BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support the prompt initiation of research focused on public health and health care system interventions to H1N1 and to study the differential effects of these responses on vulnerable populations. This funding opportunity is also intended to encourage research on the potential ethical, legal and social implications of public health and other health care system interventions directed at the H1N1 outbreak. The effectiveness of knowledge translation approaches used to inform public health and health care system responses to the H1N1 outbreak is also of interest. Close collaboration between decision-makers and researchers from a variety of disciplines is strongly encouraged.

Expedited Knowledge Synthesis is a two-year pilot that accelerates all phases of synthesis production – application, review, research, knowledge translation – to offer timely, accessible and relevant evidence to ministry-level decision makers. This funding opportunity will support teams of researchers to conduct expedited knowledge syntheses on topics identified by decision makers in the health ministries of three participating pilot provinces: New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan. All eligible CIHR researchers can apply (not just those from the three pilot provinces). It is expected that this targeted investment will support the use of synthesized evidence in decision-making in each of the three provinces and increased linkages between researchers and decision makers.

There is $6 million available in the November 2009 Cancer Research Fund Grant Competition to fund 12-14 projects. This amount includes funding for the entire term of the grant (up to three years) and provision of 30% overhead to the host institution.

The purpose of this "Emerging Teams for Alliances in Mobility in Aging" funding opportunity is to support the establishment of Teams in Mobility in Aging that (i) cross disciplines, professions and sectors, so as to accelerate research to action, and (ii) provide research career development and research capacity building opportunities. The Team support is expected to build and strengthen research excellence and alliances across communities to meet a planned set of objectives and, where appropriate, to set out on future, larger endeavours. This funding opportunity is the third and last Emerging Team call under the Strategic Initiative - Mobility in Aging led by the CIHR Institute of Aging.

Part of CIHR’s mandate is to promote research that addresses Nanotechnology Applied to Health (Nanomedicine), Stem Cells, Tissue Engineering, and Rehabilitation Sciences. This program is intended to fund the creation or further development of research teams undertaking collaborative research relevant to a significant health problem or issue. Eligible teams will consist of at least three independent investigators who will form an integrated and effective research team. It is expected that this program will enable such teams to build or strengthen capacity and add expertise, develop strategies for knowledge translation, provide superior training and mentoring environments and achieve research excellence.

The Emerging Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative (CMI) is being launched to provide an opportunity for Canadian researchers to join others on the international scene, including their US colleagues working in the NIH road map initiative termed the Human Microbiome Project, as participants in the IHMC. Canada already has several large-scale infrastructures and considerable research expertise in genomics, bioinformatics and microbiological research. By bringing together researchers from different, but complementary, research domains in a multidisciplinary team setting it is expected that new insights will be gained on the interactions between microbes and their influence on human health and disease.

The Rising Researcher Support Program aims to provide highly qualified individuals who are training towards certification as a child health clinician with an opportunity to engage in research career planning prior to application to the CCHCSP Predoctoral or Postdoctoral Training Programs. CCHCSP seeks to support clinicians to identify a child health research focus and outstanding research mentors and programs in Canadian Universities and Health Science Centres.

This award is directed at clinician-scientists who have completed doctoral level research training and who are newly appointed as a clinician-scientist (within two years of completing their research training) based in one of the participating Child Health Research Training Centres of the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program. The award will facilitate guarantee of protected time during early career development within a mentored research program. A minimum of 75% time commitment to research is expected.

CMHC’s External Research Program (ERP) offers funding assistance to help Canadian researchers carry out research investigations on topics related to housing. The intent of the program is to encourage and draw out new ideas, innovative solutions, and better understanding of housing issues. ERP grants, which may be up to $25,000, are available for a limited number of research projects each year. Once the research studies are completed, CMHC will publish and disseminate the results through the Canadian Housing Information Centre.

This program is intended to assist Canadian researchers explore, develop and establish international collaborations with foreign researchers, build on targeted relationships between Canadian researchers and key players in other countries, and allow them to proceed with the formal discussion required to initiate collaboration on future international research and development initiatives.
Special considerations will be given to applicants who demonstrate that the meeting will enable them to move forward with their research to the next point of collaboration and set the stage for the actual research phase of the initiative with their international counterparts.

