this funding opportunity will provide support for the creation of two networks: one in the priority area of oral health and one in the priority area of bone health. the aim of these networks will be to provide research leadership, foster innovative research and practices, build capacity and provide a forum that engages the research community and its partners (including but not limited to industry, charities, and patients and their careers). the networks are expected to serve as a resource for collaborating, capacity building, and knowledge mobilization.

while the distinct research communities in canada served by this funding opportunity are each fairly large, an organized approach will enable each community to build capacity, share resources, and seek out international collaboration in a productive and beneficial way. each network will bring diverse researchers together and enable work in this field to progress more efficiently. the success of each network will be defined by the ability of each community to build capacity and to further research through the sharing of resources and developing national and international collaborations.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to promote the creation of new knowledge that is relevant to communities affected by hiv and/or other stbbi in canada;
• to promote the dissemination of new knowledge and uptake of evidence into action to enhance the community response to hiv and/or other stbbi;
• to develop partnerships between researchers and affected communities;
• to build capacity in the knowledge user community to engage in research and use evidence in their everyday business;
• to build the next generation of hiv and stbbi cbr researchers through meaningful engagement of trainees in high quality cbr projects; and
• to reduce the incidence of new hiv infections and/or other stbbi in key populations by focusing research on prevention efforts.

the goal of the data analysis grants is to use existing cohorts, data platforms and/or administrative datasets to advance healthy cities intervention research and implementation science specifically by addressing one or more of the following objectives:

• evaluating the impact on health and health equity of interventions to the physical, social or policy environment (including health system–mediated interventions);
• contributing analyses to directly inform the planning of physical, social or policy interventions with the purpose of improving urban population health or health equity;
• addressing critical contextual questions related to the implementation of one or more interventions and scaling up (knowledge sharing) of evidence-based interventions (including health system-mediated interventions);
• filling knowledge gaps that are critical for laying the foundation for future population health intervention research in urban areas. for example, increasing our understanding around how interventions may impact populations differentially according to gender, age, race, culture, ethnicity, income, or dis/ability;
• developing and/or validating indicators and other data or evaluation tools that enable robust, comparable, replicable and equitable healthy cities intervention research and implementation science (including health system-mediated interventions).

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• support partnerships between communities affected by hiv and/or other stbbi in canada and researchers to facilitate the conduct of community based research (cbr); and/or
• develop future applications for more comprehensive cbr grants in the area of hiv and/or other stbbi in canada.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to support planning activities, partnership development and to increase understanding of the health research landscape that will contribute to the advancement of research consistent with the mandate of cihr;
• to support dissemination events and activities that focus on the communication of health research evidence to the appropriate researcher or knowledge-user audiences, tailoring the message and medium as appropriate; and
• to support activities and events that ensure the inclusion and meaningful representation of individuals who have historically faced barriers in the research ecosystem, including but not limited to those marginalized by gender, indigenous peoples, racialized minorities, persons with disabilities, and members of lgbtq2s+ communities.

brain canada is pleased to be partnering with als canada to launch the als canada-brain canada clinical research fellowship. the fellowship aims to support the further training of a clinician to develop the skills necessary to become a specialist in als and promotes experience in clinical or fundamental research relevant to the field.

one fellowship of up to $200,000 for up to two years will be awarded through this funding opportunity.

evidence clearly shows that increasing equity, diversity, and inclusion (edi) in research environments enhances excellence, innovation and creativity. brain canada and als canada are committed to excellence through equity, and we encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply to our funding opportunities.

click here to view the terms of reference.

deadline for receipt of applications: february 25, 2022, at 13:00 et

the office of the privacy commissioner of canada (opc) recently issued a call for proposals under its 2022-2023 contributions program, which funds independent privacy research and knowledge translation initiatives.

as in past years, the office is interested in funding innovative projects that seek to better understand and address key and emerging issues related to privacy. this year, the opc is particularly interested in funding projects on “who is impacted and how: assessing and mitigating privacy risks, barriers and inequalities".

all proposals must address issues that fall within the scope of the federal personal information protection and electronic documents act (pipeda), which sets ground rules for how organizations may collect, use or disclose information about individuals in the course of commercial activities. when developing project proposals, applicants are strongly encouraged to review projects currently underway and completed projects from previous years in order to build on past or ongoing work.

the opc contributions program is structured to fund projects that are initiated and completed within a single fiscal year (april 1, 2022, to march 31, 2023), although some exceptions may be made for multi-year projects where it can be demonstrated by applicants that more time is required for these to be completed. proposals will be evaluated on the basis of merit.

all proposals must be submitted by february 9, 2022.

if you are interested in generating new ideas, approaches and knowledge about privacy that will help organizations or individuals make informed decisions about protecting personal information, please visit our website to learn more about the contributions program or go to the 2022-23 applicant’s guide to find out more information on project requirements and how to apply.

a video conference will be held in january for applicants to provide information on how to prepare their applications for funding and to answer questions. more information will be provided on this session and how to participate in it in january.

for program information, contact:

kathy renaud
administrative coordinator, contributions program
office of the privacy commissioner of canada
tel.: 873-354-1324
email: contrib@priv.gc.ca

the cihr reviewer in training (rit) program offers early career researchers (ecrs) a learning opportunity to gain a better understanding of the elements of high quality review and the peer review process through direct participation in the project grant competition with the support of a mentor. rit participants will be assigned up to three applications to conduct practice reviews, attend the peer review meeting, present one review, and participate in the committee meeting.

following completion of the rit program, participants will be promoted within cihr’s reviewer pathway and are expected to participate in peer review when requested and available to do so.

approximately 120 applicants will be selected, by lottery, which represents two opportunities per project grant program committee.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to improve:

• the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections (including co-infection), and/or
• the prevention of the emergence/spread of resistance in humans, animals or plants through the improvement of the efficacy, specificity, delivery, combinations and/or repurposing of drugs and plant protection agents.  

for more information, please consult the jpiamr website.

if you interested in this funding opportunity, please contact jill sherman, international research facilitator at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca