Posts Categorized: Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

Inuit Research Network Development Grant

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. In recent years, Inuit have become increasingly involved in health research activities taking place in Inuit Nunangat (the Inuit Homeland comprised of four… Read more »

Operating Grant: Spread and Scale of Existing CBPHC and eHealth Innovations

Since 2010, CIHR has invested over $584M in research projects in the areas of community-based primary health care (CBPHC) and eHealth. Throughout this timeframe, the Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR), in partnership with several other CIHR Institutes, led two major initiatives in these areas, namely, Community-Based Primary Health Care and eHealth Innovations…. Read more »

Travel Award: Netherlands-Canada Type 2 Diabetes Consortium

The Netherlands-Canada Type 2 Diabetes Consortium – Travel Awards will provide support for Canadian type 2 diabetes researchers to attend a Workshop being held in The Netherlands December 10-11, 2019. The Workshop will bring together Dutch researchers who received funding through a Dutch research funding call, the Diabetes II Breakthrough Projects competition, with Canadian type 2… Read more »

CIMVHR – Thermal Comfort Testing of Canadian Armed Forces Operational Uniforms

CIMVHR has released a new research opportunity seeking a researcher or a research team from one of their Member Universities to conduct the research project Thermal Comfort Testing of Canadian Armed Forces Operational Uniforms    NEW: All proposals must be submitted through the online call for proposal portal (https://funding.cimvhr.ca/login) and contain the required information as noted… Read more »

CIHR-Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health/ 2019 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) Travel Awards

The Canadian Cardiovascular Congress (CCC) is the largest gathering of cardiovascular and allied health professionals in Canada. The Congress draws cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, researchers, nurses and other cardiovascular specialists from across Canada and around the globe and connects them with other members of the cardiovascular healthcare team. The CIHR-ICRH/CCC 2019 Travel Awards will support Canadian trainees to attend the 2019 CCC held in Montreal,… Read more »

CIHR – Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH)/Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) 2019 Sleep Congress Travel Awards

The objective of the CIHR-ICRH/CSS 2019 World Sleep Congress Travel Awards competition is to recognize the research contribution made by Canadian students and postdoctoral fellows in the field of sleep research. CSS and CIHR-ICRH will jointly provide funding to students and postdoctoral fellows working in sleep research in Canada to travel to the 2019 World Sleep Congress in Vancouver, BC from September… Read more »

CIHR – Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) Travel Awards

The CIHR- Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) will provide funding only to trainees registered in a Master’s or doctoral program or at the post-doctoral or post-health professional degree stage to present their own research (oral or poster), relevant to the Institute’s strategic priorities, at national or international meetings, conferences or symposia. Funding Available: The maximum amount… Read more »

Operating Grant : POR (Patient-Oriented Research) Impact Assessment

The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners (patients and informal caregivers, provincial health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, private sector, etc.) dedicated to the integration of research into care. Patient-oriented research refers to a continuum of research that engages patients as partners, focusses on… Read more »

Team Grant : Personalized Health – Full Application

BY INVITATION ONLY SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Building on previous investments, the Personalized Health initiative is focused on creating targeted and tailored interventions with high therapeutic effectiveness… Read more »

Team Grant : Personalized Health – Letter of Intent

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Building on previous investments, the Personalized Health initiative is focused on creating targeted and tailored interventions with high therapeutic effectiveness that requires an… Read more »

Operating Grant : Pediatric REB initiative

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Investigators developing multi-site research studies in Canada often encounter challenges with gaining the Research Ethics Board (REB) approvals required, in particular where such… Read more »

Operating Grant : POR Impact Assessment

The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners (patients and informal caregivers, provincial health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, private sector, etc.) dedicated to the integration of research into care. Patient-oriented research refers to a continuum of research that engages patients as partners, focusses on… Read more »

Operating Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research

The CIHR HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research (CBR) Program is one of four research funding areas of the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative. The CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative is responsible for the research components of the major Government of Canada initiative in HIV/AIDS, namely the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada (FI). The FI is leading efforts… Read more »

HRF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HEALTH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

In 2019, the Health Research Foundation (HRF) of Innovative Medicines Canada will award two (2) research Fellowships in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Health Research in its impact on health care in Canada. One of the Fellowships will focus on AI’s impact on health system sustainability, while the second Fellowship will focus on AI’s… Read more »

