Current Funding Opportunities
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Current Funding Opportunities
The following list highlights some current funding opportunities. Each listing includes a small summary or excerpt from the respective web page. Due dates shown are those of the granting agency. All applications for research grants and contracts must be submitted to the Research Office for processing. Please ensure your application is submitted to the Research Office ten days prior to the granting agency deadline to allow time for review, processing and submission of your application.
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Broad Medical Research program
Application Deadline Date: Ongoing
Description: The BMRP provides funding to generate pilot research data, rather than serving as the final grant source for a research project. Grantees are encouraged to generate sufficient preliminary data in the first year in order to compete successfully for continuation funding from us and/or other sources.
For More Information, please visit: http://broadmedical.org/funding/overview.html
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National Call For Mitacs-Accelerate Development Internship Proposals
Application Deadline Date: Ongoing
Description: Mitacs-Accelerate is Canada’s premiere graduate internship program. It connects companies with over 50 Canadian universities through graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, who apply their specialized expertise to business challenges. Interns transfer their skills from theory to real-world application, while the companies gain a competitive advantage by accessing high-quality academic expertise. InDev Internships differ from Mitacs-Accelerate Research Internships by project scope. Projects acceptable for InDev include the advancement of a product, process, or system within an industrial collaborator, but do not include novel investigation (research).
For More Information, please visit: http://www.mitacs.ca/o/2012/05/national-call-mitacs-accelerate-development-internship-proposals
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Call for Mitacs-Enterprise Applications in Southern Ontario
Application Deadline Date: Ongoing
Description: Mitacs Enterprise is a competitive 6-month internship and business mentorship program that gives graduates of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) disciplines an opportunity to work with small to medium-sized companies (SME) operating in a STEM sector throughout Southern Ontario. The goal of the program is to match high-potential interns with small and medium-sized companies (SME) while providing interns with 3 days of business and management training, a peer support network and progress monitoring to encourage skill and knowledge transfer to the SME.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.mitacs.ca/o/2012/05/call-mitacs-enterprise-applications-southern-ontario
For More Information on the Mitacs Enterprise Program, please visit: http://www.mitacs.ca/enterprise
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National Call for Mitacs-Accelerate Proposals
Application Deadline Date: Ongoing
Description:Mitacs-Accelerate is Canada’s premiere research internship program. It connects companies with over 50 research-based universities through graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, who apply their specialized expertise to business research challenges. Interns transfer their skills from theory to real-world application, while the companies gain a competitive advantage by accessing high-quality research expertise
For More Information, please visit: http://www.mitacs.ca/o/2012/05/national-call-mitacs-accelerate-proposals
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Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC)
Field of Specialization: Research and development on underutilised plants for food and non-food uses.
Description: CFFRC is the first-of-its-kind centre with the global mandate for research and development on underutilised plants for food and non-food uses. CFFRC is a unique public/private partnership between the Government of Malaysia and the University of Nottingham with the freedom to drive innovative methods of research and establish partnerships with global stakeholders. CFFRC seeks collaboration on research activities that contribute to improved food and non-food products, promoting academic and student research programmes in higher learning institutions and producing new curricla and learning materials on underutilised crops.
Brochure: Crops for the Research Centre: Beyond Food Security
Contact Information:
Professor Sayed Azam-Ali
Chief Executive Officer
Level 2, Block B
The University of Notthingham
Malaysia Campus
Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia
Office: +603 8924 8799
Mobile: +60 19 277 4135
Email: sayed.azam-ali@cffresearch.org
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The Shastri Institute
Grants, Awards, and Opportunities for Canadian Scholars
Check the specific grant descriptions for due dates.
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Canada Council
Grant application deadlines, 2013-2014
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MITACS call for networking proposals - three times annually, on January 15, April 30, and September 10 of each year.
The Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems Network of Centres of Excellence solicits proposals for scientific networking events (workshops, conferences, summer schools, short courses, etc.) that involve applications of the mathematical sciences to areas having a significant industrial, economic or social impact on Canada.
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MITACS Internship Program - Open
This program funds interns to undertake research on-site with the partner organization, applying mathematical techniques to research issues and problems arising within the organization. This research is expected to account for half of the intern´s time. The intern spends the remaining time at the University with their supervising professor, evaluating the best mathematical techniques to address the identified research issues.
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NSERC Collaborative Research and Development Grants (CRD) - Open
CRD Grants support well-defined projects undertaken by university researchers and their private-sector partners. Direct project costs are shared by the industrial partner(s) and NSERC.
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Singapore Research Virtual Career Fair
Key Dates: October 12 & 13, 2012
Sign up for the Singapore Research Virtual Career Fair here: http://qs-email.com/EGK-Z49T-516O3Y-DLKB4-1/c.aspx
Looking for opportunities to advance your research career? Sign up for the second installment of Singapore's online career platform to speak to some of the city-state's leading research and academic institutions. The research sector in Singapore is looking for dedicated and passionate researchers, faculty members and PhD holders with a minimum of three years of work experience to join them in breaking new grounds and discovering new technologies.
At the Research Virtual Career Fair, you will be able to chat and engage with representatives from Singapore's top research centres, academic agencies and corporate labs to share your expertise and identify possible work opportunities.
