the health system impact (hsi) fellowship (for doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows) provides highly-qualified doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows studying health services and policy research (hspr), or related fields, a unique opportunity to apply their research and analytic talents to critical challenges in health care that are being addressed by health system and related organizations (e.g., public, private for-profit, not-for-profit, and indigenous health organizations that are not universities) outside of the traditional scholarly setting, and to develop professional experience, new skills, and networks.

the hsi fellowship provides doctoral and post-doctoral awardees, both referred to as fellows, with a paid experiential learning opportunity within health system and related organizations where they will dedicate the majority of their time towards a program of work that advances the organization’s impact goals and contributes to improved health system performance. fellows will be exposed to how the health system and related organizations work, how decisions are made, how research and analytic skills can contribute to an organization’s performance, and the organization’s role in contributing to improved health and health system performance.

the health system impact fellowship is expected to:

• support impact-oriented career paths and elevate the career readiness of phd trainees and post-doctoral fellows studying hspr or related fields by supporting experiential learning opportunities in health system and related organizations outside of the traditional scholarly environment and enriched competency development (e.g., leadership, project management);
• expand and enrich the traditional doctoral and post-doctoral training environment by engaging health system and related organizations in preparing a cadre of promising doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows for successful careers;
• provide health system and related organizations with direct opportunities to realize and harness the benefits that research-trained individuals can bring to such organizations for improved decision-making.

the 2018 grants competition will be opening on monday january 8, 2018.wsib will be accepting initial proposals until february 20, 2018. the following  gives information about wsib's grant priority areas and proposal selections process, including proposal instructions.

grants priority areas

the central areas of focus of the 2018 wsib grants program are return to work and recovery, and innovations in service. within these categories, the wsib has identified the following priority areas:

global affairs canada and the chinese ministry of education are offering short-term scholarships to canadians wishing to study abroad in china. scholarships are awarded for studies, research, language studies or a combination of studies and language studies at participating chinese institutions.

• program name: canada-china scholars’ exchange program
• funding organizations: global affairs canada and the ministry of education of the people’s republic of china
• target audiences: canadian 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 (college, undergraduate and graduate levels in canada); canadian faculty members and research staff at a post-secondary institution in canada; canadian mid-career professionals
• number of scholarships: over 20
• duration: 4 to 12 months for 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 ; and 8 weeks to 12 months for faculty members and mid-career professionals
• inclusions: airfare, tuition fees, monthly living stipend, on-campus accommodation and medical insurance
• deadline: march 6, 2018

for full program details and to submit an online application, visit: canada-china scholars’ exchange program.

all inquiries regarding this program should be directed to: admin-scholarships-bourses@cbie.ca or 613-237-4820.

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the upjohn institute requests proposals for early career research awards (formerly called mini-grants). these grants are intended to provide resources to junior faculty (untenured and within six years of having earned a phd) to carry out policy-related research on labor market issues. the institute encourages research proposals on all issues related to labor markets and public workforce policy.

early career research award recipients are expected to write a research paper based on the funded work and submit the paper for the institute’s working paper series. the working paper will be included in the institute's repository—where it will be included among papers authored by a notable cohort of scholars in economics and public policy—and it will be submitted to ssrn and listed with repec. we also encourage ecra authors to submit the paper to a peer-reviewed journal and to prepare a synopsis of the research for possible publication in the institute’s newsletter, employment research.

the deadline to apply is january 26, 2018.

the cancer research institute (cri) and the focused ultrasound foundation (fusf) established a partnership in 2017 with the goal of advancing the development of new focused ultrasound (fus) and cancer immunotherapy treatments. as a key component of the partnership, cri and fusf will jointly fund research through a new grant program, guided by a panel of advisors with expertise in fus and cancer immunology/immunotherapy. the aim of the grant program is to support projects that address critical unanswered research questions that will help move the field towards new device/drug combination therapies.

this first request for proposals seeks preclinical projects to answer the following research question:

how do different “modes” of focused ultrasound (i.e. ablative vs. non-ablative, thermal vs. mechanical) compare in terms of the immune response generated, and how does this immune response correlate with biological, acoustic and imaging metrics?

this catalyst grant competition is based on the findings of the cfn-funded canadian frailty priority setting partnership study.  this recently completed study used the james lind alliance (jla) process to establish the top 10 citizen-identified frailty priorities for investigation.

this catalyst grant competition will fund submissions that directly address one or more of these top 10 priorities through either research, knowledge translation or quality improvement studies.

1. how can health systems be organized to provide integrated/coordinated care that would better meet the health and social care needs of older adults living with frailty, and their family/caregivers?
2. how can care, services and treatments be tailored to meet the needs of older adults living with frailty who are isolated and/or without family/caregiver support or advocates?
3. what is the impact of community- and home-based services, programs and resources in preventing and managing frailty (including slowing progression and/or minimizing the impact of frailty)?
4. what are the costs and benefits of alternative models of housing, including multigenerational or shared living, for older adults living with frailty?
5. what would help avoid unnecessary hospitalizations and emergency department visits for older adults living with frailty?
6. what frailty-related attitudes, skills and knowledge should health and social care providers have? what are effective ways of improving attitudes and providing skills and knowledge about frailty for health and social care providers?
7. what would help older adults living with frailty and their family/caregivers recognize when living at home is no longer viable?
8. what are effective ways of supporting family/caregivers of older adults living with frailty to maintain their own health and wellbeing and/or that of older adults living with frailty?
9. how can frailty measures be used by health care practitioners, older adults and family/caregivers to inform treatment and care decisions?
10. what is the impact of exercise and physical activity (including type, duration and intensity) in preventing and managing frailty (including slowing progression and/or minimizing the impact of frailty)?

a wenner-gren grantee may apply for the engaged anthropology grant ($5,000 maximum) upon completion of the final reporting requirements for the dissertation fieldwork or post-ph.d. research grant.

this grant is designed to enable grantees to return to their research locale to share their research results with:

• the community  in which the research was conducted, and/or
• the academic/anthropological community in the region or country of research.

the foundation realizes that the appropriate form of engagement will vary depending on the type of project that was undertaken and the location of the research.  emphasis should be on disseminating the research results of wenner-gren funded research.  applications are evaluated according to the project’s capacity for producing engaged participation, cultivating mutually beneficial collaborations, and forging equitable relationships among all parties involved. this grant does not support the continuation of research activities, the establishment of websites, or other forms of engagement with western anthropologists who typically have access to the international academic community and literature.

the broad purpose of this fund is to encourage canadian academics to undertake projects of relevance to the accounting profession. the research under this program need not lead to publication in a scholarly journal, although it may lead to one or more such publications.

the research project may result in a report that is both useful to practitioners and provides insight on topics dealing with technology firms, i.e. those that develop and sell technology or their business model is only possible because of technology (e.g., uber). research on issues relevant to these firms in an accounting context would be of interest, with topics including but not limited to firm growth, firm decision making, firms in transition (including the impact of venture capital, ipo and m&a activities), financial reporting, governance, innovation (including the use of automation in auditing or accounting).