) and new investigators Health services and policy research community development activities that align with IHSPR's
mandate and either one or more of (a) IHSPR's priority research themes or (b) the Listening for Direction III themes
The ICS Program is not intended to support the direct cost of research (e.g., pilot projects, feasibility studies or operating grants), principal and co-investigator salaries or research equipment.AMOUNT: unspecified, except in the category of IHSPR Travel Awards for Trainees and New Investigators: the maximum amount for a single travel award is $5,000. (The total amount available for the program for fiscal year 2008-2009 is $50,000)DEADLINE: Continuous. Applications are accepted on the 25th of every month with decisions announced six weeks laterWEBSITE: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/36098.html
NSERC Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF)This program provides promising young scientists and engineers with the opportunity to work with research groups or leaders in Canadian government laboratories and research institutions. Fellowships are tenable in various Canadian government departments and agencies (e.g. Pacific Region [Health Canada], Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch [Product Safety Programme and Safe Environments Programme], Health Products and Food Branch [Food Directorate, Biologics and Genetic Therapies Directorate, Regional Laboratories], Public Health Agency of Canada [Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Microbiology Laboratory-Winnipeg, Manitoba], Industry Canada)AMOUNT: $43,724 for one year, plus travel expenses. The fellowship may be renewed for a second and possibly a third year.
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DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.nserc.gc.ca/sf_e.asp?nav=vfnav&lbi=3d
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) Conference GrantTo support scientific meetings, conferences and workshops relevant to diabetesDEADLINE: Applications are accepted for consideration throughout the year.
Canadian Heritage Multiculturalism Program Community Action ProjectsFunding provided under the terms of the Multiculturalism Program focuses on initiatives to achieve the following program objectives: 1. Ethno-cultural/racial minorities participate in public decision-making (civic participation). To assist in the development of strategies that facilitate full and active participation of ethnic, racial, cultural, and religious communities in Canadian society. 2. Communities and the broad public engage in informed dialogue and sustained action to combat racism (anti-racism/anti-hate/ cross-cultural understanding). To increase public awareness, understanding and informed public dialogue about multiculturalism, racism, and cultural diversity in Canada. To facilitate collective community initiatives and responses to ethnic, racial, cultural, and religious conflict and hate-motivated activities. 3. Public institutions eliminate systemic barriers (institutional change). To improve the ability of public institutions to respond to ethnic, racial, cultural, and religious diversity by assisting in the identification and removal of barriers to equitable access and by supporting the involvement of these ethno-racial/cultural communities in the public decision-making process.
In 2008-09, the Multiculturalism Program will pay particular attention to the following priorities:1. Support the economic, social, and cultural integration of new Canadians and cultural communities2. Facilitate programs such as mentorship, volunteerism, leadership,and civic education among at-risk cultural youth3. Promote inter-cultural understanding and Canadian values(democracy, freedom, human rights and rule of law) throughcommunity initiatives, with the objective of addressing issuesof cultural social exclusion (parallel communities) and radicalization
Under the Multiculturalism Program, the Government of Canada providesfunding assistance in the form of grants and contributions for eligible projects that- address an issue related to one or more of the program objectives orpriorities as listed above;- use social development approaches to achieve measurable results;- involve the broad community (community-based, neighbourhood-basedand/or coalitions that are inclusive);- focus on action and measurable results leading to sustainable and lasting changes to address community issues;- involve partnerships, such as other federal departments; provincial,territorial and municipal levels of governments; public institutions;collaboration with the private or the voluntary sector, etc.
