Posts Categorized: Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

NSERC-German Research Foundation (DFG) call for proposals on Sustainable Processes and Chemistry – STAGE 1

Canada and Germany enjoy long-standing cooperation in science and technology. Recognizing the importance of international collaboration in promoting scientific discoveries, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on research cooperation. The MOU provides an overarching framework to enhance opportunities for… Read more »

Canada Graduate Scholarships – Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative

The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative will provide financial support to meritorious Indigenous students who have applied to the Canada Graduate Scholars—Master’s program (CGS M). Value and duration The Indigenous Scholars Award is valued at $17,500 over 12 months. The Indigenous Scholars Supplement is valued at $5,000 over 12 months. Eligibility Applicants must: be eligible to apply… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants – 2022/2023 Global NASH ASPIRE RFP

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Health Research Foundation Research Team Grant in Virtual Care

The HRF is looking for diverse, cross-functional research teams to apply for the $500,000 grant, offered over three years, to better understand the value of virtual care as an alternative to the current delivery system of primary care. The selected research team will examine the disparities, barriers, and impacts of virtual care experienced by Canadians,… Read more »

Pfizer – 2022/2023 Global Obesity ASPIRE competitive Grant Program – using Expert Review Panel – LOI

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Harris Centre – MMSB Waste Management Applied Research Fund

Open to all faculty, students and staff at Memorial, the Harris Centre – MMSB Waste Management Applied Research Fund provides up to $15,000 per project/per year to investigate waste management issues in Newfoundland and Labrador. Overview Eligibility Requirements Application Process Contact Information The objectives of the fund are: • To stimulate and mobilize research in… Read more »

Building Resilient And Carbon-Neutral Communities Post COVID

In this Joint Call for Proposals, DST and DBT from India and IC-IMPACTS from Canada are seeking joint applications aimed at addressing the issues faced by remote and rural communities in the post COVID world. We seek proposals in the following four areas under this Joint Call: Agritech and Food Security (DBT and IC-IMPACTS) Carbon… Read more »

MS Society – Catalyst Research Grant

The Catalyst Research Grant program awards seed funding that allows researchers to develop and test new and innovative research questions and pursue pioneering approaches that have high potential to advance the MS field. The Catalyst Research Grant is open to all ideas and areas of research. Proposals should address research questions in one or more… Read more »

Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative

Value:  Up to $700,000 Duration:  4 years Application deadline:  From July 18, 2022, to October 6, 2022 (8 p.m. eastern) Apply:  Application and Instructions The Gender-Based Violence Research Initiative is a joint initiative between Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). WAGE will invest up to $2,500,000 and SSHRC up to $1,000,000… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) RFP: Multidisciplinary Gene Therapy Education – Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV)

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants RFP: Quality Improvement Grants to Support the Delivery of Gene Therapies to Patients with Rare Disease by a Multidisciplinary Team

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Advancing Accessibility Standards Research Program: EOI

Accessibility Standards Canada is inviting interested organizations to submit an expression of interest for research funding. This is the first step in applying. Your project must align with the goals and desired outcomes of Accessibility Standards Canada’s grants and contributions program. If your expression of interest is selected, you will be invited to submit a… Read more »

Brain Canada Translational Programs – Request for Expressions of Interest (EOIs)

Brain Canada is currently developing programs to bridge translational gaps for brain health innovations—gaps that limit, if not prevent, the effective translation of research investment efforts into concrete impacts on brain health for Canadians. Impacts can include: “social innovation” (stream 1), where Brain Canada can support efforts to improve the health system and quality of… Read more »

Winter 2023 Mental Health Impact Studentships

MHRC is committed to advancing or co-funding research that has the high potential for bettering the lives of Canadians, and for bridging the gap between research and practice. Our work falls into four key categories: We advance research that has the potential for deep impact among Canadians, and we manage the selection process of these… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) – Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma RFP

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

ALS Canada-Brain Canada Career Transition Award 2022

Brain Canada is pleased to be partnering with ALS Canada to launch the ALS Canada-Brain Canada Career Transition Award 2022. The intent of this award is for ALS Canada and Brain Canada to support a promising postdoctoral fellow or research associate working at a Canadian institution to transition into an independent faculty position contributing to… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) – Digital Education to Address Patients with COVID-19 and High Risk of Complications RFP

