Faculty of Health Research Support Office - Funding Opportunities Bulletin #70

Dear Researchers,

Please take the time to review this research bulletin as it contains many new and important funding opportunities.
As always, please be in touch if you are interested in any of the opportunities in this bulletin, so that I can plan time to support your application. Please contact me if you would like me to conduct a personalized search to try to identify unique sources of funding for specialized needs.

All the best,
Melesa

ANNOUNCEMENTS
NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)
The 2010-2011 NSERC USRA competiton has been announced and will again be managed by the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Please bring these awards to the attention of qualified students as soon as possible. The application form and instructions (Form 202) are now available on the NSERC website. Please read all instructions before completing the application form. For more information on this program please see the attached memo and visit the NSERC website.

STUDENT DEADLINE: January 25, 2010
DEPARTMENTAL DEADLINE: February 8, 2010
WEBSITE:

Aboriginal Health Research Ethics

Researchers applying for CIHR grants are reminded that there are additional research ethics requirements for research involving Aboriginal peoples and/or Aboriginal health. Please note: some ethics requirements must be met at the time of application. Should your research involve Aboriginal peoples and/or is Aboriginal health-related, please contact Alison Collins-Mrakas, Office of Research Ethics as soon as possible for advice and assistance. Ms. Collins-Mrakas may be reached at: or ext 55914.
York-Massey Fellowship 2010-2011
The Office of Research Services (ORS) wishes to announce a fellowship open to full-time faculty planning to go on sabbatical during 2010-2011. The York-Massey Fellowship will provide one faculty member with an office for the academic year at Massey College, as well as dining and collegial rights. Massey College is an independent college situated in the University of Toronto campus, almost directly opposite to the Robarts Library. It consists of a junior fellowship, made up of graduate students, and a senior fellowship, consisting primarily of faculty, of whom an increasing number come from York University. There are no application forms, but we would ask interested individuals to submit a letter outlining sabbatical plans with their curriculum vitae to this office by February 26th, 2010 to: Mala Thakoor, Office of Research Services, 5th Floor, York Research Tower, (). Results will be announced in March 2010.

CONTENTS

New funding opportunities

Echo Improving Women’s Health in Ontario: Women’s Health Leadership Development Program

ArcticNet: Call for Proposal in Social and Human Health Science

Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy: Investigator’s Award in Clinical Translation of Cell and Gene Therapy for Cancer

CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre: Request for Proposals

Canadian Lung Association (CLA)/ Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals (CRHP): CRHP Research Grants

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC): Career Scientist Awards

Paralyzed Veterans of America

Parkinson Society of Canada (PSC): New Investigator Award Grant

Parkinson Society Canada (PSC): Pilot Project Grant

National Multiple Sclerosis Society: Research Grants

Canadian Nurses Foundation, Nursing Care Partnership Program: RNAO Best Practice Guidelines

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Research on Clinical Decision Making in People with or at Risk for Life-Threatening Illness (R01)

Heart and Stroke Foundation: Built Environment – Population Health Intervention Research

Heart and Stroke Foundation: Monitoring and Optimizing CPR

Heart and Stroke Foundation: Resuscitation and Knowledge Transfer and Exchange 2010: Community and Health Care Providers

The Cancer Research Society: Operating Grants

The Population Health Improvement Research Network (PHIRN): Call for Proposals

American Institute for Cancer Research: Investigator Initiated Grants

The Banting Research Foundation: Research Grant

The Holisitc Health Research Foundation of Canada: Massage Therapy Research Fund

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) Genomics Capacity Building Workshops Program

NSERC: Engage Grants

NSERC: Interaction Grants

AWARDS

Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre: Level II Research Awards

Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre: Level I Research Awards

PRIZES

NSERC John C. Polanyi Prize

INTERNAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Faculty of Health: Specific Research Grants (leave and non-leave)

SSHRC: Grant in Aid of Travel

York Incentive Grant

SSHRC Small Grants

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

American Psychological Association (APA)/American Psychological Foundation (APF): Henry P. David Grants for Research and International Travel in Human Reproductive Behaviour and Population Studies