Date & Time of Event
Singapore
12 October, 4pm-8pm
13 October, 10am-2pm
Melbourne/Sydney
12 October, 7pm-11pm
13 October, 1pm-5pm
New York
12 October, 4am-8am
12 October, 10pm-2am
San Francisco
12 October, 1am-5am
12 October, 7pm-11pm
London
12 October, 9am-1pm
13 October, 3am-7am
DAAD Research Visit Grant for Faculty
Application Deadline Date: October 15, 2012
http://www.daad.org/page/researchvisit/index.v3page;jsessionid=1c9fwjr7s49gx
Description: For scholars at US and Canadian institutions of higher education to pursue research at universities, libraries, archives, institutes or laboratories in Germany. Grants are awarded for specific research projects and cannot be used for travel only, attendance at conferences or conventions, editorial meetings, lecture tours or extended guest professorships.
Award: Monthly award of €1,840 for assistant lecturers, €1,990 for assistant professors, young lecturers, and professors. In rare special cases, up to €2,240 may be awarded.
Fields of Study: All Disciplines
Application Procedure: Submitted in triplicate (one original, two photocopies), postmarked by deadline. Apply at least 4 months before projected research stay and not more than 1 year ahead.
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Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation - Ontario Region - Research Project and Fellowship Grants
Application Deadline Date: October 19, 2012
Description: Researchers, physicians, nurses, other health care professionals, collaborative research teams, graduate students and post-graduate fellows from across Ontario are invited to apply for funding through the Foundation's peer-reviewed grant competitions.
To Apply: Visit the Ontario Region Apply for Grants
Email: cbcfallocations@cbcf.org
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NCE Knowledge Mobilization Initiative
Application Deadlines:
Notification of Internet Deadline (voluntary but recommended): November 6, 2012
Information Webinar: November 30, 2012
Letter of Intent Deadline: January 10, 2013
Description: The NCE Secretariat has launched the 2013 competition for the NCE Knowledge Mobilization (NCE-KM) initiative. The NCE-KM initiative supports networking and collaboration among well-established research teams and knowledge users to further the application and mobilization of knowledge. Funding supports national multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral networks in applying and mobilizing the results of world-class research for the social, economic, technological and/or wellness benefit of Canadians.
Proposed NCE-KM networks must be driven to address key problems, challenges or opportunities of high strategic importance to the end user community and Canadians in general. Their activities must be multi-disciplinary and significantly involve key individuals in areas that fall under the domains of at least two of the three federal granting agencies. Successful networks will be awarded up to $400,000 per year for four years, with a possible three-year extension.
The first step in this NCE-KM competition consists of submitting a Notification of Intent, with a submission deadline of November 6, 2012.
Please note that this step is voluntary but strongly recommended, as it will allow NCE staff to advise applicants early in the process whether they meet the eligibility requirements of the 2013 NCE-KM Competition with regard to host eligibility and multi-disciplinary collaboration.
For more information, please visit:
www.nce-rce.gc.ca/Competitions-Competitions/Current-EnVigueur/NCEKM-RCEMC-2013/Index_eng.asp
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Canada-Haiti Academic Projects
Application Deadline: November 13, 2012
Description: Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada is seeking applications for Canada-Haiti Academic Projects. The objective of this program is to support joint academic projects between Canadian and Haitian institutions aimed at increasing the capacity of Haiti's academic institutions as well as to strengthen human capital and skill set development in an effort to promote prosperity in the country.
Results will be announced in late December 2012
For more information, please visit:
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New Directions Research Program from The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA)
Application Deadline Date: Letter of Intenet submission due by Wednesday, November 14, 2012 at 4:00p.m. EST
Description: The Purpose of the New Directions Research Program is to stimulate the sustainable growth and competitiveness of Ontario's agri-food sector and rural communities through investment in innovative and high quality research in partnership with industry, rural communities/organizations, other levels of government and research institutions.
Research Priorities: Proposals are solicited that will generate new knowledge and/or technologies in the following areas:
- - Bioeconomy
- - Local Food
- - Rural Policy
- - Water Management
Who May Apply: We invite universities, research institutes, industry, government agencies and partnership networks with demonstrated capacity to perform quality research to submit a Letter of Intent. Applicants outside of the province of Ontario are eligible but must clearly indicate how their proposed research will benefit Ontario's agri-food sector.
- - Letter of Intent
- - Full Proposal (by invitation only for successful LOIs)
Researchers apply to the program using the Research Management System (RMS). If you have previously applied to a research program through the RMS, log in to your Researcher Workbench to access the Call documents and application form.
If you have not previously applied to a Ministry-funded research program through the RMS, you will need to register to create a user profile before you can apply:
Click here if you are a Public Sector applicant (colleges, universities, hospitals and government)
Click here if you are a Private Sector applicant (from businesses, industry organizations, commodity groups, etc.)
For more information about the program and the call, please visit
New Directions Call for LOI information http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/research/new_directions/calldocs/ndcallloi.htm
The Research Management System http:/www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/research/rms/rmsindex.html
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Research on Ecosystem Services from the InterAmerican Institute for Global Change Research
Application Deadline Date: Novermber 15, 2012
Description: The InterAmerican Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) is an intergovernmental organization that funds collaborative research and research capacity building activities related to global change in the Americas.
A call for proposals on "intergrated research on ecosystem services" has been issued by the IAI in recognition of the importance of using, preserving, and managing ecosystems and their services under global change for the benefit of present and future generations.