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) – Knowledge Gaps in Treatment of Acute COVID-19 and Management of Post-COVID Conditions in Outpatient Settings

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Undergraduate Research Competition

The undergraduate research competition is an opportunity to showcase your work to other scientists, researchers, and professionals attending the Research Symposium. The top three (3) winning teams receive monetary prizes. Presentations will be relevant to the brain tumour research community. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada’s Research Committee has created a standardized clinical case study relevant… Read more »

Operating Grant : Diabetes, Psychosocial Health, Prevention and Self-Management

Research has shown an increasingly clear relationship between diabetes (both type 1 [T1D] and type 2 diabetes [T2D]) and a variety of psychosocial factors. Psychosocial factors are defined as complex environmental, social, behavioural, and emotional factors and these can influence living well with diabetes, achieving satisfactory diabetes-related medical outcomes and psychological well-being (1). Diabetes has… Read more »

INMD Training and Community Support Grant (2022/2023)

The CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) supports research to enhance health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions and problems associated with hormone, digestive system, kidney, and liver function. For information about INMD,… Read more »

INMD Early Career Researcher Partnership Prize (2022/2023)

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until November 1, 2022 INMD supports research to enhance health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions and problems associated with hormone, digestive system, kidney, and liver function. The INMD… Read more »

Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Biological Convergence and Genetic Therapies – Request for Applications

SFARI Mission The mission of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is to improve the understanding, diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by funding innovative research of the highest quality and relevance. Grants awarded through this request for applications (RFA) are intended to improve our understanding of the molecular and cellular consequences… Read more »

Genome Canada Climate-Smart Agriculture And Food Systems Genomics Initiative Stage 3 – Full Application

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Karen Follett (kfollett@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Climate change poses a significant risk to our agricultural systems, impacting the availability of food and other vital resources, from… Read more »

Genome Canada Climate-Smart Agriculture And Food Systems Genomics Initiative Stage 2 – Letter of Intent

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Karen Follett (kfollett@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Climate change poses a significant risk to our agricultural systems, impacting the availability of food and other vital resources, from… Read more »

Genome Canada Climate-Smart Agriculture And Food Systems Genomics Initiative Stage 1 – Registration

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Karen Follett (kfollett@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Climate change poses a significant risk to our agricultural systems, impacting the availability of food and other vital resources, from… Read more »

MITACS Globalink Research Award (GRA) Ukraine

Mitacs has recently signed an agreement with the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine that extends our pre-existing partnership with them. This new collaboration on the Globalink Research Award (GRA) program now allows Canadian institutions to submit projects and host Ukrainian interns. These projects don’t count in the allocation system and don’t require any… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants: Addressing the Needs of Patients with Mental Health Issues and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases – RFP

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants RFP: Improving the Care of Patients with Disorders of Impaired Growth

The International Coalition of Organizations Supporting Endocrine Patients (ICOSEP) and Pfizer Global Medical Grants (Pfizer) are collaborating to offer a new grant opportunity seeking proposals to improve the care of patients with disorders of impaired growth. ICOSEP’s mission is to unite all types of endocrine groups, associations, societies and online entities, into one comprehensive and… Read more »

NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR – Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine)

The Government of Canada has announced special funding, in the form of supplements to existing research grants, that will provide relief and assistance to research trainees from Ukraine. The Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine) is administered by Canada’s three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering… Read more »

CIHR HostSeq Fellowship

The CGEn HostSeq/CIHR Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support highly-qualified postdoctoral trainees whose research involves the study of human genetics and the challenges of COVID-19 disease in Canada using bioinformatic approaches. Successful applicants to the Fellowship Program must apply for access to and use CGEn’s host genome sequencing (HostSeq) Databank to support their postdoctoral research… Read more »

Team Grant : CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes and Precision Medicine – Full Application

Precision medicine is an important “approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle”1. Often described as the provision of the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, precision medicine focuses on integrating multidimensional data about genetic, molecular, and environmental factors to improve disease… Read more »

Team Grant : CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes and Precision Medicine – Registration

Precision medicine is an important “approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle”1. Often described as the provision of the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, precision medicine focuses on integrating multidimensional data about genetic, molecular, and environmental factors to improve disease… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant: Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy – Full Application

