Collaborative Team 2022-2023
Background and Description of Opportunity
The Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) is a Network of Centres of Excellence that focuses on the role of glycans (carbohydrates) in health. Areas of focus for GlycoNet in Cycle II (2020–2024) are infectious diseases, chronic diseases (including diabetes & obesity), neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer. Additional information about Network research can be found at www.glyconet.ca.
A key goal of GlycoNet is to support research projects that are multi-disciplinary, as defined by the NCE program. Accordingly, this Request for Proposals seeks to fund projects that involve two or more research groups in different disciplines.
Requirements Project applications must:
• Primarily address the GlycoNet research themes and be targeted to the role/use of glycans in reducing the economic burden and/or treatment of infectious diseases, chronic diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and/or cancer. Research in other areas of glycomics will be considered, especially those in One Health.
• Must have multi-disciplinary teams involving researchers as described above.
• Provide a plan of how equity, diversity and inclusion will be implemented within the project team and its activities.
• Lead to tangible deliverables by the end of the project, leading to translational research as the next step.
• Present a knowledge mobilization plan to communicate results to partners and stakeholders.
• Demonstrate a 1:1 financial match with partner funding; at least 50% of the matching funds should be cash. Partner funding must be NCE eligible; in particular, other Canadian Federal funding (e.g., CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, CFI) is ineligible for matching.
• Projects with a higher level of matching funds (e.g. 2:1, Partners:GlycoNet) will be viewed more favorably.
• Provide information on the number and type (i.e. undergraduate, graduate student, PDF, etc.) of expected Highly Qualified Personnel trained each year of the project.
• List the desired type of professional development training that GlycoNet could provide to HQP, for example, lab rotations, communication and writing skills improvement, etc.