CCS Innovation Grants

Innovation Grants support the highest quality creative problem solving in cancer research. The goal of the Innovation program is to support the development and testing of transformative, paradigm-shifting concepts and approaches to address problems in cancer research, enhance our understanding of cancer, and generate novel approaches to confront the challenges we face in defeating cancer…. Read more »

DoD Defense Medical Research and Development Program JPC-8/PH/TBIRP

Clinical Trial Award Clinical Research Award Pre-Application Submission Deadline:  September 10, 2019 Application Submission Deadline: December 2, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml) and the electronic… Read more »

DoD Prevention Research to Reduce Sexual Assault and/or Understand Adjustment Disorders Investigator-Initiated Focused Research Award (PSAAD-IIFRA)

Joint Program Committee-5/Military and Operational Medicine Research Program Prevention Research to Reduce Sexual Assault and/or Understand Adjustment Disorders Investigator-Initiated  Focused Research Award  (PSAAD-IIFRA) Pre-Application Submission Deadline:  September 19, 2019 Application Submission Deadline: October 3, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements… Read more »

DoD Restoring Warfighters with Neuromusculoskeletal Injuries Research Award (RESTORE)

Joint Program Committee-8/Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program Restoring Warfighters with Neuromusculoskeletal Injuries Research Award (RESTORE) Pre-Application Submission Deadline:  September 3, 2019 Application Submission Deadline: December 16, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the… Read more »

2019 CAAIF Knowledge Mobilization Award

The Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) is a charitable organization, established to increase educational opportunities and research resources for the Canadian Allergy and Immunology community. The 2019 competition will focus on knowledge mobilization programs within Canada and will provide one grant of $5,000. The CAAIF Research Advisory Committee will oversee the application review… Read more »

CARB-X 2019 Funding Round 4 – Direct-acting small molecule – LOI

CARB-X supports the best science and most promising early development R&D projects anywhere in the world. We are aggressively expanding our global outreach and the diversity of projects in Powered by CARB-X pipeline to ensure that no opportunity is lost in the battle against drug-resistant bacterial infections. We fund antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics and other… Read more »

CARB-X 2019 Funding Round 3 – Diagnostics – LOI

CARB-X supports the best science and most promising early development R&D projects anywhere in the world. We are aggressively expanding our global outreach and the diversity of projects in Powered by CARB-X pipeline to ensure that no opportunity is lost in the battle against drug-resistant bacterial infections. We fund antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics and other life-saving products… Read more »

CARB-X 2019 Round 2 – Vaccines and Biotherapeutics – LOI

CARB-X supports the best science and most promising early development R&D projects anywhere in the world. We are aggressively expanding our global outreach and the diversity of projects in Powered by CARB-X pipeline to ensure that no opportunity is lost in the battle against drug-resistant bacterial infections. We fund antibiotics, vaccines, rapid diagnostics and other… Read more »

Focus Grant – Full Application

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is accepting letters of intent for its 2019 Focus Grants. Click on the subject areas for more information about each. 1) Short-Term Risk The Focus Grant for Short-Term Risk is open to innovative, potentially high-yield proposals that focus on short-term risk for suicide. Goal To develop identification and/or intervention strategies for short-term suicide risk… Read more »

Action for A-T

Action for A-T invites applications for medical research that has the potential to benefit children and adults with A-T. Short-term research projects lasting up to 3 years in duration and to a maximum value of £250,000 will be considered.  Funding will be provided for the direct costs of research (such as research staff and consumables)… Read more »

Microbiome in human health and diseases

With a mission of advancing the research and understanding of human microbiota, the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation is calling on inspired researchers at Canadian institutions in the microbiome field to submit proposals for funding their projects. For 2019, the Canadian grant will be awarded to an investigator studying a 1 to 2-year long research project within… Read more »

The Chaim Roifman Scholar Award for Senior Investigators – Full Application

BY INVITATION ONLY Research objectives should address one or more of the unique needs of patients with primary immunodeficiency: Study the clinical, cellular and molecular characteristics of genetically determined immunodeficiency diseases Discover improved diagnostic tools for PI Advance novel therapeutic approaches for PI Advance education of patients and medical professionals Eligibility and requirements Independent investigators… Read more »