The Canadian Drug and Substances Strategy (CDSS) is the Government of Canada’s comprehensive, collaborative, compassionate, and evidence based approach to addressing drug and substance policy including innovative approaches to treatment and harm reduction. The current funding opportunity will expand the evidence base around psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to inform practical policies and regulations that aim to improve… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy – Registration

The Canadian Drug and Substances Strategy (CDSS) is the Government of Canada’s comprehensive, collaborative, compassionate, and evidence based approach to addressing drug and substance policy including innovative approaches to treatment and harm reduction. The current funding opportunity will expand the evidence base around psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to inform practical policies and regulations that aim to improve… Read more »

CIHR Training Grant : Clinical Trials Training Platforms – Full Application

The 2021 Federal Budget announced funding for CIHR’s Clinical Trials Fund (CTF), an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy (BLSS). In support of this, the CTF will provide funding through three specific vehicles: platforms with the development of a pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium; people with the funding of training platforms; and, projects through the funding of… Read more »

CIHR Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms – Registration

The 2021 Federal Budget announced funding for CIHR’s Clinical Trials Fund (CTF), an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy (BLSS). In support of this, the CTF will provide funding through three specific vehicles: platforms with the development of a pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium; people with the funding of training platforms; and, projects through the funding of… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants Inflammatory Bowel Disease RFP

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Training Grant : Patient-Oriented Research Training Grant – Health System Stream

RIS 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 Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners, including patients (a term inclusive of individuals with personal… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium – Full application

CIHR will schedule a collaboration call with those who submitted an LOI, on May 30th, 2022, to explore collaborations across teams. It is mandatory for all Nominated Principal Applicants (NPAs) who submitted an LOI to attend this call. Linkage Tool CIHR is providing a linkage tool that is intended to facilitate connections and collaborations (domestically… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium – Letter of Intent

CIHR will schedule a collaboration call with those who submitted an LOI, on May 30th, 2022, to explore collaborations across teams. It is mandatory for all Nominated Principal Applicants (NPAs) who submitted an LOI to attend this call. Linkage Tool CIHR is providing a linkage tool that is intended to facilitate connections and collaborations (domestically… Read more »

Mitacs Elevate Spring 2022 call for proposals

Mitacs Elevate provides critical career and skills training to postdoctoral fellows through real-world collaborations. This call, we have increased postdoctoral funding from $60,000 per year to $80,000 per year for two-year research projects in key priority sectors. We are accepting proposals in seven thematic areas, including four from last year. The complete list of priority… Read more »

Vichy Exposome Grant

The Vichy Exposome Grant set up by Vichy Laboratoires consists of nine regional research grants & one publication prize to promote and encourage research into the skin exposome. Terms and conditions – Research Grants Applications must consist of research projects in the field of exposome. Applications may include projects dealing with healthy skin, skin ageing and human… Read more »

Pre-announcement of the Clinical Trials Fund (CTF)

CIHR is pleased to provide this pre-announcement of the Clinical Trials Fund (CTF) in order to allow the research community time to prepare and respond to what will be an expedited process. This $250 million funding opportunity over 3 years stems from 2021 Federal Budget announcements and in the first phase, is an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing… Read more »

Canadian Cancer Society Breakthrough Team Grants: Transforming Low Survival Cancers – Full Application

The Canadian Cancer Society and partners are excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new funding opportunity, the CCS Breakthrough Team Grants: Transforming Low Survival Cancers. These grants will bring together the sharpest minds and research talent from across Canada and beyond, combining scientific and clinical expertise, with lived experience in a collaborative interdisciplinary… Read more »

Canadian Cancer Society Breakthrough Team Grants: Transforming Low Survival Cancers – Letter of Intent

The Canadian Cancer Society and partners are excited to announce the upcoming launch of a new funding opportunity, the CCS Breakthrough Team Grants: Transforming Low Survival Cancers. These grants will bring together the sharpest minds and research talent from across Canada and beyond, combining scientific and clinical expertise, with lived experience in a collaborative interdisciplinary… Read more »

