The purpose of this fellowship program is to highlight the role of women in devising scientific solutions to problems confronting humankind in the 21st century.  The program supports major research projects undertaken by women scientists at the postdoctoral level in Canada.

Veterans Affairs Canada invites applications for participatory research that explores the biopsychosocial impacts of pelvic health issues for women Veterans across the life span. The goal of this research funding opportunity is to support exploration of the risk factors, biopsychosocial impacts and associated burden of pelvic health issues for women Veterans. The due date for applications is 23 February 2024 at 11:59 PM (PST).

Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) - Master’s 

Capacity Building Initiative (CBI) - Doctoral 

The R&D Partnership Fund – C/AV and Smart Mobility – Stream 2 Program supports projects related to the development, testing, validation, and demonstration of connected and autonomous vehicle (C/AV) and smart mobility technologies in the following priority areas:

• Mass light vehicles, such as cars, trucks, and vans
• Heavy duty vehicles, including commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles (RVs), and others used for goods movement
• Transportation infrastructure
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)
• Transit-supportive systems and vehicles

The program’s objectives are to:

1) Strengthen existing privacy research capacity in academic and not-for-profit sectors.

2) Generate new knowledge and support the development of expertise in selected areas of privacy and data protection.

3) Increase awareness and understanding among individuals and organizations across Canada of their privacy rights and obligations.

4) Promote uptake and application of research results by relevant stakeholders.

The Contributions Program is administered under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), which governs the collection, use or disclosure of personal information by organizations in the course of commercial activities. Accordingly, only research or public awareness proposals that address privacy issues in the private sector will be considered. Proposals that touch on issues falling within the federal public sector can be submitted, provided that the primary focus of the proposal deals with the private sector.

This year’s themes: “Addressing the privacy impacts of new technologies” and “Ensuring that children’s privacy is protected”

The purpose of this funding program is to support research projects that seek to advance cancer-related health equity. Projects must be collaborative, co-created by people both affected by cancer and by structural marginalization, and designed to address the systemic, structural, and institutional factors that sustain health disparities in Canada. Applications should take a social determinants of health perspective in identifying and defining both the health equity need and the community of focus, taking care to consider the intersectionalities of such communities.

The goal of the Great Lakes Freshwater Ecosystem Initiative (FEI) is to target the most significant environmental challenges affecting Great Lakes water quality and ecosystem health by delivering on Canada’s commitments under the Canada-United States Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA). The Initiative focuses on the following priority areas for action:

• restoring water quality and ecosystem health in Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOCs)
• preventing toxic and nuisance algae
• restoring and protecting critically important coastal areas, including wetlands
• reducing releases of harmful chemicals
• supporting community-based science
• increasing participation of Indigenous Peoples in governance, stewardship, and monitoring
• advancing Great Lakes governance, accountability, and reporting mechanisms

To assist in achieving this goal, the Great Lakes FEI supports action by others to:

• restore AOCs: Supporting action at the local level to restore water quality and aquatic ecosystem health by implementing projects identified in AOC Remedial Action Plans (RAPs).
• prevent toxic and nuisance algae: Supporting on-the-ground actions following the Precision Conservation approach, targeting implementation of phosphorus load reduction measures in critical sources areas for nutrient loss, as well as increasing participation in the application of phosphorus load reduction measures by demonstrating innovative approaches and best management practices, and filling knowledge gaps through research and science.
• restore and protect critically important coastal areas, including wetlands: Supporting and promoting local-level action to enhance water quality, ecosystem health, and the resilience of coastal areas experiencing stress due to climate risks and impacts.
• reduce releases of harmful chemicals: Increasing participation in the application of beyond-compliance measures to reduce releases of chemicals of mutual concern (CMCs) by developing, implementing, assessing, and promoting use of innovative approaches, as well as enhancing understanding of emerging contaminants that could become CMCs and their potential impacts to the Great Lakes ecosystem.
• support community-based science: Promoting public engagement in Great Lakes protection through community-based science projects, including advancing stakeholder and public knowledge, improving the sharing and quality of data produced, and advancing broader application of new technologies.

Funding is available through the Lake Winnipeg Basin Program (LWBP) between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2026 to support outcome-focused actions that address program priorities:

• nutrient reduction
• collaborative governance
• indigenous engagement

Lake of the Woods is a large lake shared between Canada and the United States that spans the borders of Minnesota, Ontario and Manitoba within the Lake Winnipeg drainage basin. The lake is an important natural and economic resource and supports a significant sport fishery and tourism sector in northwestern Ontario. The Lake of the Woods region is also culturally significant to the many Indigenous Peoples living in the basin who depend on its resources.

Since the 1980s, the lake has experienced a sharp increase in harmful algae blooms (HABs), which can cover much of the lake’s surface. HABs threaten drinking water quality, negatively impact recreational activities and degrade fish and wildlife habitat. These blooms are primarily caused by excess phosphorus, which enters Lake of the Woods from a number of sources, including the Rainy River.

Through the Freshwater Action Plan, we are working with partners to take action to address harmful algal blooms in the Lake of the Woods through continued monitoring and reduction of nutrient pollution to protect aquatic ecosystem health.

We provide financial support to non-profit and non-government organizations for Canadian communities to take on local action-based projects that produce measurable, positive effects on the environment and to build the capacity of communities to sustain these activities in the future.