Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF)

How to Apply: 

The Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF) supports scientific and technological collaboration projects between China and Ontario. Offered through a partnership with Ontario’s Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (MRIS), China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE), OCRIF promotes scientific, technological and industrial research and commercialization cooperation.

Successful Ontario applicants will be eligible to receive a maximum of $210,000 CAD per project (for academic applicants) or $250,000 CAD per project (for company applicants) from OCE to fund the Ontario portion of the project.

OCE anticipates that approximately four projects will be funded through the 2017 Call for Proposals.

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B. Objectives

  • To support scientific and technological collaboration between Ontario and China
  • To develop and enhance cooperation in the field of industrial and technology innovations, to improve competitiveness, and to further economic and business collaboration between Ontario and China

Priority Fields

The current call for proposals will accept project applications focusing on the following research theme:

  • Energy Storage
External Deadline: 
Saturday, January 20, 2018
URL: 

More details on the OCRIF program.

Agency: 
Ontario Centres of Excellence
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

Funding: Call for Concepts to Increase awareness and take-up of the Canada Learning Bond

How to Apply: 

The Government of Canada is currently accepting concepts from organizations interested in receiving funding through the Social Development Partnerships Program - Children and Families (SDPP), for projects to increase awareness and take-up of the Canada Learning Bond (CLB).

A concept is an idea for a proposed project. It provides preliminary, high-level information about project objectives, activities and results.

The objective of this CFC is to invite eligible organizations to submit a concept for newand/or innovativeapproaches designed to increase awareness and take-up of the Canada Learning Bond, which will ease access to post-secondary education; thereby, helping improve life outcomes for children.

Since organizations can only support one application under this call, interested applicants are asked to indciate their intent to apply to the Office of Research Services (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca) no later than December 8.

 

External Deadline: 
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
URL: 

https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/...

Agency: 
Employment and Social Development Canada
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

Request for Proposals -- “Development of a sensor system for rapid quantification of small (100-300Da) molecules in complex biological fluids”

How to Apply: 

Defence Research and Development Canada, is seeking a research team to investigate surface chemistry modifications of 3D printable thermoplastics for covalent attachment of bioactive proteins in a full/complete monolayer suitable for capturing small-molecule analytes in saliva. The objective of this work is to develop full, working prototypes of hand-held biosensors that are capable of rapidly quantifying small concentrations of analyte in complex biological fluids.

The Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research (CIMVHR) has entered into partnership with the Government of Canada to procure Research and Development Services related to the mental, social and physical wellbeing of active military members, Veterans and their families.  CIMVHR is seeking Notices of Interest from qualified researchers or teams to enter into a contract with CIMVHR to produce this Work.

External Deadline: 
Monday, January 8, 2018
URL: 

https://cimvhr.ca/cimvhr-opportunities

Agency: 
Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

Transformational Research: Canada 2018 Neurodegenerative Diseases of Aging

How to Apply: 

NEW for 2018

 

  1. 1.       Translational research using humans or human samples/data is in scope, except for clinical trials or clinical trial sub-studies which should be submitted to the Early-Phase Clinical Trials or Rapid Response programs.

2.       The Institute has updated which tools are in scope. Please see below and read our What We Fund webpage before applying to ensure your project is in scope.

 

Goal

 

                                           

To provide funding for translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Funding 

A maximum of $1,500,000 over up to 3 years.

Applicant Eligibility

Eligible Principal Applicants must be researchers working in Canada at least 30% of the time at or above the level of Assistant Professor or equivalent, and be affiliated with a Canada Revenue Agency-qualified donee institution located in Canada. Co-Applicants/Collaborators must be at the post-doctoral level or above and can be working outside Canada.

Project Eligibility

Projects must meet the following conditions to be eligible:

  1. 1.       Be translational research, excluding clinical trials and clinical trial sub-studies, that accelerates the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

o   Clinical trials and clinical trial sub-studies should be submitted to the Early-Phase Clinical Trials or Rapid Response programs; however other translational research using humans or human samples/data is in scope.

  1. 2.       Be the development of a therapeutic and/or tool.
  2. 3.       Have excellent preliminary data to support the proposed project.

Disease scope:

All the Institute’s neurodegenerative diseases of aging are covered by this program (see What We Fund page).

 

Development scope:

Development of a therapeutic and/or a tool that helps to accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

 

Important Dates

Program Information Webinar:

October 25th, 2017 at 1pm EDT (Register here)

Letter of Intent Deadline:

February 15th, 2018 at 2pm EDT

Anticipated Award:

September 2018

APPLY HERE

External Deadline: 
Thursday, February 15, 2018
URL: 

http://westonbraininstitute.ca/program-updates-to-transformational-resea...