Mitacs Globalink Research Award (GRA) Université Côte d’Azur

Université Côte d’Azur (France – travel to Canada and travel from Canada) Deadline: May 2 to June 17, 2022 Intern level: Master’s or PhD students, or postdoctoral fellows. Full-time senior undergraduate are accepted only for travel from Canada. Themes: All disciplines Eligible institutions: Université Côté D’Azur (UCA) Co-funding: No financial contribution is required from the… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Cohort Research Study (I-HeLTI)

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 60% of deaths globally, and 80% of NCD deaths occur in countries that have experienced rapid changes in population demographics (over 2 to 4 generations) and environments, including urbanization, lifestyle changes and changes in diet1. To address these issues, CIHR developed Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), which follows… Read more »

Order of Newfoundland and Labrador

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer , Manager, Awards and Honours, SIRI/RGCS, for information on this program, if they are interested in these competitions. Newfoundland and Labrador’s Highest Honour The Order of Newfoundland and Labrador is the highest honour of the province. The object of the Order is to recognize individuals who have demonstrated excellence and… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants RFP – Atopic Dermatitis and Alopecia Areata

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Wellcome Mental Health Award: improving cognitive and functional outcomes in people experiencing, or at risk of, psychosis – Full Application

Mental Health Award: improving cognitive and functional outcomes in people experiencing, or at risk of, psychosis This call will provide funding to individuals or teams from not-for-profit or commercial organisations for two types of applications. Firstly, to develop and evaluate interventions to improve cognitive and functional outcomes for people experiencing, or at risk of, psychosis…. Read more »

Wellcome Mental Health Award: Improving-cognitive-and-functional-outcomes-psychosis – Preliminary Application

Mental Health Award: improving cognitive and functional outcomes in people experiencing, or at risk of, psychosis This call will provide funding to individuals or teams from not-for-profit or commercial organisations for two types of applications. Firstly, to develop and evaluate interventions to improve cognitive and functional outcomes for people experiencing, or at risk of, psychosis…. Read more »

Wellcome Mental Health Award – Full Application

Mental Health Award: looking backwards, moving forward – understanding how interventions for anxiety, depression, and psychosis work This call provides funding for teams of researchers working across any discipline of relevance to mental health science. They will investigate the causal mechanisms underpinning effective interventions for anxiety, depression, and/or psychosis, to inform the development of new… Read more »

Wellcome Mental Health Award – Preliminary Deadline

Mental Health Award: looking backwards, moving forward – understanding how interventions for anxiety, depression, and psychosis work This call provides funding for teams of researchers working across any discipline of relevance to mental health science. They will investigate the causal mechanisms underpinning effective interventions for anxiety, depression, and/or psychosis, to inform the development of new… Read more »

NCTR-SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant on residential schools

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are partnering to offer a unique opportunity to support Indigenous communities in their decision-making processes, research, and actions regarding residential schools sites in Canada. This NCTR-SSHRC joint initiative is taking the form of a one-time Partnership Engage Grant… Read more »

NRIG Research Grant for Novice Researchers

One NRIG (Nursing Research Interest Group) Research Grant (Novice Researcher) VALUED AT $3000 The NRIG Research Grant will be awarded to a NRIG member who is currently a New Investigator (defined as a postdoctoral fellow or a researcher who has obtained their MN or PhD within the last 5 years). Preference will be given to… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (RFP) Improving Cytogenetic Testing & Treatment Guidance in Adult AML

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a… Read more »

Homegrown Innovation Challenge – Shepherd Phase

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for this competition has been extended to January 5, 2023. The $33-million Homegrown Innovation Challenge, delivered over six years, will identify teams and support the development of tools and technologies that enable Canadian farmers and producers to sustainably and competitively grow berries out of season. Catalyzing change through the Homegrown Innovation Challenge In… Read more »

Homegrown Innovation Challenge – Spark Award

The $33-million Homegrown Innovation Challenge, delivered over six years, will identify teams and support the development of tools and technologies that enable Canadian farmers and producers to sustainably and competitively grow berries out of season. Catalyzing change through the Homegrown Innovation Challenge In a climate-changing world, Canada’s high dependence on imported fresh fruits and vegetables makes it… Read more »

