The Canadian Science Policy Fellowship (CSPF) is now accepting applications from PhD holders interested in a year-long policy position, starting in September 2023, with a Canadian government host office.

Approved fellows receive an annual salary of $70,000 to $80,000 from their host offices, as well as professional development and networking opportunities facilitated by Mitacs.

Eligible applicants must:

• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• Hold a PhD in any academic discipline at the start of the fellowship
• Participate full-time in a 12-month fellowship with the host office
• Secure accommodation in the host city, and relocate to their host office as needed
• Negotiate a leave of absence from their current employer, as applicable
• Meet any additional requirements of their hosts, including (but not limited to) security clearance requirements

Application deadline: February 1, 2023 (11:59 p.m. PT)

For more information, please visit our website or contact policyfellowship@mitacs.ca.

The Kay and Peter McGeer Scholarship for Northern Research - $3,000
This scholarship is available to graduate students of all disciplines who are working to establish meaningful relationships with local northern communities based on knowledge-sharing. Please note that special consideration will be given to students from the North and/or projects that offer opportunities for Indigenous community members, particularly youth, to participate in research. 
Dr. Weston Blake Jr. Memorial Doctoral Scholarship - $10,000
Proposals for this scholarship are invited from candidates in the physical sciences including (interdisciplinary and comparative studies) who are engaging in research leading to a thesis, and there is a direct northern field research/experience that is part of their studies (as well their program is relevant to northern challenges or issues).
Dr. Jim McDonald Scholarship for Northern Research - $5,000
This scholarship  is available to Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada who are enrolled in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities whose research pertains to Canada’s north and its inhabitants. 
Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) Scholarship - $10,000
This scholarship is available to students who are citizens or permanent residents of Canada who are enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian university.  Proposals from candidates from all subject areas including interdisciplinary  and comparative studies are invited.  Candidates are required to be engaged in research culminating in a thesis.  Their studies must also include direct northern field research and their research be relevant to northern challenges or issues.  
Deadline for applying for the above awards:  January 31, 2023.  For more information, please click here.

Educational institution research awards are designed to encourage research at Canadian universities and colleges in areas of interest to Imperial Oil's petroleum, petrochemical and energy resource development businesses. These areas include the fields of engineering, environmental, earth, chemical, and physical sciences.

Awards for specific research projects are made to full-time faculty members to support research work carried out by university students under their direction.

Individual awards are normally available in amounts up to $25,000 depending on budgets for the proposed research, availability of funds, and potential significance of the research as determined by Imperial.

Awards are made for one year and may be renewed annually for a maximum tenure of three years. Successful award applicants and their institutions will be required to sign the non-negotiable terms and conditions of the award.

For further information and applications, please visit our web site at Imperial under the heading Sustainability àInnovation and ResearchàImperial Research Grants s, or go directly to Imperial Research Grants

Deadline for submission is December 15, 2022.

Please note that applications must be submitted in electronic format (PDF) to ura.sru@esso.ca.

The Operating Grants Program is the principal means by which the Cancer Research Society (CRS) fulfills its mission to support fundamental, early translational and environment-cancer research in the broad field of cancer to contribute to the advancement of science aimed at preventing, detecting and treating this disease. The annual CRS Operating Grants Competition is open to new and established researchers across Canada.

•          Amount: $ 62,500 per year

•          Duration: 2 years

•          Start date: September 1

For the 2022 Operating Grants Competition, CRS awarded a record 90 research grants worth $10.8M. Click HERE to consult the list of selected projects.

Deadlines for submission
Letter of Intent:            Dec 8, 2022 11:59 pm (EST)
Full application:           Feb 14, 2023, 11:59 pm (EST)
Apply online

For more information about the competition consult the Program Guidelines, available in our website.

Every year, CRS offers targeted funding opportunities through the Operating Grants Competition, thanks to collaborations with valued partners and to the generosity of major donors whose families have been affected by cancer.

 This year, CRS is proud to announce a new partnership with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to jointly fund 16 grants in the 2023 Operating Grants Competition. These grants aim to support the most promising and innovative cancer research related to:

•          Four (4) grants for Early-career Investigators on any type of cancer

•          Eight (8) grants on breast cancer

•          Four (4) grants on for projects targeting Cancer Survivorship Research

In addition, CRS is pleased to be partnering with the Canadian Liver Foundation to jointly fund 4 grants that focus on the advancement of new treatments for liver cancer.

