The Mitacs-JSPS Internship provides funding for graduate students in Canada to undertake 10-week research projects in Japan. This competitive initiative is a partnership between Mitacs and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

• Open to master’s and PhD students in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences
• Projects take place from June 14 to August 24, 2016, including orientation
• JSPS provides airfare, insurance, allowance, and select room and board costs

Apply by January 29, 2016, at 5 p.m. PST.

To learn more, visit the Mitacs-JSPS Internship web page or contact international@mitacs.ca.

The Ewings Cancer Foundation of Canada and the C17 Research Network are pleased to announce a Request for Applications for research studies into Ewing Sarcoma (Round 3). The area of research can include all phases of clinical trials, disease or population-based registries or biological sample banks, quality of life, health outcomes and psychosocial research, basic and translational research with a direct application to research into the causes, treatment, cure and quality of life for young people with Ewing Sarcoma.
Priorities for this competition are:
• Improving diagnosis and care, survival rates, knowledge about genetics, causes and treatments, or quality of life for young people with Ewing Sarcoma.
• Applicants are encouraged to include funding for studentships in the budget to encourage a new generation of researchers.
• Research should be primarily done in Canada; led by Canadian researchers.
• Research projects may be single or multi-centre.
• Projects may be lab based or clinical.

The C¹⁷ Research Network holds an annual peer-reviewed grant competition to fund projects in pediatric hematology, oncology and hematological stem cell transplantation. The grant review process ranks applications based on criteria including clear statement of research, methodology, innovativeness and originality, evidence of collaboration and multidisciplinary approach and impact or application into clinical practice. The scope of projects considered include but are not limited to: phase I, II, III and pilot clinical trials; registries and population based studies; biological sample banks; quality of life and psychosocial research; health outcomes and health serviced research; and basic laboratory and translational research.

The Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health attributes two Duchesnay fellowships every year to resident students in obstetrics and gynaecology who desire to complete an elective in a health care center of a developing country. The fellowships cover four to eight weeks and the amount varies from $2,500CAD to $4,500CAD according to the length of the elective. A $700CAD lump‐sum will be allocated to the local supervisor of the elective.

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation is the largest non-government, donor-supported organization that distributes funds for brain and behavior disorder research. The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Independent Investigator Grant offers up to $50,000 a year for two (2) years and is intended for scientists at the associate professor level (or equivalent) with national competitive supports as a Principal Investigator (P.I.). Please note that an assistant professor who is a Principal Investigator (P.I.) on a NIH R01 grant is now eligible for the Independent Investigator Grant.

The Independent Investigator Grant stands between the Young and Distinguished Investigator Grants. The Young Investigator is intended to extend initial research training, or support scientists at the assistant professor rank. The Distinguished Investigator supports senior investigators (full professor or equivalent) pursuing innovative, new directions. Strict adherence to eligibility guidelines for the Independent Investigator will apply to prevent overlap between the programs, and to ensure that a reasonable proportion of applications judged to be excellent can be funded.

The program is intended to facilitate innovative research opportunities and supports basic, as well as translational and/or clinical investigators, however, research must be relevant to understanding, treatment and prevention of serious psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, or early onset brain and behavior disorders.

Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those participating. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant may often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects potentially eligible for funding through other SSHRC funding opportunities.

Connection Grants proposals are expected to meet the objectives of the Connection program.

Connection Grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the humanities and social sciences;
• scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
• intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the humanities and social sciences and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
• international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges between researchers, students and non-academic partners from other countries.

Technology is crucial, but innovation itself is a human endeavour. As such, social sciences and humanities research is key to content development, business planning and marketing, training and governance. Dynamic new technologies are also enabling, accelerating and influencing deep conceptual changes in the research environment, the economy, industry and society.

Emerging technologies is one of six future challenge areas identified through SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future initiative. These complex issues were identified following an extensive foresight exercise, and reflect key challenges that Canada is likely to face in an evolving global context over the coming decades, and to which the social sciences and humanities research community can contribute its knowledge, talent and expertise.

SSHRC is, therefore, launching a Knowledge Synthesis Grants funding opportunity for the future challenge area “How can emerging technologies be leveraged to benefit Canadians?”

While acknowledging the value of international and comparative scholarship in the social sciences and humanities on emerging and disruptive technologies, this funding opportunity is particularly focused on uncovering the particularities of the Canadian “technoscape.”

In support of the objectives noted below, these grants will foster a deeper understanding of the state of knowledge regarding the human dimensions involved in emerging technologies. The resulting syntheses will also help identify roles that the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors may play in seizing future opportunities and mitigating risks related to these technologies. This knowledge will pave the way for developing robust policies, strategies, practices and tools for a sustainable, equitable and prosperous future for Canada and the world.

Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects, of up to two years, proposed by individuals or teams.

Insight Development Grants foster research in its early stages, but are not intended to support large-scale initiatives. Long-term support for research is offered through SSHRC’s Insight Grants.

Proposed projects may involve, but are not limited to, the following types of research activities:

• case studies;
• pilot initiatives; and
• critical analyses of existing research.

Projects may also involve national and international research collaboration, and the exploration of new ways of producing, structuring and mobilizing knowledge within and across disciplines and sectors.