IDRC – Women Rise – 2 – Full Proposal

Women RISE is a CAD22,000,000 initiative that aims to support action-oriented, gender-transformative research on how women’s health and their work (paid or unpaid) intersect and interact in the context of preparing, responding to and recovering from COVID-19. This research will inform immediate and medium-term solutions for COVID-19 recovery that improve gender equality and health equity and will contribute… Read more »

IDRC – Women RISE – 1 – concept submission

Women RISE is a CAD22,000,000 initiative that aims to support action-oriented, gender-transformative research on how women’s health and their work (paid or unpaid) intersect and interact in the context of preparing, responding to and recovering from COVID-19. This research will inform immediate and medium-term solutions for COVID-19 recovery that improve gender equality and health equity and will contribute… Read more »

CANSSI Ontario STAGE (STAGE) HostSeq Fellowship

CANSSI Ontario STAGE (STAGE), in partnership with the CGEn Host Genome Sequencing Initiative, invites trainees from across Canada to apply to become a CANSSI Ontario STAGE HostSeq Fellow. This opportunity provides trainee-mentor pair funding to access and work with CGEn’s Host Genome Sequencing Databank comprising of sequence and meta-data of 10,000 Canadians with a SARS-Cov-2 infection. Deadline: April 14,… Read more »

Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP) 2022 Grant Competition

Available Grants CAEP-SONOSITE Grant (1 x $5,000)  CAEP has partnered with Fujifilm Sonosite Inc. to support one $5,000 grants for the 2022 CAEP Grant Competition. The grants are open to emergency medicine faculty member, or in collaboration with an emergency medicine faculty member supervisor, and will be used to foster Canadian emergency medicine research, specifically: 1 x… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) RFP Quantifying the Socio-Economic Burden of Disease for Dermatology Patients and Caregivers

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement, or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a publicly posted general Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding… Read more »

CADTH PostMarket Drug Evaluation Request for Proposals

The new CADTH Post-Market Drug Evaluation (PMDE) Program will be launching a re-imagined evidence generation network in September 2022. The program will bring together an external network of Canada’s expert applied researchers, methodologists, and data analysts to provide evidence to answer questions posed by federal, provincial, and territorial decision-makers about post-market drug safety and effectiveness…. Read more »

CIHR Research Network: Rare Diseases

Causative genes for human genetic disease are now being discovered at a remarkable rate. In some cases, these genes have well-known functions, but in many other cases they have not been the subject of much previous study and little or nothing is known about their function. As recognized in International Rare Diseases Research Consortium’s (IRDiRC)… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Pediatric Cancer Consortium

Background Every year in Canada there are nearly 1000 children diagnosed with cancer. It is the most common disease-related cause of death among Canadian children – more than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and AIDS combined. Although survival rates for many of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in children and youth continue to improve, it is… Read more »

CFP: Archives Unleashed Cohort Program (2022-2023)

Big Data, in the form of born-digital historical sources, is reshaping the humanities and social sciences. The sheer amount of cultural information that is generated and, crucially, preserved every day in electronic form, presents exciting new opportunities for historians, political scientists, sociologists, linguistics, computer scientists, and other scholars. Much of this information is captured within… Read more »

Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award (Full Application)

**M.D. required for eligibility. Open to physician-scientists in the U.S. and Canada. Call Opens: February 23, 2022 Letters of Intent (LOI) Due: March 28, 2022 Full Proposal Deadline for those Invited: May 30, 2022 Harrington Discovery Institute invites you to submit a letter of intent (LOI) for the 2023 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award. This grant supports all… Read more »

Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award (Letter of Intent)

**M.D. required for eligibility. Open to physician-scientists in the U.S. and Canada. Call Opens: February 23, 2022 Letters of Intent (LOI) Due: March 28, 2022 Full Proposal Deadline for those Invited: May 30, 2022 Harrington Discovery Institute invites you to submit a letter of intent (LOI) for the 2023 Harrington Scholar-Innovator Award. This grant supports all… Read more »

Pfizer RFP COVID-19 Vaccine Development for Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)

Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) and BioNTech support the global healthcare community’s independent research initiatives to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with our medical and/or scientific strategies. The competitive grant program involves a publicly posted general Request for Proposal (RFP) that provides detail regarding a general area of interest,… Read more »