 One (1) project focusing on research to improve breast cancer treatment for Black women will be funded in partnership with Desjardins Insurance.

Click HERE to consult the complete list of targeted funding opportunities available this year. Please check back periodically for updates as more partnerships will be confirmed in the months to come.

The objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Utilize knowledge on shared inflammation pathways in intervention trials in humans with the objective of improving prevention or management of inflammation in people living with or at risk of developing chronic conditions.
• Equitably improve health outcomes for population subgroups that have been underrepresented in research (e.g., women, LGBTQIA/2S populations, racialized Canadians, Indigenous Peoples, pregnant people) and those across life stages (e.g., children, older adults) through proven effective evidence-based interventions to address the health effects of inflammation.
• Accelerate the mobilization of knowledge and translation of research outcomes into proven and effective solutions and interventions to benefit multiple chronic conditions through early engagement, sustained and meaningful collaboration with PWLE, KUs, inflammation researchers and researchers from other disciplines.
• Foster a high-quality, interdisciplinary training and mentoring environment to increase capacity and prepare a diverse next generation of leaders to address inflammation in chronic conditions.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Establish an interdisciplinary, inter-jurisdictional, and inter-sectoral National Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Screening Research Consortium that aims to investigate the feasibility of T1D screening in the general population in Canada, building on the successes and experiences from other countries.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate research relevant to T1D screening that generates evidence to increase opportunities to identify pre-symptomatic T1D in the Canadian pediatric population, reduce the incidence of DKA at diagnosis, and improve outcomes for children and youth diagnosed with T1D, and their families.
• Support research that involves meaningful engagement with diverse stakeholders and PWLE, with particular attention to health disparities, Canada's diverse ethnocultural population and Indigenous Peoples' health and well-being.
• Build Canadian research capacity in the area of T1D screening.
• Maximize research impact and knowledge mobilization to inform health policy, decision making and planning; this includes the ethical, economic, legal and social aspects of T1D screening in the general population.

The CFWH General Research Grant

The CFWH General Research Grants are awarded to those committed to finding solutions to the reproductive health issues that face women both in Canada and around the world. Open to any area within the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, these grants aim to help make further advancements in women’s health treatment, research, and education.

The Kitty Carr Fund

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) wishes to remind stakeholders of WADA’s 17 October 2022 call for proposals for its 2023 Social Science Research Grant Program (Grant Program), which invites applicants to submit Expressions of Interest via the Agency’s WADAGrants platform, by 21 November 2022 (23:59 GMT) for Tier 1 and 2 projects. For full applications to the Grant Program, smaller Tier 3 projects and those invited from the Expressions of Interest phase, the deadline for submissions is 30 January 2023 (23:59 GMT).
 
WADA welcomes Expressions of Interest and submissions in relation to any of the following 12 Social Science Research priorities for the 2023 Grant Program. These priorities were approved by WADA’s Education Committee and are fully described within the Overview and Guidance for Applicants document.
 

1. Athlete pathway and athlete experience
2. Experience of athlete support personnel in anti-doping
3. Non-sport influences
4. Sport Policy
5. Prevention model
6. Effectiveness of anti-doping
7. Horizon scanning (learnings from other sectors/industries that can be applied to Clean Sport)
8. Evolution of sport practices
9. Anti-doping policy impact
10. People investment
11. The role and influence of athlete support personnel
12. Clean Sport behaviors

The Education Committee will review the recommendations from the Social Science Research Expert Advisory Group for WADA-funded research projects in April 2023, prior to seeking formal approval from WADA’s Executive Committee (ExCo) in May 2023; after which, applicants will be notified.

In order to assist applicants, in addition to the Overview and Guidance for Applicants document, on 20 October 2022, WADA hosted a webinar outlining the application process and providing insights for applicants to consider. A recording of the webinar can be accessed on WADA’s website. We also published short videos, in five languages, on the regional barriers and challenges some researchers may face, with a focus on underfunded regions.

For further information regarding the 2023 Grant Program, please refer to the Overview and Guidance for Applicants and Frequently Asked Questions section of the WADAGrants platform; or, contact the Agency’s Education Department at ssr@wada-ama.org.

Please contact Jil Sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca  for more information.