The objective of the Highway Infrastructure Innovation Funding Program (HIIFP) is to encourage Ontario’s academic community to research projects that contribute to generating solutions to current technical challenges encountered by MTO in the construction and maintenance of the provincial highway infrastructure network. These research projects are funded through HIIFP.

A diverse range of specific research topics have been developed by MTO that outline: 1.) the background of the research requirement, 2.) the challenge or problem to be addressed, and 3.) the anticipated outcome and/or research deliverables.

An eligible institution may choose from one of the MTO provided specific research topics or submit their own research topic (i.e., an open research topic).

Research projects awarded the HIIFP grant shall submit a written technical report to be published in the MTO Online Library Catalog. The research team will also present their findings to an MTO Technical Committee interested in the specific subject area.

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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 on all types of cancer to contribute to the advancement of science aimed at preventing, detecting and treating this disease.

The CRS Operating Grants Competition takes place every year and is open to researchers across Canada.

AMS Healthcare and the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM) are pleased to offer four three-month studentships to undergraduate and MA students registered in a Canadian university, for a supervised project in the history of medicine. These studentships offer awardees an opportunity to learn historical research techniques, and they aim to encourage future study of medical history.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Support the creation and/or further development of an inclusive, formal network to address selected priority issues related to ME;
• Encourage national (and if feasible, international) collaboration, methods development, and resource sharing (people and platforms) among multidisciplinary experts;
• Engage researchers and other Network members who have historically faced barriers in the research ecosystem, including but not limited to those marginalized by gender, Indigenous Peoples, racialized minorities, persons with disabilities, and members of LGBTQ2S+ communities;
• Develop and strengthen research capacity by connecting and engaging current researchers and training the next generation of researchers;
• Facilitate the mobilization and uptake of existing knowledge and the new knowledge generated by research evidence; and
• Ensure meaningful patient engagement with a goal of influencing impact beyond the time of this Network.

SMART, the Eureka cluster focused on advanced manufacturing, has launched their 7th annual call for collaborative research and development project proposals.

SMART is a flexible, industry-driven EUREKA Cluster program whose aim is to promote innovative, collaborative, international and close-to-market R&D projects in advanced manufacturing.

Sector of focus

Advanced manufacturing in the following areas:

• advanced manufacturing processes
• customer-based manufacturing
• digital, virtual and efficient companies
• intelligent and adaptive manufacturing systems
• person-machine collaboration
• sustainable manufacturing

Application deadlines

• Project outline (optional but recommended): January 22, 2024 11:00 am CET
• Full project proposal: April 22, 2024 11:00 am CEST

The  Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) has established the JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan. A limited number of promising early career researchers are given the opportunity, through this fellowship, to conduct research at Japanese universities and in designated research institutions and laboratories. NSERC is responsible for recommending Canadian nominees for JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund aims to stimulate the growth of new connections between scholars working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. Over the next two years, we will dedicate $1M to supporting small, early-stage grants of $2,500 - $50,000 toward achieving this goal.

Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis through July 2026. A review will be conducted quarterly.

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

The Fulbright Arctic Initiative creates a network to stimulate international scientific collaboration on Arctic issues while increasing mutual understanding among the people of the Arctic Council member states. Using an interdisciplinary, collaborative model to translate theory into practice, program participants will spend 18 months engaged in addressing public policy research questions relevant to Arctic nations' shared challenges. Approximately 19 outstanding scholars (at least 4 from the U.S. and at least 1 from each of the other seven Arctic Council member states) will be selected to participate in the program as Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholars through an open, merit-based competition.

Academic researchers in the physical, natural, social, and health sciences, Indigenous and local knowledge holders, professionals in the fine arts and liberal arts as well as practitioners working in various disciplines are encouraged to apply.

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

Insight Development Grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the Insight research program.

Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. The grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. Funding is provided for short-term research development projects of up to two years that are proposed by individuals or teams.

Insight Development Grants foster research in its early stages but are not intended to support large-scale initiatives. Long-term support for research is offered through SSHRC’s Insight Grants.

Proposed projects can involve, but are not limited to, the following types of research activities:

• case studies
• pilot initiatives
• critical analyses of existing research

Projects can also involve national and international research collaboration, and the exploration of new ways of producing, structuring and mobilizing knowledge within and across disciplines and sectors.

Funding is available for two distinct categories of scholars:

• Emerging scholars who will develop new research questions and/or approaches. Such projects can build on and further the applicant’s (or team’s) graduate work and/or represent a continuation of their overall research trajectory.
• Established scholars who will explore new research questions and/or approaches that are distinct from the applicant’s previous/ongoing research. Research projects should be clearly delimited and in the early stages of the research process. Insight Development Grant funding is not intended to support ongoing research for established scholars.

SSHRC welcomes applications involving Indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.