CAAIF-Miravo Healthcare Research Grant in Allergic Rhinitis or Urticaria

ABOUT CAAIF The Canadian Asthma, Allergy and Immunology Foundation (CAAIF) is a charitable foundation whose mission is to invest in research leading to new and better treatments that improve the lives of Canadians living with allergy, asthma and immunologic diseases. ABOUT MIRAVO HEALTHCARE Miravo is a Canadian focused, healthcare company with global reach and a… Read more »

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

The CIHR HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI) Community-Based Research (CBR) Program (hereafter referred to as the CBR Program) is one of four research funding areas of the CIHR HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative. The CIHR HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative is responsible for the research components of the Government of Canada’s initiatives to address HIV/AIDS… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : Canadian Pediatric COVID-19 Research Platform

This funding opportunity is part of the Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SARS-Co-V2 (COVID-19) pandemic has had dramatic effects on children and families in Canada. School closures, parental work from home measures, virtual classroom learning and the effects of COVID-19 infections in children (e.g., myocarditis, multisystem inflammatory… Read more »

Pfizer Global Medical Grants Junior Investigator Global ATTR Amyloidosis Research ASPIRE

Request for Proposals (RFP) Junior Investigator Global ATTR Amyloidosis Research ASPIRE Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific strategies. Pfizer’s GMG competitive grant program involves a… Read more »

Pfizer and the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Announce a New Antimicrobial Stewardship RFP

Request for Proposals (RFP) Establishing Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) Centres of Excellence to Improve Patient Outcomes by Addressing Access Disparities Pfizer Global Medical Grants (GMG) supports the global healthcare community’s independent initiatives (e.g., research, quality improvement or education) to improve patient outcomes in areas of unmet medical need that are aligned with Pfizer’s medical and/or scientific… Read more »

AGE-WELL FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

AGE-WELL invites applications for its new AgeTech Implementation Response (AIR) funding program Program Launch: January 24, 2022 Application Deadline: March 18, 2022 Anticipated Notice of Decision: April 2022 Funding Start Date: April 2022 Do you have an innovative evidence-based AgeTech solution that is ready for implementation or scaling up in the real world? AGE-WELL’s AgeTech Implementation Response (AIR) Program supports post-discovery projects focused on implementing… Read more »

Medical Council of Canada Research in Clinical Assessment

1. Application deadline The deadline for the Medical Council of Canada (MCC) Research in Clinical Assessment grant competition is Feb. 1, 2022. 2. Purpose The purpose and priorities of the 2022 competition are the encouragement of innovations in the assessment of clinical competence or performance of students, postgraduate trainees or practitioners. Priority will be given to proposals… Read more »

University Student Summer Internship Program (USSIP)- 2022-2023

Undergraduate research incentive funding aims to stimulate heightened interest of graduate studies and research careers among undergraduate students; create a bridge between faculty members wishing to nurture such interests and students willing to engage in research; and, promote a culture of research intensity among undergraduate students. This funding will also provide research-based supervisory opportunities for faculty members in areas… Read more »

Making the Shift NCE Call for Proposals re Youth Homelessness Prevention

Making the Shift is seeking proposals from researchers and community organizations (who can hold tri-council funding) for one-time grants. We are looking for research projects that contribute to our evidence base of policy and service enhancements that prevent youth homelessness in Canada. Youth Homelessness prevention is defined in The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth… Read more »

Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI)

The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) is pleased to announce the 2022 Pilot Award request for applications (RFA). The goal of the Pilot Award is to provide early support for exploratory ideas, particularly those with novel hypotheses. Appropriate projects for this mechanism include those considered higher risk but with the potential for transformative results…. Read more »

MITACS – Wallonie-Bruxelles International

Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI) (Belgium – travel to Canada) Deadline: February 1, 2022 Level: Full-time PhD students, postdoctoral fellows Themes: All disciplines Other requirements: Participants must be from the French Community of Belgium (Wallonia-Brussels Federation)  Eligible institutions: Université catholique de Louvain, Université libre de Bruxelles, Université de Liège, Université de Mons, Université de Namur, Université Saint-Louis… Read more »

MITACS – Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) (Japan – travel from Canada) Deadline: February 4, 2022, at 5 p.m. PT Level: Full-time master’s and PhD students, postdoctoral fellows Themes: All disciplines Other requirements: Interns must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada Eligible institutions: complete list here: Japanese national, public or private universities,… Read more »

