Welcome to the 2019 Research Competition!

Funding information
Doctoral
Amount: $22,000/year Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Within first 18 months of PhD program
Postdoctoral
Amount: $41,500/year (PhD) | $51,500/year (MD) Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Within 18 months of obtaining PhD (extension may be given to MDs)
New Investigator Grant
Amount: $75,000/year Duration: 3 years
Eligibility: Within the first 2 years of initial faculty position
Research Grant
Amount: $75,000/year Duration: 2 years
Eligibility: Must hold a faculty position with a Canadian university or affiliated institution
2019 Request for Application
Please click on the following links to view Request for Applications for the following funding opportunities:

• FRQS Training Awards
• New Brunswick Health Research Foundation Grants and Awards
• Pacific Alzheimer Research Foundation Grants
• AGE-WELL Doctoral Award/Postdoctoral Fellowship

Partnership Engage Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight program and the Connection program. Please note that Partnership Engage Grants cannot respond exclusively to the objectives of the Connection program.
They provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. The small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through the Partnership Engage Grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. In addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.

SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.

Competition: Open for the 2018-2019 academic year

Internal deadline:   Monday, October 1, 2018

Deadline: Thursday, October 18, 2018

Who applies: Canadian postsecondary institutions

Description: The Faculty Mobility Program provides Canadian faculty with short-term opportunities to teach or conduct research in Latin Americas and the Caribbean, at the college, undergraduate and graduate levels.

Guidelines

The Faculty Mobility Program aims to increase the number of institutional collaborations and student exchange agreements between Canadian and foreign institutions eligible under the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP). These agreements are created between colleges, technical or vocational institutions and universities in Canada, Latin Americas and the Caribbean.

The Program will award grants to teach or conduct research for a short-term in countries eligible to ELAP (CARICOM countries, Central America, Latin America, Mexico).

Scholarship value and duration

Funding for ELAP scholarships is made available by Global Affairs Canada through its legal title: the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD).

The Canadian institution will receive funding from DFATD for all successful candidates in the form of a grant and will be responsible for providing the funds to scholarship recipients.

The maximum grant value per faculty is CAD 7,000. Recipients may seek additional funding from other sources (private or public).

The duration of the scholarship is for three (3) weeks minimum and eight (8) maximum (participant can stay longer with funds from other sources)

All funds provided by DFATD related to the project must be made by March 31, 2019 (the termination date of the project can go beyond March 31, 2019).

External Deadline: Thursday, October 18, 2018

Internal Deadline: Monday, October 1, 2018

Contact:  Jill Sherman, International Research Facilitator, intl.research@lakeheadu.ca

Applications to the Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Kidney Cancer Research Program (KCRP) are being solicited for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) J9, Research and Development Directorate, by the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) using
delegated authority provided by United States Code, Title 10, Section 2358 (10 USC 2358). As directed by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs (OASD[HA]), the
DHA manages the Defense Health Program (DHP) Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) appropriation. The execution management agent for this Program Announcement is
the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP).

The KCRP was initiated in FY17 to provide support for research of exceptional scientific merit in the area of kidney cancer. The FY17 appropriation for the KCRP was $10 million (M). The FY18 appropriation is $15M.

The KCRP’s vision is to eliminate kidney cancer through collaboration and discovery. The KCRP’s mission is to promote rigorous, innovative, high-impact research in kidney cancer for the benefit of Service members, Veterans, and the American public.

Programs:

• Idea Development Award
• Physician Research Award
• Technology Development Award
• Translational Research Partnership Award

Ontario Pork is pleased to announce a call for Letters of Intent (LOI) for swine research projects that focus on the Ontario swine industry. Ontario Pork recently completed a review of their research priorities and shifted focus from a priorities list to the overarching research objective: “Test potential improvements to swine industry practices”.

All research projects that align with this overarching objective will be considered, including, but not limited to, swine health, swine welfare, swine nutrition, swine husbandry, swine reproduction, barn design and management, employee health and safety, meat quality and safety, marketing and consumer trends and environmental and economic sustainability. Highest priority is given to projects that demonstrate scientific merit as well as strong identification of the benefit of project results to Ontario pork producers and indication of input or support of a project from swine industry members outside of academia. Specific details on what is expected can be found in the Outline for completion of the Ontario Pork LOI.