American Institute for Cancer Research: Postdoctoral Awards

OTHER

Ontario/Baden-Wurttemberg Student Exchange Program

WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/INFORMATION SESSIONS

2010 CIHR Primary Healthcare Summit: Patient-Oriented Primary Care – Scaling Up Innovation

Town Hall Meeting: CIHR President, Dr. Alain Beaudet

eReports Training

Archived Opportunities

Deadlines at a glance
Jan 11 – Dr. J.A. Campbell Research Fund: Grants in Aid of Research in Celiac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis In Canada
Jan 11 – Dr. J.A. Campbell Young Investigator Award: For Research in Celiac Disease and Dermatitis Herpetiformis
Jan 11 – Worker’s Compensation Board of British Columbia: Innovation at Work Grants
Jan 15 - CIHR: Michael Smith Prizes in Health Research
Jan 15 - Graduate Women in Science Fellowships
Jan 15 – Savoy Foundation: Research Grant
Jan 15 – YUFA Leave Fellowship Fund (Sabbatical)

Jan 17 - 2010 CIHR Primary Healthcare Summit: Patient-Oriented Primary Care – Scaling Up Innovation
Jan 18 – Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada: Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants
Jan 18 - SSHRC: Major Collaborative Research Initiative
Jan 20 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International: Career Development Awards
Jan 20 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jan 20 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Jan 20 - The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), in collaboration with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Health Canada (HC), and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC): Global Health Research Initiative
Jan 22 – NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/National Cancer Institute (NCI): State and Community Tobacco Control Policy and Media Research (U01)
Jan 25 – National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) – Young Investigator Award
Jan 25 – Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia: Research at Work – Development Grants

Jan 25 – Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia: Research at Work – Operating Grants

Jan 29 – Henry Friesen Award Lecture (CSCI/RCPSC)
Jan 29 - Institute for Work and Health (IWH): Mustard Fellowship in Work and Health
Jan 29 – The Canadian Foundation for Aids Research (CANFAR)

Jan 31 – SickKids Foundtion Conference/Workshop/Symposia Funding
Feb 1 - CIHR Emerging Team Grant: Mobility in Aging
Feb 1 – Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation Grants for Alcohol Research
Feb 5 - NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Accelerating the Pace of Drug Abuse Research Using Existing Epidemiology, Prevention, and Treatment Research Data (R01)
Feb 5 - Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada (PFC)

Feb 5 – NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R01)

Feb 8 – WSIB Research Advisory Council (RAC): Development Grants

Feb 8 – WSIB Research Advisory Council (RAC): Full Grants
Feb 15 – Advanced Foods and Materials Network: Request for Proposals
Feb 16 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International: Innovative Grants

Feb 16 – NIH Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): Obesity Policy Research: Evaluation and Measures (R03)

Feb 26 – Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care: Nursing Research Fund – Nursing Career Researcher Awards
March 1 – ENA Foundation/Sigma Theta Tau: International Research Grant

March 5 – National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD): Independent Investigator Award
March 15 – York Ad Hoc Conference Travel Grants

