the fy17 defense appropriations act provides $125 million (m) to the department of defense psychological health and traumatic brain injury research program (phtbirp). as directed by the office of the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, the defense health agency (dha) j9, research and development directorate manages the defense health program (dhp) research, development, test, and evaluation (rdt&e) appropriation aligned with specific dha j9 directorate research program areas, including joint program committee-5/military operational medicine research program (jpc-5/momrp). this program announcement/funding opportunity and subsequent awards will be managed and executed by the congressionally directed medical research programs (cdmrp) with strategic oversight from jpc-5/momrp.  the ph/tbirp and the jpc-5/momrp in collaboration with the defense suicide prevention office and service resiliency proponents will be seeking applications/proposals to examine the efficacy and effectiveness of peer-to-peer support tools to translate and integrate content into the everyday routines of service members (sm) to enhance psychological health readiness and mitigate negative behavioral health issues including suicide behaviors.  the expectation of this research is to demonstrate the utility of these peer-to-peer support psychological health readiness tools to benefit our sms and the public at large.

fy17 phtbirp program announcement and general application instructions for the following award mechanism is posted on the grants.gov website. 

http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/phtbi

peer support program (psp) translational research award – letter of intent due january 5, 2018

a pre-application is required and must be submitted through the electronic biomedical research application portal (ebrap) at https://ebrap.org prior to the pre-application deadline. all applications must conform to the final program announcements and general application instructions available for electronic downloading from the grants.gov website.  the application package containing the required forms for each award mechanism will also be found on grants.gov.  a listing of all cdmrp funding opportunities can be obtained on the grants.gov website by performing a basic search using cfda number 12.420. 

applications must be submitted through the federal government’s single-entry portal, grants.gov.  for email notification when program announcements are released, subscribe to program-specific news and updates under “email subscriptions” on the ebrap homepage at https://ebrap.org.for more information about the phtbirp or other cdmrp-administered programs, please visit the cdmrp website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).

point of contact:

cdmrp help desk

301-682-5507
help@ebrap.org

insight development grant proposals are expected to respond to the objectives put forward in the call for proposals for the insight program.

insight development grants support research in its initial stages. the grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. funding is provided for short-term research development projects, of up to two years, proposed by individuals or teams.

insight development grants foster research in its early stages, but are not intended to support large-scale initiatives. long-term support for research is offered through sshrc’s insight grants.

proposed projects may involve, but are not limited to, the following types of research activities:

• case studies;
• pilot initiatives; and
• critical analyses of existing research.

projects may also involve national and international research collaboration, and the exploration of new ways of producing, structuring and mobilizing knowledge within and across disciplines and sectors.

the small research grants program aims to support smaller scale or pilot research projects that have budgets of $50,000 or less. proposals are encouraged from scholars across a variety of disciplines in an effort to fund field-initiated education research.

connection grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the connection program. they support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. these events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those participating. events and outreach activities funded by a connection grant may often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects potentially eligible for funding through other sshrc funding opportunities listed in sshrc's funding search tool.

connection grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the humanities and social sciences;
• scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
• intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the humanities and social sciences and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
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partnership grant proposals are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight program or the objectives of the connection program, or a combination thereof. proposals exclusively for partnered research training initiatives are expected to respond, instead, to the objectives of the talent program. please see the insight, connection and talent program descriptions for more details.

partnership grants provide support for new and existing formal partnerships over four to seven years to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as evidenced by cash and/or in-kind contributions.

partnership grants are intended for large teams working in formal collaboration between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types.

a formal partnership is a bilateral or multilateral formal collaboration agreement between an applicant and one or more partner organizations, of which at least one must be a canadian postsecondary institution and at least one must be different from the institution or organization that will administer the grant funds. partnerships may be between academic institutions, or between one or more academic institutions and one or more non-academic partner organizations. these partner organizations agree and commit to work collaboratively to achieve shared goals for mutual benefit. partner organizations must provide evidence attesting to the commitment that has been agreed upon. for more information, see the definitions for formal partnership and partner organization.

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the economics of tobacco control in low and middle-income countries

the call for concept notes on the economics of tobacco control in low and middle-income countries (lmics) offers up to ca$1 million over a maximum of four years to support evidence-based research on the economic rationale for the adoption of tobacco-control policies across lmics in four regions:

• asia;
• latin america and the caribbean;
• the middle east and north africa; and
• sub-saharan africa.

deadline: december 15, 2017, by 12:00 p.m. (est)

apply online

this program is designed to support the logical next steps of a positive, innovative, 'high risk/high reward' research grant, with the goal of working towards or achieving a significant impact on cancer.

originally designed to continue the ccs funding pipeline between successful innovation and impact grants, with the merger between the ccs and the canadian breast cancer foundation (cbcf), eligibility for innovation to impact grants has been expanded for this competition only. applicants are cautioned to carefully review the full description for details on the eligibility criteria for this funding opportunity.

innovation grants have been created to support innovative, creative problem solving in cancer research. as competition for grant funding increases, peer review panels become more conservative and risk averse, emphasizing feasibility more than innovation. the goal of this ccs research grant program is to support unconventional concepts, approaches or methodologies to address problems in cancer research. innovation projects will include elements of creativity, curiosity, investigation, exploration and opportunity. successful projects may be based on “high risk” ideas, but will have the potential for “high reward” (i.e. to significantly impact our understanding of cancer and generate new approaches to combat the disease by introducing novel ideas into use or practice).

it is hoped that this grant program will accelerate the introduction of innovation into the entire cancer research system and contribute to the scientific idea pipeline. significant findings from investigators funded by innovation grants may be developed further through ccs research "innovation to impact" grants or operating grants offered by other agencies.

the collaborative research travel grant (crtg) program provides up to $15,000 in support for relatively unrestricted travel funds to academic scientists (faculty and postdocs) at u.s. or canadian degree-granting institutions.  grants must be used for domestic or international travel to another lab to learn new research techniques or begin or continue a collaboration to address biomedical questions.  all proposals must be cross-disciplinary.  applicants with a doctoral degree in the physical, mathematical, or engineering sciences working on a biological problem are encouraged to apply.  conversely, proposals from biological scientists who desire to collaborate with a physical scientist, mathematician, or engineer are also encouraged to apply.