BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

This award will provide one year of funding of USD 55,000 for research grant applications that address a high priority research area for JDRF, failed to receive funding but scored within 10% of the funding payline for a review cycle of a research funding agency up to a year prior to the request to JDRF. The goal of this bridgefunding is to help investigators generate additional supporting data for an amended, competitive application.

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.

The Canadian Diabetes Association is committed to the training and development of future scientists and clinicians in Canada. As such the following Personnel Awards are offered: Clinician Scientist Awards, Scholar Awards, Post-Doctoral Fellowships, Doctoral Student Research Awards, and the Canadian Diabetes Association Young Scientist Award.

The primary objective of the Program is to provide training opportunities in knowledge translation (KT) for Doctoral students and Post-doctoral fellows already engaged in, or who intend to become engaged in, research on dementia. Doctoral students are required to have been accepted into a research training program on a dementia-related project. All trainees are expected to use the funds awarded to augment their research portfolio through the acquisition of first-hand knowledge about KT, applying KT as an integral component of their research, preferably gained by participation in a research project with one of the Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network (CDKTN) members. Successful candidates are expected to participate in at least one KT workshop.

These awards are available for students enrolled in or accepted into a Canadian university-based program leading to a PhD degree. In the former case, students will be eligible if at the time of application they have been enrolled in a PhD program for 12 months or less. The value of a doctoral award is $20,530/year, which includes a $500/year research allowance. Doctoral awards are for a period of up to two years and a third year of support may be considered.

The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) seeks proposals for its Biotech Investment Award program (BIA). The goal of this initiative is to drive and accelerate the development of innovative and effective treatments for myeloma. This program is designed to: a) provide resources necessary for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies to rapidly test therapeutics in multiple myeloma; and b) to foster collaboration with academic myeloma experts, as needed. BIA aims to remove barriers that limit the development of novel drugs for myeloma. This is a milestone-driven initiative. Payments will be made after successful completion of milestones as outlined in each applicant’s proposal.

Pilot awards are designed to take a highly innovative proposal with modest preliminary data and give investigators the opportunity to prove their ideas. These awards are typically described as being ‘high risk – high reward’. They are often given to investigators who need funding to demonstrate the validity of a very focused hypothesis.

The standard award provides significant funding for researchers who have already generated some amount of preliminary data, but often still require significant progress before they can apply to governmental or industrial funding agencies.

The awards will be three (3) years in duration and will provide $75,000 per year. The award funds may be used flexibly to advance the career and research efforts of the awardees. This, for example, includes funding “protected time” or direct costs for experiments. Documentation of an equal in-kind level of support will be requested in the form of dedicated space, equipment, institutional overhead, core institutional resources, etc. The documentation required is a letter from the Cancer Center Director or Departmental Chairperson which confirms institutional commitment to the career development of the PCF Young Investigator while under the direct supervision of a Mentor. Mentorship is required for every PCF Young Investigator applicant and grantee. Young Investigator awardees and their Mentors are required to attend the annual PCF
Scientific Retreat at Incline Village, NV in September, 2011. Awardees should attend September 21-24 and Mentors should attend September 22-24.

This award will provide one year of funding of USD 55,000 for research grant applications that address a high priority research area for JDRF, failed to receive funding but scored within 10% of the funding payline for a review cycle of a research funding agency up to a year prior to the request to JDRF. The goal of this “bridge” funding is to help investigators generate additional supporting data for an amended, competitive application.

IDRC offers these research awards annually to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing master’s or doctoral studies at a recognized university or having completed a master’s or doctoral program at a recognized university. As a research award recipient, you will undertake a one-year paid program of research on the topic you submitted when competing for the award. During part of the time (often around 50%), you will be trained in research management through hands-on experience with your chosen program. You will work under the mentorship of a program officer.

The Best Brains Exchange initiative is part of a larger CIHR provincial engagement strategy called Evidence on Tap. Evidence on Tap aims to produce high-quality, timely, and accessible evidence that responds to Ministry-identified health system priorities to help inform policy development, planning and program implementation. The Institute of Health Services and Policy Research developed Evidence on Tap to amplify CIHR’s capacity to engage with provincial and territorial ministries of health, and to generate applied and relevant research that is responsive to their priorities.
The Best Brains Exchange is a one-day, in-camera meeting for decision makers and researchers with expertise on a topic deemed high priority by the Ministry. Specifically, it is a forum to highlight existing and relevant research evidence on the topic (and where the gaps in evidence lie), to bring together both decision maker and researcher expertise on the issue, and to candidly discuss the applicability of the research for the province. The Best Brains Exchange is an informal forum for interaction, exchange and mutual learning between researchers and decision makers in order to support and facilitate the sharing and use of information on a high priority topic.
Deadline: various

Postdoctoral Awards (PDAs) are awarded to postdoctoral trainees at not-for-profit universities, hospitals or research centers. These awards are for a maximum of $76,000 for up to two years, with a limit of $38,000 for any one year and no indirect costs allowed. Postdoctoral Awards may not be revised and are not eligible for renewal.

AACR-WICR Scholar Awards are awarded to ten members of Women in Cancer Research who are scientists-in-training and presenters of meritorious scientific papers at AACR Annual Meetings.

The award funded through this competition is the Mentored Clinician Scientist award that is aimed at clinician scientists at the beginning of their research careers. These are individuals both clinically practicing and conducting research at one of the following sites: VGH, UBC Hospital, GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre or Lions Gate Hospital, who want to reduce their clinical practice commitments in order to continue developing their research careers as independent investigators.