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 – 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

JDRF fosters the development and productivity of the best and the brightest established independent researchers who will bridge the gap between the bench and bedside. The primary purpose of the Career Development Award is to attract qualified and promising scientists early in their faculty careers and to give them the opportunity to establish themselves in areas that reflect the JDRF research emphasis areas.

The CIHR Knowledge Translation Award honours and supports the exemplary knowledge translation efforts and activities of an exceptional individual, team or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to increasing the application of research findings, improving the health of Canadians, health services and products, or strengthening the health-care system. Nominated individuals, teams or organizations will be assessed on significant achievements in knowledge translation activities relevant to any area of health research (e.g., biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, and population and public health). The achievements of the individual, team or organization that is the recipient of the CIHR Knowledge Translation Award will be celebrated at the annual CIHR Awards Ceremony held in Ottawa each fall.

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 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.

The NSERC John C. Polanyi Award was created to recognize and support a university researcher or team of researchers whose work has led to a recent outstanding Canadian advance in a field of the natural sciences or engineering.

The purpose of this award is to bring new, creative investigators into active research on the health effects of air pollution. It provides three years of funding for a small project relevant to HEI’s research interests to a new investigator with outstanding promise at the Assistant Professor or equivalent level.
LOI Deadline: February 10

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. A two-year grant of $100,000 ($50,000 per year) will be provided to the recipient’s institution to support direct research expenses; salary and benefits; and attendance at an AACR Annual Meeting, Cancer Prevention Conference, or other AACR meeting for the purpose of participating in scholarly exchange.

Eligible applicants must:
• Be enrolled in graduate studies in one of the eligible institutions at the time of submitting your application;
• Submit a position paper addressing the policy options or models for one of the following issues:
o Issue: Food and Wellness Connection: "Can we afford to eat the same way?"
o Issue: Sustainability: "Can we afford to produce our food the same way?"
o Issue: Viability: "Should government change the way it supports the agriculture sector?"

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) supports investigators with more than five years of experience in blood cancer research. The goal of this initiative is to accelerate the development of therapeutic approaches for myeloma and may include proposals in basic science, validation, or translation research.

Eligible applicants must:
• Be enrolled in graduate studies in one of the eligible institutions at the time of submitting your application;
• Submit a position paper addressing the policy options or models for one of the following issues:
Issue: Food and Wellness Connection: "Can we afford to eat the same way?"
Issue: Sustainability: "Can we afford to produce our food the same way?"
Issue: Viability: "Should government change the way it supports the agriculture sector?"

The Health Services Research Advancement Award (HSRA Award) recognizes any individual, team or organization that has contributed significantly to the advancement of health services research in Canada.

This new award recognizes a health services leader who has successfully implemented evidence-informed innovations in care and service delivery.

The purpose of this award is to encourage young Canadians who wish to improve their proficiency in their second official language to pursue studies, on a full-time basis, at a university which functions in the other official language and in a milieu in which that language predominates.

The Killam Research Fellowships are awarded annually, on a competitive basis, to support scholars doing research in any of the following fields: humanities; social sciences; natural sciences; health sciences; engineering; studies linking any of the disciplines within these fields. The Canada Council for the Arts does not wish to specify priorities or to exclude any areas of research at this time. Killam Research Fellowships provide two years of release time from teaching and administrative duties to individual scholars who wish to pursue independent research. The fellowships are awarded to individuals, but the funds are paid to and administered by universities or research institutes.

The purpose of this award is to provide trainee awards to health care professionals at VGH, UBC Hospital and GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre who want to pursue PhD studies, and add a research component to their clinical roles. This competition is funded by VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation’s in it for life Fund. For 25 years, in partnership with its donors, the Foundation has helped advance world-class health care for British Columbians. This competition will fund one award of $30,000/year for a maximum of 3 years. Funding is contingent on continuing enrolment in a PhD program. As an award holder you are required to submit a proposal to a major trainee award competition during your first year (and in future years if not successful). If you receive an external trainee award, the VCHRI award must be turned back. If the value of the external award is less than the VCHRI award, it will be topped up to $35, 000. If the value of the external award is the same as or more than the VCHRI award, you will receive an additional 5,000.

This award, valued at Can. $3000, will enable a graduate student enrolled in a Canadian university, or recent graduate (within 3 years of graduation), to attend and present his or her work at the 21st International CODATA Conference, Scientific Information for Society - from Today to the Future, 5 - 8 October, 2008, Kyiv, Ukraine. It is expected that the award winner’s field of study will support the general objectives of CODATA, namely, to help foster and advance science and technology through developing and sharing knowledge about data and data-related activities.

BCEOHRN Research Capacity Development Awards reminder.