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 Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) program encourages the use of innovative wood-based building technologies in construction projects. This program supports Canada’s commitment to reach 2030 and 2050 emissions reduction targets under the Paris Agreement and advance long-term priorities regarding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction.

GCWood invests in wood construction projects that generate many benefits, including:

• reduced GHG emissions from renewable and sustainable resources that help decarbonize the built environment
• accelerated adoption of innovative building technologies and systems
• updated building codes that allow for taller and larger wood buildings
• affordable housing and community infrastructure

Background

Veterans Affairs Canada invites researchers from relevant fields to submit proposals to undertake a study of emerging research, best practices and approaches to support aging Veterans to remain safely and independently in their homes through access to the services and supports they require.

As part of VAC’s mandate as defined by the Department of Veterans Affairs Act, VAC is responsible for the care, treatment, or re-establishment in civil life of those who served in the Canadian Forces. One of the ways VAC meets this mandate commitment is through the administration of health care programming for Veterans.

VAC is currently conducting a review of home care supports to ensure that it continues to meet the evolving needs of Veterans and that it is keeping pace with new and emerging trends.

Research objectives

This funding opportunity is seeking submissions to conduct an environmental scan of academic literature and public documents regarding emerging trends, best practices and challenges in models of home care, including but not limited to, provision of personal care, respite care and palliative care. Focus should be on countries or regions that have demonstrated success in supporting their citizens as they age at home. This research can be conducted in relation to the broader population and not limited to the Canadian Veteran population.

Final report to include the following:

• Identify academic literature and public documents regarding emerging trends, best practices and challenges in models of home care.
• Identify any factors or potential issues that would hinder the application and success of home care (e.g. limited access to services, availability of family caregivers)
• Identify research that indicates when it may no longer be safe to remain in the home.
• Gender-based Analysis Plus and considerations.
• Any additional considerations for VAC in developing and implementing a policy approach or strategy to healthcare for aging Veterans

The WSIB is now accepting proposals for the 2024 Research and Grants Competition!

Initial proposal deadline: Friday, October 13, 2023

The WSIB Research and Grants Program aims to enhance workplace injury and illness insurance system outcomes by supporting innovative proposals that help advance our strategic mandate. The proposals funded through the program will help to strengthen Ontario's workers' compensation system and deliver on our priority of making Ontario a safer place to work.

Research Priorities

The 2024 WSIB Research and Grants Program will focus on applied research that can help make Ontario the safest place to work. Four considerations for the competition include:

1)            how we work

2)            how we approach health and safety

3)            how we support return-to-work and recovery

4)       how we meet our customers’ expectations

The Research and Grants Program is committed to supporting the WSIB’s strategic priority of effective management through the operating practices of the program on an ongoing basis.

Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals that align to the topics of interest identified. Highly practical research and training proposals aligned to the four primary considerations are also accepted.

For more information about the program and the application process, please visit our website.

This award recognizes an individual under the age of 35 who proposes an innovative and compelling evidence-based policy proposal that will make a positive difference to Canadians. Proposals should be connected to one or more of the themes for the 2023 CSPC Conference listed below:

CSPC 2023 Conference Theme: Science and Innovation in a Time of Transformation.

Track 1: Science and Policy
Track 2: Science and Society
Track 3: Innovation and Economic Development
Track 4: Science, International Affairs and Security
Track 5: Science and the Next Generation
Track 6: Grand Challenges

For a detailed description of the conference theme, please visit here.

This award is designed not only to highlight innovative, evidence-driven policy ideas by policy students and young professionals, but also to encourage young people not currently studying, or working in public policy to share their policy ideas. Eligible recipients include all young Canadian residents under 35, regardless of their field of study or work. The CSPC is fully committed to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion and encourages all qualified participants to apply.

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation offers fellowships to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form, under the freest possible conditions.

Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for mid-career individuals who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts and exhibit great promise for their future endeavors. 

Fellowships are awarded through an annual competition open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada. Candidates must apply to the Guggenheim Foundation in order to be considered.

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

CELTIC-NEXT, the Eureka cluster focused on information and communications technology (ICT) and telecommunications, has launched their autumn call for collaborative research and development project proposals.

Sector of focus
ICT and telecommunications with the following key technology application areas:

5G/6G infrastructure technologies

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• Accelerate and facilitate dissemination of evidence-based information through an inventory function to provide equitable and inclusive access to research findings to diverse audiences across Canada, promoting health literacy.
• Contribute to the dissemination of the knowledge created by research in areas related to the National Dementia Strategy.
• Foster impactful, equitable and accessible uptake of knowledge (including official language considerations) created through research, to inform policy development and/or promote implementation of evidence-based interventions.
• Increase collaborations and create linkages between a diversity of researchers and knowledge users in the brain health and cognitive impairment in aging field, including partners in research (e.g., Indigenous communities), and the public.

The Caribou Conservation Stewardship Program is a new stewardship program to support implementing projects that maintain and recover populations of Boreal Caribou in Ontario.

The program will provide funding towards conservation activities including on-the-ground habitat restoration and protection monitoring, science and research, to:

• non-profit organizations
• Indigenous communities
• other groups that support caribou conservation