Internal Call for Proposals:  2023-2024 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Competition
The 2023-2024 Banting PDF competition has been officially launched. Please click here to access the Banting program launch information, and consult the Banting website at www.banting.fellowships-bourses.gc.ca for further details on the program. Due to the fact that the Banting program expects universities to submit applications for the best candidates, in order to select the most meritorious applicants for endorsement, Lakehead University has outlined specific deadlines/procedures that will be followed for this year's competition. Please click here for more information on the internal application process including deadlines.

This scholar award recognizes outstanding physician-scientists whose work has potential to advance standard of care. Each year up to 12 Harrington Scholar-Innovators are chosen. The award includes:

• Two-year grant
• $100,000 guaranteed, opportunity to qualify for up to $1,100,000
• Drug development expertise and project management support
• A personalized team of drug developers and project manager for each award recipient
• Expert business, commercialization and clinical development advice
• Regulatory assistance
• Intellectual property (IP) review and advice
• Assistance identifying and securing additional financial support based on project needs

The Fall/Winter MHRC – Mitacs joint call has opened! These internships fully fund 6 month projects.

Studentships: Open Calls — Mental Health Research Canada (mhrc.ca)

Key notes:

• Competitive call
• Fully funded internships by Mitacs and MHRC
• ***NOTE: this call is for Fall 2023 AND Winter 2024 – they are combining calls this time around so please encourage your faculty/students to apply now if they intend to start in early 2024
• College, Masters, and PhD candidates only (no Undergrads, no Recent grads, no Postdocs)
• Students must be named at the time of expression of interest (EOI) and are the lead submission in Stage 1
• For colleges:
• we understand it is likely not possible for the student to be named and/or submit an EOI themselves. We will allow EOIs to be submitted by the faculty member or ORS (equivalent) and they can state they will name the candidate after if selected from Stage 1
• 1IU x 6-month in duration
• Applicants must bring Academic Supervisor, Eligible receptor company (for profit, non-profit), and ‘Direct Service Provider’ in community to project
• 2 Stage application process:
• Deadline for EOI to MHRC: May 15, 2023
• If successful: full Accelerate proposal due July 10, 2023
• Fall Projects must start by:  September 30, 2023

Winter projects: date TBC

Please note that applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Robert Bertram Scholarships which are in recognition of the growing importance of good governance to all Canadian institutions  These scholarships are valued at $15,000 and are meant for  PhD students registered at Canadian universities. The scholarship supports the work of students who are undertaking research into organizational governance as part of their doctoral research project. Deadline for applications:  May 19, 2023.  For more information and applications, please click here. 

The mission of the FY23 Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PCRP) is to support research leading to the elimination of death/suffering from prostate cancer and as well as to enhance the well-being of Service Members, Veterans, and their families experiencing the impact of prostate cancer.  Within this context, the PCRP supports research that addresses specific gaps in prostate cancer research and clinical care.

https://cdmrp.health.mil/funding/pcrp

Early Investigator Research Award – Letter of Intent due August 3, 2023

Physician Research Award – Letter of Intent is due August 3, 2023

A pre-application must be submitted through the electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) at https://eBRAP.org prior to the pre-application deadline.  

For more information, please contact Jill Sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

From the SSHRC Website:

"The Imagining Canada’s Future (ICF) Ideas Lab is a pilot funding opportunity designed to encourage innovative research partnerships and projects. Ideas Labs help to break down methodological barriers and empower participants to explore new approaches to research. Because Ideas Labs create new research collaborations that transcend institutional and disciplinary silos to encourage different ways of thinking, they are well suited to addressing complex and global challenges. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Genome Canada have joined SSHRC as funding partners to explore the future challenge of Global Health and Wellness for the 21st Century.

There are three components to the ICF Ideas Lab framework: Stage 1, the workshop; Stage 2, the application for the funding opportunity; and Stage 3, the project development phase.

SSHRC is welcoming applications from researchers to be part of Stage 1 of this Ideas Lab, the interactive workshop. Up to 35 researchers will participate in facilitated activities before organizing themselves into multidisciplinary teams to develop and pitch innovative project ideas. The workshop will take place over a three-week period, through in-person and virtual sessions, in August 2023. Participants will be required to take part in all sessions.

The final research proposals to be submitted at Stage 2 can include additional individuals to complement the research teams formed at the workshop.

Global Health and Wellness for the 21st Century is one of 16 global challenges identified through SSHRC’s ICF initiative. It is also a priority for PHAC and Genome Canada, which seek to gain social sciences and humanities insights in this priority thematic area. The insights can range from socio-economic factors to the role of genomics in health promotion. Outcomes of these Ideas Lab grants will help inform policy and decision-making across the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors to support a healthy, equitable and just Canadian society.

Stage 1 of the ICF Ideas Lab will bring together researchers from across Canada. By the end of the workshop, participants will have developed preliminary proposals for groundbreaking research. This research will have the potential to inform policies and practices addressing the needs of diverse sectors throughout Canada, which may also have wider global benefits. Proposals presented through pitches at the workshop will benefit from feedback provided by peer mentors based on evaluation criteria outlined in this call. All teams and project ideas formed and pitched during Stage 1 of the funding opportunity will be invited to Stage 2 to apply for funding to further develop projects in Stage 3 of the ICF Ideas Lab."