Eurostars is a joint program co‑funded by national and regional funding bodies from 36 countries and the European Union. By participating, organizations can access public funding for international collaborative R&D projects.

Sectors: All industry sectors, all civilian markets.

Open to:

• small and medium‑sized enterprises (SMEs)
• large enterprises and industries
• universities
• research organizations
• others

Next deadline: February 4, 2021 at 20:00 Central European Time

Important:

In Canada, Eurostars is delivered through the National Research Council. In order to be ready to submit a project proposal before the February 4, 2021 deadline, you must reach out to Canada's Eurostars National Project Coordinator, Eric Holdrinet. SMEs should also inform their NRC IRAP Industrial Technology Advisor.

Financial support:

Financial support may be provided to selected SMEs in Canada which are eligible for NRC IRAP assistance. Support for project partners varies according to funding eligibility in their respective countries.

Please contact Jill Sherman, International Research Facilitator, (intl.research@lakeheadu.ca) if you are interested in applying to this opportunity.

The specific objective(s) of this funding opportunity are to:

• Support the development of structured, openly accessible and sustainable training and mentoring platforms that build capacity in areas of major health issues, scientific opportunities and critical gaps by:
  • Supporting the engagement of trainees and ECRs in collaborative research across institutions, disciplines, jurisdictions and sectors;
  • Incorporating diverse training approaches, including experiential training opportunities;
  • Including diverse and inclusive paradigms of research training and mentoring (e.g. Indigenous Ways of Knowing) in a meaningful and culturally-safe manner; and
  • Implementing recruitment, training, and mentoring strategies to attract high-caliber trainees and ECRs, including embedding and applying Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) best practices.
• Support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of trainees and ECRs across sectors, by integrating training on:
  • Approaches to advance rigorous and responsible research (e.g., sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA), research data management, research involving Indigenous Peoples, ethics, unconscious bias);
  • Grant/proposal writing, budgeting, and peer review;
  • Professional development skills (including transferrable skills, such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, project management, leadership, etc.);
  • Best practices in knowledge translation and implementation science; and
  • Diverse career options and opportunities available across the different sectors (private/for profit, public and not-for-profit).

Description

The Forest Sector Investment and Innovation Program provides funding for strategic investments in the forest sector that:

• improve productivity and innovation
• enhance competitiveness
• support new market access
• provide benefits to Ontario’s broader forest sector
• strengthen regional economies

Support is available under two project categories:

• business projects
• collaboration projects

Learn more about the funding amounts and selection process.

Eligibility

Business projects

Support is available for Ontario-based projects with at least $3 million in eligible costs undertaken by for-profit manufacturers and processors of wood and forest biomass across Ontario, including:

• saw mills
• pulp and paper mills
• secondary wood manufacturers
• bio-economy projects

Harvesting and resource extraction projects are not eligible for funding.

Collaboration projects

Support is available for Ontario-based projects with at least $3 million in eligible costs undertaken through a collaboration of:

• forest sector for-profit businesses
• not-for-profit research organizations
• forest industry associations
• academia

Eligible collaborations should develop, diversify and transform Ontario’s forest sector through innovation in technology, process or products.

A minimum of three partners are required (including at least one Ontario-based for-profit forestry/wood products company).

KRESCENT PROGRAM: POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS

KRESCENT PROGRAM: NEW INVESTIGATOR AWARD

The KRESCENT program New Investigator Award is awarded to individuals who have clearly demonstrated excellence during their pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training in kidney disease and provides salary support for up to three years of the faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent at a Canadian University. The purpose of this award is to support the investigator in becoming established as a fully independent investigator in the field of kidney disease.

The KRESCENT program has moved to an on-line application system. All forms, guidelines and procedures can be found on the proposalCENTRAL website. Please click here to reach proposalCENTRAL. To apply through this site, you will have to set up a profile, and then search for “KRESCENT” or “Kidney” and fill out the KRESCENT New Investigator Award application.

