The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Support early career researchers in initiating and conducting independent research in human development, child and youth health with the goal of building research capacity in this important health research area.
• Generate new knowledge that will contribute to improving human development, child and youth health outcomes, promote health equity, and increase our understanding of the challenges, needs and current gaps in this research area.
• Facilitate knowledge exchange and translation between early career researchers and other stakeholders in human development, child and youth health.

The Canadian Cancer Society and MaRS have launched the Rural and Remote Community Cancer Screening Challenge. This national challenge, with a total prize pool of $175,000, invites researchers, community leaders and health organizations to identify solutions to better inform, encourage and engage people from rural and remote communities to get screened for cancer, ultimately increasing participation in screening.

Submission Deadline: July 3, 2025, at 5:00 pm ET

To help reduce plastic waste and pollution and progress towards a circular economy for plastics, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is partnering with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on this joint initiative. The funding opportunity provides research funding support through Research Partnerships grants to address knowledge gaps about the potential impacts of plastic pollution on Indigenous communities through the various stages of the plastic lifecycle, focusing on social, cultural and economic impacts.

Applications should demonstrate that the research project prioritizes Indigenous communities by indicating that it:

• has been designed through consultation
• has been co-developed or initiated by Indigenous communities and responding to their needs
• is designed to bridge, braid, and weave Indigenous science and knowledge in the project; and/or will be led or co-led by Indigenous researchers and organizations

Research findings will help inform evidence-based decision-making when developing future actions on plastics.

Researchers interested in applying to this opportunity are asked to contact Dr. Nicole Westlund Stewart, Research & Knowledge Mobilization Facilitator, at sshrc.research@lakeheadu.ca  no later than August 15, 2025 to indicate their intention to apply to this program.

• The purpose of the interventional study is to perform a pragmatic clinical trial to assess the effectiveness of novel and or emerging PTSD treatments in a cohort of CAF members/Veterans suffering from PTSD.
• Investigators will conduct all aspects of the clinical trial in the setting of a university affiliated treatment facility.
• The results of these clinical studies will have high translational value aimed at improving the effectiveness and efficiency of PTSD treatment over current options, which will optimize clinical management.

The Diversity and Equity in Research Award recognizes outstanding individuals whose work advances equitable participation in health research and access to health care in Canada, improving the well-being of all Canadians, particularly those deserving equity.

If you are interested in being nominated for one of these awards, please contact Dr. Batia Stolar, Associate VP, Research & Graduate Studies at bstolar@lakeheadu.ca.

This Knowledge Synthesis Grants competition is to mobilize, examine and synthesize social sciences and humanities research on The Arts Transformed. The resulting syntheses will identify roles the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors could play in promoting more inclusive and equitable societies, and could inform development of effective tools and technologies, robust policies and sustainable practices needed to support the path toward a diverse and inclusive future for all.

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

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

The Ship Time program allows those holding an NSERC Discovery Grant (DG) to apply for additional funds to access vessels in support of their research programs.