Continuous Deadline

  • Weeden Foundation Population Program
  • Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Decision Support Synthesis Program
  • Spencer Foundation Research Programs
  • Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP)
  • Relation between Education and Social Opportunity
  • Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Commissioned Activities: Policy Synthesis Program
  • OHTN Community-Based Research Capacity-Building Funds
  • CPS Small Grants for Local and Regional Initiatives in Pain Education and Organizational Development
  • CIHR & Institute of Health Services and Policy Research Institute- Community Support Program
  • NSERC Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories (VF)
  • United Cerebral Palsy Research Foundation
  • Wellcome Trust Programme Grants: Biomedical Science; Health Consequences of Population Change
  • Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellowships
  • Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Canada-U.S. Fulbright Program
  • Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) Researcher Travel Grants
  • NSERC Special Research Opportunity (SRO) Program
  • CHEO Individual Professional Development Awards
  • CHEO Group Professional Development Awards
  • Special Emphasis Notice (SEN): AHRQ Research on Diagnostic Errors in Ambulatory Care Settings
  • Human Frontier Science Program Short-term Fellowships
  • Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) – Workshop and Learning Opportunities Grants
  • Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
  • NSERC- Strategic Workshops Program
  • Hunter’s Hope Foundation Major and Pilot Research Grants
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada- Pilot Grants
  • Canada/China Scholars Exchange Program
  • International Strategic Opportunities Program
  • DFAIT Going Global Science and Technology Fund
  • DFAIT Global Commerce Support Program - Going Global Innovation
  • CIHR President’s Fund
  • Scottish Office Department of Health Visiting Fellowships
  • ACCELERATE Ontario – Ontario’s Graduate Research Internship Program
  • Max Bell Foundation Project Grants
  • Alberta Gaming and Research Institute (AGRI) Institute Small Research Grants
  • Canadian Heritage Multiculturalism Program Community Action Projects
  • Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CCFF) Visiting Clinician Awards
  • CCFF Visiting Scientist Awards
  • CCFF Visiting Allied Health Professional Awards
  • Max Bell Foundation's internship grants
  • Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Conference Grant
  • Mayday Fund of New York Grant for Pain Research
  • Ontario Mental Health Foundation Grants for Publications, Conferences and Public Events
  • American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Research Program
  • Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
  • Humboldt foundation Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
ECHO Improving Women’s Health in Ontario: Women’s Health Leadership Development Program
Women experience health and illness differently than men. The social experience of women is also a key factor in determining their health. Meaningful participation of women in health systems and structures is fundamental to ensuring that services truly respond to needs of women. A greater voice for and by women is needed to ensure that woman-sensitive services and care are provided, and that gender-related inequities in health are addressed. Women’s leadership is vital to ensuring that women’s perspectives and gender-related health needs are addressed into our health systems and structures toward greater effectiveness of care and toward improved health outcomes.
Objectives:

  • To work with a Steering Committee that includes Echo staff on the development and design of the program;
  • To base the Women’s Health Leadership Program (in part) on the work of Kouzes and Posner who wrote The Leadership Challenge in 2002;
  • To promote and deliver the program to Ontario women;
  • To pilot the program and begin the initial phases of implementation in the first fiscal year;
  • To offer approximately 25 4-day events in subsequent years (this plan to be further refined in discussion with the Steering Committee).

AMOUNT: $960,000 which includes $60,000 in the 2009/2010 fiscal year; $300,000 in the 2010/2011 fiscal year; $300,000 in the 2011/2012 fiscal year; and $300,000 in the 2012/2013 fiscal year.
DEADLINE: January 15, 2010

WEBSITE:

ArcticNet: Call for Proposal in Social and Human Health Science
ArcticNet is seeking research proposals in the area of social and human health sciences.

The list of targeted research themes in social and human health sciences includes (but is not limited to):

  • State of northern education (K-12 education, postsecondary education, and science & technology training) and strategies to improve it;
  • Traditional Knowledge in relation to research and policy;
  • Social research in the development of adaptation strategies to climate change;
  • Food and water security in the North;
  • Engagement of communities in economic development (e.g. fisheries, mining, oil & gas, tourism, shipping, etc.);
  • Human health impacts of environmental change and/or modernization;
  • Synthesis of results from recent human health surveys leading to policy and strategy development;
  • New and innovative research in the social and human health sciences that contributes to ArcticNet’s science objectives and Integrated Regional Impact Studies.

