Posts Categorized: Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

CIHR-Institute of Aging Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Translation in Aging

Through the Betty Havens Prize for Knowledge Translation in Aging, the CIHR-Institute of Aging will recognize individual(s), team(s) or organization(s) that have advanced the translation of research in aging at a local or regional level. Betty Havens was a leading gerontologist committed to improving the lives of senior citizens, with notable achievements in health services… Read more »

Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Innovation in Regulatory Science Awards

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund identified Innovation in Regulatory Science as an important, underfunded area. This initiative is designed to provide financial support to stimulate research efforts in this area.  The program’s focus is on providing support for academic researchers developing new methodologies or innovative approaches in regulatory science that will ultimately inform the regulatory decisions… Read more »

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease

Five-year awards provide $500,000 to support accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the interplay between human and microbial biology, shedding light on how human and microbial systems are affected by their encounters. The awards are intended to give recipients the freedom and flexibility to pursue new avenues… Read more »

Burroughs Wellcome Fund Preterm Birth Initiative

The initiative is designed to bring together a diverse interdisciplinary group with expertise in genetics/genomics, immunology, microbiology and proteomics along with the more traditional areas of parturition research such as maternal fetal medicine, obstetrics, and pediatrics to address scientific issues related to preterm birth. BWF will make up to five $600,000 grants to be paid… Read more »

NSERC Engage Plus

Note: This program is being discontinued.  Applications to the Engage Plus grants will be accepted until May 31, 2019.   Engage Plus Grants will support a completed Engage Grant project for an additional six months of activity so that the partners can build on progress in the Engage Grant and/or continue the project while seeking longer term funding… Read more »

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship (Masters)

Please see: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp Objective The objective of the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS M) Program is to help develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students who demonstrate a high standard of achievement in undergraduate and early graduate studies. Description The CGS M Program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars… Read more »

Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP) – Full Application for Scientific Research

Please take note that a Notice of Intent is a pre-requisite for applications in the Scientific Research funding stream.  A Notice of Intent must be received by the WCB no later than March 23, 2016, at 4:00 p.m.  CST The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba is now accepting applications for funding under the 2016, RWIP. RWIP projects are funded under three (3)… Read more »

Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP) – Workplace Innovation and Training and Education Programs

The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba is now accepting applications for funding under the 2016, RWIP. RWIP projects are funded under three (3) streams: High quality Scientific Research and applied research projects with practical benefits that are related to significant issues in workers compensation, Workplace Innovation projects that lead to improvements in workplace health and… Read more »

Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) Research and Workplace Innovation Program (RWIP) – Notice of Intent for Scientific Research

NOI is not required to be submitted to RGCS for Institutional Approval. Please forward a copy for RGCS information and records only. The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba is now accepting applications for funding under the 2016, RWIP. RWIP projects are funded under three (3) streams: High quality Scientific Research and applied research projects with… Read more »

NCE International Knowledge Translation Platforms funding available

The NCE has launched the International Knowledge Translation Platforms initiative, and is now accepting letters of intent (LOI) for proposals focussed on enhancing and supporting international collaborations between networks, centres, consortia and their partners. Specific objectives of the new initiative include: expanding strategic international partnerships through multi-disciplinary and multi-sectoral networks; accelerating the international exchange of… Read more »