the w. garfield weston foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the 2014 transformational research program in neurodegenerative diseases of aging this march.

• goal: to provide funding to high potential, translational research that will have transformational impact in neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
• funding: up to $1,500,000 per project over 3 years, up to a maximum of $3.5 million in total for all projects. 
• eligibility: preclinical development of a therapeutic or development of tools that help accelerate development of therapeutics. researchers must be at or above the level of assistant professor or equivalent (as the principal applicant). collaborators must be at the post-doctoral level or above.

the application requires a letter of intent due by friday, may 2^nd 2014, 2 p.m. edt through the foundation’s online grant management system at https://weston.smartsimple.ca/welcome/neuroscience. applicants with high potential projects will be invited to submit a proposal in june. further details on this program can be found at http://www.westonfoundation.org/pages/neurotransform2014.aspx.

the foundation welcomes inquiries about these requests for applications at neuro@weston.ca or 416-935-4056.

the canada-latin america and the caribbean research exchange grants program (lacreg) is designed to strengthen international partnerships and consolidate emerging networks among academic researchers from canada and latin america and the caribbean. its purpose is to support small collaborative research activities which will contribute to the creation, dissemination and sustained application of knowledge in the development process in at least one area of the international development research centre’s thematic priority.

grants of up to $25,000 are available for principal investigators, for research taking place within canada. application forms are now available. applications will be considered for projects in basic sciences, translational research and clinical research, as well as for quality-of-life studies. funding is available for projects relating to any type of primary or metastatic brain tumour. the deadline to apply is april 30, 2014. read the guidelines and details of the application process. - see more at: http://www.braintumour.ca/173/research-grant-program#sthash.hr1zang3.dpuf

conference and workshops grants are available to international scholars to develop anthropological knowledge and debates. grants are made for up to $20,000.

international collaborative research grants (icrg) provide up to $30,000 to support research collaborations between two or more qualified scholars, where the principal investigators bring different and complementary perspectives, knowledge, and/or skills together. supplemental funds are also available to provide essential training for academic research participants in icrg funded projects.

post-ph.d. research grants for up to $20,000 are awarded to individuals holding a ph.d. or equivalent degree to support individual research projects. applicants must be engaged in research that contributes to anthropological knowledge. applicants of any nationality or country of residence may apply.

focus

the purpose of the ams call to caring project grant is to advance one of the key goals of the ams phoenix project:

to promote creative strategies for caring in both education and clinical practice environments that can be developed, investigated, and shared with the wider community.

the 2014 ams call to caring project grants is focused on advancing three (3) thematic areas:

1. the development of health professionals self identity that will sustain compassionate care, through educational efforts to support health professionals to instill their clinical care with altruism, integrity, trust, honesty and societal responsibility and to attend reflectively to their own emotional needs and growth.

2. the development of educational activities and curriculum materials that enable compassionate care, by instilling in health professionals a range of necessary knowledge, skills and values from biomedicine, social sciences and humanities.

3. the development of environments that support compassionate care, by creating healthy work environments and championing educational, clinical and inter-professional behaviors that promote respectful, collaborative and person-centered care.

eligibility & terms

eligibility for the ams call to caring project grants is intended to be broad and inclusive. the competition is open to health professionals who are actively involved in education, clinical practice, and/or administration and to exceptional 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 in health care-related disciplines. individuals or teams are invited to apply. depending on the applications received, the intent is to fund projects across ontario.

the ams phoenix fellowship is a prestigious award targeted at individuals with strong leadership abilities who are willing and committed to furthering development and understanding of new approaches to educational and clinical practice to advance humane, compassionate, person-centered care.

the intent is to provide individuals who have strong leadership abilities with support that will enable them to focus on leadership roles/activities that will help build (and cultivate) a network of champions within their region to advance the goals of the ams phoenix project.