Projects developed to support youth should be relevant to youth, resonate with young people, and include their involvement in the planning, delivery, and evaluation of the project.AMOUNT: Unspecified. Pertinent, reasonable, and essential expenses required to carry out the project will be considered to be eligible expenses
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DEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/multi/program/index_e.cfm
Alberta Gaming and Research Institute (AGRI) Institute Small Research GrantsThe purpose of this program is to enhance the ability of researchers to conduct gambling related research. Research funding could, for example, be used for the development of pilot projects, annotated literature reviews, instruments or questionnaires, or the administration of a survey.AMOUNT: up to $10,000DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.abgaminginstitute.ualberta.ca//pdfs/small_grant_guide.pdf
CHEO Individual Professional Development Awards Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO Professional Development Awards in Child and Youth Mental Health aim to give successful applicants an opportunity to actively pursue a re-training, enhanced training, and/or re-tooling opportunity, typically in another setting, so as to increase capacity in their home-based organization/agency. This award is not intended to fund attendance at conferences. Examples of such training might include: spending time within a leading organization/agency to observe and learn about their approach(es) to an intervention; coursework in research methods or epidemiology from an academic institution; condensed learning in a therapeutic modality or clinical program/evaluation-based framework and; working within a research laboratory to learn about a specific approach to research in child and youth mental health. AMOUNT: $10,000DEADLINE: OpenWEBSITE: http://www.onthepoint.ca/funding/forms/pda/pdainstructions_indiv.pdf
CHEO Group Professional Development Awards Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO Professional Development Awards in Child and Youth Mental Health aim to give successful applicants an opportunity to actively pursue a re-training, enhanced training, and/or re-tooling opportunity, typically in another setting, so as to increase capacity in their home-based organization/agency. This award is not intended to fund attendance at conferences. Examples of such training might include: spending time within a leading organization/agency to observe and learn about their approach(es) to an intervention; coursework in research methods or epidemiology from an academic institution; condensed learning in a therapeutic modality or clinical program/evaluation-based framework and; working within a research laboratory to learn about a specific approach to research in child and youth mental health. AMOUNT: up to $35,000DEADLINE: OpenWEBSITE: http://www.onthepoint.ca/funding/forms/pda/pdainstructions_grp.pdf
Max Bell Foundation Project GrantsThe Max Bell Foundation reflects the spirit and intent of its founder to improve Canadian society. The foundation encourages the development of innovative ideas that impact public policies and practices with an emphasis on health and wellness, education, and the environment. The foundation will consider supporting projects that fit their mission, strategy, and granting guidelines, and that fall within or bridge their program areas.
In the area of health and wellness, the foundation is interested in supporting projects that promote good health in the broadest sense. They are particularly interested in identifying practical, alternative approaches to the creation and maintenance of the programs and policies that shape
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Canada's health care practices.
Max Bell Foundation believes education is a cornerstone of a flourishing, productive society. Canada's education institutions face many challenges as changing needs, attitudes, economies, and technologies shift the ground in which they are rooted. The foundation seeks to support research projects that focus on innovative ways in which our education institutions meet those challenges. Of particular interest are those projects which address the thoughtful use of technology and alternative institutional arrangements.
In the area of the environment, the foundation seeks to support projects that understand and take account of the social and economic contexts in which environmental concerns emerge as public policy and practice.AMOUNT: unspecified (1-5 years)DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.maxbell.org/granting.htm#project
Other: CIHR President’s FundCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchCIHR uses the President's Fund to provide grants that are used to:
support organizations and initiatives whose goal is consistent with CIHR's vision, mandate and strategic directions; and provide assistance for seminars, education programs and other research related events that are hosted by research or educational organizations where the objectives of the event align with the interests of CIHR overall and not individual Institutes;
provide special, one-time grants or awards in aid of research where the circumstances fall outside CIHR's other programs
Note: the President's Fund will no longer provide financial assistance for knowledge translation related conferences, workshops and symposia AMOUNT: variesDEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/viewOpportunityDetails.do?prog=307&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
Thrasher Research FoundationThe Thrasher Research Fund supports clinical/translational pediatric research. Emphasis is placed on projects with potential findings that would be clinically applicable in a relatively short period of time for the prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment of pediatric medical problems. The Fund seeks to maintain a portfolio of grants with a balance of both domestic and international research. Projects are supported for up to 3 years. Amounts awarded and time periods vary depending on the specific needs of each proposal. Over the last several years awards from the Fund have ranged from a few thousand dollars to approximately $400,000. The Fund’s median award is $230,000 (majority between $150,000- $300,000).
DEADLINE: Concept papers are accepted on a rolling basis with no specific deadline for submission. The investigator can usually expect notification about the concept in 6-8 weeks depending on the time of submission and the number of concepts received by the Fund. Notification is made by return e-mail.
