AGE-WELL invites researchers and their teams to participate in its inaugural Collaborative Impact Program competition.

AGE-WELL’s Collaborative Impact Program is a matched funding program that is designed to leverage partnerships between academic researchers and industry, government (provincial) and community organizations in order to accelerate Canadian innovation and economic competitiveness, and improve the quality of life for older adults and/or caregivers.

CIP funds will support post-discovery commercialization or knowledge mobilization activities that align with the vision and mission of AGE-WELL. AGE-WELL will consider proposals for commercialization and/or knowledge mobilization, including:

• commercialization of technologies, products, and/or services, including but not limited to, business development, prototype development, market readiness and start-up activities
• knowledge mobilization (KM), translation (KT) or exchange activities, including but not limited to, the implementation of KM/KT products or the introduction of new products/services into practice or policy settings

Award Value

Up to $75,000 investment from AGE-WELL with additional matched funds from partnering organizations. The overall project budget must include 25% cash contribution and 25% in-kind contribution from partners. 12 month, non-renewable awards.

The objective of the WSIB Grants Program is to enhance workers’ compensation system outcomes by supporting innovative proposals that are aligned to the WSIB's strategic mandate. The program will accomplish this through highly practical, expert research studies and training initiatives delivered by professional individuals and organizations that address current and emerging challenges, and strengthen Ontario's workers' compensation system now and in the future.

The Grants Program is aligned to the WSIB Grants Policy (PDF), which provides important information about program structure and governance.

Application guides can be found on the EGrAMS documentation for applicants page. See FAQs.

The Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI) in partnership with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has established a joint funding opportunity to support additional Career Development Awards focused on increasing Canada’s capacity for breast cancer prevention research. Recently appointed Assistant Professors, postdoctoral and clinical fellows in the field of breast cancer, breast health, and cancer prevention are encouraged to apply. This partnership will allow for funding of additional Career Development Awards in breast cancer prevention. Please see the ‘Partners description’ section below for more information.

The Canadian Cancer Society is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Cole Foundation to fund Impact Grants in the area of leukemia and lymphoma research. This fund of up to $3 million will support collaborative research teams that:

• are proposing research in leukemia or lymphoma to impact children and/or young adults;
• include investigators at 2 or more institutions;
• include at least one principal investigator based in Montreal; and
• include at least 1 clinician.

This partnership will allow for funding of additional Impact Grant Awards in leukemia and lymphoma research. Research teams that meet the criteria indicated above are encouraged to apply. Please see the ‘Partners description’ section below for more information.

Program description

The Impact Grant program is intended to contribute to the scientific idea ‘pipeline’ by supporting significant progression in cancer research programs, from individual investigators or multidisciplinary teams, that are anywhere in the continuum from basic high impact discovery to translational work of direct relevance to the clinic. Impact Grants will accelerate and focus the knowledge gained from scientific findings, in the short or long term, into outcomes that will significantly advance understanding of cancer and improve scientific knowledge, which will result in optimized patient care, improved cancer treatment or reduced cancer burden. Impact Grants are to provide funding to support ideas that promote major advancement in research programs, whether at the fundamental discovery stage (such as studies involving model organisms that demonstrate potential for impact) through to applied research (such as patient or population based proposals). Note that these grants are not intended to support incremental scientific advances and should not be considered a “regular” research grant.

The NARSAD Young Investigator Grant provides support for the most promising young scientists conducting neurobiological research. Two-year awards up to $70,000, or $35,000 per year are provided to enable promising investigators to either extend research fellowship training or begin careers as independent research faculty. Basic and/or clinical investigators are supported, but research must be relevant to serious brain and behavior disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders or child and adolescent mental illnesses.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada's Post-Secondary Partnerships Program (PSPP) provides funding to eligible Canadian post-secondary institutions to design and deliver university- and college-level courses or programs tailored for First Nations and Inuit students – to help these students gain the skills they need to enter and succeed in the labour market.

The program was redesigned and re-named in 2013-2014 (formerly the Indian Studies Support Program). It is now a competitive, national, proposal-driven process based on merit and focused on meeting labour market needs. It supports projects that deliver a program of study or develop new courses and programs tailored for First Nation and Inuit students.

Priority is given to project proposals that:

• focus on the labour market, with specific outcomes and objectives
• lead to high-demand jobs in the Canadian economy or within First Nation or Inuit communities (such as governance)
• respond to the educational needs of First Nation and Inuit students
• use innovative and efficient delivery methods to increase the availability of education in remote communities
• have a plan towards financial self-sustainability
• contain short duration, undergraduate level courses
• include funding partners with a firm commitment to monetary participation.

Proposals are reviewed by a national selection committee and assessed against these criteria. Funding is provided through contribution agreements ranging from one to five years. The courses developed by institutions, through this funding, are open to all students, including Métis.

Eligible expenditures only include actual costs directly associated with designing and delivering programming. Capital expenses are not eligible.

Mitacs Elevate is now accepting applications for two-year postdoctoral funding:

• $55,000 annual award (plus $7,500 per year non-cash value in training)
• Customized training exclusive to Elevate fellows
• Long-term collaborative research project with a non-academic partner

 
Deadlines:

• Letter of intent: March 23, 2016, at 5 p.m. PDT
• Application: April 6, 2016, at 1 p.m. PDT
• Results announced: June 2016
• Projects must start by September 15, 2016