The call is a supplement to the IAI's Collaborative Research Network III program, which aims to promote collaborative global change science that cannot be conducted by any one country alone.
Award: Three awards of a maximum $700,000 over five years
For more information, please visit
If you have any questions, please contact:
Dr. Javier Gracia-Garza
Director General
Science and Technology Strategies Directorate
Science and Technology Branch
avier.Gracia-Garza@ec.gc.ca
819-953-3090
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Shastri Lester Pearson Memorial Lecture
http://www.sici.org/programmes/details/shastri-lester-pearson-memorial-lecture/
Application Deadline Date: November 15, 2012
Description: The Shastri Institute will contribute funding to one of our Canadian member institutions to host an Indian world renowned expert for a one-time event. The event will focus on a contemporary topic relevant to the Indo-Canadian relationship. The event should have a wide public appeal.
Award: $7,000
Number of Awards: 1
For more information from Shastri, contact:
Sarah Sidane
Program Officer
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Phone: (403)220-5553
Fax: (403)289-0100
shsidane@ucalgary.ca
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Genome Based Detection Methodology for Pathogenic E.coli
Description: Genome Alberta in conjunction with Alberta Innovates Biolsolutions,
Genome Canada, and the Alberta Livestock and Meat Agency, and with the support
of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs have announced a research
competition to detect pathogenic E.coli
More than $1 million is avaliable over 18 months for one or two project to develop
a genomic-based detection methodology that is rapid, sensitive, specific, affordable
and field-deployable
For more information on the application process, please visit: http://www.ontariogenomic.ca/ecolo/genomics-tools-detection-pathogenic-ecoli
Workshop/Webinar: A workshop or webinar to discuss the industry needs for this test is tentatively being planned for the beginning of December. Anyone interested in participating in this meeing should contact Heather Smith at Genome Alberta (hsmith@genomealberta.ca) before November 29, 2012.
Competition timeline:
November, 29 2012 - Indication of Interest in a workshop in December
January 14, 2013 - Deadline for LOI to Genome Alberta
February 28, 2013 - Notification of LOI results
April 11, 2013 - Deadline for Full Applications - Genome Alberta
May 17, 2013 - Notification of Funding Decision
Contact Information:
Klaus Fiebig, PhD
CSO & VP Research Programs
Ontario Genomics Institute
416-903-9757 (Cell)
MaRS Centre, 101 College St., Suite HL50
Toronto, ON M5G 1L7
www.OntarioGenomics.ca
www.g-sin.com
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Lal Bahadur Shastri Student Prize (LBS)
Application Deadline Date: November 30, 2012
http://www.sici.org/programmes/details/lal-bahadur-shastri-student-prize-/
Description: The grant encourages graduate and undergraduate students to write papers on topics with specific relevance to India-Canada relations including: environment, history, law, literature, international trade, politics, philosophy, India-Canada economic development, social studies, humanities, science or women’s studies.
Award: $500.00 each
Number of Awards: 6 (two for each category)
- Best Undergraduate Paper
- Best Graduate Paper
- Best French Paper
For more information from Shastri, contact:
Sarah Sidane
Program Officer
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Phone: (403)220-5553
Fax: (403)289-0100
shsidane@ucalgary.ca
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Kanta Marwah Lecture Series
http://www.sici.org/programmes/details/kanta-marwah-lecture/
Application Deadline Date: November 30, 2012
Description: The grant is offered to Shastri Canadian member insitutions to a distinguished speaker for a one-time event. The lecture should examine a current topic relevant to the Indo-Canadian relationship.
Value: $1,500
Number of Grants: 1
For more information from Shastri, contact:
Sarah Sidane
Program Officer
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
Phone: (403)220-5553
Fax: (403)289-0100
shsidane@ucalgary.ca
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Be A Leader In Advancing Privacy Knowledge in Canada
http://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2012/an_120927_e.asp
Application Deadlines: November 30, 2012
Description: The OPC is now accepting applications for it annual privacy research and knowledge translation funding program. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has issued a call for proposals under its Contribution Program 2013-14. Established in 2004, the Contributions Program promotes the advancement of privacy knowledge in Canada by providing funding for independent privacy research and related knowledge translation initiatives in Canada under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).
Award: Successful proposals can be awarded up to $50,000 for any single project and a maximum of $100,000 can be awarded per organization.
For further information, please contact:
Francois Cadieux
Senior Research Analyst
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Tel: 613-947-3090
Fax: 613-947-6850
Email: Francois.Cadieux@priv.gc.ca
Canada-EU Research News, Fall 2012
Information Sessions: ERA-Can's Information Sessions focus on opportunities for Canadian researchers to work with European colleagues in cooperative research projects and fellowship programs supported by the European Commission. Participants will hear from Canadian researchers who have participated in European projects and have the chance to ask questions! The following sessions are planned:
McMaster University - Dec. 5
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Faculty Club, West Room, 1sr Floor
Registration: Email Melodie Cardin at melodie.cardin@era-ca.ca
Ryerson University - Dec. 5
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Offcice of the Vice President Research and Innovation
1 Dundas Street West, 11th Floor, Room YDI 1134
Registration: Email Melodie Cardin at melodie.cardin@era-ca.ca
University of Toronto - Dec. 6
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: Imperial Oil Lecture Hall, Room 6
Tanz Neuroscience Building, 6 Queen's Park. Cres. West
Registration: Email Christine Kwan at c.kwan@utoronto.ca
University of Waterloo - Dec. 6
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Location: Waterloo International, Needles Hall (NH), 1101
Registration: Email Melodie Cardin at melodie.cardin@era-ca.ca
University of Guelph - Dec. 7
9:30 am - 11:30 am
Location: University Centre #442
Registration: Email Meg Grimes at mgrimes@uoguelph.ca
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Destination Europe Conference
Date: December 6 - 7, 2012
Location: San Francisco, California
Description:'Destination Europe' events showcase the vibrant and exciting research and innovation culture in Europe and the opportunities available to researchers, from anywhere in the world, interested in working in Europe.