WEBSITE:http://www.thrasherresearch.org/Default.aspx?page=202 andhttp://www.thrasherresearch.org/sites/www_thrasherresearch_org/Default.aspx?page=37
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Jacobs FoundationJacobs Foundation mainly finances research and intervention projects with a great potential for roll-out and dissemination. Proposals are welcomed from all disciplines and the foundation supports research that is qualitative and quantitative. Interdisciplinary collaboration and research that involves co-operation between researchers and practitioners, or between professionals in different countries are an advantage. Pilot studies and pilot innovations are encouraged and the foundation will also accept proposals for studies that capitalize and build on some larger already-funded research program. Projects need to show a sound project design responding to the needs of the target groups. Within this general framework the current priorities of the foundation are:
a) Capitalising on migration, including the integration of youth with a second and third generation migrant background and managing the effects of youth migration.b) Improving contexts of learning, including institutional dimensions of learning, all day learning, out of school learning, integrative approaches to learning, etc.c) Economic dimensions of Productive Youth Development: macro and micro economic effects
Within this general framework, the following transversal topics are of particular interest: - developmental perspectives- transitions in the life course- preventive inter-medial measures- ways of learning, such as formal and non-formal learning- cultural contexts and values- competencies and social responsibility- peace, inter-cultural, inter-religious dialogue
Amount: Swiss Franc (CHF) 5,000 to CHF 300,000. WEBSITE: http://www.jacobsfoundation.org/ Procedures or http://fundingopps.cos.com/cgi-bin/getRec?id=9625
Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Research on Diagnostic Errors in Ambulatory Care Settings (Unsolicited Proposals)Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)In FY 2008, AHRQ intends to support research designed to gain a better understanding of the incidence, cost, determinants, and strategies for preventing or mitigating diagnostic errors (i.e., misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis, delayed diagnosis) in ambulatory care settings. Note that for the purposes of this Special Emphasis Notice, ambulatory care refers to health care provided in emergency departments; clinicians' offices and practices, both large and small; outpatient clinics; community health centers; urgent care centers, and ambulatory surgery centers. Researchers from non-ambulatory settings with a strong interest in fostering safe, high quality ambulatory care and transitions are welcome to apply, but must do so in partnership with an ambulatory care organization. In particular, a focus on transitions between ambulatory care, home care, and nursing homes is critical to the success of ambulatory care for many elderly and chronically ill populationsAMOUNT: R01 and R18 mechanisms to no more than $300,000 per year. R03 applications are limited to total (direct plus indirect) costs of no more than $100,000 per year.DEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HS-08-002.html
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Hunter’s Hope Foundation Major and Pilot Research Grant ProgramProjects funded by Hunter's Hope investigate new treatment approaches for Krabbe or other leukodystrophies or study basic mechanisms related to these diseases. Areas of relevant research include, among others: gene therapy; myelin development; neuro-degeneration and transplantation; developmental neurobiology and molecular biology.AMOUNT: Major Research Grants up to $100,000 per year for 1-3 years; Pilot Research Grant up to $30,000 for 1 year (renewal possible)DEADLINE: Grants can be submitted any time, but only exceptional research directly related to a treatment/cure for Krabbe disease will be considered.WEBSITE: http://www.huntershope.org/research/policies.asp
NSERC: Engage Grants The Engage Grants (EG) Program is intended to give companies that operate from a Canadian base access to the unique knowledge and expertise available at Canadian universities. This program is intended to foster the development of new research partnerships between academic researchers and companies that have never collaborated together before, by supporting short-term research and development projects aimed at addressing a company-specific problem.NOTE: As the purpose of the EG Program is to foster the development of a new relationship between a company and the academic researcher, there can be no existing or past relationship between the two parties, including a previous research collaboration, consulting contract, or involvement on the part of the academic researcher in the company.AMOUNT: Up to $25,000.00 for up to 6 months.DEADLINE: AnytimeWEBSITE: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/Engage-Engagement_eng.asp
NSERC: Interaction GrantsThe Interaction Grants (IG) Program is intended to give companies that operate from a Canadian base and researchers from Canadian universities. an opportunity to meet and identify a company-specific problem they could solve by collaborating in a subsequent research partnership. These interactions are expected to result in economic benefits to Canada.NOTE: As the purpose of the Interaction Grant is to foster new relationships between companies and academic researchers, there can be no existing or past relationship between the parties, including previous research collaboration, consulting contract or involvement on the part of the academic researcher in the company.AMOUNT: Up to $5,000 for up to 3 monthsDEADLINE: AnytimeWEBSITE: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/Interaction-Interaction_eng.asp
NSERC- Strategic Workshops ProgramThe Strategic Workshops Program (SWP) is intended to fund workshops for building new collaborations between Canadian academic researchers and the industry and government receptor community. The program is primarily intended to seed new collaborations in the areas of research targeted by the Strategic Project Grants (SPG) and the Strategic Network Grants (SNG) programs, yet does not exclude other fields of research supported by NSERC. SWP is a three year pilot initiative. Workshops are intended for small, highly focused groups, with attendance not expected to exceed 20 participants. An award may support Canadian and foreign participation, but the workshops must be held in Canada. Funds may be used to organize a single workshop or several events of more limited participation. AMOUNT: up to $25,000
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DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.nserc.gc.ca/professors_e.asp?nav=profnav&lbi=swp
ING Foundation- Support for Organizations and Projects That Inspire Inventiveness and Independence in Canada's YouthING Canada has established the ING Foundation, which strives to support organizations and projects that inspire inventiveness and independence in Canada's youth. Through investments in high-potential community opportunities, the ING Foundation is committed to empowering Canada's young people to achieve their full potential, and build stronger communities for the future. At the same time, ING Canada strives to enhance local capacity in the communities where their employees and stakeholders live, work and unite. The foundation welcomes the opportunity to help local organizations and groups.