The CIHR-IAPH Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grants provide partial support for activities in, and relevant to First Nations, Inuit and Métis health. The aim of this program is to provide opportunities for researchers and stakeholders in Aboriginal health to:
• meet and exchange knowledge;
• to engage in the development of consensus on research priorities;
• to develop research questions; and,
• to engage in knowledge translation activities.

The CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity has a mandate to promote and support excellence in internationally recognized research in the areas of infection and immunity. The Institute interacts with scientists, community groups, non-governmental health organizations and international researchers to identify research priorities, establish partnerships and undertake collaborative research initiatives.
The Institute will provide funding for workshops, symposia and national and international conferences held in Canada, which have a direct relevance to research in the areas of infection and immunity.
The Institute of Infection and Immunity is the lead CIHR Institute for the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative and will provide funding from this initiative for relevant applications.

The purpose of the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant program is to provide financial support for the broad category of Meetings, Planning and/or Dissemination activities that are consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant to CIHR Institutes, Initiatives, or Branches.
The specific objective of this funding opportunity, announced through the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant program is:
• To provide funding for knowledge translation events focusing on either integrated KT/KT science or dissemination/end-of-grant KT.

The purpose of the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant program is to provide financial support for the broad category of Meetings, Planning and/or Dissemination activities that are consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant to CIHR Institutes, Initiatives, or Branches.
The specific objective of this funding opportunity, announced through the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant program, is:
To facilitate the dissemination and uptake of research results through appropriate KT strategies/activities based on the best evidence of effectiveness for the identified target audience(s) following the successful completion of a CIHR grant/award or component of a grant/award.

In the context of international research partnership development, the CIHR Institute of Aging wishes to stimulate and strengthen alliances with nations (their researchers, research institutes or governments) that have a shared interest in addressing health-related issues associated with an aging population. It is expected that through such alliances both Canada and foreign partners will benefit from the international work in aging, and apply the results as appropriate in their respective countries.

The vision of the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) is that innovative research will provide new knowledge of the biological and socio-cultural processes underlying neurological, mental and addictive disorders. As such, the INMHA’s mission is to foster excellence in innovative, ethically responsible research in Canada that aims to increase our knowledge of the functioning and disorders of the brain and the mind, the spinal cord, the sensory and motor systems, as well as mental health, mental illness and all forms of addiction. The INMHA intends to support initiatives that mobilize and link researchers or researchers/clinicians/users of health research in innovative collaborative programs across these research domains. The INMHA seeks to translate research knowledge into a better quality of life for all Canadians through improved outcomes, health promotion and health care services.

Under the framework of the CIHR Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grants program, the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) will provide support or partial support for workshops, scientific symposia and conferences held in Canada, which fall under the ICRH’s mandate. The ICRH’s mandate is to support research into the causes, mechanisms, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions associated with the heart, lung, brain (stroke), blood vessels, blood, critical and intensive care, and sleep.

IPPH will fund meritorious knowledge exchange activities (e.g. workshops1, environmental scans, researcher exchanges to facilitate joint research project development with/between IPPH-funded teams/centres/training initiatives) to facilitate collaboration among individuals from a variety of disciplines, backgrounds and roles (e.g. researchers and research users such as program managers, policy-makers and practitioners) with the objective of developing and/or enhancing:
• collaborative research and knowledge exchange initiatives to address at least one or more domains of IPPH’s strategic research and knowledge exchange priorities that are underdeveloped;
• interdisciplinary networks of researchers and research users dedicated to addressing one or more of IPPH’s strategic research and knowledge exchange priorities (across geography and/or discipline and/or sector); and
• consensus on priority policy issues and research questions in IPPH’s strategic research and knowledge exchange priority areas, where such common understanding is currently lacking or requires further development.

The purpose of the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant program is to provide financial support for the broad category of Meetings, Planning and/or Dissemination activities that are consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant to CIHR Institutes, Initiatives, or Branches.
The specific objective of this funding opportunity, announced through the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant program, is to offer support for activities that focus on ethics in the context of health research and related policy.
Relevant Research Areas:
• Research in ethics related to health, health research and/or health policy
• A systematic analysis of bioethics or ethics issues associated with health, health care, health research or health policy must be a significant focus of the proposed study. Scientific, social or legal issues, if addressed, should expand the discussion or understanding of bioethical or ethical issues.

Research to enhance health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions and problems associated with hormone, digestive system, kidney, and liver function.