The prestigious Royal-Mach-Gaensslen Prize for Mental Health Research is awarded each year to an outstanding rising star researcher in the field of mental health, to recognize, encourage and support them as they pursue their research interests and goals. 

The annual national prize provides $100,000 in funding to early-career researchers in Canada with a demonstrated track record in research; excellence in scientific rigor, innovative thinking, imagination and originality; and a clear ability to work in partnership with other disciplines and/or research teams external to the institution with which they are affiliated.

The call for nominations for the 2023 CIMVHR Fellows is now open.

The CIMVHR fellowship initiative was developed to recognize leading experts who demonstrate exceptional research advancements in military, Veteran and family health and well-being. These experts demonstrate outstanding leadership and research advancements within their field, while promoting CIMVHR’s mission within communities of researchers and policy makers.

If you are interested in being nominated for this fellowship, please contact Batia Stolar, Associate Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies at  bstolar@lakeheadu.ca

Insight Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight Research program.

Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging scholars and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years.

Stable support for long-term research initiatives is central to advancing knowledge. It enables scholars to address complex issues about individuals and societies, and to further our collective understanding.

Insight Grants support research proposed by scholars and judged worthy of funding by their peers and/or other experts. Insight Grant research initiatives can be undertaken by an individual researcher or a team of researchers working in collaboration.

Applicants choose from one of two streams, depending on the amount of funding required. Both streams will be adjudicated by the same committees, and will receive the same rigorous level of merit review. The deadlines and application process are identical for both; however, the targeted success rate for Stream A is higher than for Stream B.

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

The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI) is pleased to announce a Call for Applications for Shastri Scholar Travel Subsidy Grants (SSTSG) 2023-24 for SICI’s Canadian and Indian Member Institutions to strengthen institutional and scholarly linkages.

Key objectives:

• Assist faculty members, post-doctoral and doctoral students with travel to participate in conferences, workshops, seminars and academic meetings in alternate partner countries (India or Canada);
• Facilitate enhancing personal and professional growth of Indian and Canadian scholars and institutions.
• Facilitate promoting academic linkages between India and Canada.

The prize consists of one engraved medal and an associated monetary prize of $4,500. CMC Microsystems sponsors the award. This award, which may be given in any field or discipline, recognizes substantive contribution to some aspect of microsystems or nanotechnology, including:

 Microelectronics

 Photonics &Optoelectronics

 Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), Nanofabrication and Integration

 IoT (Internet of Things) and Edge AI (artificial intelligence)

 Quantum

 Embedded software

The contribution must notably improve our understanding of, or demonstrate novelty in one or more of the following areas: applying fabrication technology; design methods and computer aided design tools; and or system architecture. The presentation of the Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence will take place at an event in the fall. The recipient is required to acknowledge the sponsor of the award when referring to the award.

As post-secondary institutions can only submit one nomination for this award per year, individuals interested in being nominated for this award are asked to contact Dr. Batia Stolar, Associate Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies, at avp.research@lakeheadu.ca by July 1, 2023.

The ASPCA’s 2023 Research Grant RFP is open until 7/31 for research in any discipline that addresses a broad scope of topics in animal welfare and human-animal interactions: animal behavior, animal cruelty and/or psychological trauma as a consequence of cruelty, and increasing access to veterinary care. Please feel free to share with any faculty or students who may be interested in applying. The solicitation is also open to researchers studying topics with relevance to animal welfare (e.g., criminal justice, public health, psychology, economics) who wish to use the funding to add information about pet health, cruelty, etc. to an existing study.

https://www.aspcapro.org/researchgrants

Also of note, we have an ongoing funding stream to cover open-access publishing costs for completed research relevant to animal welfare:

https://www.aspcapro.org/grant/aspca-open-access-publishing-fund-oapf

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

This Ship Time program is aimed at all NSERC-funded researchers who intend to use a vessel for their DG-supported research in the coming years. It applies to the following: Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)/ Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels, undersea vehicles operated by the  Canadian Scientific Submersible Facility or other similar research platforms, and any other vessels crewed in conformance with the  Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (or similar, for foreign vessels).

Ship Time grants support ongoing DG research programs. These grants recognize the high costs associated with chartering research vessels in Canada and abroad. Applicants (including co-applicants) must hold a Discovery Grant (or be successful in the current DG competition) to be eligible to receive a Ship Time grant. Recipients of Ship Time grants must use the funds as described in the application. Requests to use an alternate vessel will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

The Energy Innovation Program – On-road Transportation Decarbonization Call for Proposals will help decarbonize the transportation sector by funding research, development, and demonstration projects that:

• Address technical and market barriers to the demonstration or deployment of zero/low-emission on-road medium & heavy-duty vehicles (MHDVs).
• Increase the uptake of zero-emission on-road vehicles.
• Improve the transportation system’s overall efficiency.

This call will not support "inside-the-cell" battery specific innovation or off-road transportation related innovation. NRCan will continue to consider potential future programming focused on these important priorities. Projects focusing on electrical powertrain components located outside the battery cells, including battery module components, such as the battery management system (BMS), are eligible under this call.