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Imperial Oil University Research Awards Program
Application Deadline Date: December 15, 2012
Description: University research awards are designed to encourage research at Canadian universities in areas of interests to Imperial Oil's petroleum, petrochemical and energy resource development businesses.
These areas include the fields of engineering, environmental, earth, chemical, and physical sciences.
Awards for specific research projects are made to full-time faculty members to support research work carried out by university students under their direction. Individual awards are normally available in amounts ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 depending on budgets for the proposed research, availability of funds, and potential significance of the research as determined by Imperial. Awards are made for one year and may be renewed annually for a maximum tenure of three years.
For further information, criteria, and application forms, please visit our Web site at http://www.imperialoil.ca/Canada-English/community_invest_apply.aspx
Please note that applications must be sent via email in WORD of PDF form.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Nancy Bourque
University Affairs Administrator
Imperial Oil Research Department
453 Christina St. South
Sarnia, Ontario N7T 8C8
Tel: (519) 339-2617
Fax: (519) 339-4088
E-mail: ura.sru@esso.ca
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2013 Researcher Mobility Funding from the Embassy of France in Canada
Application Deadline Date: December 15, 2012
Program Information:
Invitation to France: http://sst.ambafrance-ca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=38&Itemid=1307&lang=en
Scientific Stay in Frant for Tenured Researchers: http://sst.ambafrance-ca.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=39&Itemid=1308&lang=en
The webpage details all the information about the mobility programs as well as an online application process.
Early in 2013, all applications will be will be assessed by the Office of Science & Technology and research visits planned starting in February 2013.
For more information, please contact:
Armelle Chataigner-Guidez
Assistant to the Counsellor for Science & Technology
Office for Science & Technology (OST)
Telephone: 1-613-583-7412
http://www.ambafrance-ca.org
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P&G Centre for Business and Sustainability Research Grants
Application Deadline Date: December 17, 2012
For Full Detail, Please Visit: http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=1685&p=22806
Description: The P&G Centre for Business & Sustainability is sponsoring a limted number of research grants focused on advancing the integration of business and sustainability. All Laurier full-time faculty and doctoral/graduate students working with a full-time faculty member are encouraged to apply.
Amount of Award: These grants are available to complete small projects or to provide "seed money" for a workshop or to assist in the development of a study which might lead to a larger project, to a proposal to an external agency, or to a paper for publication. The value of the award ranges from $500 to $3,000. Purchase of equipment or conference travel will not be covered by these awards.
Deadline: The proposals must be submitted by December 17, 2012 to Dr. Barry Colber, Director, P&G Centre for Business and Sustainability, School of Business & Economics. Decisions on the grants will be made by a committe of peers affiliated with various research centres by early 2013.
Submissions must be emailed to: wuhl@wlu.ca, using the 'P&G Grant Application Form' document, which can be found at http://www.wlu.ca/docsnpubs_detail.php?grp_id=1685&doc_id=52955
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Mitochondrial Disese Research Grants
Information: http://www.mitocanada.org/mitocanada-research/
Application Deadline Date: December 17, 2012
Description: Every 30 minutes a child is born that will
develop mitochondrial disease. Due to the complexity and challanges of diagnosis,
and broad spectrum of symptoms, it is estimated that less than 10% of people
affected receive a diagnosis. This disease robs those affected to their quality of life and it
often terminal. To date there is no cure for Mitochondial Disease, and only
minimal treatments are avaliable.
Research has determined that Mitochondrial dysfunction is at the core of many
common diseases, such as Cancer, Autism, ALS, Alzheimer's and Partkinson's
Contact Information:
Josh Slatkoff, Ph.D., Research Committee Chair
Josh.slatkoff@mitocanada.org
COOPERATION calls closing in January - April 2013 - Look for Marie Curie Fellowships opening in March 2013
Information: Most of the current COOPERATION calls are closing this winter, with a few deadlines in February-April 2013. See the CORDIS site for the particular closing dates or contact ERA-Can for more information. As in the past, PEOPLE calls (Marie Curis Actions) will bepublished in March, so Canadian researchers interested in hosting post-doctoral fwllos or taking up a post-doctoral fellowship in Europe should start to discuss these opportunities with their European colleagues.
Grand Challenges Canada: Stars in Global Health, Round 5
Application Deadline Dates: Proposal: February 6, 2013
Description: The Stars in Global Health program enables innovators to develop ideas to improve global health conditions.