Note: Geographically, ArcticNet restricts its research activities to the coastal Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic regions with all funded research projects expected to be conducted within the boundaries of ArcticNet’s four Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) regions.
AMOUNT: Up to $150,000
AGENCY DEADLINE: January 18, 2010
WEBSITE:
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy: Investigator's Award in Clinical Translation of Cell and Gene Therapy for Cancer
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, Inc. (ACGT) funds research aimed at furthering the

development of cell and gene therapy approaches to the treatment of cancer. To this end,

ACGT offers awards in Clinical Translation of Cell and Gene Therapy for Cancer, to qualified

scientists at the assistant professor level and above. A number of cell and gene therapy approaches for cancer have been shown to be efficacious and safe in laboratory animal models in the recent years, but their translation into clinical trials has been hindered by a lack of resources. Recognizing this critical need, ACGT is accepting grant applications to produce and release-testing of the clinical trial agents under cGMP, conduct the necessary pre-clinical pharmacological and toxicological studies in appropriate animal models, and/or conducting the clinical translational trials in patients in support of an Investigative New Drug (IND) application to the FDA. While the unambiguous demonstration of preclinical efficacy in cancer treatment by cell and gene therapy is a pre-requisite, entering into the clinical trial during the funding period is also a requirement. Applications that do not include this specific aim will be deemed unresponsive to the RFA.
AMOUNT: $1,000,000.00
LOI DEADLINE: January 19, 2010
INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 18, 2010
WEBSITE:

CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre: Request for Proposals
CERIS is now requesting research proposals for the 2010 competition. The proposals will focus on policy relevant research questions associated with the six CERIS Research Domains:

  • Citizenship and Social, Cultural and Civic Integration
  • Economic and Labour Market Integration
  • Family, Children and Youth
  • Justice, Policing, and Security
  • Welcoming Communities: Building Capacity in Regions, Cities, and Neighbourhoods
  • Health and Well-being

CERIS will fund three types of research projects in this year’s competition: 1) synthesis of research findings from the literature; 2) studies based on new empirical data (qualitative and/or quantitative); and 3) secondary data analysis.

AMOUNT: Each synthesis study is eligible for funding up to $5000. The other two categories of projects are eligible for funding up to $12,000.

DEADLINE: January 29, 2010
WEBSITE:

Canadian Lung Association (CLA)/Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals (CRHP): CRHP Research Grants
The CLA offers research grants to respiratory health professionals who are members of the Canadian Respiratory Health Professionals (CRHP). The grants are given to promote research in areas that contribute to the field of respiratory health in Canada. Studies may include basic, applied, or clinical research using quantitative or qualitative methodologies. The CRHP is currently partnering with the Canadian Nurses Foundation (CNF) to increase the funding dollars available to research grants recipients. Through the Nursing Care Partnership program (made possible by a grant from the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation), the CNF provides operating grants for research projects on nursing care issues. Research must address at least some of the NCP priorities:

1. Supporting research that takes place in "clinical" settings--where nurses provide care--including non-acute settings, e.g. in the community

2. Supporting research that involves novice researchers

3. Supporting research teams that are interdisciplinary

AMOUNT: $20,000

DEADLINE: February 1, 2010
WEBSITE:

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC): Career Scientist Awards
The Ministry is particularly interested in research activities that contribute to effective knowledge transfer (networks, structures, tools and/or processes to facilitate dissemination and uptake of research evidence in decision making). Programs of research that relate to current Ministry priorities will be given particular consideration, though any research program that demonstrates relevance and importance will be considered. Priority areas are as follows:

  • Aboriginal health and well-being;
  • Chronic disease management and prevention;
  • Health human resources;
  • Intervention research including evaluation, measurement and cost-effectiveness;
  • Francophone health;
  • Maternal, child and youth health;
  • Mental health and addictions;
  • Person-centred coordinated care;
  • Public and population health;
  • Social and environmental determinants of health, health disparities and health equity;
  • Sustainability, productivity and innovation in health care; and,
  • Workplace health.

AMOUNT: $70,000 per annum plus benefits for five years.

ORS DEADLINE: February 1, 2010

AGENCY DEADLINE: February 12, 2010

WEBSITE:

Paralyzed Veterans of America
The PVA Education Foundation generally supports five types of projects.

1) Consumer, Caregiver, and Community Education: Demonstration projects that seek to improve the health, independence, and quality of life of individuals with spinal cord injury or disease (SCI/D).