canarie, a vital component of canada’s digital research infrastructure (dri) ecosystem supporting research, education and innovation, today announced two separate calls for proposals to fund software that supports the complete research workflow: data acquisition, storage, computation/processing, visualization, and data management.

elements of the research workflow are common across all research disciplines. similarly, data gathered by one researcher can be leveraged by other researchers, even in different disciplines. by supporting and promoting the re-use of software platforms and research data, public investments in science are maximized: research funding is allocated to research, rather than the development of software that already exists, and collected data can be re-used by other researchers, through interconnected and interoperable repositories and systems.

today’s funding announcement aims to strengthen canadian leadership in research in two ways: by funding software development aimed at the reuse of existing research software platforms, and by facilitating the reuse and management of research data.

• research software program funding will support research teams who will adapt existing research platforms for re-use by new research teams.
• research data management (rdm) program funding will support collaborative interoperability and integration of data repositories and systems within canadian and global digital research infrastructures (dri).

research software program funding call

detailed information on this call including eligibility requirements, project milestones, and application resources can be found at: canarie.ca/software/call3

key dates

• information webinars:

• september 19, 2019 at 1:00 pm et | register: canarie.ca/rs-webinar1
• october 7, 2019 at 1:00 pm et | register: canarie.ca/rs-webinar2

• proposal submission deadline: november 28, 2019 – 1:00 pm et

john g. diefenbaker award
the john g. diefenbaker award allows a distinguished german scholar in the humanities to conduct research in canada and spend brief periods gaining further experience at american institutions.  

• value: up to $95,000
• nominating process: nominations must be made by a department of the host university or research institute. a nomination form must be completed and submitted by mail to the canada council for the arts. (note: the council’s online portal is not open to prize competitions.)
• deadline: november 1^st, 2019
• for further information, please refer to the guidelines.

the fy19 defense appropriation provides $15 million (m) to the department of defense combat readiness – medical research program (crrp) to support military-relevant advanced technology and therapeutic research related to forward-deployable solutions that can promptly address life-threatening injuries, medical threats, and treatments for service members in current and future battlefield settings.  as directed by the office of the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, the defense health agency 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 broad agency announcement/funding opportunity is the congressionally directed medical research programs (cdmrp) at the u.s. army medical research and development command (usamrdc).

the congressional language for the crrp encompasses research that would enable the warfighter to better respond to serious injury, as well as solutions to mitigate the long-term effects of battlefield trauma.  fy19 crrp broad agency announcement and general submission instructions for the following award mechanism are posted on the grants.gov website.

fy19 crrp will solicit research applications addressing at least one of the focus areas described below.  the focus areas broadly describe current needs to ensure readiness for delivering front-line care in combat situations, and for delivering medical damage control capability, assets, and life-saving interventions to address the emerging needs of the warfighter and service medics during prolonged and en route care in austere and combat environments, including the acute and early management of combat-related trauma at the point of injury.

applications submitted to the fy19 crrp must address at least one of the following four focus areas:

• scalable solutions for wound care that can address prevention of bleeding, infection, and acute pain; delivery of therapeutics (including non-opioid solutions for pain); and promotion of healing
• decision-support solutions, such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, deep learning, and/or telemedicine, for triage and management of severely injured warfighters, to include management and monitoring of:

o   hemorrhage and resuscitation (i.e., airway management, control of bleeding, sedation, etc.)

o   acute pain

o   multi-casualty events when delayed evacuation exceeds available capability and/or capacity, in order to extend provider capabilities

• solutions that address hemorrhage control, including:

o   non-compressible torso hemorrhage

o   alternatives to optimize logistics and administration of blood products to the warfighter

• wearable sensors with broader multiple capabilities to identify and monitor medical management of injuries, to include:

o   environmental exposures

o   onset of infection, including sepsis

o   physiological status (heart rate, blood pressure, respiration), stress monitoring tools

o   neurological injury

o   point-of-care imaging

additional concurrent research approaches that address mitigation of long-term physical and psychological complications that occur from poor management of trauma pain and trauma care, as well as treatments for sepsis and new therapies for multidrug-resistant pathogens, including applications to sepsis, wound care, and injuries incurred outside the battlefield are encouraged, but not required.

https://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/crrp

rapid development and translational research award – letter of intent due october 23, 2019

