canada-u.s. fulbright visiting research chairs enable promising and prominent canadian scholars, as well as experienced professionals to conduct research, develop collaborations, guest lecture and/or teach at select american universities and research centres, normally for one semester, though this may be extended to a full academic year. in addition, successful candidates will have the opportunity to deliver public lectures, give seminar presentations, participate in conferences and otherwise contribute to ongoing research activities at the host institution.

the 2013-14 competition is now closed. the 2014-15 competition will open on may 15, 2013.

the robert bertram doctoral research awards have been established to promote canadian-based research on corporate governance and build canada’s corporate governance research capacity by encouraging the next generation of young scholars.

various funding opportunities are available through the u.s. department of defense's peer reviewed orthopaedic research program (prorp).  pre-applications are due april 4, 2013 and full applications (if invited) are due july 18, 2013:

• clinical trial award
• clinical trial development award
• translational research award
• idea development award

the killam program offers two components of awards: killam research fellowships and killam prizes.

note that the nomination guidelines and form for the killam prizes component is available on the canada council’s website at www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/killam or from endowments and prizes.

these awards, which are administered by the canada council, provide support  to scholars of exceptional ability who are engaged in research projects of broad  significance and widespread interest. the awards honour the memory and exceptional achievements of mrs. dorothy j. killam’s husband, izaak walton killam.

the killam research fellowships are funded through lifetime and testamentary gifts to the canada council from mrs. killam. the 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 does not wish to specify or exclude any areas of research at this time.

the 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.

there are no hard-copy application forms: you must submit your request through the canada council’s online application system, at killam.canadacouncil.ca.

traditional fulbright scholar awards for canadian scholars are open to scholars in all fields (excluding medical training) and are designed to enable emerging and established scholars, post-doctoral researchers and experienced professionals to conduct research, teach, or undertake a combination of both activities for one semester or a full academic year at a university or research centre of their choice in the united states. applicants must have received a ph.d. or equivalent professional/terminal degree by december 31, 2012 or have equivalent professional experience.

fulbright scholarships are awarded for periods ranging from one semester to a full academic year. ideally, the dates of the award should coincide with the academic year of the host institution. traditional fulbright scholar awards are not available for the summer months only, nor are awards available for attendance at professional conferences or meetings.

applicants interested in applying for a fulbright traditional scholar award are asked to complete an online application through the embark system.

the 2013-14 competition is now closed. the 2014-15 competition will open on may 1, 2013.

idrc offers these awards twice a year in april and november to canadians, permanent residents of canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a canadian university. these awards are intended for field research in one or more developing countries.

this funding opportunity includes a registration deadline (march 20, 2013) and a full application deadline (march 27, 2013).  full applications are due in the office of research services two weeks prior to the external deadline.

the goals of the program are to:

• support novel, innovative, interdisciplinary basic research focused on the complex mechanisms of living organisms.
• bring biologists together with scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences.
• bring together teams of scientists from different countries who wish to combine their expertise to approach questions that could not be answered by individual laboratories.

hfsp young investigators' grants:

• general aims: it is to be expected that outstanding young scientists, in the initial period of their independent careers, are in a particularly good position to formulate innovative and fertile research projects. typically, young investigators will have completed one or two periods of postdoctoral training and be appointed to staff positions that allow them to initiate and direct their own independent lines of research.

  recognizing the challenge of establishing an independent research group at an early stage of a career, a special consideration will take into account the overall level of interdisciplinarity in young investigator applications. newly appointed investigators will be expected to propose projects with team members having distinct expertise and coming from different areas of the life sciences (if not from outside the life sciences). projects from more established investigators will preferably involve collaboration with scientists from outside the life sciences, as in the program grants. the review committee will be instructed to assess this when reviewing applications.

hfsp program grants:

• general aims: program grants are meant to allow teams of independent researchers to develop new lines of research through the collaboration. priority will be given to new, innovative research projects for which preliminary results might not necessarily be available. applications including independent investigators early in their careers are encouraged.

idrc offers these awards annually to canadians, permanent residents of canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing master’s or doctoral studies at a canadian university. these awards support field research in canada and one or more developing countries.

the collaborative adaptation research initiative in africa and asia (cariaa) was launched in 2012 and is jointly  funded by canada’s international development research centre (idrc) and the united kingdom’s department for international development (dfid). it is managed by idrc from headquarters in ottawa and two regional offices, one in nairobi, kenya, and one in new delhi, india, in consultation with dfid’s headquarters in the uk.

cariaa’s goal is to develop robust evidence to inform how to increase the resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable populations in climate change hot spots2 in africa and asia. this goal will require the pursuit of the following objectives using integrative, policy-oriented and southern-driven research:

generate knowledge on:

vulnerability - develop a better understanding of the conditions leading to the vulnerability of the livelihood systems of poor people to climate change under different socio-economic scenarios and climate warming scenarios;

adaptation approaches – learn from adaptation approaches (and their potential co-benefits, including in reducing greenhouse gases) in different regions and contexts using comparative analysis to obtain evidence that informs adaptation measures, decisions and actions in climate change hot spots that contribute to increasing resilience of the poor;

factors/barriers of success - develop a better understanding of the factors/barriers of success for sustainable adaptation measures.

promote research uptake:

policies and practices – use of robust evidence generated at various scales to shape policies or practices that help vulnerable populations or sectors adapt to climate change. policy relevance of the research is key;

strengthen the cadre of researchers in this field:

adaptation expertise - further develop highly qualified personnel and establishe informal networks that enhance problem-solving capacity in adaptation to climate change and resilience building.

as an overarching principle, the research will take into consideration the gender and economic dimensions of this analysis.

through research and implementation of transformative intervention approaches, the network will catalyze fundamental change in youth and adolescent mental health care in canada. in five years, new approaches, proven in at least one setting, will begin to substantially increase the number of 11 to 25-year olds who are identified as in need of services and who will receive quality, timely and appropriate care. implementation science will inform this transformation and scale-up in other settings.

specific objectives for the network are to:

1.    conduct research on the effectiveness of known, and as needed novel interventions in broad settings and populations and demonstrate their impact on patient mental health.
2.     develop new methods for implementing evidence-informed practices, policies and programs and demonstrate how these can improve patient outcomes and satisfaction, access to care, and efficiency and value for the health care system.
3.     conduct research involving many researchers and centres linked nationally within the network to generate evidence and innovations that advance practice and policy changes leading to identifiable and measurable improvements in patient health, health care and efficiency and effectiveness of service delivery.
4.     ensure these first three objectives are clear, measurable and impactful, the network will articulate a set of clear, measureable milestones as well as metric-driven challenges to document impact on specific target problems.