AWB has opened a call for proposals (first stage submission) for projects in which experts can volunteer to support capacity-building activities at institutions of higher education in low- or middle-income countries.  This is not an application for funding, but proposals for AWB projects.  Projects should be a priority of the host institution, as well as be sustainable after the completion of the project. Proposals can be submitted by Lakehead faculty or staff in collaboration with a partner institution in an eligible country. 

For more details, download the call document HERE.  The submission form is HERE.  For assistance, please contact Jill Sherman, intl.research@lakeheadu.ca

The call is now open for 2025 round 2 of applications to the Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowships program to the UK, for NSERC- and CIHR-related disciplines.  The program targets senior researchers for a flexible 12-month stay (ideal for sabbaticals).  There are usually 3 rounds of calls per year.  These awards can be held for up to 12 months full-time (with a minimum stay of three months) or flexibly over two years. Candidates can request up to £125,000.  Funds can be used to cover a bursary (however cannot be used to supplement ongoing salary), research expenses, and relocation expenses.   Researchers must be nominated by a representative of the host institution before they can apply.

Application deadlines:  19 March 2025 (2025 Round 2)

https://royalsociety.org/grants/royal-society-wolfson-visiting-fellowship/

Subject groups supported:

• Computer Science
• Pure and Applied Mathematics
• Astronomy and Physics, Theoretical Physics, Applied Physics
• Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry
• Engineering, Technology, Instrumentation, Material Science, Experimental Fluid Dynamics
• Earth Sciences, Environmental Physical Sciences
• Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Molecular Cell Biology
• Developmental Biology, Genetics (excl. population genetics), Immunology, Microbiology (excl. medical microbiology)
• Anatomy, Physiology, Neurosciences
• Organismal Biology, Evolutionary and Ecological Science (incl. soils and agriculture)
• Health and Human Sciences

For assistance please contact intl.research@lakeheadu.ca

The objectives of the Program are:

1. To capitalize on existing research capacity in academic, not-for-profit and other sectors to generate new knowledge and support the development of expertise in selected areas of privacy and data protection.
2. To increase awareness and understanding among individuals and organizations of their privacy rights and obligations.

The OPC is interested in receiving proposals for projects that increase knowledge and awareness with respect to smart devices, including associated data flows and technical, policy or legislative steps that can be taken to ensure these devices have privacy built into them.

Brain Canada and CQDM are joining forces to support interprovincial collaborative biopharmaceutical research and development (R&D) projects on the brain. This partnership creates a unique funding opportunity that brings together experts from academia and industry to support the development of platforms, tools and biopharmaceuticals that will pave the way for new advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders. This initiative is focused on brain research relevant to biopharmaceutical applications. The aim of the initiative is to increase research collaborations, foster technological maturation, and to promote the knowledge, capabilities and new technologies developed in public institutions. 

Investigators must be affiliated with and conduct research at an eligible Canadian institution, as defined by CIHR, for the full duration of the grant. 

This award is intended for research teams with a minimum of two independent researchers, including a principal investigator from a research institution in Quebec and an independent researcher from a research institution in another Canadian province. They must work in close collaboration with at least one Quebec small and medium-sized enterprise (SME).   

The project’s budget must be between $500,000 and $1 million. 

Click here to view the Request for Applications.

Deadline to notify CQDM of intent to apply: May 21, 2025

Deadline for receipt of Applications: May 28, 2025, at 17:00 ET

The goal of this pilot funding opportunity is to support a partnership between a postsecondary research entity and one or more federal government departments to establish a long-term research program focusing on specific topics in an area of importance to Canada and public decision-makers.

If the pilot is deemed successful, the funding opportunity will be offered periodically, subject to availability of funds. Each competition will focus on a new target area in which research in the social sciences and humanities is well positioned to make an impact. Only one partnership will be funded per competition.

The successful partnership is expected to advance research, capacity, and policy development in the target area by:

• engaging one or more federal government departments to identify and address public policy needs;
• conducting long-term research that generates knowledge with the potential to inform federal policy-making;
• working with, adapting and/or developing comprehensive datasets relevant to the needs of the public policy community and future researchers;
• improving access and use of research knowledge within Canada’s policy-making communities; and
• supporting high-quality training experiences for students and/or postdoctoral researchers.

The partnership is expected to be based within an established research entity at a Canadian postsecondary institution (e.g., institute, centre, lab, hub, observatory, etc.) that has a demonstrated track record in the target area. The successful partnership will have significant flexibility in the scope, priorities and activities of the program of research to adapt to new developments and changing circumstances, as needed, over the duration of the grant. As the partnership is expected to strengthen Canadian policy-making in the target area, applicants must partner with at least one Canadian federal government department.

Target area 2025: Improving Canada’s Productivity

The Transformation stream is designed to support large-scale, Canadian-led interdisciplinary research projects that address a major challenge with the potential to realize real and lasting change (high-reward). The challenge may be fundamental, leading to a scientific breakthrough, or applied, with a social, economic, environmental or health impact. Projects are expected to be world-leading, drawing on global research expertise where relevant.

 In 2025, the Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation will hold two rounds of competitions for proof-of-principle basic science/preclinical proposals in the field of cancer research. The Foundation is looking to support non-mainstream hypotheses and non-conservative projects which do not fit traditional funding mechanisms and have not received previous grants/awards. This opportunity is intended to attract emerging ideas which are high risk/-high reward and for which preliminary data is not required. Accordingly, proposal hypotheses must be based on extensive literature review and logical substantiation.  

Proposals may originate from young or established researchers within their field of expertise or may be inspired by innovations and discoveries from adjacent or non-related areas, including further exploration of collateral findings discovered ‘by accident’, and/or other methods.  For illustration purposes, consider well known projects such as the ‘grapefruit effect’ (Dr. David Bailey), H. pylori and gastritis & peptic ulcer (Dr. Robin Warren), mRNA-based gene therapy (Dr. Katalin Kariko), and the discovery of an RNA catalytic function (Dr. Thomas Cech) as examples of novel discovery.  

We invite applications from Canadian qualified donees, including both single- and multi-investigator teams. Proposals will be evaluated based on novelty and feasibility. 

This award will cover up to $450,000 per project over three years, with the possibility of extension and renewals.

The call will fund projects that support the delivery of basic needs services to Afghans, especially women and girls, in one or more of the following three programming areas:

1. Quality, accessible, gender-responsive health services for the most marginalized (including women and girls in all their diversity, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, older persons, and other marginalized groups).
2. Demand-driven skills training, particularly for women and girls in all their diversity, in areas such as literacy and numeracy, digital skills, life skills, business skills, and other relevant technical and vocational skill areas.
3. Inclusive services that protect and advance the rights and empowerment of all Afghans, with a focus on gender, ethnic and religious minorities, underserviced populations including those impacted by disability, and support to women-led groups.