the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• inform best practices for the operation of safer supply interventions and supervised consumption sites
• address pressing evidence needs of decision makers and knowledge users in the area of harm reduction interventions, taking into consideration the impact of the covid-19 pandemic and the local context
• consider the impact of the local context and other factors, such as biological and social determinants (e.g., sex, gender, age, housing status and income, etc.) and sub-populations (e.g., those with severe opioid use disorder, youth, indigenous peoples, rural, inner-urban, etc.), on the interventions
• identify considerations for further evaluation activities of harm reduction interventions, including insights and generalizable knowledge regarding implementation processes, barriers, and facilitators
• advance evidence-based practices through knowledge dissemination activities
• foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and bilateral interaction with decision makers in order to directly inform drug policy

mitacs elevate provides two years of postdoc funding valued at $60,000/year plus extensive customized professional development training ($7,500/year non-cash value).

postdocs:

• manage a long-term collaborative research project with a company or not-for-profit organization
• develop business-ready skills in leadership, financial literacy, management and negotiation, project management, problem solving and much more
• key deadlines
  • january 13, 2021 — intent to apply and conflict of interest declaration deadline
  • february 10, 2021 — final application deadline

 for questions or more information, please contact us at elevate@mitacs.ca.

the mitacs accelerate industrial postdoc provides one, two or three years of funding — valued at $55,000 per year — for a postdoctoral fellow. this special initiative offers better leveraging than standard mitacs accelerate internships to:

• build a longer-term collaboration with a company or not-for-profit organization
• apply their expertise to real-world problems
• connect with a potential employer

this limited time offering closes on november 25, 2020. for questions or more information, contact us at accelerate@mitacs.ca.

the funding opportunity has two broad objectives:

• enhance national capacity of infectious disease modelling that supports public health responses to eids in the future by building a national network for collaboration and knowledge mobilization 
• provide direct support to canada’s covid-19 response by producing modelling products that contribute to public health decisions via risk assessment, impact analyses and decision support such as intervention program design

to achieve these objectives, this initiative aims to establish multi-disciplinary network(s) of specialists across the country in modelling infectious diseases to be applied to public needs associated with emerging infectious diseases and pandemics such as covid-19. the network(s) would enhance and formalize existing ad-hoc structures, facilitate new and existing partnerships across institutions as well as the sharing of methodological advancements and strategies; thereby improving and enhancing research efforts and supporting capacity building in infectious disease modelling within canada.

applicants are encouraged to establish collaborations that demonstrate integration of the one health (interaction of humans, animals and environment) approach to understanding infectious disease emergence and transmission, and strategies for prevention and control.

partnership grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight and/or the connection program. proposals exclusively for partnered research training initiatives are expected to respond, instead, to the objectives of the talent program.

these 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. this is done through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as shown by cash and/or in-kind contributions.

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

the quality of training, mentoring and employability plans for 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and emerging scholars will be evaluated as an important part of the proposed initiative. sshrc’s guidelines for effective research training explain how 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and emerging scholars can meaningfully participate in proposed initiatives.

the intellectual leadership and governance for a new or existing formal partnership can come from the research community and/or from partner organizations from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. however, only an institution that meets the eligibility requirements can administer the grant funding. for more information, see eligibility.

the objectives of the team grants in diabetes mechanisms and translational solutions are:

1. to elucidate previously undefined mechanisms that control the onset and progression of all types of diabetes mellitus and related complications and co-morbidities, with appropriate consideration of sex as a biological variable and gender as a social determinant of health.
2. to develop new translational solutions aimed at prevention, treatment, and delivery of care for people living with diabetes.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• collect nationally representative data on the oral health status of canadians across the lifespan to address (i) the data deficits identified (see how to apply for details) and (ii) additional questions posed by the successful applicant(s).
• create a cohort of data to enable future multi-jurisdictional research studies on the oral health of canadians by the greater researcher, clinician and policy making communities.
• create an accessible data platform with collected oral health survey data. where possible, it is strongly encouraged that this data platform integrate and harmonize with one or more of existing cihr data investments.
• provide a multidisciplinary training and mentoring approach in order to build capacity for oral health research.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• generate preliminary observations, data or knowledge regarding the potential benefits and/or harms of cannabis and/or cannabis use in relation to mental health.
• centre the lived experience of people with mental illness, who use cannabis to create research designs and outcomes meaningful for people with lived experience.
• support community-based, population-specific research, using qualitative and/or mixed methods, ensuring projects are grounded in the social determinants of health.
• facilitate consideration and application of new evidence to inform ongoing and future development of policies, practices and programs related to cannabis and mental health.
• connect to existing knowledge translation efforts across canada, for example through the mental health commission of canada, the canadian centre on substance use and addiction, and/or the centre for addiction and mental health.

we are investing $1.67 million in the first round of the great lakes local action fund to help ontario protect, restore and conserve the great lakes. the program provides funding up to $50,000 for local small-scale community projects that have a positive environmental impact on the great lakes, as well as social or economic benefits for their communities.

eligibility

grants are available for projects that take place in ontario within the great lakes and st. lawrence river basin, including:

• lake superior
• lake huron
• lake erie
• lake ontario
• st. lawrence river
• ottawa river
• their connecting rivers
• their watersheds

templeton world charity foundation has launched a new strategy to support new scientific research on human flourishing and to translate related discoveries into practical tools. over the next five years, the foundation will support a range of projects across three distinct stages: discovery, development, and launch. we hope that this commitment will lead to the development of innovative solutions and the launch of new practices that make a lasting impact on human flourishing. 

you can find more information about our new strategy here.

before picking a focal point for the discovery stage of this five-year strategy, we plan to gather new ideas through an open-submission process. to achieve this, we’ve issued this request for ideas (rfi) to gather input as broadly as possible. we invite researchers across disciplines to participate in an initial phase of idea generation and development. ideas selected will be used by the foundation to shape its priorities for scientific discovery. this has the potential to lead to several new portfolios of grants. we seek bold ideas and rigorous experiments that use new conceptual frameworks to move past age-old debates and lead to significant breakthroughs.

we expect to invest approximately $40,000,000 through the grand challenges for human flourishing. priority will go to interdisciplinary scientific research on humanity’s cognitive, affective, social, and spiritual well-being. 

we are particularly interested in capacities that can be enhanced to promote human flourishing. we are also committed to the use of open science practices, such as the preregistration of hypotheses, replication studies, and data sharing.

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