this funding opportunity includes a registration deadline (may 24, 2013) and a full application deadline (june 26, 2013).  full applications are due in the office of research services two weeks prior to the external deadline.

the overall goal of this initiative is to contribute to the global search for a safe and effective cure for hiv.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• transform hiv cure research in canada into a collaborative, interdisciplinary model of knowledge creation and application through the funding of research programs that actively engage hiv basic scientists and clinical investigators as well as experts from complimentary disciplines and sectors;
• increase knowledge of hiv latency and persistence in areas that are not well covered by other research teams in canada or internationally;
• effectively translate knowledge into clinical and/or commercial applications which contribute to the design, development and evaluation of curative strategies;
• provide a high-quality training and mentoring environment; and,
• create a critical mass of technical and scientific expertise in canada that engages meaningfully with one another, relevant national stakeholders and international research efforts.

relevant research areas

the cihr hiv/aids research initiative will provide funding for applications that are determined to be relevant to the following seven priorities for hiv cure research, as identified in the towards an hiv cure global scientific strategy. these priority areas are fully described in the full recommendations posted on the ias website. (note: access the full recommendations document by clicking on the link in the upper right hand side of the page.) it is not expected that programs will address all of the priority areas listed below, but rather, that they will target one or more of the priority areas.

• cellular and viral mechanisms that maintain hiv persistence;
• tissues and cellular sources of persistent hiv/siv in animal models and in long-term art-treated individuals;
• origins of immune activation and dysfunction in the presence of art and their consequences for hiv/siv persistence;
• host and immune mechanisms that control hiv/siv infection but allow viral persistence;
• assays to study and measure persistent infection comparison and validation;
• therapeutic agents or immunological strategies to safely eliminate latent infection in individuals on art;
• strategies to enhance the capacity of the host response to control active viral replication.

objectives

the specific objective of this funding opportunity is to provide support for planning activities, partnership development and/or increasing the team's understanding of the health research landscape that will contribute to the advancement of research consistent with the mandate of cihr.

relevant activities:

activities may focus on, but are not limited to, the following:

• activities that assist potential teams of researchers, knowledge-users and/or partners in working together to identify research questions or emerging issues and priorities that could form the basis of a grant application;
• stakeholder consultations, including citizen engagement activities, regarding needs, gaps and opportunities in the health research landscape, priority policy issues and/or priority research questions, where such common understanding is currently lacking or requires further development;
• initial planning and discussion of a research project among potential team members including researchers, knowledge-users and/or partners to assess the viability of the research project and the partnership;
• conducting an environmental scan or preliminary synthesis of relevant literature, activities or programs;
• early-stage planning to determine possible commercial viability of a discovery;
• opportunities for knowledge exchange involving stakeholder linkages (to inform practice, care, and/or policy) that could potentially lead to an application to a funding opportunity;
• gatherings of partners, health researchers, and/or knowledge users where the main objective is to facilitate regional/national and/or international collaboration among individuals or groups from a variety of backgrounds (for example, building new and existing multi-sectored partnerships that include a significant number of participants from outside the conventional scientific community, consensus meetings, networking and partnership development events) interested in applying to a funding opportunity.

note: this funding opportunity is not intended to support pilot testing. please also note that primary research or primary data collection will not be supported through this funding opportunity. any activity that may be perceived as such should be justified (e.g., surveying individuals for the purpose of the project).

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to increase the uptake/application of synthesized knowledge in decision-making by supporting partnerships between researchers and knowledge users to produce scoping reviews and syntheses that respond to the information needs of knowledge users in all areas of health;
• to extend the benefits of knowledge synthesis to new kinds of questions relevant to knowledge users and areas of research that have not traditionally been synthesized.

the specific objective of this funding opportunity is to promote the development of canadian-chinese scientific co-operation between researchers located at universities, hospitals, research institutes or affiliated research organizations in canada and china through the support of collaborative research grants.

relevant research areas

cihr and nsfc will provide funding for applications that are determined to be relevant to the following research areas:

• aging, gerontology and geriatrics: to encourage research on aging processes, on functional limitations in older adults as a consequence of disease, and on determinants of healthy aging within the context of one or more of the following priority areas: healthy and successful aging, biological mechanisms of aging, cognitive impairment in aging, aging and maintenance of functional autonomy, and health services related to older people.
• cancer: to provide support for research on cancer genetics, biomarkers and epigenetics; tumour micro-environment, inflammation and metastasis.
• cardiovascular system: to provide support for basic and translational research on the pathogenesis, treatment and ultimate cure of cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction, stroke, cardiomyopathy and atherosclerosis.
• child and youth health: to provide support for research on fertility, pregnancy, maternal health, healthy child development and the etiology, prevention, and treatment of diseases in infants, children and youth.
• diabetes and obesity: to provide support for research on the measures, causes, prevention, treatment and consequences of diabetes and obesity.
• gender and health: to provide support for research that addresses how sex (biological characteristics) and gender (socially constructed roles and relationships) influence the health of women and men, girls and boys throughout life.
• genetics: to provide support for research on the human and other genomes and on all aspects of genetic, basic biochemistry and cell biology related to health and disease.
• infection and immunity: to provide support for research in the field of infection and immunity.
• musculoskeletal health and arthritis: to provide support on one or more of the three strategic priorities such as: physical activity, mobility and health; tissue injury, repair and replacement; pain, disability and chronic disease.
• neurosciences: to provide support for basic research in neurosciences, mental health, addiction and the senses.
• population and public health: to provide support for population and public health research that aims to compare how different policies and/or primary health care delivery models shift the distribution of health and illness in different contexts.
• respiratory health: to support basic and translational research in respiratory disease including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute lung injury, with particular emphasis on better understanding the pathogenesis and facilitating the early detection of airway disease or lung injury.

