Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders is a grant program dedicated to providing or improving services for first responders and emergency health-care workers living with, or at risk of, post-traumatic stress injuries (PTSI).

The application period is now open. The submission deadline for the application is Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 11:59 pm (MDT).

For information on the new cycle of this program, and the application form and completion instructions, please visit: https://alberta.ca/first-responders-mental-health-grants.aspx

Exploration - Hypothesis Development Award: 2 years with total direct costs of $150,000

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332522

Idea Development Award: 3 years with total direct costs of $500,000

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332535

Clinical Translational Research Award - 3 years with total direct costs of $750,000

https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=332494

Letters of intent due July 8, 2021.

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

Insight Grants support research excellence in the social sciences and humanities. Funding is available to both emerging 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.

Ontario Genomics is pleased to announce that Genome Canada’s Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP) is now open for applications.

The GAPP funds public-private research collaborations focused on validating genomics-derived technologies that address opportunities and challenges identified by industry, government, not-for-profits or other “Receptors” of genomics knowledge and tools across all sectors. The program provides a unique opportunity for Receptor organizations to collaborate with an ’omics researcher, and to leverage their R&D investments with public funding.

Key Program Highlights:

• Budget: $300K - $6M (total)
• Co-funding: 1/3 Genome Canada (max), 1/3 Receptor (min), up to 1/3 other, as applicable
• Award duration: 2 - 3 years
• Stage: Downstream R&D/validation/pilot
• Funding recipient: Genome Canada award flows to academic partner only

To Apply:
Please contact Ann Meyer, Advisor, Sector Innovation & Programs, to discuss the fit of potential projects with the program and key criteria for GAPP. Project teams that are a potential fit will be provided the Expression of Interest (EOI) form. Please refer to our website for deadlines of other upcoming GAPP rounds.

Learn More:

• Genomic Applications Partnership Program (GAPP)
• Previously Funded GAPP Projects

The Endgame Leader Student Leadership Grant provides a stipend for leaders who are interested in working closely and collaboratively with the OHTN to drive change, contribute to rapid learning and improvement in our sector, and build HIV innovation capacity in Ontario. The Student Leadership Grant is for excellent PhD students who are working with OHTN-funded leaders or other Ontario-based HIV investigators, and who have the potential to become HIV leaders. Their work should explore gaps in, identify barriers to, or identify facilitators of effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care in Ontario, and collaborate with a population with whom the student’s mentor also has strong ties.

CMC is accepting nominations for the 2021 Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence.  

This award includes a monetary prize of $4,500 and recognizes excellence in:

• Research leading to new understanding and novel developments in one or more microsystems or nanotechnologies such as photonics/optoelectronics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nanoelectronics, microelectronics, microfluidics and embedded software; and/or
• The application of microsystems and/or nanotechnology in Canada.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, August 27, 2021.  Candidates for the award must be nominated by:

• University research offices; or
• Companies in microsystems or nanotechnology and/or related sectors in Canada; or
• Jointly by a university and a company.

Any post-secondary institution eligible for support by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) or any microsystems-related company in Canada may nominate one person per year. 

An announcement has been made to research offices and members of industry across Canada’s National Design Network. To learn more about the award, including eligibility requirements and nomination guidelines, please visit www.cmc.ca/awards.

The presentation of the Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence will take place in the fall.

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