the national housing strategy research and planning fund provides support for housing research. the objectives of the fund are to:

• build collaboration, engagement and alignment with stakeholders working to achieve common goals
• support the housing community’s research capacity development

1. begin accepting applications – october 22, 2020
   
   
2. application, applicant guide, characteristics of strong proposals
   
   
3. webinar on the competition will be held on november 4th at 1:00 p.m. (french) and 2:30 p.m. (english)
   
   
4. deadline to submit applications for stage one – november 27, 2020 by 2:00 p.m. (in the respective time zone of the lead applicant organization)
   
   
5. deadline to submit applications for stage two (for those applicants invited to submit) – march 15, 2021
   
   
6. identification of successful applicants – may 2021

partnership engage grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight program and the connection program. however, partnership engage grants cannot respond exclusively to the objectives of the connection program.

these grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. the small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through partnership engage grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. in addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.

sshrc welcomes applications involving indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.

for tools and resources to assist in the planning and implementation of your partnership, see sshrc’s partnerships tool-kit.

connection grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the connection program.

these grants 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.

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

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the social sciences and humanities;
• 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 social sciences and humanities and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
• international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges with researchers, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and non-academic partners from other countries.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to support early career investigators in initiating and conducting independent research in the area of maternal, reproductive, child and youth health with the goal of building research capacity in this important health research area.
• to generate new knowledge that will contribute to improving maternal, reproductive, child and youth health outcomes, as well as increasing our understanding of the challenges, needs and current gaps in this research area.
• to facilitate knowledge exchange and translation between early career researchers and other stakeholders in maternal, reproductive, child and youth health. 

the objective of this funding opportunity is to support a knowledge synthesis network designed to collaborate and rapidly respond to the need for synthesized evidence across the full breadth of canada's covid-19 pandemic response (including public-health measures, clinical management, health-system arrangements, and economic and social impacts). through a highly collaborative approach, the knowledge synthesis network is expected to:

• produce rapid knowledge syntheses and associated evidence-based products (e.g., evidence profiles) related to the covid-19 pandemic, based on current evidence and that responds to an identified evidence need;
• provide decision-makers with high-quality, timely, accessible and relevant evidence for the rapid translation of knowledge into policy, practice and/or clinical guidelines to address the immediate response to the pandemic; and
• address evidence gaps and build the evidence base for the response to covid-19;
• enhance national and international coordination across knowledge synthesis experts and organizations involved in producing covid-19 related products.

these objectives will be achieved through the following actions:  

• preparing and updating rapid knowledge syntheses and/or associated evidence-based products (e.g., evidence profiles), and contextualization briefs for knowledge users, as requested;
• maintaining and updating completed knowledge syntheses with relevant publications, as required/requested;
• creating and/or maintaining a free, publically available, searchable inventory of knowledge syntheses, other evidence-based products (e.g., evidence profiles, health technology assessments), and knowledge synthesis guidance documents related to covid-19;
• sharing expertise, leveraging resources, and minimizing duplication of effort with knowledge synthesis stakeholders by participating in federal/ provincial/territorial coordination mechanisms (e.g., through the canadian public health network);
• developing an environmental scanning function to identify future canadian evidentiary needs; and
• coordinating with canadian and international knowledge synthesis groups and organizations in order to exchange best practices, disseminate canadian products, and improve knowledge synthesis efficiencies in the content of covid-19.

cihr requires the applicant team to describe the extent to which sex-and gender-based analysis (sgba+) has been appropriately considered in publications included in their syntheses, including any potential limitations there may be in this regard. sgba+ refers to the consideration and examination of sex, gender and other identity factors (e.g., age, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, geography, education, disability, income and sexual orientation) at all stages of the research process. applying an sgba+ lens is important to help formulate health research, policies and programs that are relevant to the diversity of the canadian population.

brain canada foundation and the barbara turnbull foundation for spinal cord research are pleased to announce the launch of the 2020 turnbull-tator award in spinal cord injury and concussion research.  

this award aims to recognize an outstanding publication in the field of spinal cord and/or brain injury research (including concussion) in the last two years with a $50,000 prize. applicants will need to demonstrate that their publication includes novel and groundbreaking results that represent a major advancement for the field. 

the turnbull-tator award competition is open to all active investigators in any phase of their career, graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and postdoctoral fellows conducting research at a canadian institution. brain canada and the barbara turnbull foundation are committed to excellence through equity, and we encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply to our funding opportunities.  

the deadline for receipt of applications is december 2, 2020 (16:00 est). please refer to the request for applications for additional details.

if you are interested in applying for one of these awards, please contact dr. batia stolar, associate vice-president, research & graduate studies, at avp.research@lakeheadu.ca 

applications are now open for the first round of the housing supply challenge, the data driven round!

for this data driven round, we are asking applicants to submit technology solutions or methodologies which improve the collection, sharing, analysis and integration, and/or presentation of data in regards to housing supply.

with a total of $25m in funding available, the data driven round invites applicants to develop data solutions that improve decision-making on housing supply.

open to a wide array of participants, initial submissions must be submitted by january 20, 2021.

as a pillar of the autonomous vehicle innovation network (avin), the av r&d partnership fund supports projects related to the development and demonstration of technologies in the connected and autonomous vehicle (c/av) sector in the following priority areas:

• mass light vehicles (e.g., cars, trucks and vans)
• heavy duty vehicles (including commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, recreational vehicles (rvs), and others used for goods movement)
• transportation infrastructure
• intelligent transportation systems (its)
• transit-supportive systems and vehicles