Letters of intent should be completed electronically through the Livestock Research and Innovation Corporation’s website. The outline for completing the LOI can be found at the application site and on the Ontario Pork website. http://www.livestockresearch.ca/research/
http://www.ontariopork.on.ca/Research/Call-for-Proposals

Timelines for the 2018 spring call for research:

September 4-5, 2018
Researchers notified of the OP call for research and the LOIs become accessible on the LRIC system.

October 25, 2018
LOI due by 4:30pm on this date

Week of December 17th, 2018
Researchers notified of LOI outcome

January 24, 2019
Full proposal due by 4:30pm on this date for selected LOIs

Week of March 4th, 2019
Researcher notified of full proposal outcome

Please direct any questions pertaining to the research funding process of Ontario Pork to Kathy Zurbrigg by email at kathy.zurbrigg@ontariopork.on.ca or by phone at 519-767-4600 ext. 1208. Questions regarding the LRIC application system should be directed to Jean Howden. Jhowden@livestockresearch.ca

The Beef Cattle Research Council (BCRC) invites proposals from leading research institutions for the establishment of Research Chairs. The deadline is October 1, 2018 at 11:59 PM MT.

Currently, a shortage of scientific experts and research capacity in some areas of beef, cattle and forage research are hindering the ability to conduct priority research that supports improvements in productivity and demand and responds to emerging issues. To fill these gaps, the BCRC is exploring options to establish Research Chairs in key areas with investment of Canadian Beef Cattle Check-Off funding in partnership with other funders.

To procure the strongest opportunities for capacity development and encourage matching investments, Research Chair concepts will be considered through an open call for proposals. The BCRC welcomes proposals that work towards the achievement of its three core research objectives:

• To enhance industry competitiveness and reduce production costs, priority outcomes are to enhance feed and forage production, increase feed efficiency, and decrease the impact of animal health issues and production limiting diseases.
• To improve beef demand and quality, priority outcomes are to reduce food safety incidences, define quality and yield benchmarks supporting the Canadian Beef Advantage, and improve beef quality through primary production improvements and the development and application of technologies to optimize cut-out values and beef demand.
• To improve public confidence in Canadian beef, outcomes are to improve food safety, strengthen the surveillance of antimicrobial use and resistance, develop effective antimicrobial alternatives, ensure animal care, demonstrate the safety and efficacy of new production technologies, improve environmental sustainability and measure the beef industry’s environmental benefits.

The purpose of the Allied Health Research Grant is to encourage allied health professionals to pursue research relevant to the areas of nephrology and organ donation, including clinical, health services, social, cultural, environmental and population health research. To be eligible for this grant the nominated principal applicant must been an allied health professional (see below). 

The award is for up to two years, to a maximum of $50,000/year. There must be a clearly demonstrated relevance of the project and its outcomes to the Mission of The Kidney Foundation. The research must be carried out in Canada.

Researchers with Biomedical or Basic projects are recommended to apply to the KFOC Biomedical Research Grants competition.

Post-Doctoral Fellows are encouraged to apply to the KRESCENT program.

This Call is part a multi-funder research initiative on Boosting Decent Employment for Africa’s Youth, aimed at providing key insights, practical guidance, and tools to policy makers and practitioners to help realize aspirations for large-scale positive change. The research initiative is positioned within the Global Initiative on Decent Jobs for Youth, the overarching and inclusive effort endorsed by the UN Chief Executives Board for Coordination to scale up country-level action and impact on youth employment under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

This Call aims to:
Strengthen the evidence base on sustainable and effective learning, skills development and market linkages, and active labour market measures to boost economic opportunities that facilitate the transition of youth into decent work.
• Foster learning and sharing of experiences through multi-stakeholder dialogue within and across countries.
• Provide opportunities for young people to actively engage in knowledge generation, policy dialogue, and initiatives that enhance their employability.