BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Japan, is interested in supporting innovative research focusing on the biological aspects of amino acids, such as nutritional, physiological and pharmacological functions and properties. Ajinomoto Co., Inc. welcomes applications from individual investigators or from groups of investigators from the same, or from different, institutions working together to pursue a general overall theme with common objectives. This call will focus on Exploratory Research Grants and Young Investigator Research Grants.

Beginning in September 2009, AllerGen and the Centre for Allergy of the Karolinska Institutet will each make available HQP exchange awards. This will enable, on a matching basis, AllerGen HQPs to be associated with a KI CfA research project in Sweden, and KI CfA HQPs to be similarly associated with an AllerGen research project in a Canadian university. AllerGen will allocate a maximum of $68,500 for this purpose in FY2009-2010, to be matched by the Karolinska Institutet.

This program provides funding for small scale community initiatives in breast cancer and breast health education and awareness. Requests for up to $5,000 are accepted on an on-going basis.
Applications for this program are accepted throughout the year.

CBCRA's IDEA grants support innovative, new research ideas that are speculative, but have the potential for advancing scientific knowledge. They support small-scale pilot studies or investigations of concepts to permit the investigator to test out new ideas, which, although based on good science, are outside of existing conventional research paradigms and could be deemed speculative. The expectation is that these ideas, once explored, will lead to the development of proposals for more extensive research grants. It is not the intent of the program to provide supplemental, add-on funding in support of existing, ongoing investigations.

CCMC believes that because the practice and the job settings of case managers have evolved rapidly over the past two decades, research is needed in order to accurately identify the current state of the field and to document how case management has evolved in response to the changing environment of healthcare.
CCMC is offering a $10,000 research grant per year.

The Canadian Cancer Society may provide contributions to formal scientific meetings where researchers will have the opportunity to exchange and disseminate information that will enhance cancer research activities in Canada. Applications must provide the details of the conference/symposium highlighting how the Canadian Cancer Society contribution will further the cause of Canadian cancer research. It is expected that the Canadian Cancer Society contribution would be used preferentially to defray expenses of Canadian participants at the conference or symposium. Support of Canadian trainees is especially encouraged.

The CFWH General Research Grants are awarded to those committed to finding solutions to the reproductive health issues that face women both in Canada and around the world. Open to any area within the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, these grants aim to help make further advancements in women’s health treatment, research, and education.

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to build capacity in health journalism and communications across all sectors of health research, including biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, and population and public health. By increasing the number of Canadians engaged in communicating and disseminating the results of health research, in a variety of formats, CIHR hopes to raise the level of understanding of health related issues and research among a variety of audiences, including the general public, health professionals and policy makers. It is expected that this targeted investment will lead to more effective communication of health research in Canada.

Knowledge syntheses are the cornerstone of knowledge translation. They transform vast libraries of scientific literature into knowledge that is reliable, relevant and readable for knowledge users.. Syntheses are comprehensive and apply scientific methods to literature analysis which minimizes the risk of bias and error that may accompany single studies, so decisions are less likely to be based on insufficient or premature evidence. Syntheses are also a means to integrate the established literature with other forms of knowledge or map the state of current knowledge on a topic, revealing to knowledge users where there is or is not strong evidence to inform their decisions, and guiding researchers to new avenues for primary research.
Applications to synthesize knowledge in any of CIHR's four themes - biomedical; clinical; health services and policy; population and public health - are eligible provided that they respond to a knowledge user identified need. This funding opportunity will support two types of projects: knowledge syntheses and scoping reviews.

The Knowledge Translation award program is a new initiative of the CLA designed to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge related to respiratory health. The Canadian Lung Association (CLA) offers Knowledge Translation awards of up to $3,000 to respiratory health professionals who are members of the CRHP (MDs are not eligible for CRHP knowledge translation award support). Applications eligible for this award may include applied or clinical research using quantitative or qualitative methodologies, development of KT tools, systematic reviews, website development, etc.

While there is increasing evidence about patient safety issues and potential solutions in hospital or acute care settings, there is a need for more evidence on the nature of patient safety issues in all healthcare sectors and settings to guide effective approaches to improving patient safety and the quality of healthcare services in Canada. Specifically, there is limited data and understanding about the burden of safety problems and adverse events among Canadian home care clients and in the home care setting.

