Brain Canada Foundation and the Barbara Turnbull Foundation for Spinal Cord Research are pleased to announce the launch of the 2020 Turnbull-Tator Award in Spinal Cord Injury and Concussion Research.  

This award aims to recognize an outstanding publication in the field of spinal cord and/or brain injury research (including concussion) in the last two years with a $50,000 prize. Applicants will need to demonstrate that their publication includes novel and groundbreaking results that represent a major advancement for the field. 

The Turnbull-Tator Award competition is open to all active investigators in any phase of their career, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows conducting research at a Canadian institution. Brain Canada and the Barbara Turnbull Foundation are committed to excellence through equity, and we encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply to our funding opportunities.  

The deadline for receipt of Applications is December 2, 2020 (16:00 EST). Please refer to the Request for Applications for additional details.

If you are interested in applying for one of these awards, please contact Dr. Batia Stolar, Associate Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies, at avp.research@lakeheadu.ca 

Applications are now open for the first round of the Housing Supply Challenge, the Data Driven Round!

For this Data Driven Round, we are asking applicants to submit technology solutions or methodologies which improve the collection, sharing, analysis and integration, and/or presentation of data in regards to housing supply.

With a total of $25M in funding available, the Data Driven Round invites applicants to develop data solutions that improve decision-making on housing supply.

Open to a wide array of participants, initial submissions must be submitted by January 20, 2021.

As a pillar of the Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network (AVIN), the AV R&D Partnership Fund supports projects related to the development and demonstration of technologies in the Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (C/AV) sector in the following Priority Areas:

• Mass light vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks and vans)
• Heavy duty vehicles (including commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles (RVs), and others used for goods movement)
• Transportation infrastructure
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Transit-supportive systems and vehicles

BWF’s Innovation in Regulatory Science Awards provides up to $500,000 over five years to academic investigators developing new methodologies or innovative approaches in regulatory science that will ultimately inform the regulatory decisions the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and others make.

The Hannah Studentship offers undergraduate and MA students an opportunity to study and learn the techniques of historical research and to encourage future serious study of medical history.

CMN anticipates investing a minimum of $3M in a series of place- and/or theme-based Knowledge Hubs to support mountain research combining Indigenous and Western ways of knowing and doing. These hubs are anticipated to include diverse and complementary activities including research, training and knowledge sharing and mobilization. Click here to view the full application and submit your Expression of Interest.
DEADLINE: November 6th, 2020 at 11:59 pm

Today, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) launches a call for proposals for its 2021 Social Science Research (SSR) Grant Program; for which we kindly ask Expressions of Interest (EOI) to be received via the Agency’s WADAGrants platform, no later than 22 November 2020 (23:59 GMT). 
 
As WADA announced on 10 June 2020, the Agency delayed its call for proposals by six months in order to better accommodate the academic community in light of COVID-19. WADA took advantage of this delay to further develop its 2020-2024 SSR Strategy, which has since been approved by the Agency’s Executive Committee (ExCo) and published on 2 October. The SSR Strategy sets out a framework for supporting WADA’s recently announced Five-Year Strategic Plan by focusing on impactful research.
 
WADA’s Education Committee is tasked with overseeing SSR in the field of anti-doping, including the work undertaken by the Agency’s Social Science Review Panel. As part of the implementation of the SSR Strategy, the Social Science Research Grant Program (Grant Program) has been restructured following a review by the Panel and the Agency’s Education Department.
 
While a full overview of the restructured Grant Program, including the application process and research priorities that will guide WADA’s investment decisions, is available in the Overview and Guidance for Applicants document, please note the following key changes:

1. There is now a ‘two-stage’ application process: The first stage requires applicants to submit an EOI regarding their proposed project by 22 November 2020 (23:59 GMT). Then, following review of the EOIs by the Education Department and the Social Science Review Panel, projects meeting the initial criteria will be invited to complete a full application by 31 January 2021.
    

2. There are now ‘three tiers of investment’: The Grant Program now has three distinct tiers of investment, which are defined by the scale and scope of the research project as outlined in the Overview and Guidance for Applicants document.

While WADA welcomes EOIs in relation to any of the 12 SSR priorities, which were recently approved by WADA’s Education Committee and are fully described within the Overview and Guidance for Applicants document, for the 2021 Grant Program, the Agency is particularly interested in the following six priorities:

1. Athlete pathway and athlete experience
2. Clean Sport behaviors
3. Experience of athlete support personnel in anti-doping
4. The role and influence of athlete support personnel
5. Effectiveness of anti-doping
6. Horizon scanning (learnings from other sectors/industries that can be applied to Clean Sport)

Applicants who wish to submit EOIs for projects outside of WADA’s SSR priorities may do so; although, in order to be considered, they must demonstrate innovation and/or that they can positively impact Clean Sport.
 
The Education Committee will review the recommendations from the Social Science Review Panel for WADA-funded research projects in April 2021, prior to seeking formal approval from WADA’s ExCo in May 2021; after which, applicants will be notified.
 
For further information regarding the 2021 Grant Program, please refer to the Overview and Guidance for Applicants and FAQ section of the WADAGrants platform; or, contact the Agency’s Education Department at ssr@wada-ama.org.
 
Interested parties may also wish to view the recent WADA webinar entitled: The Revised Social Science Research Grant Program which was presented by members of WADA’s Education Department on 8 October 2020.