Solutions Labs provides funding that allow housing stakeholders across Canada to co-develop solutions to challenges in housing like:

• affordability 
• social inclusion 
• northern and remote supports 
• Indigenous housing 
• environmental sustainability 

The program requires applicants to seek out and partner with experts in the design and implementation of solutions labs on their team. The teams are made up of diverse stakeholders—including those with lived experience and expert innovation consultants.  

Together, they will problem-solve using an innovation lens and the tools and methodologies that have emerged from social innovation labs. 

The team will use an inclusive process. This fosters a ‘ground up’ approach to understanding and addressing key barriers to solving complex and persistent affordable housing problems. They will: 

• examine and reframe current housing issues 
• use innovative problem-solving processes  
• co-develop potential solutions to be prototyped and tested  

The teams in the labs will lead to the development of solutions to identified housing issues within the National Housing Strategy’s key priority areas. Potential solutions may include: 

• emerging technologies 
• best practices 
• innovative policies 
• programs 

Solutions Labs will be a catalyst for driving action and innovation in the affordable housing sector. It enables opportunities to enhance sector viability and sustainability by providing roadmaps from successful solution development to full-scale uptakes. 

Overview

Making the Shift has put out a call for Expressions of Interest for research and implementation projects focussing on the prevention of, and/or sustainable exits from youth homelessness. Projects are eligible for one to five years of funding. Successful applicants will be invited to submit a full proposal this summer.

Making the Shift – Youth Homelessness Social Innovation Lab (MtS) is a federally funded Networks of Centres of Excellence, with the goal of transforming how we respond to youth homelessness in Canada. MtS is designed to affect a shift from the ad-hoc response to youth homelessness – centred on emergency services and time-limited supports – to a strategic and coordinated system that prioritizes the prevention and ending of youth homelessness.

Funding Streams

There are two funding streams one can apply to:

• Core Research Projects (CRP) These are larger multi-year projects with budgets of over $50,000 (total).
• Small Research Projects (SRP) This program funds smaller scale, shorter term research projects valued at less than $50,000 (total).  The application process for this stream is less onerous.

How to apply

To submit an Expression of Interest:

• All applications must use the MtS Expression of Interest Portal.
• Applicants should consult the Making the Shift – Research Application Guidelines before completing the Expression of Interest.
• Applicants should determine eligibility before submitting an Expression of interest
• Ensure your project fits with the research and knowledge mobilization mandate of Making the Shift
• All sections of this template must be completed.
• For inquiries and to discuss how your proposed project can fit with the vision and overall deliverables of MtS, please contact: mtsfunding@yorku.ca

Completed application packages are due by 5 pm ET on May 21th, 2019. 

EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST PORTAL

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. For additional information or assistance with the application process, contact: mtsfunding@yorku.ca

Stephen Gaetz  C.M.

Professor and President of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness (Homeless Hub)

Faculty of Education | York University  | 631 Kaneff Tower  | 4700 Keele Street  | Toronto, Ontario  | M3J 1P3

( (416) 736 2100 ext. 20050 |  sgaetz@yorku.ca

Pronouns: He/Him

Melanie Redman

President & CEO

A Way Home: Working Together to End Youth Homelessness in Canada

www.awayhome.ca

416-453-3489 (cell)

Pronouns: She/Her

IDRC has helped graduate students undertake thesis research in the field of international development since 1982. The Bene fellowship, a bequest from the estate of John G. Bene, is offered annually to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada pursuing master’s or doctoral studies at a Canadian university. Candidates should have an academic background that combines an interest in forests with social sciences (e.g., forestry/agroforestry/natural resources management/environmental sciences).

We offer this fellowship to facilitate field research on the relationship between forest resources and the social, economic, cultural, and environmental welfare of people in developing countries, particularly in the face of changing climate conditions. The successful candidate will propose research that benefits less privileged people in developing countries, aiming to increase the resilience of individuals and forest communities facing difficult contexts and challenges. Note that work focused on genomics and/or genetic modification is not eligible.

The Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) award provides $500,000 over five years to support accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the interplay between human and microbial biology, shedding light on how human and microbial systems are affected by their encounters.

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

These grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those participating. Events and outreach activities funded by a Connection Grant may often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.

Connection Grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the humanities and social sciences;
• scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
• intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the humanities and social sciences and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
• international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges with researchers, students and non-academic partners from other countries.

The Discovery Grants Program supports ongoing programs of research with long-term goals rather than a single short-term project or collection of projects. These grants recognize the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances. Discovery Grants are considered “grants in aid” of research, as they provide long term operating funds and can facilitate access to funding from other programs, but are not meant to support the full costs of a research program.

Recipients of Discovery Grants are not restricted to the specific activities described in their applications, and may pursue new research interests, provided they are within NSERC’s mandate. This provides researchers with the flexibility to pursue promising research avenues as they emerge and the opportunity to address higher-risk (higher reward) topics. Researchers can use their grants to participate in collaborative efforts. 

Applicants are encouraged to increase the inclusion and advancement of women and other under-represented groups in the natural sciences and engineering, as one means to enhance excellence in research and training. Applicants should refer to the Discovery Grants application instructions and the Guide for Applicants: Considering equity, diversity and inclusion in your application.

The Knowledge Synthesis of Socio-Economic Burden of Inherited Disease Grants are expected to:

• Identify and synthesize existing data about the cost of managing inherited diseases to clearly identify future research needs;
• Synthesize scientific knowledge that will contribute to a common understanding of the current knowledge gaps in this area; and
• Identify the best approach to fill the defined knowledge gap.

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) program supports high-caliber Canadian graduate students in building global linkages and international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences abroad. By accessing international scientific research and training, CGS-MSFSS recipients will contribute to strengthening the potential for collaboration between Canadian institutions and other research institutions outside of Canada.

This foreign study supplements program is available to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who hold a Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Alexander Graham Bell, or Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) at the master's or doctoral level, or a Vanier CGS at the doctoral level.

For detailed information, visit Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Program.

The Stars Career Development Award is expected to:

• Build capacity in the Canadian health research community by developing researchers and providing the opportunity for sustained support for scientific careers in the domain of arthritis research.
• Support both early career investigators and mid-career investigators to have focused research time, resources, and mentorship, with the ultimate goal of improving the health of Canadians through discovery and its translation.
• Generate conference presentations, journal publications, additional grant success, knowledge exchange, trainee recruitment and productivity, and university career progression.

Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) is issuing a Call for Proposals (CFP) on behalf of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), seeking innovative solutions to address a wide range of challenges facing federal departments and agencies.