Award: Successful applicants to this program may receive $100,000 seed grants which can later be scaled with a grant up to $1,000,000
An example of funded projects can be found at: http://www.grandchallenges.ca/stars-r3-grantee-announcement-en/
For More Information, please visit: http://www.grandchallenges.ca/grand-challenges/gc1-stars/stars-program-information/
More Information Can be Found At: http://www.grandchallenges.ca/grand-challenges/gc1-stars/stars-program-information/, or by contacting Ken Simiyu, Program Officer, Grand Challenges Canada at ken.simiyu@grandchallenges.ca
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MEOPAR Open Call for Proposals
http://meopar.ca/opportunities/meopar-announces-first-open-call-for-proposals/
Application Due Date: February 19, 2013 (Atlantic Standard Time)
Description: For the first Open Call, MEOPAR envisions allocation of a total of $650,000 to support between 1 and 3 projects over the period October 2013 through April 2016. Two types of projects will be considered: a) multi-year, integrated projects covering the entire funding period; or b) smaller-scale projects of up to one year duration. The shorter duration projects could be used to tackle a specific research topic or a synthesis activity that can be addressed within that timeframe, or could be used to build consortia or partnerships to evaluate issues that may be suitable for longer duration projects under future Open Calls. The longer duration projects, while initially funded for up to 3 years, would have the opportunity to propose follow-on activities, based on successful progress and peer-review, which would allow for a maximum project duration of 5 years. MEOPAR envisions funding of 1 longer-term project and up to 2 shorter duration projects as a result of this call. Note that all MEOPAR projects are subject to yearly reporting and review requirements.
For More Information, please visit: http://meopar.ca/wp-content/uploads/MEOPAR-Open-Call-for-Proposals-2013-2016-2.pdf
Any question regarding the Open Call can be referred to:
Dr. Mary-Lynn Dickson
MEOPAR Interim Network Manager
Phone: 902.494.4080
Email: mary-lynn.dickson@dal.ca
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The Water Resource Adaptation and Management Initiative
http://farmfoodcare.org/environment/10-farm-food-care/environment/238-wrami
Application Deadline Date: February 15, 2013
Description: The objective of the WRAMI initiative is to help Ontario farmers be better prepared for low water response, drought preparedness and adapt their water use practices to deal with the growing impacts of climate change
Application Details: http://farmfoodcare.org/images/pdfs/applicationJan13.pdf
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CIGI Reseach Project
Application Deadline Date: February 23, 2013
Description: The CIGI CRA Research Project provides support to activities that advance policy-oriented research on issues of international governance. Funding may be directed to support workshops, seminars or field research within larger projects that lead to research publications or external grant applications. Successful applicant will present clearly defined project activities that address global challenges related to CIGI's programs through innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.
Award: Individual awards may be granted to a maximum of CDN $30,000 in total over a period not to exceed two years.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.cigionline.org/research-awards/research-project
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CIGI CRA Advanced Research Seminar
Application Deadline Date: February 23, 2013
Description: The CIGI CRA Strategic Research Initiative supports larger-scale projects that advance policy-oriented research on specific issues of international governance identified in a Request for Proposals (RFP). Funding may be directed to support a range of project deliverables by integrating into CIGI's programs. Successful applicants will present clearly defined projects that address the RFP through innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.
Award: Individual awards may be granted to a maximum of CDN $15,000 over 12 months.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.cigionline.org/research-awards/seminar
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CIGI CRA Strategic Research Initiative
Application Deadline Date: February 23, 2013
Description: The CIGI CRA Strategic Research Initiative supports larger-scale projects that advance policy-oriented research on specific issues of international governance identified in a Request for Proposals (RFP). Funding may be directed to support a range of project deliverables by integrating into CIGI's programs. Successful applicants will present clearly defined projects that address the RFP through innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.
Award: Individual awards may be granted to a maximum of CDN $450,000 in total over a period not to exceed three years with a minimum of CDN $100,000 budgeted to be spent annually.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.cigionline.org/research-awards/strategic
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Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR)
Application Deadline Date: February 28, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Description: This call for expressions of interest is being held from January 18 to February 28, 2013. It is an opportunity for Canada’s researchers to provide information on the current network landscape. The goal is to identify existing and emerging research network capacity in patient-oriented research in Canada that could align with the SPOR network objectives. Please note that this is not a formal letter of intent or a CIHR funding opportunity. It is an open dialogue with Canada’s research community and a venue for Canadian researchers to demonstrate where there is capacity to translate research evidence into better health care policies, therapies, and practices.
For more information, please visit: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/46263.html
NSERC - Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program
Application Deadline Dates:
Notify Laurier Office of Research Services of your interest in applying: March 1, 2013
Letter of Intent (to NSERC): May 1, 2013
Laurier has been given a quota of two (2) applications, and to ensure that we do not exceed this quota we must identify groups who would like to submit a Letter of Intent. If more than 2 groups wish to submit a LOI, we will establish an internal competition. To facilitate this, we kindly request that groups intending to apply to this competition notify Charity Parr-Vasquez (cparrvasquez@wlu.ca) no later than March 1, 2013.