ING Canada has carefully chosen two core areas where they feel their expertise and support can help to make a difference: Empowering Canada's next generation of aspiring leaders and citizens. Enhancing communities where ING Canada employees and stakeholders live and work, and
encouraging the involvement and citizenship of ING Canada employees and brokers.
In the ''Empowering Canada's youth'' category, the foundation will consider providing community investment support to organizations, programs or projects that empower Canada's next generation of leaders and citizens to achieve their full potential. The foundation emphasizes projects that strive to: Mentor tomorrow's leaders. The foundation supports interactive and formalized mentoring and
leadership development programs that encourage and empower Canada's youth to realize their potential.
Reduce youth-on-youth violence. This will focus on interventions that address the causes and solutions of the growing problem of bullying and other forms of youth-on-youth violence at school and among peer groups. The foundation hopes to help provide a school and youth environment that is safe and free from bullying.
Build resilience and independence among youth at risk. The foundation aids organizations and social programs that foster resilience, prevention and independence among youth whose lives are at risk due to family poverty, homelessness or conflict. The foundation believes that programs that enable and equip high-risk youth will help break the cruel cycle of poverty and inter-personal conflict.
Improve quality of life for young people, especially those who are ill or disadvantaged. This includes programs that help children and teens facing serious or life-threatening illness or who are disabled or socio-economically vulnerable
AMOUNT: unspecifiedDEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.ingcanada.com/en/ing_foundation.html
MITACS: Accelerate ProgramA unique multi-disciplinary internship program managed by MITACS Inc which connects companies, governments and not-for-profit organizations with the vast research expertise within Canada's universities.
Organizations which are not eligible to be partners include: Funding agencies University-based research centres Foreign companies
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An intern spends approximately half of their time over a four-month period on site with the partner, gaining a better understanding of the research issue in question. The balance of the intern's time is spent back at the university, further advancing the research under the guidance of a faculty supervisor. Internships can be combined into larger, 8- or 12-month projects.AMOUNT: Each 4-month internship project receives $15,000 in direct funding, with the partner organization and MITACS each providing $7,500ORS DEADLINE: Ten working days prior to submission to agency.AGENCY DEADLINE: Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals at least 6 months before the date of the event.WEBSITE: http://www.mitacs.ca/main.php?mid=10000321&pid=240
Wellcome Trust Programme GrantsBiomedical Science; Health Consequences of Population Change (HCPC)Programme grants provide support for up to five years for internationally competitive research relevant to human and animal health. This longer-term funding gives researchers the opportunity to concentrate on a programme of research without having continually to seek funds from a variety of sources to maintain the group. The Wellcome Trust encourages holders of programme grants to pursue new ideas and avenues as they arise. The trust would particularly like to promote research in the following areas: - Adjuvant identification and development - Stem cells - The 3Rs (replacement, refinement, reduction) - Influenza research
Applicants should direct any enquiries to the appropriate funding stream:- Immunology and Infectious Disease- Populations and Public Health- Neuroscience and Mental Health- Physiological Sciences- Molecules, Genes and Cells
The trust now has a separate scheme for proposals for the development of technologies and biomedical resources.AMOUNT: recent awards have rarely exceeded £1,200,000DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/Research-support/WTD004407.htm
Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Canada-U.S. Fulbright ProgramFoundation for Educational Exchange Between Canada and the United StatesThe Fulbright Senior Specialists Program is designed to provide U.S. and Canadian faculty and professionals with opportunities to collaborate on curriculum and faculty development, institutional planning and a variety of other activities.
