Our new $15K funding program provides grants to community organizations reduce harm from gambling.

These grants could be used to:

• Build knowledge (small-scale research projects)
• Engage others (stakeholder consultations and collaborations)
• Translate knowledge (evidence-informed practice).

Who can apply?

• Ontario-based community organizations or to collaborations between community organizations
• Academic organizations (only when partnered with a community organization)

 GREO will help organizations that are new to applying through the application process.

Next Call for Proposals

November 7th: deadline to register an Intent to Apply
November 30th: application submission deadline
December 15th: funding notifications
January 2nd: project start date

Application Guidelines

View the application guidelines for more information on the grant. 

A limited number of Travel Awards to PhD or MD/PhD students, and post-doctoral/medical/clinical fellows are available. The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation as a first author or presenter at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional meeting.

This Knowledge to Action Grant has been created to encourage research projects that will close the gap between what is known from research and what is done with that knowledge in the health care community and public health practice. These grants are intended to provide funding for research projects that build on existing cancer research findings and aim to improve outcomes and experiences through knowledge translation (KT) for people and populations at risk, patients, their families and communities across the cancer trajectory e.g., to assist knowledge users (researchers, practitioners, policy makers, CCS program delivery staff and/or volunteers) in their awareness of knowledge or innovations and facilitating their use in health or healthcare system improvement.

The goal of this grant program is to support and accelerate research and the application of new knowledge with imminent application potential relevant to cancer prevention in human populations. Proposed projects must demonstrate a specific and defined potential for impact on cancer incidence, for example through prevention/risk reduction research, programs, and practice, including interventions, knowledge translation, best practices and health-related decision making at the individual, organizational and health system levels. Applications are invited for social/psychosocial and behavioural science, health policy, population health, health promotion and health services research aimed at cancer prevention.

Prevention programs will focus on research that reduces the risk of cancer. The Canadian Cancer Society recognizes that in order to change the risk profile, prevention research can be accomplished anywhere along the research continuum from identifying factors that affect the risk of cancer at an individual or population level to interventions that lead to action to reduce established risk factors.

Innovation to Impact Grants (i2I) are intended to support the further development of successful findings based on the goals originally explored through a CCSRI Innovation Grant. Therefore, only investigators with a funded Innovation Grant are eligible for this program.

Applicants are required to articulate specific achievements from the original Innovation Grant (i.e., significant new knowledge, publications, intellectual property, technology development, or relevant endpoints) and clearly describe and justify the progression to the new research proposed.

The Postdoctoral Enrichment Program (PDEP) provides a total of $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution (an institution includes its affiliated graduate and medical schools, hospitals and research institutions) in the United States or Canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research.

Fellowship Training
To enhance the PRU’s mandate, goals, and research agenda, POGO has established two research fellowships (PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowship and Clinician Scholar Award). This award includes a yearly salary of $55,000 (Clinician Scholar), $45,000 (Post-Doctoral), or $30,000 (PhD) and the ability to apply for $5,000 in project-specific one-time operating support. 

PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowships
(1 fellowship of 1 to 3 years duration)
The PhD/Post Doctoral Fellowship will be awarded to either an applicant working toward a PhD or to a post doctoral research candidate. While applicants may have training and/or experience in areas not directly related to POGO activities, they will be required to demonstrate relevance to pediatric oncology.
 
Clinician Scholar Award
(1 fellowship of 1 or 2 years duration)
The Clinician Scholar Award is open to licensed clinicians and health care practitioners of any discipline working in the field of pediatric oncology. Applicants may have limited research experience although they have a strong interest in research.

Deadline for Registration
The deadline for registration is October 21, 2016 at 5:00 PM. Interested applicants should email Dina Skvirsky (dskvirsky@pogo.ca) by the deadline expressing their intent to submit a full application. Applicants must provide the following information in the registration email:

• Type and duration of Fellowship Award (e.g. PhD/Post Doctoral or Clinician Scholar)
• Project title
• Name of primary investigator and all co-investigators
• A lay abstract of the project  (not to exceed 1/2 a page)  

Deadline for Submission
The deadline for submitting the full application is November 11, 2016 at 5:00 PM. Please note that applications must be received by the deadline. 

Application Form
The full Fellowship application form can be accessed through the POGO website, on September 6, 2016.

Seed Funding Grant
POGO offers annual Seed Funding Grants of up to $15,000 to facilitate or support feasibility studies, the development of preliminary data to enable applications to other granting agencies, or self-contained studies.

Deadline for Registration
The deadline for registration is October 21, 2016 by 5:00 PM. Interested applicants should email Dina Skvirsky (dskvirsky@pogo.ca) by the deadline expressing their intent to submit a full application. Applicants must provide the following information in the registration email:

• Project title
• Name of the primary investigator and all co-investigators
• A half page lay summary of the proposed project

Deadline for Submission
The deadline for submitting the full application is November 11, 2016 at 5:00 PM. Please note that applications must be received by the deadline. 

Application Form
The full Seed application form can be accessed through the POGO website, on September 6, 2016.