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.

Lake Simcoe is the largest inland lake in southern Ontario and a significant source of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Canadians. The region is one of the fastest growing in Canada with a thriving recreation and tourism industry. The watershed also contains significant natural, urban and agricultural systems including parts of the Oak Ridges Moraine.

Excessive phosphorus runoff from urban and agricultural sources has led to an increase in nuisance algal blooms in Lake Simcoe and is the most significant cause of degraded water quality in the lake. These issues are further exacerbated by invasive species and the effects of climate change.

Through the Freshwater Action Plan, we are committed to collaborating with partners to support the reduction in nutrient pollution and resulting nuisance and harmful algal blooms to protect the health of Lake Simcoe for future generations.

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is pleased to announce the 2024 call for proposals for the Road Safety Research Partnership Program (RSRPP) is now open. The RSRPP funds researchers in Ontario’s broader public sector and non-profit organizations to conduct cutting-edge road safety research in support of Ontario’s efforts to protect our road users and drive safety innovation forward.

MTO is now accepting program submissions and invites you to apply using the attached application form. The deadline for submission is February 29, 2024, 11:59 pm EST. Please see the attached RSRPP Guidelines for more information about this funding opportunity, including program eligibility criteria, application instructions, program reporting requirements, and priority research topics.   

We are currently looking for researchers for a funding opportunity on the Operational colour vision requirements for RCAF pilots.

Researchers are invited to apply for a new grant funding opportunity sponsored by DRDC to translate the colour vision requirements that were obtained in a prior effort (the Operational Vision Requirements and Assessment – OVRA project) into clinical cut-off scores that can be used in an aeromedical clinic. This study will provide evidence-based recommendations for clinical colour vision criteria for RCAF aircrew. The due date for applications is 19 January 2024 at 11:59 PM (PST).

For more information and to download the application form: https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/about-vac/research/federal-research-funding

Proposals must be for fundamental research in “the petroleum field,” which is defined in our founding document as “petroleum, natural gas, coal, shale, tar sands and like materials.” Fundamental research encompasses the properties of these materials, whereas the petroleum industry undertakes “applied research,” which is outside the scope of ACS PRF. However, please note that while the PRF Trust imposes certain restrictions, PRF currently funds many topics of current interest in sustainability and green chemistry. These include, for example, new catalysts and upgrading/utilization of methane and carbon dioxide.  Interested individuals are encouraged to contact a PRF program officer or prfinfo@acs.org for more information regarding areas.

For more information, please contact Jill Sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.