Fulbright Senior Specialists may engage in any of the following activities at their Canadian host institution:1. Conduct needs assessments, surveys, institutional or programmatic research2. Take part in specialized academic programs and conferences3. Consult with administrators and instructors of postsecondary institutions on faculty development4. Present lectures at graduate and undergraduate levels
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5. Participate in or lead seminars or workshops at overseas academic institutions6. Develop or assess academic curricula or educational materials 7. Conduct teacher-training programs at the tertiary level
Canadian institutions may request Fulbright Senior Specialists in the following fields:- Agriculture, American studies, Anthropology, Applied linguistics / TEFL, Archaeology, Business administration, Communications and journalism, Economics, Education, Environmental science, Information technology, Law, Library science, Peace and conflict resolution studies, Political science, Public administration, Public/global health, Social work, Sociology, and Urban planning. Activity location: US and CanadaAMOUNT: unspecified; Short-term grants of 2 to 6 weeks are available.DEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.fulbright.ca/en/seniorspecialists.asp
NSERC Special Research Opportunity (SRO) ProgramThe SRO program supports unique, emerging research opportunities that are timely, urgent, high-risk or have a strong potential for breakthrough that will be of substantial benefit to Canada. The program also supports pre-research activities to investigate and develop potential new collaborative projects necessary to respond to these national and international opportunities.
The special opportunity must be unique, unforeseen, and outside the normal evolution and advancement of a longer term research program. It is timely and linked to a window of opportunity that did not exist a year ago, and will not exist in the future. In addition, the research project must be novel, high risk, or have a strong potential for breakthrough. Pre-research activities must have the potential to lead to a significant new collaborative project of benefit to Canada.
Types of projects that may be considered by the SRO program include the following:- A project that can be undertaken only in conjunction with a specific and unusual world event- A workshop to define and plan Canadian participation in a major international research initiative- An interdisciplinary effort to address an emerging problem of importance to Canada- A project that leads to, or exploits, a breakthrough discovery which establishes or maintains Canada';s international leadership position in a niche area- A novel, high-risk project with the potential to change the direction of thought in a discipline or open up new areas of discovery.AMOUNT: variesDEADLINE: Letter of intent may be submitted at any timeWEBSITE: http://www.nserc.ca/professors_e.asp?nav=profnav&lbi=a4
United Cerebral Palsy Research FoundationThe United Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation provides funding for pilot studies on research important to the prevention and treatment of cerebral palsy, including improvement in the quality of life of persons with disabilities due to cerebral palsy and closely related developmental brain disorders. This broad research agenda includes basic, clinical and applied (translational) research. Research grant applications are reviewed for scientific merit and relevancy to the mission by the foundation's scientific advisory council and then for funding by the foundation's board of directors. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis taking into account scientific merit, scientific and clinical significance and relevance to areas designated by the foundation.
For 2007-2008, the following research areas have been designated for foundation targeted attention.
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The biology of factors and mechanisms which adversely affect the developing brain resulting in cerebral palsy or disorders often closely associated with cerebral palsy (e.g., visual system impairment)
The development and evaluation of research methodologies for use in studies of the etiologies, pathobiologies, prevention, diagnosis or therapy of cerebral palsy and the impairments or disabilities associated with it
The development of interventions to prevent developmental brain damage associated with cerebral palsy including translational research on therapeutic strategies
The development and evaluation of interventions for improved diagnosis or clinical management of the biological impairments or functional disabilities associated with cerebral palsy
The effects of aging on persons with disabilities due to cerebral palsy; the prevention and treatment of increased disability.
NOTE: The Foundation’s research grant program is aimed primarily at studies being conducted in institutions in the United States. However, when an unusual opportunity is available for the initiation of a significant research endeavor not being pursued in the U.S., Foundation research grant support may be provided to institutions outside the U.S.AMOUNT: up to $100,000 ($50,000 per year X 2 years)DEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.ucpresearch.org/grants/index.php
MENTORING (archive)Max Bell Foundation's internship grantsMax Bell Foundation internship grants are made to Canadian registered charities (includes universities) who in turn hire interns for short term contracts. Max Bell Foundation has initiated an internship program with the following objectives:
1) To provide selected organizations with the resources required to do "background" or "foundational" work on key public policy issues in health & wellness, education, and environment. Doing such work should help these organizations with their core activities, such as:
understanding public policy issues in their full complexity developing high quality proposals for potential funders informing debate over key public policy issues
2) To provide excellent educational and mentorship experiences for some of Canada's best and brightest young researchers, and focus their attention upon key public policy issues related to health & wellness, education and environment. The best young researchers in Canada should be exposed to some of the leading thinking on public policy issues inside of some of Canada's best public policy research institutes.