The Chaim Roifman Scholar Award for Senior Investigators- LOI

Research objectives should address one or more of the unique needs of patients with primary immunodeficiency: Study the clinical, cellular and molecular characteristics of genetically determined immunodeficiency diseases Discover improved diagnostic tools for PI Advance novel therapeutic approaches for PI Advance education of patients and medical professionals Eligibility and requirements Independent investigators from the academic… Read more »

Stand Up To Cancer Gastric Cancer Interception Research Team

The Stand Up To Cancer Gastric Cancer Interception Research Team Grant represents a new, focused effort to implement advances in gastric cancer interception and prevention research as rapidly as possible through the creation of a collaborative, translational, cancer “Research Team”. The most talented and promising researchers across institutions will be assembled into a Research Team,… Read more »

Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Innovation Science Grants

The AACR-Johnson & Johnson Lung Cancer Innovation Science Grants represent a joint effort to address the need for promoting and supporting collaborative cancer research in areas that include digital therapeutics and smoking cessation biomarkers/behavioral phenotyping, to bolster our understanding of how lung cancer can be successfully intercepted. Prioritized areas of interest may include: clinical trials… Read more »

Rome Foundation Functional GI and Motility Disorder Pilot Research Award

The objective of this AGA Research Foundation Pilot Research Award is to provide funds for early career investigators to help establish their research careers or to support projects that represent new directions for established investigators. The intent of the award is to stimulate clinical or translational research in the areas of functional GI and motility… Read more »

Focus Grant – LOI

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is accepting letters of intent for its 2019 Focus Grants. Click on the subject areas for more information about each. 1) Short-Term Risk The Focus Grant for Short-Term Risk is open to innovative, potentially high-yield proposals that focus on short-term risk for suicide. Goal To develop identification and/or intervention strategies for short-term suicide risk… Read more »

Wings for Life Grant Proposal – Executive Summary

Wings for Life is a non-profit research organization with the exclusive aim to support basic and clinical research related to spinal cord injury. Research projects may address all aspects of spinal cord lesions, nerve regeneration, trophic support of injured neurons and functional changes induced by lesions (preferentially in mammals). Proposals should have a view to… Read more »

Wings for Life Grant Proposal – Full Application

BY INVITATION ONLY Wings for Life is a non-profit research organization with the exclusive aim to support basic and clinical research related to spinal cord injury. Research projects may address all aspects of spinal cord lesions, nerve regeneration, trophic support of injured neurons and functional changes induced by lesions (preferentially in mammals). Proposals should have… Read more »

Impact of Vaccines on Antimicrobial Resistance – Full Application

BY INVITATION ONLY This scheme supports researchers investigating the impact of vaccines on antibiotic use and/or antimicrobial resistance. The aim is to support and inform vaccine decision-makers around the world and tackle antimicrobial resistance. For additional information please the funding webpage. 

Impact of Vaccines on Antimicrobial Resistance – Expression of Interest

This scheme supports researchers investigating the impact of vaccines on antibiotic use and/or antimicrobial resistance. The aim is to support and inform vaccine decision-makers around the world and tackle antimicrobial resistance. For additional information please the funding webpage. 

Team Grant : UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants – Full Application

BY INVITATION ONLY SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. As Canada’s health research investment agency, CIHR collaborates with partners and researchers to support the discoveries and innovations that improve… Read more »

Pathways Implementation Research Teams – Component 3

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The Pathways Implementation Research Teams Component 3 Funding Opportunity supports the overall goal of the Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples(Pathways) Initiative, which… Read more »

Team Grant : Partnerships for Cannabis Policy Evaluation- Full Application

BY INVITATION ONLY SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The Partnerships for Cannabis Policy Evaluation program is part of CIHR’s Integrated Cannabis Research Strategy (ICRS). The ICRS is a CIHR-led, multi-federal… Read more »

Standardization Platform on Age and Sex as Biological Variables – Phase 2

BY INVITATION ONLY SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The overarching goal of this initiative, which is part of CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) greater Sex and… Read more »

Team Grant : Partnerships for Cannabis Policy Evaluation – Registration

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The Partnerships for Cannabis Policy Evaluation program is part of CIHR’s Integrated Cannabis Research Strategy (ICRS). The ICRS is a CIHR-led, multi-federal department,… Read more »

Team Grant : UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants – Registration

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. As Canada’s health research investment agency, CIHR collaborates with partners and researchers to support the discoveries and innovations that improve the health of… Read more »

