BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

A limited number of Travel Awards to senior level PhD or MD/PhD students are available. The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional gathering.

The Canadian Cancer Society Prevention Initiative – Research Scientist Awards in Prevention Research are career development awards and are intended for candidates who have shown a commitment to cancer prevention interventions research. Interventions to prevent cancer are defined as research to modify determinants of, and/or changes to, behaviours or exposures that affect cancer risk.

The purpose of the Social Media Interventions for Tobacco Prevention and Cessation grants competition is to develop innovative tobacco cessation programs and programs that prevent people from taking up smoking by supporting studies of tobacco interventions and processes that utilize social media.
Applications are invited from researchers working across numerous disciplines to undertake work that will modify tobacco use behaviours, thus affecting cancer risk related to a broad array of cancers. Successful applicants are expected to work in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society in order to accelerate the translation of the research results into the Society’s tobacco cessation and prevention programs. Social media is defined as conversations and interaction between people online through highly accessible and scalable web-based technologies.

The Canadian Cancer Society Prevention Initiative – Junior Investigator Awards in Prevention Research are career development awards and are intended for candidates who are in the early stages of their independent research career.
Applications are invited from candidates:
• Already working in the field of cancer prevention, or
• Working in other disciplines who would like to transition into cancer prevention research, and/or increase the focus of cancer prevention in their current research program

The intent of the Cancer Research Workshop Program is to support the meeting of up to 30 persons individually invited to address specific questions or problems important to cancer research in Canada. Workshops may be designed to build on local strengths or interests with attendance being primarily Canadian but assisted by a few specially invited keynote speakers or in which individuals from diverse backgrounds who would not normally interact or collaborate are brought together to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to solve a cancer research problem. The majority of participants should be active in the field of cancer control.

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 purpose of the Canadian Cancer Society Prevention Initiative – Prevention Translation Supplement Awards competition is to stimulate the translation of existing cancer research findings into cancer prevention by supporting pilot studies of interventions. Applications are invited from current CCSRI grant holders across all disciplines to submit pilot studies that will translate their research findings into identifying effective interventions that reduce the cancer incidence in the human population. Interventions to prevent cancer are defined as research to modify determinants of, and/or changes to, behaviours or exposures that affect cancer risk.

A limited number of Travel Awards to senior level PhD or MD/PhD students are available. The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional gathering. Candidates must be attending a conference for the purpose of presenting data (paper or poster presentation) from a cancer-related project on a first-author basis. It is not a requirement that the research supervisor be supported by Canadian Cancer Society research grant.

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 intent of the Cancer Research Workshop Program is to support the meeting of up to 30 persons individually invited to address specific questions or problems important to cancer research in Canada. Workshops may be designed to build on local strengths or interests with attendance being primarily Canadian but assisted by a few specially invited keynote speakers or in which individuals from diverse backgrounds who would not normally interact or collaborate are brought together to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to solve a cancer research problem. The majority of participants should be active in the field of cancer control.

The purpose of this program is to make it possible for new investigators to set up cancer research facilities in Canada. The award is designed to assist young investigators who are beginning a career in cancer research. Applicants should be new investigators who have no more than two (2) years experience as an independent investigator at the time of application and who have not previously received a research grant as a Principal Investigator from a national peer-review agency. An application for an Equipment Grant for New Investigators must be made as an part of a New Investigator research grant application.

The purpose of this program is to assist new investigators who are beginning a career in cancer research to obtain their first research grant. Applicants should be new investigators who have no more than two (2) years experience as an independent investigator at the time of application and who have not previously received a research grant as a Principal Investigator from a national peer-review agency. Applicants who are in receipt of research funding such as an Idea or Feasibility grant are eligible to apply.

Grants for research will be awarded to projects deemed worthy of support, provided that the basic equipment and research facilities are available in the institution concerned and that it will provide the necessary administrative services. Such awards will be granted for the purchase and maintenance of animals, expendable supplies, minor items of equipment, payment of graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and technical and professional assistants, open access publication costs, research travel and permanent equipment.

Applications are invited for social science, health policy, population health, health promotion and health services research aimed at identifying effective interventions that address behaviours or exposures that affect cancer risk and are likely to have an evaluable cancer prevention impact. Interventions to prevent cancer are defined as research to modify determinants of, and/or changes to, behaviours or exposures that affect cancer risk.
LOI Deadline: September 8

The intent of the Cancer Research Workshop Program is to support the meeting of a limited number of persons (up to 30) individually invited to address specific questions or problems important to cancer research in Canada. Workshops may be designed to build on local strengths or interests with attendance being primarily Canadian but assisted by a few specially invited keynote speakers or in which individuals from diverse backgrounds who would not normally interact or collaborate are brought together to provide a multi-disciplinary approach to solve a cancer research problem. The majority of participants should be active in the field of cancer control.

The Canadian Cancer Society may provide contributions to especially worthy formal scientific meetings where researchers will have the opportunity to assemble and exchange and disseminate information that will enhance cancer research activities in Canada. Applications for a contribution must show 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 legitimate expenses of Canadian participants at the conference or symposium. Support of Canadian trainees is especially encouraged as a use for these funds.

The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance by helping defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional gathering. Candidates must be attending a conference for the purpose of presenting data (paper or poster presentation) from a cancer-related project on a first-author basis. It is not a requirement that the research supervisor be supported by Canadian Cancer Society research grant.