Description: The CREATE Program is designed to improve the mentoring and training environment for the Canadian researchers of tomorrow by improving areas such as communication, collaboration and professional skills, as well as providing experience relevant to both academic and non-academic research environments. The program promotes and furthers the development of new researchers within the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) disciplines, or at the interdisciplinary frontier between NSE and the areas covered under the umbrella of the two other federal granting agencies; the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/professors-professeurs/grants-subs/create-foncer_eng.asp
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Ontario Genomic Institute Summer Research Fellowships
Application Deadline Date: March 4, 2013
Value: $5000. A travel allowance will also be available to students and supervisors located outside the Greater Toronto area to offset the costs of attending OGI Summer Research Fellowship events in Toronto. Please Note: Recipient may hond only one Summer Research Fellowship award.
Description: The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) Summer Research Fellowships in Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics or related ethics and policy research are available to undergraduate students again in 2013.
OGI Summer Research Fellowships offer undergraduate students studying at Ontario universities unique opportunities to engage in meaningful, real-life research in the areas of genomics, proteomics, bioinformatics or related ethical, economic, environmental, legal or social issues (“GE3LS”). Under the direction of a supervisor in academia or industry*, Fellows will conduct research in one of these areas in a laboratory or other appropriate academic or industrial setting. *OGI will provide assistance with finding a supervisor for anyone interested in applying for an industrial fellowship.
These Fellowships not only provide students with the opportunity to gain research experience, but also include a mandatory orientation session at OGI, participation in biweekly information sessions via web conferencing, and an opportunity to present their summers’ work by way of PowerPoint and poster presentations to their supervisors, OGI staff and special guests at a final meeting in August 2013.
For more information and application forms, please visit: http://www.ontariogenomics.ca/outreach/ogi-summer-research-fellowship-program
If you have any questions, please contact:
Kimberly Riley
Manager, Events and Outreach, MaRS centre, Heritage Building
HL50 - 101 College Street, Toronto, ON M5G 1L7
Phone: 416-673-6587
Fax: 416L977-8342
Email: kriley@ontariogenomics.ca
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Ontario Ministry of Transportation - 2013 Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIFP)
Application Deadline: March 6, 2013 at 2:30 pm
Description: The Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program funds research
at Ontario colleges and Universities to encourage applied research in transportation infrastructure in Ontario.
This program solicits innovations from Institutions to assist the Ministry in meeting our current and future
challenges, and to encourage undergraduate and graduate research in transportation and infrastructure engineering.
The HIFP challenges Ontario's academic community to contribute to transportation infrastructure solutions in
a number of areas including traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems, engineering materials,
highway design, environmental, geomatics, bridges, construction and maintenance.
Guideline and Information:
Guideline
Attachment B
Attachment C
Attachment D
Attachment E
Attachment F
For More Information, please visit:
Finlay Buchanan
Coordinator, Research and Innovations, Executive Director's Officer - Asset
Management
email: Finlay.Buchanan@ontario.ca
Phone: 905-7042980
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Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) - Call of Expressions of Interest
Application Deadline Date:
Expression of Interest: March 11, 2013 (5pm)
OCE will inform applicants about the status of their submissions: March 22, 2013 (5pm)
First draft of application: April 26, 2013 (5pm)
Final project submission to NSERC: May 24, 2013 (5pm)
Description: OCE is partnering with NSERC to fund innovative energy projects across Ontario that further integration of Ontario's natural gas and electricity infrastructure to maintain flexible, cost effective and diversified alternative energy supplies.
For More Information, please visit:
Application Form: Click here
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ACS Petroleum Research Fund Grant Programs
Application Deadline Date: March 15, 2013
Description: ACS PRF research grant programs support fundamental research in the petroleum field, and development for the next generation of engineers and scientists through advanced scientific education. Research areas supported include chemistry, the earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and related fields such as polymers and materials science.
For More Information, please click here
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Neuroscience: New Transformational Request for Proposals
Application Deadline Date: Letter of Intent due March 25, 2013
Description: The goal of this request for proposals is to provide support for high-potential translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics in neurodegenerative diseases of aging. This pilot continues our innovative and untraditional approach to the grant process that expedites timelines and allows greater responsiveness to researchers.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.westonfoundation.org/pages/neuroscience.aspx
Details on how to apply can he found here
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Banting Research Foundation Grant
http://www.utoronto.ca/bantresf/Application/application_procedure.html
Application Deadline Date: March 15, 2013
Description: The Banting Research Foundation awards grants of up to $20,000 in all areas of medical research to outstanding new investigators within the first three years of their independent appointment at a university or research institute in Canada. The intent is to provide seed funding so that applicants are able to gather pilot data to enhance their competitiveness for other sources of funding.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.utoronto.ca/bantresf/Application/application_procedure.html
Application Form: http://www.utoronto.ca/bantresf/Application/application_form.html
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YMCA of Greater Toronto - Youth Development Research Services
Application Deadline Date:
Confirmation of intent to respond and questions: Friday March 1, 2013 (5pm)
Proposals due: March 22, 2013 (5pm)
Description: The research objectives are as follows:
1. Review and synthesize the developmental and life course needs and the critical
transitions that youth need to navigate in order to thrive.
2. Identify key outcomes that programs for youth should focus on to address developmental needs
and transitions.
3. Identify promising interventions and aspects of program design that have been developed and
evaluated with respect to the identified key outcomes.