Genomics in Society Interdisciplinary Research Teams – Full Application

BY INVITATION ONLY This program aims to strengthen the connections between researchers, users and other stakeholders on issues that could impact the uptake and application of genomic technologies, including commercialization. The goal of the team program is to support and enhance GE3LS research that addresses important and overarching challenges that affect the adoption and uptake… Read more »

Operating Grant : Women’s Health Clinical Mentorship Grant

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance clinical research in women’s health and to build capacity in the next generation of women’s health clinician-researchers. The aim is for trainees, students or residents to be paired with and mentored by a women’s health clinician-specialist on a one-year research project with the goal of improving… Read more »

Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence Initiative – Full Application

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. An interdisciplinary joint call aimed at building competitive, resilient and healthy economies and societies through responsible AI has been announced. The call is… Read more »

Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence Initiative – Intent to Submit

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. An interdisciplinary joint call aimed at building competitive, resilient and healthy economies and societies through responsible AI has been announced. The call is… Read more »

DoD Regenerative Medical Focused Research Award (Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine III)

Defense Medical Research and Development Program JPC-8/CRMRP Regenerative Medicine Focused Research Award (Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine III) Pre-Application Submission Deadline: August 7, 2019 Application Submission Deadline: November 20, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading… Read more »

DoD Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Programs

Orthotics and Prosthetics Outcomes Research Programs Clinical Trial Award Clinical Research Award Pre-Application Submission Deadline: July 24, 2019 Application Submission Deadline: August 7, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the CDMRP… Read more »

Timing and Intensity of Rehabilitation Therapy Post-Stoke

CPSR invites collaborative proposals focused on optimizing the dose and timing of sensory-motor rehabilitation and recovery interventions following stroke. The goal is to address fundamental unanswered questions through collaborative proof-of-principle studies. It is expected that the outcomes of this research will form the basis of larger applications to other agencies (e.g., CIHR, HSF). Both preclinical… Read more »

Timing and Intensity of Rehabilitation Therapy Post-Stoke – Registration

CPSR invites collaborative proposals focused on optimizing the dose and timing of sensory-motor rehabilitation and recovery interventions following stroke. The goal is to address fundamental unanswered questions through collaborative proof-of-principle studies. It is expected that the outcomes of this research will form the basis of larger applications to other agencies (e.g., CIHR, HSF). Both preclinical… Read more »

Standardization Platform on Age and Sex as Biological Variables – Phase 1

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The overarching goal of this initiative, which is part of CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) greater Sex and Gender Science Strategy,… Read more »

Early Career Investigator Awards in Circulatory and Respiratory Health

The 2019 Early Career Investigator Awards in Circulatory and Respiratory Health provide recipients with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting research in ICRH mandate areas. These awards are designed to provide protected time for early-career investigators to undertake research by contributing to both salary and research allowances. Research Areas… Read more »

Chair : CIHR Sex and Gender Science Chair

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The field of sex and gender science aims to deepen our understanding of how biological and social influences interact to affect health and… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : Collaborative Health Research Program

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The CHRP Initiative funding supports innovative, interdisciplinary, collaborative research projects, requiring participation from the natural sciences or engineering community together with the health… Read more »

DoD Accelerating Innovation in Military Medicine

Description Accelerating Innovation in Military Medicine Research Award Pre-Application (Preproposal): July 26, 2019 Application: October 30, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml) and the electronic Biomedical Research Application… Read more »

SGBA+ Health Policy-Research Partnerships

Integrating sex and gender considerations throughout the health policy process can be complex. However, Health Canada staff charged with applying sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA) to programs and policies don’t always have the depth of knowledge and expertise required to integrate sex and gender in a manner informed by the best available evidence or to… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : Collaborative Health Research Program Letter of Intent

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The CHRP Initiative funding supports innovative, interdisciplinary, collaborative research projects, requiring participation from the natural sciences or engineering community together with the health… Read more »

Mitacs Globalink Research Internship (GRI)

The deadline is fast approaching to submit your Mitacs Globalink Research Internship (GRI) projects for summer 2020. GRI pairs faculty in Canada with international undergrads for 12-week research projects from May to October. Submit projects by June 5, 2019, at 1 p.m. PDT. – All disciplines are eligible – Top-ranked senior undergrads from Australia, Brazil,… Read more »

Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards – Application

This program is made possible by a partnership between the Canadian Lung Association (CLA), CIHR-Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and AstraZeneca Canada (AZ Canada). The goal of the award is to support Emerging Clinician Scientists (e.g., Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine with graduate research training, Doctor of  Dental Sciences, PhD-Respiratory Therapist, PhD-Registered… Read more »

Emerging Clinician Scientist Awards – Registration

This program is made possible by a partnership between the Canadian Lung Association (CLA), CIHR-Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) and AstraZeneca Canada (AZ Canada). The goal of the award is to support Emerging Clinician Scientists (e.g., Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine with graduate research training, Doctor of  Dental Sciences, PhD-Respiratory Therapist, PhD-Registered… Read more »

CABHI Spark Program

Are you a point-of-care worker with an innovative idea in seniors’ care? Apply to the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI)’s Spark program and make it a reality. The Spark program supports point-of-care workers in developing grassroots ideas and testing innovations in the field of aging and brain health. Up to $50,000 (CAD)… Read more »

Trudeau Foundation Fellowships

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Manager, Awards and Honours, SIRI, for information on this program, if they are interested in these competitions. Each year, the Foundation selects up to five (5) Fellows who are:  Top-level researchers and professors in the social sciences and humanities. Early-career researchers and professors are encouraged to put forward their candidacy as much as candidates with extensive experience  Intellectuals rooted in their communities, with experience in community-based… Read more »

Order of Canada

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Manager, Awards and Honours, SIRI, for information on this program, if they are interested in these competitions. They Desire a Better Country The Order of Canada is the cornerstone of the Canadian Honours System. Presented by the governor general of Canada, it recognizes outstanding achievement, dedication to the community, and… Read more »

Alexander Von Humboldt Award

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Manager, Awards and Honours, SIRI, for information on this program, if they are interested in these competitions. The award is granted in recognition of a researcher’s entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and… Read more »

Manning Awards

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Manager, Awards and Honours, SIRI, for information on this program, if they are interested in these competitions. The Manning Awards have been called the most prestigious innovation awards in Canada. By means of a nomination, Canadians who have demonstrated recent innovative talent in developing and successfully marketing a new… Read more »

2019 Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network Funding Opportunities

The Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network is a 5-year mentorship program funded by the Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health (IIPH) at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The CIHR-IIPH initiated the Indigenous Mentorship Network Program (IMNP) in 2017 to support research networks and capacity building for Indigenous health and wellness students and Indigenous early career… Read more »

Making the Shift – Youth Homelessness Social Innovation – EOI

Institutional Signature not required for Expression of Interest (EOI) submission.  RGCS asks that researchers please notify RGCS, your Associate Dean (Research) or your Grants Facilitator of your intention to apply to this opportunity. Making the Shift – Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab (MtS) is a federally funded Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE), with the… Read more »

FSC-CCF Thematic call for projects to support mid-career workers

Canada’s current skills development infrastructure offers few training opportunities for mid-career workers. Yet this group will undoubtedly be impacted by labour market disruptions that will displace existing jobs, create new jobs that demand different skills, and change the trajectory of many Canadians’ working lives. In many sectors and regions, labour market disruption is already occurring,… Read more »

Graduate Student Research Awards

Asthma Canada-Canadian Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) Bastable-Potts and Goran-Enhorning Early-onset and Late-onset Asthma Graduate Student Research Awards Objectives To create value-added opportunities for the training, education, and professional development of graduate students, to ensure continued improvement of asthma treatment therapies and progress towards finding a cure for asthma. About the sponsors Asthma Canada… Read more »

DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Programs

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Programs Idea Award with Special Focus Impact Award Translational Team Science Award Pre-Application (Preproposal): May 22, 2019 Application: September 11, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the… Read more »

DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Career Development Award Pre-Application (Preproposal): August 21, 2019 Application: September 11, 2019 Detailed descriptions of the funding opportunity, evaluation criteria, and submission requirements can be found in the Program Announcements. The Program Announcements are available electronically for downloading from the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov), the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault.shtml) and the electronic Biomedical Research… Read more »

CCS Impact Grants – Full Application

The Impact Grant program supports significant progression in cancer research programs that are anywhere in the continuum from basic, high impact discovery to translational work of direct relevance to the clinic and beyond. The goal of the CCS Research Impact Grant program is to provide a mechanism for scientists to adopt innovations and accelerate the… Read more »

