The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Produce results that are applicable, adaptable and ready for equitable spread and/or scale (sharing) by a healthcare or community care provider through implementation research that is relevant to clients/patients/families, communities, and decision-makers;
• Improve health outcomes, client/patient/families experiences, effectiveness, and lower the cost of care within two or more of the Transitions in Care (TiC) focus areas through identifying, evaluating and implementing evidence-based and/or effective interventions;
• Build novel multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary collaborations and partnerships with individuals, communities and organizations in Canada that have interest in transformative research in care transitions by promoting engagement, recognition and respect for health research expertise across an array of health disciplines, research pillars, and industry; and
• Build and promote relevant capacity to conduct research in transitions in care, including training and early career development by supporting teams that actively engage established researchers, early career investigators, trainees, and knowledge users.

The Governor’s Award provides financial support to academics who are recognized for their expertise and research in areas important to the Bank's core functions.

The award consists of a $30,000 annual research grant for a term of up to two years, subject to an annual review and confirmation process.

The Fellowship Program is designed to encourage and foster excellence in research that relates to the Bank’s core functions.

• It promotes collaboration and partnerships between Bank researchers and leading academics at Canadian post-secondary institutions.
• It also contributes to the education and development of Canada’s researchers in fields related to the Bank’s core functions

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

The RSC consists of Fellows elected in three Academies (Academy I, Arts and Humanities; Academy II, Social Sciences; and Academy III, Science), Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, and Institutional Members from across Canada. There are currently more than 2,400 RSC Fellows, more than 400 members of the College, and more than 60 institutional members.

If you are interested in being nominated as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, please contact Dr. Batia Stolar, Associate Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, at  bstolar@lakeheadu.ca

Building upon the original goals of the BWF Preterm Birth Initiative, a recently convened Pregnancy Think Tank has helped shape the next generation of BWF preterm birth awards. Growing evidence suggests the interrelatedness of the duration of pregnancy, fetal growth, and adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth, preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, stillbirth, and maternal medical complications including maternal mortality.

Other areas of interest are climate change and environmental impact on pregnancy, complications associated with ART, and epigenome-wide association studies.

We seek to expand the scope of this award mechanism to capture these and other pregnancy outcomes as we believe they will be mutually informative and accelerate discovery. Each award will continue to provide up to $500,000 over a four-year period ($125,000 per year).

The initiative is designed to stimulate both creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach healthy and adverse pregnancy outcomes using creative basic and translation science methods. The formation of new connections between reproductive scientists and investigators who are involved in other areas is particularly encouraged.

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has launched a Knowledge Synthesis Grants funding opportunity to assess the state of research knowledge on the topic of “The Emerging Asocial Society”, under SSHRC’s Imagining Canada’s Future initiative.

This call for proposals focuses on the state of knowledge from research on issues related to the growing sense of disconnection, isolation and loneliness in Canadian society. The resulting syntheses will identify roles that the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors may play in promoting more connected and resilient communities, and may inform the development of effective tools, robust policies and sustainable practices required to support the transition to a more equitable, healthy and prosperous future.

The deadline for applications is December 17, 2021. For more information on the call for proposals, please contact: ksg-ssc@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca.

The WSIB is now accepting proposals for the 2022 Research and Grants Competition!

Initial proposal deadline: Friday, October 15, 2021

The WSIB Research and Grants Program aims to enhance workers’ compensation system outcomes by supporting innovative proposals that align to the WSIB's strategic mandate. The proposals funded through the program will help to strengthen Ontario's workers' compensation system and deliver on our priority of making Ontario a safer place to work.

Research Priorities

The 2022 WSIB Research and Grants Program will focus on research that can help make Ontario the safest place to work. Three considerations for the competition include:

1)            How we work

2)            How we approach health and safety

3)            How we support return-to-work and recovery

The Research and Grants Program is committed to supporting the WSIB’s strategic priority of being financially responsible and accountable through the operating practices of the program on an ongoing basis.

Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that align to the topics of interest identified. Highly practical research and training proposals aligned to the three primary considerations are also accepted.

For more information about the program and the application process, please visit our website.

The objective of the New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) Transformation stream is to support large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change. The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise, when relevant.

Transformation stream grants will support projects that:

1. tackle a well-defined problem or challenge;
2. propose a novel world-leading approach that is different from the current state-of-the-art approaches to the issue;
3. are interdisciplinary, bringing different perspectives to the defined problem; and
4. have the potential to be transformative, defined as the potential to create a significant and real change or impact—a noticeable leap or tangible breakthrough rather than an incremental advance.

• If you are interested in applying to this program, please contact Jill Sherman, International Research Facilitator at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.