The Going Global Science and Technology Program is specifically designed to promote and enhance Canada's international science and technology efforts by supporting Canadian researchers in accessing international R&D collaborative opportunities through the development of partnerships with key players in other countries/economies. Going Global supports activities ("projects") that aim to build on targeted relationships between Canadian researchers and key players in other countries and allow them to proceed with the formal discussions required to initiate collaboration on future international research and development initiatives. The Program funding is used for the face-to-face encounters needed to solidify the partnership and move it forward to the point where the researchers can begin the R&D phase of the initiative. These meetings may be used to formulate the partnership and conduct detailed planning of their collaborative R&D initiative (i.e. to define objectives, activities, timelines, responsibilities, etc.).
Deadline: six weeks prior to the commencement of the project

All basic and applied research projects related to air quality management issues within British Columbia are eligible for support from the BC CLEAR Fund. Specifically, the Fund supports research relevant to BC that helps further understanding of the nature of air quality, the physical processes involved (atmospheric, emissions, transformations), their effects on the environment and humans, and how they are effectively managed. Research projects are invited relating to (but not be limited to) the following focus areas:
• air quality science processes such as meteorological and atmospheric chemistry
• weather, air quality and ecosystem/health effects models that would lead to more reliable tools used for air quality management decision-making
• identification, quantification and characterizing the space and time variability of emission sources
• monitoring methods that provide cost-effective and accurate measures of emissions, meteorology, ecosystem and human health effects
• emissions control approaches that include clean fuels, improved processes, newer technology and market-driven programs
• links between air quality and ecosystem and human health impacts
• public communication/behaviour-change approaches
• economic valuation of air quality benefits/impacts
• air quality/climate change co-benefits
• air quality management systems
Maximum: $25,000
No deadline date

RFPA 08-3 provides a mechanism for investigators whose area of interest falls outside of the current RFAs but is compatible with the HEI research program and mission.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Deadlines for receiving preliminary applications for considerations at specific meetings are February 2, 2009; May 21, 2009; and a fall 2009 date to be determined.

While HEI believes that an understanding of its research priorities is important for applicants to the preliminary application process, and would like in most cases to fund studies that are responsive to those priorities, an important goal of this preliminary application process is to provide a means for investigators to suggest new areas of research. Thus, applications will be considered not only on issues raised in the discussion above and in HEI’s strategic plan, but also on other issues related to improving the understanding and assessment of the health risks of exposure to motor vehicle emissions and secondary pollutants derived from them, and the whole air pollution mixture to which they contribute.

IAFBC offers several environmental programs to help the agriculture industry develop environmental farm plans, deal with environmental issues and prevent wildlife damage.

The IASP Collaborative Research Grants support international, interdisciplinary collaborations in pain research.

The purpose of this call for Letters of Intent is to invite outstanding proposals to identify and validate novel drug targets or pathways amenable to pharmacological intervention in the beta cell that will selectively and safely enhance survival and function of the beta cell. Mechanistic studies that may directly lead to therapeutic agents may be proposed, if they are specific to safely improving beta cell survival and function.
LOI deadline: March 12

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society will sponsor focused workshops when they serve to advance the mission of the Society and thus, have a significant impact on the prevention, diagnosis or management of leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma.
These workshops should make a unique contribution to progress that cannot be achieved at the annual meeting of professional societies (eg. the American Society of Hematology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association of Cancer Research and others) and the other scientific and medical meetings on leukemia and lymphoma that are held each year. One or two workshops may be sponsored each year by the Society. The maximum award for a workshop will be $30,000.

No deadline date.

The Lymphoma Research Foundation's Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium is seeking applications for project planning grants geared toward obtaining larger-scale research support from NIH/NCI (or another major funder). The purpose of these grants is to provide funds for MCL Consortium members and other MCL researchers to develop larger, longer-term proposals that are likely to become successfully funded from other sources, including Program Project Grants such as the POI. Multi-investigator, multi-site and/or multi-disciplinary proposals are particularly encouraged.

Through the BCNRI Partnership Research Program, funding will be available to support applicants that are successful in national or international peer reviewed research team or operating grant competitions that require match/partner funding as a condition of award. To be eligible for consideration, applicants for partnership funding must demonstrate that:
• the research focus of the application meets the BCNRI goals of supporting practice-relevant nursing health services research within a BCNRI priority area outlined in V. Priority Areas of Research
• the proposed program/project supports collaboration among BC researchers and practitioners (policy or practice), and with researchers across Canada, so that BC may benefit and learn from investigators external to the province to advance nursing health services research within BC.

As part of the BC Ethics Harmonization Initiative, MSFHR has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to develop a collaborative provincial human subject ethics review process in BC. The RFP is based on recommendations arising from a November 2007 workshop involving wide representation from BC’s research ethics boards, institutional leaders and the research community.
MSFHR invites one proposal from a team of BC organizations with research ethics boards; collectively these organizations must conduct at least 80 percent of human subject ethics reviews in BC.