this funding opportunity includes a registration deadline (march 22, 2013) as well as a full application deadline (june 28, 2013).  full applications are due in the office of research services two weeks prior to the external deadline.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• stimulate innovative r&d projects in the field of vaccine research against infectious diseases in humans that demonstrate high commercial potential that could not be done as effectively and efficiently in the absence of this canada-china collaboration.
• encourage domestic competitiveness through the transfer of technology and knowledge resulting from international s&t partnerships;
• foster international s&t partnerships and collaborative research from industry, academia and government with an emphasis on outcomes for near-term commercialization;
• strengthen overall bilateral s&t relations.

relevant research area

the scope of this initiative encompasses basic and clinical health research which may also include health services research and population health research in the field of vaccines against infectious diseases. although not exclusive, applications in the following area are strongly encouraged:

• approaches and optimized techniques used for polysaccharide protein conjugate vaccines
• studies of novel vaccine adjuvants and delivery systems
• mucosal immunology and mechanistic studies for vaccine development
• influenza and existing and emerging viruses

bioprocessing and production

objectives

the specific objective of this funding opportunity is to support events/activities that contribute to the dissemination, exchange and uptake of research evidence.

relevant activities

events/activities may focus on, but are not limited to, the following:

• education of groups such as patients, health professionals, community organizations, policy-makers, the general public;
• knowledge dissemination that will inform practice, clinical care, partnership best practices, policy and decision making;
• dissemination and/or discussion of research findings at scientific meetings, workshops, conferences, congresses or symposia.

note: please note that primary research or primary data collection will not be supported through this funding opportunity. any activity that may be perceived as such should be justified (e.g., surveying individuals for the purpose of the project).

this funding opportunity is made up of a registration deadline (august 30, 2013) and a full application deadline (october 1, 2013).  full applications are due in the office of research sevices two weeks prior to the external deadline.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to promote collaborative research between canadian research centres/groups working on neurodegenerative disorders having an impact on cognition;
• to promote the use of publicly available alzheimer's disease neuroimaging initiative (adni) data, with possible links to other neuroimaging databases if relevant or possible, for research on alzheimer`s disease and related dementias;
• to promote effective knowledge translation through continuous and sustained interactions between researchers and end-users of the research;
• to encourage linkages between neuroimaging, biological and/or behavioral data.

objective

the goal of strategic project grants (spg) is to increase research and training in targeted areas that could strongly enhance canada’s economy, society and/or environment within the next 10 years.

requirements

strategic project grants fund early-stage project research in targeted areas. to be funded, a research project must meet the following requirements:

• the project must support the goal of spg and fall within one of the targeted areas defined below.
• the objectives and scope of the project must be well-defined. the duration may be from one to three years.
• at least one academic researcher and at least one supporting organization must collaborate in the project.
• the supporting organization must be actively involved in all stages of the project; therefore, in-kind contributions are required, but cash is not.

introduction

in recognition of the international nature of cyberinfrastructure and e-science, the digging into data challenge brings together international research teams to advance research and to share their results openly, so that others may learn from these results.

the digging into data challenge is an international competition sponsored by nine leading funders from four countries (canada, the netherlands, the united kingdom and the united states):

• the social sciences and humanities research council of canada (sshrc) in collaboration with the natural sciences and engineering research council of canada (nserc) and the canada foundation for innovation (cfi);

• the netherlands organisation for scientific research—humanities, physical sciences and social sciences (nwo) in collaboration with the netherlands escience center (nlesc);

• the uk arts and humanities research council (ahrc);

• the uk economic and social research council (esrc);

• the uk joint information systems committee (jisc);

• the us institute of museum and library services (imls);

• the us national endowment for the humanities (neh); and

• the us national science foundation (nsf).

this competition is open only to international research projects.

the four overarching goals of the digging into data are to

● promote the development and deployment of innovative research techniques in large-scale data analysis that focus on applications in the humanities and social sciences;

● foster interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers in the humanities, social sciences, computer sciences, library science, archival science, information sciences, mathematical and statistical sciences, engineering, and other fields, around questions of text and data analysis;

● promote international collaboration among both researchers and funders; and

● ensure efficient access to and sharing of the materials for research by working with data repositories that hold large digital collections.

in recognition of the international nature of cyberinfrastructure/e-science, the digging into data challenge will bring together international research teams to advance research and to share their results openly, so that others may learn from them.

the digging into data challenge competition is sponsored by ten leading funders from four countries (canada, the netherlands, the united kingdom, and the united states):

● the social sciences and humanities research council of canada (sshrc) in collaboration with the natural sciences and engineering research council of canada (nserc) and the canada foundation for innovation (cfi);

● the netherlands organisation for scientific research – humanities, physical sciences and social sciences (nwo) in collaboration with the netherlands escience center (nlesc)

● the uk arts and humanities research council (ahrc);

● the uk economic and social research council (esrc);

● the uk joint information systems committee (jisc);

● the us institute of museum and library services (imls);

● the us national endowment for the humanities (neh); and

● the us national science foundation (nsf).

this request for proposals (rfp) explains how to apply to the digging into data challenge. please note that each funder has also produced an rfp addendum with information specific to its respective rules, requirements, funding mandates, policies, and procedures. please consult the appropriate addenda prior to applying. all of these documents are available on the digging into data challenge website.

this competition is open only to international research projects. each project will involve teams from two to four of the participating countries.