The Fathom Fund was developed for researchers from across Canada who are motivated, energetic, and interested in connecting themselves and their work to communities.

We are looking for researchers who share our vision for a new way to fund interesting and exciting marine research in Canada. We encourage applications for marine research projects from a wide range of researchers: new academics building their experience, non-traditional researchers with community support, students with innovative ideas, and organizations with academic partners. While every Fathom Fund project must have an academic partner, we believe that great science can go beyond a university lab.

Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis (DGMPRA) requires a literature review of academic and applied research on the experiences of persons with disabilities (PwD) in the workplace, and of service personnel in military and para-military organizational contexts in particular. This literature review is intended to be used in the development of subsequent social scientific research.

A limited number of Travel Awards to PhD, MD, or MD/PhD students, and post-doctoral/medical/clinical fellows are available. The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation as a first author or presenter at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional meeting.

We are pleased to announce a new CIMVHR research opportunity (https://cimvhr.ca/cimvhr-funding-opportunities/). We are seeking a researcher or research team from our member universities to conduct the following research project:

“Task 50 - Literature Review on “Military to Civilian Transition: The Importance of GBA+ for the Canadian Armed Forces.”

We would ask that you kindly distribute this notice to let your researchers know about this opportunity. 

NEW: All proposals must be submitted through the online call for proposal portal (https://funding.cimvhr.ca/login) and contain the required information as noted on the Request for Proposal document. Proposals received outside of the portal or that do not contain the necessary required information will not be considered.

For further information, please contact the following individual(s).

Heather MacArthur

Projects & Contracts Specialist

Tel: 613-533-6000 ext. 79098  E: heather.macarthur@queensu.ca

Jocelyne Halladay
Contracts and Publications Coordinator

Tel: 613-533-6000 x 74756  E: jocelyne.halladay@queensu.ca

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is pleased to announce the call for proposals as part of the 2019-2020 Road Safety Research Partnership Program (RSRPP). This program funds researchers in the broader public sector to conduct cutting-edge, road safety research that supports Ontario’s efforts to improve road safety.

For the 2019-2020 competition, proposals must involve one of the following five key priority areas: 1) distracted driving; 2) driver education, training, and evaluation; 3) impaired driving; 4) automated/connected vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems; or 5) vulnerable road users. The MTO will be funding up to 5 projects, each with a maximum value of $70,000 or $100,000 depending on the priority area addressed (see Proposal Guidelines below). All relevant documents for this funding opportunity can be downloaded using the links below, including additional information on the priority areas and detailed instructions on the application process.

We are now accepting submissions and invite you to apply. The deadline for the submission of proposals is December 4, 2019, 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time.

We encourage you to distribute this email and its contents to all of your eligible colleagues for consideration. Please direct applications and inquiries to RoadSafetyResearch.PartnershipProgram@ontario.ca.

Please distribute to faculty and undergraduates in biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, earth sciences, and engineering.

Mitacs and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) have partnered to offer the RISE-Globalink Research Internship (RISE-GRI), which offers undergraduate students at Canadian universities the opportunity to undertake summer research internships at eligible German institutions.

RISE-GRI pairs Canadian students with three-month projects supervised by PhD students in Germany.

• Open to full-time undergraduates in biology, chemistry, computer science, physics, earth sciences, or engineering (or a closely related field) who have completed at least two years of a four- or five-year program
  • Students in Quebec enrolled in a three-year undergraduate degree must have completed at least one year of their university program
• Applications accepted until December 15, 2019. Students must apply through the RISE application portal.
• Competitive opportunity — only top-ranked students are matched with projects
• Projects must start between May 15 and July 9, 2020
• Approved recipients receive $6,000 toward travel and accommodations 

For questions about the application procedure, matching process, and internship placement, please contact rise-germany@daad.de. For any questions regarding the funding, please contact Mitacs International at international@mitacs.ca.

Scope

The Measuring the impacts of financial and organizational restructuring of public health opportunity is expected to:

• Generate evidence on how changes to the funding, organization and/or delivery of public health services impact population health, health systems and health equity;
• Improve data and methods for measuring the benefits, costs, harms and trade-offs of changes in public health funding, organization and /or delivery; and
• Develop evidence that can be used to inform future decisions or policies related to public health resourcing and organization.

This award is intended to recognize published research in a peer-reviewed journal that has significantly contributed to the advancement of the field of health services and policy research in Canada. The research article must report on original research conducted by the author (commentaries and editorials will not considered). IHSPR will consider articles related to:

• Research that demonstrates a clear impact or potential impact on policy, practice, or health outcomes (e.g., decision maker uptake, change management for improved practice);

  OR

• Research that breaks ground in the way health services or policy research is conducted (e.g., innovations in methodology, novel theory or application of theory, new approaches to existing problems).

The CIHR-IPPH Trailblazer Award in Population and Public Health Research is a career achievement award that recognizes exceptional contributions in the area of population and public health research. Applicants must have made substantial impacts on the field of population health and its use in policy and/or practice in Canada and/or internationally. The award also recognizes the leadership, mentorship, and innovative contributions of the recipients.

The CIHR-IPPH will consider applications for this award that are determined to be relevant to the Institute mandate and in keeping with the Institute values of:

• Coherent intersectoral action for population health improvements;
• Scalable population health solutions; and
• Equitable population health impacts.

Up to three awards will be given, for exceptional researchers at different career stages.