The National Geographic Society awards grants for scientific field research and exploration through its Committee for Research and Exploration. All proposed projects must have both a geographical dimension and relevance to other scientific fields and be of broad scientific interest. Applications are generally limited to the following disciplines: anthropology, archaeology, astronomy, biology, botany, geography, geology, oceanography, paleontology, and zoology. In addition the committee is emphasizing multidisciplinary projects that address environmental issues (e.g., loss of biodiversity and habitat, effects of human-population pressures). Funding is not restricted to United States citizens. Researchers planning work in foreign countries should include at least one local collaborator as part of their research teams. The committee will not consider applications seeking support solely for laboratory work or archival research. While grants are awarded on the basis of scientific merit and exist independent of the Society's other divisions, grant recipients are expected to provide the Society with rights of first refusal for popular publication of their findings.

No deadline date.

These fellowships provide financial contributions that support the most promising recent doctoral graduates engaged in industrial research and development. Their objective is to:
• encourage excellent recent Ph.D. graduates in science and engineering to gain experience and seek careers in Canadian industry;
• promote awareness in Canadian industry of the capabilities of Canadian universities and university research;
• facilitate the transfer of expertise and technology; and
• provide an opportunity for Ph.D. holders seeking university careers to gain experience in industrial research and development.

No deadline date.

The Strategic Workshops Program (SWP) is intended to fund workshops for building new collaborations between Canadian academic researchers and the industry and government receptor community. The program is primarily intended to seed new collaborations in the areas of research targeted by the Strategic Project Grants (SPG) and the Strategic Network Grants (SNG) programs, yet does not exclude other fields of research supported by NSERC. SWP is a three-year pilot initiative.

Projects involving independent new media art creation and related science and engineering research are eligible for support. The NSERC component of the project must be scientifically sound and promise to generate new knowledge or a new technology, or to apply existing knowledge/technology in an innovative manner.

The Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program supports the training of teams of highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows from Canada and abroad through the development of innovative training programs that:
• encourage collaborative and integrative approaches, and address significant scientific challenges associated with Canada’s research priorities; and
• facilitate the transition of new researchers from trainees to productive employees in the Canadian workforce.

The Prostate Cancer Canada (PCC) is offering a limited number of Clinician-Scientist awards, which provide salary and research support for outstanding Clinician-Scientists initiating a career as independent investigators/junior faculty in prostate cancer research. These awards provide the opportunity for new faculty with 4 or fewer years of service to develop and demonstrate independence in initiating and conducting prostate cancer research.

The purpose of the Community Conference Grants Program is to support events which are organized by and/or for families with children with health challenges, including but not limited to children with acute illness, chronic illness, and disabilities. Eligible events will have a focus on information sharing with families and health professionals and/or community organizations. Please note that academic conferences are not eligible for funding.

Suncor is committed to enhancing the quality of life through investments that: strengthen the communities in which Suncor operates; advance education; and, address environmental issues.

Deadline dates:

• February 10
• May 10
• August 10
• October 10

The Society offers small grants in support of projects designed to improve pain management or to promote education about pain. Examples of such projects include:
• One-time grant for seed money to establish an interdisciplinary pain interest group, paying for communication (printing, postage, fax) and other direct start up costs
• Forgivable loan in support of an educational conference or seminar, money to be repaid to the Society if the conference makes a profit
• Grant to support cooperative activities (e.g., printing and distribution of information) by groups (formal or informal) of people who have pain. The normal maximum amount for such grants is $1250.

No deadline date.

The purpose of the Environment Advisory Committee is to encourage and assist in the resolution of broad environmental issues arising in British Columbia.
Goals:
• support environmental projects that engage and/or encourage broad community
• participation through public education, stewardship activities and outreach to diverse cultural groups, new immigrants and faith-based communities
• support projects that increase scientific understanding, the need and methodology of which are inclusive and seen by the affected constituencies to be well-founded
• support representative, non-government organizations to develop, facilitate and help implement the resource management elements of sustainable development plans
• support the development and delivery of training programs for First Nations and other communities who are or will become involved in the sustainable management of natural resources
• support activities and projects that address broad watershed, marine and urban environmental issues, especially the current priorities of climate change and energy

The Environment Fund provides grants made to support environmental programs that benefit residents of the County of Victoria (the Capital Regional District to Mill Bay and the Southern Gulf Islands). Grant funding supports organizations with programming in three priority areas:
o Air & Water Quality
o Ecosystem Awareness and Protection, and
o Urban Sprawl & Sustainable Communities
To submit a request for funding, please visit our Expressions of Interest page.