Complete information and instructions can be found here
For More Information, please contact:
Paul Stanford, Procurement
YMCA of Greater Toronto
2200 Yonge St., Unit 300 Toronto, ON M4S 2C6
Telephone: 416-928-3362 ext. 22579
Email: Paul.Stanford@ymcagta.org
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CIHR - Operating Grant: Human Frontier Science Program Research Grants
Application Deadline Dates:
Registration Deadline: March 20, 2013
Application Deadline: March 27, 2013
Description: Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) supports innovative basic research into fundamental biological problems, with emphasis placed on novel approaches involving scientific exchanges across national and disciplinary boundaries. HFSP encourages research into biological problems involving approaches and knowledge from various disciplines such as chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering because significant new ideas, techniques and discoveries often arise at the boundaries between disciplines. Such collaborations have opened up new approaches for understanding the complex structures and regulatory networks that characterize the evolution and interactions of organisms and biological systems.
For More Information, please click here
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New Transformational Request for Proposals: The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
http://www.westonfoundation.org/Pages/neurotransform.aspx
Application Deadline Date: Letter or Intent: March 25, 2013
Funding: Up to $500,000 each year over three years
Eligibility: Researchers at or above the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent from charitable institutions (including most hospitals and universities) in Canada are eligible to apply.
Description: The goal of this request for proposals is to provide support for high-potential translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics in neurodegenerative diseases of aging. This pilot continues our innovative and untraditional approach to the grant process that expedites timelines and allows greater responsiveness to researchers. This request for proposals is open to registered charities (e.g., most universities and hospitals) across Canada.
For More Information, please contact: info@westonneuroscience.ca or call (416)935-4056
Brain Canada: The Azrieli Neurodevelopment Research Program, Multi-Investigator Research Initiative (MIRI)
Deadline Dates:
Letter of Intent - April 5, 2013
Full Applications - August 16, 2013
Description: The Azrieli Foundation in partnership with Brain Canada will support excellent systems or translational research in the area of neurodevelopment disorders, with a special focus on ASD and Fragile X syndrome. The ultimate goal of the initiative is to develop new diagnostics, treatment and prevention strategies for neurodevelopmental disorders, to reduce their economic and social burden on Canadians, and to improve the quality of life for those affected by neurodevelopmental disorders and their families
Over the next five years $7.5 million will be provided by The Azrieli Foundation and Brain Canada, through the Canada Brain Research Fund.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.braincanada.ca/en/AzrieliMIRI
Request for Applications: http://www.braincanada.ca/files/NEURODEV_MIRI_RFA_EN.pdf
For Further Information: About Brain Canada and the Canada Brain Research Fund:http://braincanada.ca/
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Canadian Water Network
http://www.cwn-rce.ca/initiatives/research-calls/evolving-opportunities-for-knowledge-application/
Call for research proposals: Evolving Opportunities for Knowledge Application in priority areas related to agriculture and food production, munipal water, and watershed management
Application Deadline Date:
Letter of Intent: April 15, 2013
Proposal Submission: June 3, 2013
Funding: $50,000 to $100,000, with a maximum permissible request of $150,000, for initiative between 12 to 18 months. Partner support and funding of projects is considered a strong mechanism of demonstrating user relevance of the proposed work, and partner involvement in proposal development is strongly encouraged
Description: The objective of this call is to respond to a new or evolving opportunity to advance water management through the sharing, application and extension of existing research knowledge in response to an identified end user need within the priority areas of water in agriculture and food production, municipal water and watershed management.
Eligibility: Any researcher who is eligible to receive tri-council (NSERC, CIHR or SSHRC) funding may apply to this Call for Proposals. The Principal Applicant must have been a member of the initial research project(s) from which the proposal stems. The initial research project(s) may be completed or late-stage research project(s) from which the knowledge is sufficiently developed to enable end user application.
The Canadian Water Network (CWN) is currently soliciting Proposals within three priority areas of focus:
water in agriculture and food production,
municipal water, and
watershed management.
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Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada (SRCFC)
http://www.srcf.ca/index.php/research/grants-and-awards/application-forms.html
Application Deadline Date: April 30, 2013
Funding: $35,000 per year for a period of up to 3 years
Description: SRCFC Major Grants support biomedical research into intellectual impairment focused on the follow: The causes and eventual cure of intellectual impairment, such as Autism and Down Syndrome, especially as it affects children. The causes and eventual cure for Alzheimer's Disease. Research into other forms of intellectual impairment may be considered.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.srcf.ca/images/stories/Forms/research_grant_application_guide_-_2013.pdf
Application Form:
PDF:
http://www.srcf.ca/images/stories/Forms/research_grant_form_2013.pdf
Word:
http://www.srcf.ca/images/stories/Forms/research_grant_form_2013.doc
Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund
Application Deadline Date: Submission period begins May 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013
Funding: Up to $1 million per projects ($500,000 from Ontario; $500,000 from China)
Description: OCRIF supports alliances between research organizations and innovative companies in Ontario and China. from 2011, Ontario and China's Ministry of Science and Technology will jointly invest in collaborative research and commercialization projects that generate mutually beneficial economic, social, technological and scientific advantages.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/ocrif/program.asp
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Early Researcher Awards
Application Deadline Date: Letter of Intent - May 31, 2013
Funding: Up to $100,000
Description: The Early Research Awards program gives funding to new researchers
working at publicly funded Ontario research centres, including:
a)Universities
b)Colleges
c)Research Hospitals
d)Research Institutes
For Complete Details, please visit: http://www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/era/program.asp
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Digging into Data Challenge
Application Deadline Date: Application system will be available from April 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013
Description: The Digging into Data Challenge aims to address how "big data" changes the research landscape for the humanities and social sciences. Now that we have massive databases of materials available for research in the humanities and social sciences, what new techniques will be needed to search analyze and understand these materials. Digging into Data challenges the research community to help create the new research infrastructure for 21st-century scholarship.
