The Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness is inviting proposals to support and advance efforts to build a safe and resilient Canada through the Cyber Security Cooperation Program (CSCP), which provides time-limited funding in the form of grants and contributions. Funding under the CSCP supports projects that contribute to security and prosperity in the digital age while positioning Canada as a global leader in cyber security. 

The call for applications is opened to the following classes of recipients:

• Canadian not-for-profit organizations;
• Canadian academic and research institutions;
• Provincial, territorial and local government and authorities;
• Canadian individual researchers and professionals; and
• Canadian for-profit organizations.

The call for proposals will fund projects that shall not exceed $300,000/year per contribution or grant. In the case of for-profit organizations, the maximum funding is set at $100,000/year per Contribution; and $150,000/year per Grant.

The call for applications is opened until February 12, 2021. Further details about eligibility criteria, and how to apply are available on this website: https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/cbr-scrt/cprtn-prgrm/pplctn-nfrmtn-en.aspx

The Northern Contaminants Program (NCP) engages Northerners and scientists in research and monitoring of long-range contaminants in the Canadian Arctic, that is, contaminants that are transported to the Arctic through atmospheric and oceanic processes from other parts of the world and which remain in the Arctic environment and build up in the food chain (see NCP’s list of contaminants of concern).

The data generated by the NCP is used to assess ecosystem and human health, and the findings of these assessments are used to address the safety and security of traditional country foods that are important to the health and traditional lifestyles of Northerners and northern communities. The findings also inform policy, resulting in action to eliminate contaminants from long-range sources.

The NCP funds research, monitoring and related activities in Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut. This includes the traditional territories of Yukon First Nations and of the Dene and Metis of the Northwest Territories, and all of Inuit Nunangat. Proposals for work to be conducted outside these regions will be considered on a case-by-case basis according to their relevance to priorities and objectives identified in the NCP strategic guidance documents (the ‘NCP Blueprints’). The 5 subprograms are:

1. Human health
2. Environmental monitoring and research
3. Community-based monitoring and research
4. Communications, capacity and outreach
5. Program coordination and Indigenous partnerships

Starting in 2020-2021, the NCP began supporting multi-year projects under each of the 5 subprograms. As a consequence, a portion of the funds for each subprogram has already been committed to projects extending to 2022-2023.

For this call for proposals, $1 million is available in 2021-2022 for new projects that will address priorities and objectives described in the NCP Blueprints, particularly in relation to human health biomonitoring and plastic pollution in Canada’s Northern and Arctic regions. Applicants may request funding for up to 3 years.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invites applications for challenge grants in the field of Visual Proteomics. This Request for Applications (RFA) aims to advance technology directed at the goal of obtaining near-atomic resolution readouts inside the cell.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative invites applications for three-year collaborative projects for the generation of healthy, single-cell reference data from pediatric tissue samples for the Human Cell Atlas (HCA). Read our Medium post for more information. Please register your interest with the HCA to find collaborators and connect with ongoing efforts.

ear Lakehead Faculty, 

Do you have any research collaborations with Korean partners?  Mitacs and the National Research Foundation of Korea are partnering on the Globalink Research Award program to offer Korean graduate students and post-doctoral fellows the opportunity to come to Canada for short-term research projects (from 12 to 24 weeks).  

Applications are submitted by a Korean PI to NRF, but require the support of a Canadian supervisor as well as institutional support from the Canadian host institution.  I am available to provide assistance with the applications.  

Please feel free to reach out to your partners in Korea if you would like to host a student.  If you intend to support an application, please contact me as soon as possible, as the co-pay from Lakehead requires approval in advance.  And of course, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at  intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

1. National Research Foundation (NRF) call for proposals (Korea — inbound to Canada):

Canadian Blood Services is pleased to announce its 2021 Intramural Research Grant Program Competition. The objective of the Intramural Research Grant Program is to support collaborative research projects that will generate knowledge and lead to new discoveries that will improve the safety and efficacy of blood products and the blood system in general.  

Applications are welcomed from project teams led by an investigator affiliated with a Canadian academic program as a faculty member. Project teams must be composed of at least two investigators (including the Principal Investigator) and at least one of the investigators must be affiliated with Canadian Blood Services as a scientist, medical officer/director/consultant, or adjunct scientist.

For detailed information about the Intramural Research Grant Program competition, please refer to blood.ca.

The deadline to submit a Registration Form is February 26 2021. Full applications are due April 23 2021.