BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

The field of cancer prevention research is rapidly advancing and evolving. To sustain the advancement of the field and the development of new thinking and strategies, younger investigators must be encouraged to pursue cancer prevention research, yet few vehicles exist to recognize their accomplishments or support their early research efforts.
This award was established and first given in 2008 to recognize the outstanding achievement of a junior faculty-level scientist, and to provide support for cancer prevention research of significant scientific merit in any discipline across the continuum of research.

The AACR Gertrude B. Elion Cancer Research Award is open to tenure-track scientists at the level of assistant professor, who completed postdoctoral studies or clinical fellowships no more than four years prior to the start of the grant term. It provides a one-year grant of $50,000 for salary and benefits, supplies, equipment, and limited travel for the grant recipient. Projects may focus on research in cancer etiology, diagnosis, treatment or prevention (basic, translational or clinical cancer research).
The recipient of the 2011 award must attend the AACR 102nd Annual Meeting 2011 to accept the award and attend the AACR 103rd Annual Meeting 2012 to give a presentation of his or her research in a minisymposium.

International research collaboration can successfully address the global health problem of cancer through access to unique populations and environments, shared resources, specialized expertise, new concepts and perspectives, innovative methodologies and/or emerging technologies. However, barriers to sustaining these collaborations exist, such as the lack of funding as well as the lack of sharing of knowledge about these important research partnerships.
This award will support highly meritorious research that is being conducted collaboratively by investigators in different countries around the world.

The Landon Foundation-AACR INNOVATOR Award for Research in Personalized Cancer Medicine represents a joint effort between the Landon Foundation and AACR to accelerate progress in the area of personalized medicine by providing support for physician-scientists who conduct meritorious studies that hold promise for near-patient benefit.
Such studies may include:
• Proof-of-concept studies in humans;
• Translational clinical trials that utilize science-based methodologies for patient selection;
• Multidisciplinary research that includes the incorporation of disciplines that are new to cancer research, i.e., the physical sciences, mathematics, etc.;
• Studies that molecularly target pathways;
• The identification of genes and genetic variations that play a role in cancer treatment responses; or
• Other innovative areas of cancer therapeutics.

The Social Mobilization subcommittee, which oversees the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) social mobilization research theme, invites applied research proposals on social mobilization for climate solutions from academic institutions and their partners in government and non-government agencies.
The proposals may address research and related activities on social mobilization, including, but not limited to the areas of social learning, behaviour change, capacity-building, social movements, community-led action, and policy change directed towards climate change solutions.

Technology Access Centre grants are intended to enhance the ability of companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to become more productive and innovative by enabling them to readily access college expertise, technology and equipment. This access to college capabilities is intended to enhance the productivity, competitiveness and innovation of the participating SMEs.

The purpose of this competition is to build health research capacity at Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) by supporting VCH research teams to conduct collaborative applied health research directly relevant to current health care issues across VCH.
This competition is supported by Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. We wish to address emerging needs & opportunities identified by healthcare providers across Vancouver Coastal Health by supporting research projects that have direct and immediate relevance to health care provision across VCH.

The first Call for Proposals is in the area of Northern Earth System Research. The Earth System is defined as the unified set of physical, chemical, biological and social components, processes and interactions that together determine the state and dynamics of the Earth, including its biota and its human occupants.1 NSERC is soliciting collaborative research proposals from teams of NSERC-eligible researchers, with recognized expertise in their current fields, to work in an integrated manner to tackle broad problems defined with input of the northern community, aimed at identifying and understanding the inter-relationships that exist in northern earth systems (e.g., fresh water, sea level, permafrost, atmosphere, cryosphere, marine, weather patterns, biodiversity) and to research solutions-based approaches to climate change adaptation.

The most favoured applications in the Regular Grants program are those which (a) focus on challenging new directions in research into Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, directions that are less likely to be funded by national funding agencies, perhaps because of insufficient preliminary data or the unorthodoxy of the research rationale or approach, and/or (b) are submitted by established researchers in fields not usually associated with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research, who are proposing to apply their special approaches and techniques to novel projects clearly relevant to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Young Investigator (YI) Grants are prestigious funding opportunities designed to help launch the careers of outstanding young researchers who are entering their first phase of an academic appointment. The intent is to help the grantee establish his/her laboratory and generate enough preliminary data to support full research grant proposals in national funding competitions. Proposals are invited in all areas of biomedical and quality of life research that are relevant to Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

This project is funded under the program, Innovation and Research for Water Infrastructure for The 21st Century. The objective is to perform technical work in support of establishing guidelines for renewal of prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) using internally applied carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP). The project will investigate factors that should be considered when preparing, designing, testing and performing CFRP renewal work. The project will provide practical knowledge for water utilities to plan and implement CFRP renewal of PCCP, and will also provide technical information to American Water Works Association that could be used in setting standards for CFRP renewal of PCCP pipelines.