CIHR – Operating Grant: Canadian Pediatric (Hospital) COVID Vaccination Platform competition

PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT Notice of upcoming COVID-19 research funding opportunity CIHR would like to provide information to the research community on an upcoming rapid funding opportunity that is part of the Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Operating Grant: Canadian Pediatric (Hospital) COVID Vaccination Platform competition will launch… Read more »

Data Champions Grant Funding Call- Pilot Project – Application

The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is launching a funding opportunity for the development of a Data Champions Pilot Project to promote a shift in data culture within the Canadian Digital Research infrastructure (DRI) ecosystem. As part of this Pilot Project, the Alliance will be gathering information to evaluate potential development of a… Read more »

CIHR – Network Grants in Oral Health and Bone Health – Application

Important Dates Competition 202203OBH Registration Deadline 2022-02-22 Application Deadline 2022-03-08 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2022-06-28 Funding Start Date 2022-07-01 This funding opportunity will provide support for the creation of two networks: one in the priority area of Oral Health and one in the priority area of Bone Health. The aim of these networks will be… Read more »

CIHR – Network Grants in Oral Health and Bone Health – Registration

Important Dates Competition 202203OBH Registration Deadline 2022-02-22 Application Deadline 2022-03-08 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2022-06-28 Funding Start Date 2022-07-01 This funding opportunity will provide support for the creation of two networks: one in the priority area of Oral Health and one in the priority area of Bone Health. The aim of these networks will be… Read more »

2022 Canada Excellence Research Chairs Competition – Application

Assistance with applications will be provided through your GFOs as well as by RGCS/SIRI, contact Dr Brent Myron brent.myron@mun.ca Please note that this is not an open competition, as the only groups who are eligible to apply have already been granted approval by an internal screening process. The 2022 Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) competition… Read more »

2022 Canada Excellence Research Chairs Competition – Registration

Academic units to provide a 2 page proposal including an outline of plans to secure a candidate of sufficient stature under the tight timelines of the program to the VPRO at vp.research@mun.ca by end of day on Friday 7 January 2022 (No RP submission is required) The VPRO will assess proposals and provide “licenses” to… Read more »

CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network – Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards

The CTN Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Program facilitates research in HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) and related health conditions by providing funding to candidates who wish to write a trial protocol, research program, and develop and run their own trial. Each award is worth $50,000 plus up to $5,000… Read more »

H.L. Holmes Award for Post-Doctoral Studies – Application

** Update – Closing extended to December 7, 2021** The H.L. Holmes Award has been established by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) in honour of the late Dr. R.H.L. Holmes, a chemist who spent most of his research career in Alberta. Bequeathed by the late Dr. Holmes, in recognition of NRC’s commitment to… Read more »

Harris Centre Thriving Regions Applied Research Fund – EOI

To advance the Thriving Regions Partnership Process, the Harris Centre is opening an applied research fund calling for Expressions of Interest from Memorial researchers to address the priorities identified at the regional level. The fund will provide up to $15,000 per project for up to three projects for creative and relevant applied research on one or more… Read more »

Canadian Science Policy Fellowship – Application

The Canadian Science Policy Fellowship (CSPF) is now accepting applications from prospective fellows interested in undertaking a year-long policy position with a Canadian government host office beginning in September 2022. Eligible applicants must: Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident* Hold a PhD in any academic discipline at the start of the fellowship Participate full-time in… Read more »

ACU – Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants

ACU Commonwealth Climate Resilience Challenge Grants are awarded to member universities to support initiatives addressing climate resilience. Open to academic and professional staff, the grants support collaborative work focused on either of the two main strategic priorities of the Commonwealth Climate Resilience Network (CCRN): * Enhancing the climate resilience of universities themselves, and/or * Enhancing… Read more »

BHCRI Interdisciplinary Learning Project/Collaborative Grant

BHCRI is excited to announce collaborative research grants to students in the Cancer Research Training Program. Each application will have a minimum two applicants, one of which must be a CRTP trainee based at Dalhousie University working collaboratively with a trainee in a different department and discipline. Co-applicants from a different institution in Atlantic Canada… Read more »