Agency: 
Weston Brain Institute
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

2018 KRESCENT Post-Doctoral Fellowships and New Investigator Programs

How to Apply: 

A KRESCENT program Post-Doctoral Fellowship is an “in-training” award intended for applicants with a PhD, MD or equivalent degree. The objective is to attract and foster young investigators to initiate and/or continue training in kidney research.

The KRESCENT program New Investigator Award is awarded to individuals who have clearly demonstrated excellence during their pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training in kidney disease. The Award provides salary support for up to three years of the faculty appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor or its equivalent at a Canadian University.

The purpose of this award is to assist such an individual to become established as a fully independent investigator in the field of kidney disease.

Preference may be given to candidates who have been awarded and successfully completed a KRESCENT program Post-Doctoral Fellowship or Allied Health Doctoral Scholarship.

External Deadline: 
Thursday, February 1, 2018
URL: 

https://www.kidney.ca/sslpage.aspx?pid=444

Agency: 
Kidney Foundation of Canada
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health

Career Guidance for Trainees (CGT) program

How to Apply: 

The Career Guidance for Trainees (CGT) program provides grants of $30,000 - $50,000 over a one-year period to support demonstration projects that will model affordable approaches to improving trainees’ readiness for stable, fulfilling careers, whether by clarifying and improving their basic “Ph.D.-level” skills, by helping them identify how they can best use their skills and interests to serve the needs of potential employers, by providing them approaches to thinking through their career options, or by other strategies.

External Deadline: 
Monday, March 5, 2018
URL: 

https://www.bwfund.org/grant-programs/career-guidance/career-guidance-tr...

Agency: 
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

Massage Therapy Research Fund

How to Apply: 

Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services (ARIES) of Centennial College and College of Massage Therapist of Ontario (CMTO) are very pleased to announce the 2017 Massage Therapy Research Fund (MTRF) competition. The MTRF funding competition is now open to support high quality and rigorous research in massage therapy. We invite researchers to submit research project proposals till the application deadline on December 18, 2017 (11:59 p.m. ET). Grant recipients will be announced in February, 2018.

In this cycle of funding competition:

  • Up to $60,000 grant amount is available to fund projects.
  • The maximum grant amount for a project is $40,000.
  • The number of grants will depend on the number of quality submissions received.

Eligible research topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Massage therapy effectiveness, efficacy and safety
  • Access to and delivery of massage therapy services
  • Professionalization of massage therapy
  • Massage Therapy competencies and competency assessment
  • Evaluation of massage therapy practice

You can find more information at www.mtrf.ca. Please promote and disseminate. For questions, please contact Dr. Pouria Tavakkoli Avval, Program Manager, Massage Therapy Research Fund at ptavakkoliavval@centennialcollege.ca.

External Deadline: 
Monday, December 18, 2017
URL: 

http://www.mtrf.ca/

Agency: 
Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services (ARIES) of Centennial College/College of Massage Therapists of Ontario
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

Massage Therapy Research Fund

How to Apply: 

Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services (ARIES) of Centennial College and College of Massage Therapist of Ontario (CMTO) are very pleased to announce the 2017 Massage Therapy Research Fund (MTRF) competition. The MTRF funding competition is now open to support high quality and rigorous research in massage therapy. We invite researchers to submit research project proposals till the application deadline on December 18, 2017 (11:59 p.m. ET). Grant recipients will be announced in February, 2018.

In this cycle of funding competition:

  • Up to $60,000 grant amount is available to fund projects.
  • The maximum grant amount for a project is $40,000.
  • The number of grants will depend on the number of quality submissions received.

Eligible research topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Massage therapy effectiveness, efficacy and safety
  • Access to and delivery of massage therapy services
  • Professionalization of massage therapy
  • Massage Therapy competencies and competency assessment
  • Evaluation of massage therapy practice

You can find more information at www.mtrf.ca. Please promote and disseminate. For questions, please contact Dr. Pouria Tavakkoli Avval, Program Manager, Massage Therapy Research Fund at ptavakkoliavval@centennialcollege.ca.

External Deadline: 
Monday, December 18, 2017
URL: 

http://www.mtrf.ca/

Agency: 
Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services (ARIES) of Centennial College/College of Massage Therapists of Ontario
Funding Source: 
External
Funding Level: 
Research

Applied Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Services (ARIES) of Centennial College/College of Massage Therapists of Ontario

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