HEI has issued a Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFQP) for Quality Assurance (QA) oversight. The goal of this RFQP is to solicit a statement of qualifications and a proposal for QA oversight from qualified contractors interesting in providing quality assurance services for three controlled ozone exposure studies.
Letter of intent deadline: November 8

Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) supports research in developing countries to promote growth and development. The result is innovative, lasting local solutions that aim to bring choice and change to those who need it most. IDRC’s Climate Change and Water Program (CCW) helps developing country researchers to understand the consequences of climate change on water resources and water-related natural hazards. It seeks ways to improve the ability of citizens, communities, and governments to adapt to the changing environment.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:
• To support organizations and activities whose goal is consistent with the Institute’s and CIHR’s vision, mandate and strategic directions;
• To provide grants or awards in aid of research and knowledge translation activities where the circumstances fall outside CIHR’s other programs.
The Institutes’ contributions to these activities helps to fulfill their role and the role of CIHR in raising awareness of the importance and value of health research to the health of Canadians, to strengthening the health system, and to contributing to the economy.

The current RFA provides an opportunity for Canada’s medical imaging community to come together to establish a clinical trials network that will coordinate and support imaging trials. As the funds for this initiative are a part of a larger Federal funding envelope for the Isotope Supply Initiative, the focus of the network, as least initially, must be on imaging modalities that use radiopharmaceuticals, including combined imaging modalities such as MRI/PET and must address the intent of the Federal Initiative, which is to reduce our reliance on 99mTc. It is expected that the successful network will encompass several medical disciplines, e.g. oncology, cardiology, neurology, immunology and will be national in scope with participation from a minimum of 10 centres across Canada, spanning a minimum of four provinces.

To capitalize on what appears to be an opportunity to provide relatively unrestricted travel funds to academic scientists and trainees and to provide a stimulus for those working or contemplating working at the interface of science, the BWF Board approved a new program to provide travel grants that can be used both internationally and domestically to acquire new research techniques, to promote collaborations, and to attend courses. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or are studying for a Ph.D. in mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, or engineering and are interested in investigating research opportunities in the biological sciences.

The field of cancer prevention research is rapidly advancing and evolving. To sustain the advancement of the field and the development of new thinking and strategies, younger investigators must be encouraged to pursue cancer prevention research, yet few vehicles exist to recognize their accomplishments or support their early research efforts.
This Award was established and first given in 2008 to recognize the outstanding achievement of a junior faculty-level scientist, and to provide support for cancer prevention research of significant scientific merit in any discipline across the continuum of research.

RTI grants are one-year awards that assist in buying or developing research equipment that costs more than $7,000. In exceptional cases, multiple-year requests will be accepted. The onus is on the applicant to clearly explain the rationale. Items costing less than $7,000 each can be purchased with Discovery Grant funds or be included as a complement to a main piece of equipment being requested.

Grand Challenges Explorations (GCE) supports hundreds of early-stage research projects – including many ideas that have never before been tested and scientists from a wide range of disciplines and regions. The Explorations initiative funds innovative ideas that could lead to new vaccines, diagnostics, drugs, and other technologies targeting diseases that claim millions of lives every year.
GCE is an extension of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s commitment to the Grand Challenges in Global Health, which was launched in 2003 to accelerate the discovery of new technologies to improve global health. To date, the foundation has committed over $450 million to support hundreds of projects on topics such as making childhood vaccines easier to use in poor countries, and creating new ways to control insects that spread disease.

The purpose of the Priority Research Grant mechanism is to provide investigators with support to explore the feasibility and development of proposals that are considered to be on the leading edge of diabetes research and that address the JDRF research emphasis areas. Proposals that have the potential to impact the current state of diabetes research or that clearly lead to avenues of therapeutic benefit are major considerations for the Priority Research Grant. Also of merit are exploratory proposals that may or may not have sufficient preliminary data but have a sound research development plan that is considered to be of high priority to JDRF. The Priority Research grant mechanism is specifically intended to support innovative proposals that can be developed to a level of maturity where generated data strengthens future research project grant applications for ongoing support.