For complete information, please visit: http://www.diggingintodata.org/
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NSERC - Discovery Frontiers Call for Proposals: Advancing Big Data Science in Geomics research
Application Deadline Dates:
Letter of Intent: May 1, 2013
Invitation to Apply: June 14, 2013
Application, if invited to apply: November 15, 2013
Funding: Up to $1.5 million per year for four years
Description: 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 will be led by teams of world-class Canadian researchers and will generate substantial benefits for Canada. This initiative aims to bring together groups of researchers in new ways to address a major research challenge. The teams will incorporate new and emerging ideas and will combine their complementary expertise to conduct transformative, paradigm-changing research.
For More Information, please visit: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/FrontiersCall-AppelFrontiers_eng.asp
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SSHRC - Knowledge Synthesis Grant
Application Deadline Date: May 10, 2013
Description: The objectives of this funding opportunity are to: - describe the state of knowledge about the future skills needs of the Canadian labour market, in the context of slowing labour-force growth, increasingly globalized labour markets and economies, and continual technological change; - identify gaps between labour market demand for both generic and specific skills and the supply of skills (e.g., through K-12 education, postsecondary education, skilled trades and apprenticeship, employer-training and immigration-oriented programs); - identify the most promising policies and practices for better identifying and meeting future skills needs; - assess the quality, accuracy and rigour of current work in the field; - identify gaps in the knowledge and the quantitative and qualitative data available related to skills development and future needs of the Canadian labour market; - mobilize skills and labour market knowledge within the academic, industry and public policy sectors; and - form the basis of dialogue between academic researchers, industry stakeholders and skills-related policy-makers in government.
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SSHRC - Digging into Data Challenge
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Application Deadline Date: May 15, 2013
Description: The Digging into Data Challenge aims to address how "big data" changes the research landscape for the humanities and social sciences. Now that we have massive databases of materials available for research in the humanities and the social sciences--ranging from digitized books, newspapers, and music to information generated by Internet-based activities and mobile communications, administrative data from public agencies, and customer databases from private sector organizations-—what new, computationally-based research methods might we apply? As the world becomes increasingly digital, new techniques will be needed to search, analyze, and understand these materials. Digging into Data challenges the research community to help create the new research infrastructure for 21st-century scholarship.
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Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation - Reverse Innovation Challenge
Application Deadline Date: May 31, 2013
Funding: $100,000 in prizes are available to contest winners
Description: Colour Outside the Lines: A Reverse Innovation Challenge for Canadian Health Systems (“Colour Outside the Lines”) is an open challenge to inspire current and future leaders to become active participants in shaping the transformation of our health care system. We are calling on students, health care professionals, entrepreneurs, IT specialists, patients, development workers and innovators from around the world to generate reverse innovation projects that can address some of Canada’s biggest health challenges and drive transformational change. Colour Outside the Lines is focused on finding innovations that are being successfully applied in the developing world/emerging markets that offer potential solutions to some of the issues facing Canadian health systems.
For More Information, please visit: https://innovatexchange.ca/reverse
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Canadian Water Network
Call for research proposals: Assessing Tools to Determine Level of Concern due to Effects of Emerging Contaminants from Municipal Wastewater Effluents on Aquatic Biota
http://www.cwn-rce.ca/initiatives/municipal-consortium/calls-for-research/
Application Deadline Date: Proposal Submission: May 31, 2013
Description:The Canadian Water Network (CWN) is currently calling for proposals for research within its Canadian Municipal Water Consortium (CMWC) to support decision makers and practitioners by assessing the efficacy of a suite of tools focused on identifying indications of endocrine impacts on aquatic organisms in the immediate vicinity of wastewater treatment plant outfalls as a sensitive screening approach to provide:
1) clear indications that biological effects are occurring as a result of the presence of emerging contaminants (trace organic contaminants) in municipal wastewater effluent discharges, and
2) a practical basis for distinguishing the relative level of concern between sites for effects of emerging contaminants, in order to identify sites where additional work should be done.
This project will focus on testing a suite of tools at municipal wastewater impacted sites. The outcome of this research will be an evaluation of the ability of the suite of tools to identify the relative concern for the impact of emerging contaminants (principally trace organic contaminants) in wastewater effluents on aquatic biota. In doing so, it will build on previous research and is intended to further the larger overall goal of assessing impacts of emerging contaminants on aquatic biota and to identify sites where interventions should be considered. The goal of this particular research call is to assess an approach, focused on an endocrine disruption pathway, for identifying impacts of emerging contaminants. The successful project will use this approach to assess a practical suite of tools and methods that can be more broadly applied at sites to identify and prioritize sites that warrant further study.
Parents Reaching Out Grants
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/regional.html
Application Deadline Date:
Interim Reports: February 28, 2014
Finishing Project: June 30, 2014
Final Report: August 31, 2014
Funding: Maximum of $30,000
Description: Regional/provincial grants are available to parent organizations, school boards, non-profit organizations and post-secondary institutions working partnership with parents.
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