CIHR Team Grant : More Years / Better Lives 2017: Aging and place in a digitising world
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with Unit
Memorial Deadline: Thursday 30th, March 2017
External Deadline: Tuesday 4th, April 2017
Description
The Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) “More Years, Better Lives – The Potential and Challenges of Demographic Change” seeks to enhance coordination and collaboration between European and national research programmes related to demographic change. This funding opportunity “Aging and place in a digitising world” is concerned with the ways in which the health and wellbeing of older people, at all stages of later life, is supported and promoted through the design of the social and physical environment, access to opportunities to learn, and the use of technologies of all kinds. Innovative, transnational and interdisciplinary collaborative projects that investigate the potential of technology, place and learning in relation with the older adult.
Research Areas
- Technology: How existing and emerging technologies can improve the quality of life, contribution and social engagement of older people.
- Place: How individuals experience the places where they live, work and engage with others, and how learning and technology enhance or diminish quality of life.
- Learning: How opportunities for learning can best be made available, by public, private and third sector means for the older adult.
Each application shall address the topic of Technology (1). Applications may also address topics of Place (2) and Learning (3), in relation with Technology (1). That is: applications may address Topic 1, Topic 1 and 2, Topic 1 and 3, or Topic 1, 2 and 3 together. The interaction between technology, place and learning is important to the health of older people, and research which explores them may produce important new findings to inform policy.
For more detailed information including eligibility, conditions of funding, review process and how to apply, you must consult the Joint Programming Initiative – More Years Better Lives (JPI-MYBL).
Funds Available
CIHR and partner(s) financial contributions for this initiative are subject to availability of funds. Should CIHR or partner(s) funding levels not be available or are decreased due to unforeseen circumstances, CIHR and partner(s) reserve the right to reduce, defer or suspend financial contributions to grants received as a result of this funding opportunity.
- The total amount available from CIHR for this funding opportunity is $1,000,000, enough to fund approximately 3 grants.
- The maximum amount per grant to a Canadian team is $111,111 per year for up to 3 years for a total of $333,333 per grant.
- CIHR will support only one Canadian team per consortium application.
The Canadian component of applications must be relevant to the mandate of CIHR.
For additional information on this program, visit CIHR’s website.