Note: Interns must be a Canadian citizenAMOUNT: Stipend. The stipend for holders of bachelors degrees (or equivalent) is $2,400 per month for four to eight months. The stipend for holders of masters degrees (or equivalent) is $2,880 per month. The stipend for holders of doctoral degrees (or equivalent) is $3,200 per month. These amounts are competitive on a national scale, and are intended to draw the best possible candidates.DEADLINE: continuousWEBSITE: http://www.maxbell.org/granting.htm
CIHR Aboriginal Youth OutreachAs part of its Synapse youth outreach program, CIHR is proud to support Actua in delivering health science activities to Aboriginal youth participating in weeklong summer science camps in
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July and August. The camps engage youth between the ages of 7 and 12 in innovative and fun hands-on activities that show them how science and technology are related to everyday life. CIHR and Actua would like to invite health researchers, postdoctoral fellows, and doctoral students of Aboriginal descent, or working in the area of Aboriginal health, to visit the camp(s) as a mentor.
We are looking for mentors for camps all across Canada including northern Canada (see below for details on locations and dates). The role of the mentor would be to give a short, informal presentation on his/her work and career path in order to inspire and educate youth about careers in the field of health research. Some resources are available to assist with travel costs to remote locations.If you are interested in participating, kindly go to http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/22973.html, http://www.actua.ca/en/involved/mentor.html and http://www.actua.ca/en/programs/camps.html. Complete the short form requesting information on your location, background and availability. Be sure to check the CIHR Synapse Youth Connection program box in the affiliation section.
Mayday Fund of New York Grant for Pain ResearchThe Mayday Fund is dedicated to alleviating the incidence, degree, and consequence of human physical pain.
The Mayday Fund's current grant-making targets include- projects that result in clinical interventions to reduce the toll of physical pain,- pediatric pain,- pain in non-verbal populations, and- pain in the context of emergency medicine.
Mayday will also continue to be proactive in its commitment to promote networking between veterinary and human medicine, especially in an effort to inform measurements of pain in nonverbal populations. Finally, the trustees of the Mayday Fund wish to be nimble enough to respond as special opportunities present themselves.AMOUNT: unspecifiedDEADLINE: ContinuousWEBSITE: http://www.maydayfund.org/maydayguidelines.html and http://www.maydayfund.org/sft211/mayday2007grants.pdf (for a list of grants made in 2007)
Ontario Mental Health Foundation Grants for Publications, Conferences and Public EventsThe Foundation operates a modest program to support publications, conferences, and other public events which cannot readily be classified as publications or conferences. Applicants may apply for partial support from the Foundation to be combined with other sources. Publications support includes: The publication of monographs to include material of a greater length than would ordinarily be
accepted by a scientific journal. Publications devoted to broader themes than would usually be dealt with in monograph form
(these might be for example, multi-authored, edited volumes on wider issues of relevance to the objectives of the Foundation).
The publication of material of a more general educational character in the field of mental health (subsidy might, for example, be given for publications that deal with the dissemination of new principles or research discoveries, and that help to transfer these into practice). A variety of forms of publication will be considered, e.g., video tapes, lecture series.
The Foundation will consider providing financial assistance for conferences or meetings when the topics proposed are relevant to mental health and the application of research data to prevention, treatment or rehabilitation of the mentally ill. Informal meetings of researchers to exchange data
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and research methods will be eligible for support if they are advertised in such a way that students and interested workers in Ontario will be able to attend. AMOUNT: Up to $2,500.DEADLINE: Foundation must receive the application no less than four months prior to the date to allow sufficient time for review. WEBSITE: http://www.omhf.on.ca/guidelines/prizes/#conferences
WORKSHOPS (archive)Heart & Stroke Foundation Canada webinar for Population Health and Health Services Grants: Tips for Successful Applications: https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=registration.jsp&eventid=117774&sessionid=1&key=1437421057496C2018BFB19B7F348309&sourcepage=register
September 22, 2010 M.B.
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