Kidney Health Research Grants provide financial support to medical researchers in defraying research operating costs, including the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment and the payment of laboratory assistant. Grants are available for one, two or three years. The research must be carried out in Canada.

The Kidney Health Research Grants Competition has moved to an on-line application system. All forms, guidelines and procedures can be found on the proposalCENTRAL website. Please click here to reach proposalCENTRAL. To apply through this site, you will have to set up a profile, and then search for “Kidney Foundation of Canada” or “Kidney” and fill out the Kidney Health Research Grant application.

Resources
Kidney Health Research Grant Policies 
Policy on Indirect Costs of Research 
The Art of Grantsmanship (helpful pointers on preparing funding applications) 
Best Practices for Writing a Plain Language Summary 

The following services of the Sub Contractor are required: to conduct an observational study of the thermoregulatory, cardiovascular, and perceptual implications of varying soft armour torso coverage during physical activity under controlled environmental conditions.

Ontario is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 Species at Risk Stewardship Program, as part of our ongoing commitment to help protect and recover species at risk and their habitats. The Species at Risk Stewardship Program promotes strong environmental stewardship by providing funding for species at risk protection and recovery projects by individuals, communities and groups across the province. 

Applications must be received through the Transfer Payment Ontario (TPON) portal by 3:00pm (ET) on Tuesday, February 9, 2021. All applicants will be required to create a ONe-key account in order to access TPON. Please sign up early; it may take up to 5 business days to be granted access.

The 2021-2022 Species at Risk Stewardship Program Guidelines and Application Form can be found by following the links on the Transfer Payment Ontario website: https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-funding-ontario-government. The guidelines are also attached to this email. Applicants are asked to carefully read the guidelines before completing and submitting an Application Form. 

At this time, applications focused on both stewardship and/or research are being accepted.

For more information, please contact the Species at Risk Stewardship Program Team at sar.stewardship@ontario.ca or 705-313-2585

The Faculty Mobility for Partnership Building Program (formerly the Faculty Mobility Program) offered by Global Affairs Canada is now accepting applications.  Please note the following deadlines:

    Internal Deadline:  February 11, 2021

    External Deadline:  February 25, 2021

The program provides up to CAD 7,000 to teach or conduct research with one (or more) partner institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean, with the goal of developing new partnerships or building on existing partnerships that will facilitate the ELAP student mobility program.  A pre-existing MOU/exchange agreement is not mandatory.  All funds must be spent by March 31, 2022.

Full-time faculty members are eligible to apply.  Grant recipients must teach or conduct research for 3 to 8 weeks in the following eligible ELAP countries:

• Caribbean: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos;
• Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama;
• North America: Mexico;
• South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Applicants must demonstrate how the proposed project will establish or expand on collaborations, including supporting ELAP student mobility.  For more program details and FAQs, please visit the program website at https://www.educanada.ca/scholarships-bourses/can/institutions/elap_faculty-pfla_professeurs.aspx?lang=eng#tab_1530023127_0

Applications are submitted through the Program Coordinator at Lakehead, Jill Sherman.  For more information, please contact Jill at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is pleased to invite eligible organizations to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) for projects that prevent and address family violence and its health impacts by delivering, testing and supporting diverse health promotion programs and interventions that are tailored to the needs of those who have experienced, are experiencing, or are at-risk of experiencing family violence.

This Call for Proposals is a two-step process. The first step is the submission of a LOI, which provides an overview of the proposed project. Applicants whose LOIs best fit the objectives of this funding opportunity will be invited to move on to the second step by submitting a full proposal.

LOIs must be submitted by 11:59pm EST on January 27, 2021.

Applications must be submitted using PHAC’s Preventing and Addressing Family Violence LOI Template. To obtain a copy of the LOI Template, please contact: phac.chpv-pscv.aspc@canada.ca with the subject line “LOI Preventing and Addressing Family Violence”.