The Early Career Investigator Awards in Circulatory and Respiratory Health Research provides recipients with the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting research in the area of circulatory and/or respiratory research through provision of a contribution to their salary. This award is designed to provide protected time for early-career investigators to undertake research in the field of circulatory and/or respiratory health.

The objective of this funding opportunity is to support cross-jurisdictional programs of research that respond to the priorities of the Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations (PIHCI) Network in order to generate findings that will guide evidence-informed policy decision-making, with the intent of having an impact on the health system for all Canadians within four years.

The Secondary Data Analysis Dynamic Cohort funding opportunity is expected to:

• Support cross-jurisdictional research on complex, high system users in Canada.
• Promote the use of the CIHR/CIHI Dynamic Cohort datasets.
• Promote effective knowledge translation through continuous and sustained interactions between researchers and end-users of this research.

The objective of this funding opportunity is to develop a brain donation, neuropathology, and brain banking system for Canadian ADNI participants in order to:

• Respond to the current lack of a coordinated brain donation and brain banking system in Canada
• Increase the capacity for research-related neuropathological studies that can be carried out in Canada
• Enhance synergy between brain donation and brain banking systems in Canada and those currently in place in the US
• Provide increased support for clinical and basic neuroscience research
• Increase Canada’s international visibility in the field of brain banking

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• To provide recognition and funding to academic researchers;
• To provide a reliable supply of highly skilled and qualified researchers.

The Clinician-Scientist Salary Award program is expected to:

• To provide salary support for up to six years to clinician scientists.
• To provide a reliable supply of highly skilled and qualified clinician scientists.

The Catalyst Grant: Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance and Related Infectious Disease Threats is expected to support mapping, collaboration, team-building, piloting, and mobilization work.

Specifically, the objectives are to:

• Advance capacity-building efforts through the identification of existing research expertise in global governance arrangements, structures, and institutions in the areas of AMR and related infectious disease threats, and identify any gaps that may exist;
• Encourage collective action by identifying the similarities, differences, and common issues among global governance arrangements related to AMR and those related to other types of infectious disease threats;
• Initiate the mobilization of interdisciplinary Canadian health and social scientists, as well as knowledge users in the area of global governance to support the eventual creation of a dynamic, coherent, and strong Canadian centre/network that can position itself to conduct international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary research and to participate in broader international collaborations; and
• Facilitate interdisciplinary national and/or international collaborations, resource alignment and sharing, capacity-building, and knowledge sharing among researchers and knowledge users, working on global governance and tackling AMR and related infectious disease threats.

Mitacs Career Connect provides meaningful work experience for young graduates while helping companies find the talent they need to grow their business. We currently have opportunities for projects that aim to protect the environment, create positive environmental outcomes, or address an environmental or climate change-related challenge.

Interns must be under 30 years of age, a post-secondary graduate, and legally entitled to work in Canada. Eligible hiring organizations must support a green project in the science, technology, engineering or math fields, for a six-month placement valued at $20,000 to $25,000, subsidized by Mitacs at 50%.

Funding is limited and awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

We welcome submissions until September 15, 2017, for placements starting no later than October 1, 2017.

Opportunities with hiring organizations in the natural resource sectors are open until September 15, 2018.

The Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme is a policy tool that enhances cooperation and dialogue with all partners, based on scientific research, innovation, and knowledge exchange. The SPS Programme provides funding, expert advice, and support to security-relevant activities jointly developed by a NATO member and partner country.

Cyber threats and attacks are becoming more frequent, sophisticated and damaging.
The Alliance of today faces an evolving and complex threat environment previously unseen in this domain of operations. Both state and non-state actors have the ability to use cyber-attacks which could be as harmful to modern societies as a conventional attack as well as increasingly incorporating cyber-attacks within hybrid warfare. Further enhancing partnerships with other international organisations and partner nations, likewise with industry and academia, plays a key role in effectively addressing the challenges of cyber defence. NATO’s Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme is issuing a Call for Proposals, in line with its key cyber defence priorities, to target scientific and technological advancements in the field of cyber defence. These key priorities are as follows:

• Critical infrastructure protection, including sharing of best practices, capacity building and policies;
• Support in developing cyber defence capabilities, including new technologies and support to the construction of information technology infrastructure;
• Cyber defence situation awareness.