• independent investigators at all academic levels (or equivalent)
• proposals/applications must be submitted through an extramural organization
• intramural investigators may be names as a collaborator on a proposal/application submitted through an extramural organization
• supports new ideas that represent military-relevant advanced technology and therapeutic research related to forward-deployable solutions that can promptly address life-threatening injuries, medical threats, and treatments for warfighters in current and future battlefield setting. the mechanism is not intended to support fundamental basic research.
• primary emphasis will be placed on the potential impact of the proposed work.
• preclinical research supported by substantial preliminary or published data that validates clinical translation is appropriate for this mechanisms.
• clinical trials are not allowed.
• must address at least one of the fy19 crrp focus areas.

• maximum funding of $1,500,000 for direct costs (plus indirect costs)

• maximum period of performance is 2 years

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 broad agency announcement and general submission 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 and other usamrdc extramural funding opportunities can be obtained on the grants.gov website by performing a basic search using cfda number 12.420. 

for email notification when broad agency 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 crrp or other cdmrp-administered programs, please visit the cdmrp website (https://cdmrp.army.mil).

point of contact:

cdmrp help desk

301-682-5507 
help@ebrap.org

welcome to the 2020 research competition!

asrp now supports an open competition! 
with an aim to support research that will improve the lives of those with lived experience, the asrp invites applicants from all disciplines to apply.
 

funding information

doctoral
amount: $22,000/year duration: 3 years
eligibility: within first 18 months of phd program

postdoctoral
amount: $50,00/year (phd) | $50,00/year (md) duration: 2 years
eligibility: within 18 months of obtaining phd (extension may be given to mds)

new investigator operating grant
amount: $200,000 duration: up to 4 years
eligibility: within the first 4 years of initial faculty position

proof of concept grant
amount: $100,000 duration: up to 5 years
eligibility: must hold a faculty position with a canadian university or affiliated institution

 

invitation to canadian universities

sport canada is accepting proposals from canadian universities interested in leading canada’s first gender equity in sport research hub. on may 1, 2019, the minister of science and sport, the honourable kirsty duncan, announced funding for the creation of a gender equity in sport research hub.

the research hub is expected to provide credible thought leadership, and to generate an evidence base to support gender equity in sport through innovative, transparent and sustainable research activities, data curation, network-building and partnerships to contribute to pan-canadian behaviour change.

sport canada will provide $1.65 million over three (3) years (2019-2020 to 2021-2022) to the successful applicant.

background information and instructions on how to apply can be found on the sport canada website. the deadline to submit is october 14, 2019.

if researchers considering applying to this funding opportunity are asked to contact andrew hacquoilin the office of research no later than september 20, 2019.

the canadian harkness fellowship award enables the best and brightest canadian thinkers and leaders to participate in the harkness fellowships in health care policy and practice, a core program of the commonwealth fund's international program in health policy and innovation.

the commonwealth fund, in collaboration with cfhi, offers a unique opportunity for promising mid-career professionals — academic researchers, government policy-makers, clinical leaders, senior hospital managers and journalists — to spend a year in the united states studying healthcare delivery system reforms and critical issues on the health policy agenda in both the u.s. and canada.

canadian harkness fellows bring these lessons back to canada and continue to work with cfhi (as faculty, speakers, attendees at key thought-leadership events) to inform and develop programming to accelerate health system transformation.

the canadian institutes of health research (cihr), the natural sciences and engineering research council (nserc) and the social sciences and humanities research council (sshrc) are jointly funding a national healthy cities research training platform(hcrtp) to develop an interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral training initiative that will generate cutting-edge knowledge and build capacity for implementation science and solutions-based research.

this funding opportunity will support a team in designing and delivering a national research training initiative focused on how to create, implement, and scale innovative, solution-based interventions in a variety of urban contexts focused on promoting healthy, resilient, sustainable and equitable cities. accomplishing this goal will require experts from diverse disciplines including public health, epidemiology, economics, sociology, law, ethics, engineering, environmental science and urban planning, which is why partnership across the three research funding agencies is essential.

the application process for the hcrtp will consist of a letter of intent (loi) stage, where up to six successful applicants will receive developmental grants, and a full application stage where one application will receive the full grant. the hcrtp is a major component of the cihr healthy cities research initiative (hcri).