canadian blood services is pleased to announce its 2017 graduate fellowship program competition. through this exciting program, canadian blood services offers stipend support for young investigators who want to initiate or continue training in the field of transfusion science. graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 undertaking fulltime research training in a canadian institution are invited to apply.

for detailed information about the graduate fellowship program competition, please refer to www.blood.ca. the deadline to submit completed application packages is november 30 2017.

nserc and the  canada-israel industrial r&d foundation (ciirdf) are pleased to host a call for proposals (cfp) for the canada-israel collaborative r&d projects.  leveraging support from the government of canada and israel, this cfp aims to stimulate r&d collaboration between firms in canada and israel with a focus on the commercialization of new technologies.

eligibility: this call invites private sector companies from canada and israel to propose joint research, r&d and technology development projects for the creation of innovative products or processes with a non-defence application. the maximum duration of a ciirdf project is 36 months.

• canadian firms can leverage academic expertise on their r&d project and engage 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 jointly with the natural sciences and engineering research council (nserc).
• public sector organizations, such as universities and research institutions, are eligible to participate in r&d projects as project subcontractors or consultants (not applicants)

funding: following a rigorous evaluation process, ciirdf selects and awards canada-israel r&d teams with financial contributions up to 50 percent of the eligible project costs to a maximum of cdn$ 800,000 per project. 

areas of special consideration: special consideration will be given to projects in the following areas:

• information and communication technologies (including cyber, fintech)
• life sciences
• aerospace
• clean tech and sustainable tech (including water, renewables), plus limited energy (oil and gas)
• agriculture and agrifood (including agri-tech)

defence research and development canada, is seeking a researcher to perform a validation and comparative analysis of a methodology used by the canadian forces aircrew selection centre (cfasc) to screen potential pilots, and determine its relative effectiveness to alternate assessment methods. the objective of this work isto serve the cfasc’s needs for instruments to better inform personnel discussions regarding pilot selection.

solid research is the underlying driving force to crystallize fearless creativity and innovation. while we are committed to run in-house research and engineering, we are also excited to collaborate with academic partners to facilitate exploration of new and promising research. the sony focused research award provides an opportunity for university faculty and sony to conduct this type of collaborative, focused research. the award provides up to $150k in funds, and may be renewed for subsequent year(s).

the fy17 defense appropriations act provides $10 million (m) to the department of defense orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research program (oporp) to support research that evaluates the comparative effectiveness of orthotic and prosthetic clinical interventions using patient-centric outcomes for service members and veterans who have undergone limb amputation.  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. the managing agent for the anticipated program announcements/funding opportunities is the congressionally directed medical research programs (cdmrp).

focus areas:  the oporp will only consider applications that specifically address the critical needs of the orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research community in one or more of the fy17 focus areas.  the oporp will solicit research applications that address at least one of the following fy17 focus areas:

• orthotic or prosthetic device form:  analysis of variables related to currently available clinical options such as, but not limited to, device size, shape, material, and configuration.
• orthotic or prosthetic device fit:  analysis of currently available clinical options that facilitate device fit-related characteristics such as comfort and usability through variables such as human-device interface and component connection.
• orthotic or prosthetic device function:  analysis of the variables related to currently available clinical options such as device control, passive response, active/actuated response, power, sensors, overall performance with respect to activities of daily living and other real-world activities.

orthotics and prosthetics outcomes research award – preproposal 10/20/17

funding level 1/new investigators:  investigators that meet the following criteria at the application submission deadline date:

·        are within 5 years of their last training position

·        are able to demonstrate the freedom to pursue research goals outside of a formal mentorship program or arrangement

·        can provide evidence of organizational support, such as start-up funds provided by the institution and/or use of a technician, space, facilities, and resources

·        pis working within a laboratory team are eligible to apply for this award, provided they meet the criteria above.

·        graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and postdoctoral fellows are not eligible for this award.

funding level 2:  independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent) are eligible to submit applications.

funding level 1/new investigator option may support pilot research or research that is already supported by preliminary data and has the potential to make significant advancements toward clinical translation.

funding level 2 option is supported by preliminary data and has the potential to make significant advancement towards clinical translation.

the opora is focused on outcomes-based best practices through analysis of the merits of prosthetic and orthotic device options currently available, not on the development of new, or the improvement of existing, technology.  the intent of the award is to generate clinically useful evidence that will enhance and optimize patient outcomes.

animal studies are not allowed.

funding level 1/ new investigators:

·       maximum funding of $500,000 for total costs.

·       maximum period of performance is 3 years.

funding level 2:

·       maximum funding of $2.5m for total costs.

·       maximum period of performance is 4 years

·       all direct and indirect costs of any subaward (subgrant or subcontract) must be included in the total direct costs of the primary award.

the applicant may request the entire maximum funding amount for a project that may have a period of performance less than the maximum number ofyears allowed per funding level.

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 that are 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 oporp 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

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