Ontario Pork is pleased to announce a call for Letters of Intent (LOI) for research projects that focus on the Ontario swine industry and meet the overarching research objectives of:

• Innovation of technology and automation
  • Manure pit cleaning/disinfection methods and infected manure management to mitigate African swine fever *
  • RFID automation improvements for improved sow management
  • Novel technologies to assist with safe and efficient euthanasia of 8-20kg pigs
• Trade policy, economics, and consumer studies
  • Impacts of increased dedication of livestock trailers to U.S. loads only for increased biosecurity
  • Global trade policy analysis and their impacts on the export of Ontario/Canadian Pork
  • Understanding factors contributing to decreasing domestic pork consumption and identifying methods to improve its appeal to younger generations

Brain Canada and the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI, powered by Baycrest) have launched the new 2026 Knowledge Mobilization Grants: Mental Health of Older Persons program to accelerate the application of evidence into mental health practices that benefit older Canadians. 

The purpose of the program is to support projects that generate novel and practical applications of existing research evidence to enhance the mental health and emotional well-being of older persons (60+), including those living with dementia, cognitive decline, or other neurological conditions, as well as their care partners (family caregivers and formal care providers).

Supporting the mental health of older persons encompasses multiple and intersecting areas of mental health across aging, including the mental health needs of individuals experiencing changes in mood, behaviour, or psychological well-being related to dementia or other neurological conditions. Areas of focus may include, but are not limited to:

• Supporting early identification and response to mental health needs in older persons, including mood, anxiety, behavioural, or psychological changes associated with dementia, cognitive decline, or neurological disease.
• Advancing preventive, promotive, and supportive approaches that maintain or enhance mental health and quality of life in older age, including psychosocial, community-based, and care-integrated supports.
• Protecting and strengthening the mental health and well-being of care partners, including family caregivers and formal care providers supporting older persons. Funded projects will address a critical barrier to the real-world adoption of transformative mental health innovations for older persons by catalyzing change among policymakers, practitioners such as health care providers, caregivers, and individuals who experience the downstream effects of policies and practices.

Brain Canada, through the Canada Brain Research Fund, in partnership with the Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation (CABHI), have jointly allocated $300,000 CAD to this funding opportunity to support up to four grants for one (1) year, non-renewable. Project budgets must total $100,000 CAD, with applicants required to secure 25% of the funding from eligible sponsors.

Please refer to the Request for Applications for full details. 

Deadline for receipt of Registration Forms: September 15, 2026 at 17:00 ET 
Deadline for receipt of Full Applications: October 27, 2026 at 17:00 ET

About Responsive

The Foundation’s Responsive program provides grants to nonprofit organizations for community-driven initiatives that improve access to justice for people in Ontario. Responsive grants support projects/programs delivering new or existing legal services, legal education, and legal research.

Apply through new Grant Portal

The 2026 Responsive Call for Applications is now open. Applications must be submitted through our new Grant Portal by 5 p.m. EST on September 10, 2026. To avoid disappointment, we strongly encourage you to register for and become familiar with the portal as soon as possible, and well before the application’s due date.

> Visit the Responsive call for applications webpage for details.

The international Canada–G7–Nordic call for proposals on quantum technologies is officially launched (see the news release). The call aims to leverage complementary interests and research expertise across the participating G7 and Nordic countries to support multilateral or bilateral collaborative research projects in quantum science and technologies. Please refer to the call webpage for more information.

Each project must include at least one Canadian researcher eligible to receive NSERC funds and at least one international collaborator who is eligible for funding from Germany (DFG), Japan (JST), the United Kingdom (UKRI EPSRC) or Nordic countries (NordForsk).

U.S. collaborators may also be part of the proposed international teams, supported by existing resources or NSF’s existing mechanism for international supplements.

The Canadian applicant must submit a single collaborative proposal on behalf of the Canadian and international research teams through NSERC’s online system  by September 24, 2026, before 8:00 pm (ET). International collaborators should consult their respective national funder’s instructions to determine whether they must submit a copy of the proposal or other application materials through their national funder’s process in parallel with the submission to NSERC.

NSERC will host information sessions for university researchers and RGO staff on August 19, 2026, at 11:00 AM ET (English) and August 19, 2026, at 2:00 PM ET (French).

Please register in advance by clicking on the desired links above and then clicking the “Register” button on the Event page. You are also encouraged to submit questions ahead of time through the registration form; this will help us prepare and ensure your questions are addressed during the session. Please note that AI chatbot technology is not permitted during these meetings due to security and privacy concerns.

The session will be recorded, and copies of the presentation will be shared directly with participants.

Sloan Research Fellowships support fundamental research conducted by early-career scientists.

The two-year $75,000 fellowships are awarded annually to early-career researchers whose creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments make them stand out as the next generation of leaders.

If you would like to be nominated for one of these awards, please contact the Office of Research services (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca) by August 5, 2026 to indicate your interest.

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines. The scholarships are open to every discipline and are awarded three times per year: December, April, and August. The value of the scholarship is remitted solely through editorial assistance as follows:

Master’s candidates: $750
Doctoral candidates: $2,500
Junior academics: $500

Hemorrhage with trauma‑induced coagulopathy (TIC) is a major cause of preventable death in trauma. Early blood product use is key, but identifying patients needing massive transfusions, or at risk for TIC is challenging, especially in austere settings. AI and ML models show promise in predicting transfusion needs from trauma data but are mostly retrospective, binary, and triage focused. Many of these models are considered pre prospective data validation prototypes, defined as “Phase I, while few progress to Phase II, which involves validation and implementation.

This funding opportunity seeks “Phase II” studies to prospectively validate, which would include Phase I prototype model validation, refinement with prospective data, as well as integrating real-time data streams with Point-of-Care (POC) systems, such as ROTEM (Rotational Thromboelastometry), FloPatch, POC INR (International Normalized Ratio). Proposals should focus on exploring and assessing the limitations of these models via validation, as well as identifying methods to improve, refine, and generalize them, thereby contributing to broader efforts in medical translational research.