CIMVHR TPL Research Initiative

The CIMVHR TPL Research Initiative encourages researchers from relevant fields to submit project proposals to compete for access to funding to accelerate research and improve the health and wellbeing of Canadian military, Veterans, and their families. This opportunity has been made possible through the support of True Patriot Love and the True Patriot Love Fund…. Read more »

Quick Start Fund for Public Engagement

This funding opportunity is administered by the Office of Public Engagement. Attention: Memorial students, faculty, and staff Do you have an idea for a new, publicly engaged project?  The Quick Start Fund for Public Engagement is now open, and this year, we’ve increased the amount of funding available.  New projects are now eligible for up… Read more »

Globalink Research Awards – Inbound Program

Mitacs International Team that the GRA Inbound Program is now open Canada-wide from Campus France. More information is found on the Campus France website here. Additionally, Mitacs will also be launching the inbound program from Inria soon so keep an eye out for this too.  Candidates need to apply directly to the international partner (i.e…. Read more »

CIHR Summer Institute on Equitable AI for Public Health

The main objectives of the CIHR Summer Institute on Equitable AI for Public Health funding opportunity, led by the host institution(s) are to: – Equip doctoral and post-doctoral trainees and early career researchers from primarily public health and, secondarily, computational sciences backgrounds with the technical skills to use AI approaches and methods to tackle key public health challenges; –… Read more »

DSEN team grants: MAGIC and CAN-AIM

The DSEN program was established through a partnership between CIHR and Health Canada to increase the evidence on drug safety and effectiveness available to public drug plan managers, regulators, policy-makers, health technology assessors and other end-users to support their decision-making and to increase capacity within Canada to undertake high-quality post-market drug safety and effectiveness research…. Read more »

Team Grant : E-Rare-3 Joint Transnational Call (2019)

Competition Full Proposal to EJP RD and Abbreviated Application to CIHR (201906ERT) Pre-Proposal to EJP RD Application Deadline 2019-06-11 2019-02-15 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2019-12-12 2019-05-13 Funding Start Date 2020-01-01 N/A CIHR-IG is pleased to be partnering with the Fond de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQS), Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC), and 30 funding organizations in the context of the 1st… Read more »

NARSAD Young Investigator Grants

Young Investigator Grants provide each scientist with up to $35,000 per year for two years totaling $70,000 to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awarded the first NARSAD Young Investigator Grant in 1987. The goal of the YI program… Read more »

Early Career investigator Grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health (Registration)

Registration Deadline: April 2, 2019 Application Deadline: May 14, 2019 This funding opportunity is a collaboration between three CIHR institutes with a goal to build research capacity in maternal, reproductive, child and youth health by funding operating grants to early career investigators. The program will fund research across the four CIHR research themes (biomedical, clinical, health services,… Read more »

Early Career investigator Grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health – Application

Registration Deadline: April 2, 2019 Application Deadline: May 14, 2019 This funding opportunity is a collaboration between three CIHR institutes with a goal to build research capacity in maternal, reproductive, child and youth health by funding operating grants to early career investigators. The program will fund research across the four CIHR research themes (biomedical, clinical, health services,… Read more »

CEEHRC (Epigenetics) Research Consortium – 2019

This funding opportunity is a key component of the second phase of the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium (CEEHRC); a multi-agency, pan-Canadian initiative led by CIHR. CEEHRC is Canada’s contribution to the International Human Epigenome Consortium (IHEC). Epigenetics is the study of changes in the regulation of gene activity and expression that are not dependent on alterations… Read more »

Transitions in Care – Evaluation Grants

About the CIHR Transitions in Care multi-Institute Initiative The goal of the Transitions in Care (TiC) multi-Institute initiative is to improve the health and wellness of Canadians by supporting research that transforms the health system to optimize the outcomes of patients experiencing transitions in care. About the Evaluation Grants This funding opportunity is part of the TiC Initiative…. Read more »

2019 CAAIF Food Allergy Research Grant

The Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) is a charitable organization, established to increase educational opportunities and research resources for the Canadian Allergy and Immunology community. The 2019 competition will focus on food allergy research and will provide one grant of $25,000. The CAAIF Research Committee will oversee the application review process. The goal… Read more »

Discovery Frontiers – Letter of Intent

Application Deadline March 1, 2019 – Letter of Intent May 3, 2019 – Invitation to Apply July 15, 2019 – Application, if invited to apply Discovery Frontiers grants support a limited number of large international activities, opportunities or projects that are of high priority in the context of advanced research in Canada. These are led… Read more »

Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (2019) – Registration

Competition 201902JCI Registration Deadline 2019-01-29 Application Deadline 2019-02-26 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2019-09-04 Funding Start Date 2019-10-01 The Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (the Program) seeks to support fundamental research at the cutting-edge of biom edical science. This fifth call for proposals is directed toward basic biomedical sciences in new frontiers in metabolism in health and disease,… Read more »

Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (2019) – Application

Competition 201902JCI Registration Deadline 2019-01-29 Application Deadline 2019-02-26 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2019-09-04 Funding Start Date 2019-10-01 The Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (the Program) seeks to support fundamental research at the cutting-edge of biom edical science. This fifth call for proposals is directed toward basic biomedical sciences in new frontiers in metabolism in health and disease,… Read more »

Faculty Mobility Program

Submission of applications to the sponsor is coordinated by RGCS as an institutional endorsement of the applications. The Government of Canada is offering a grant to Canadian professors and researchers to teach or conduct research, for a short period, in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Faculty Mobility Program aims to increase the number of… Read more »

Team Grant: Indigenous Component of Healthy Life Trajectories (I-HeLTI)

Note: The application deadline for this competition has been extended. This funding opportunity will support teams to build infrastructure and capacity along the continuum of care and prevention from preconception to pregnancy, infancy and early childhood, with a life trajectory perspective relevant to the following research areas: A DOHaD / life trajectory approach; A focus… Read more »

Team Grant: Sepsis Research Network – Letter of Intent

Competition 201901SRL (Letter of Intent) 201909SRN (Full Application) Application Deadline 2019-01-17 2019-09-26 The goal of the Sepsis Research Network Initiative (the Network) is to fund a single nationally coordinated research network to further understand the causes and improve the prevention, detection and management of sepsis. The Network will bring together experts from different disciplines working… Read more »

Team Grant: Sepsis Research Network

Competition 201901SRL (Letter of Intent) 201909SRN (Full Application) Application Deadline 2019-01-17 2019-09-26 The goal of the Sepsis Research Network Initiative (the Network) is to fund a single nationally coordinated research network to further understand the causes and improve the prevention, detection and management of sepsis. The Network will bring together experts from different disciplines working… Read more »

CFN 2019 Summer Student Awards – Letter of Intent

CFN Summer Student Awards go to undergraduate students enrolled full-time in a degree program at a Canadian university. During the summer they work under supervisors on research related to improving care for older Canadians living with frailty, and also complete modules of the CFN Interdisciplinary Training Program. This is the seventh cohort of Summer Students,… Read more »

CFN 2019 Summer Student Awards – Full Application

CFN Summer Student Awards go to undergraduate students enrolled full-time in a degree program at a Canadian university. During the summer they work under supervisors on research related to improving care for older Canadians living with frailty, and also complete modules of the CFN Interdisciplinary Training Program. This is the seventh cohort of Summer Students,… Read more »

CFN Interdisciplinary Fellowships -Letter of Intent

For graduate and PhD students, post-docs and working professionals, the one-year CFN Interdisciplinary Fellowships are an interdisciplinary, experiential program offered in partnership with member institutions and partners across the country. The 2019 cohort period runs from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020. This is the seventh cohort of Fellows, and to-date CFN has funded 61… Read more »

CFN Interdisciplinary Fellowships – Full Application

For graduate and PhD students, post-docs and working professionals, the one-year CFN Interdisciplinary Fellowships are an interdisciplinary, experiential program offered in partnership with member institutions and partners across the country. The 2019 cohort period runs from September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020. This is the seventh cohort of Fellows, and to-date CFN has funded 61… Read more »

Thriving Regions Applied Research Fund

This grant opportunity is administered by the Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development. The Harris Centre is accepting Expressions of Interest for our exciting Southwest Coast Thriving Regions Applied Research Fund. Funding will support research that impacts the sustainability of the Southwest Coast that falls within the following themes: Embracing the Aging Population… Read more »

President’s Award for Outstanding Research

Please contact Ellen Steinhauer, Manager, Awards and Honours, SIRI, for information on this program. The deadline for nominations and applications is November 30*. The President’s Award for Outstanding Research (PAOR) recognizes early career faculty who have made exceptional contributions to their disciplines and have demonstrated a potential to become international research leaders. In the context of this… Read more »