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 humanities and social sciences;
• 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 humanities and social sciences 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.

partnership engage grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight program and the connection program. please note that partnership engage grants cannot respond exclusively to the objectives of the connection program.

they 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 the 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.

global affairs canada has launched a call for preliminary proposals to enhance gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in latin america and the caribbean region. this call will seek projects that focus on up to three areas targeting gender equality by: (i) enhancing women and girls’ participation in public life; (ii) preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence; and (iii) promoting women’s economic empowerment. the deadline to submit a proposal is wednesday, march 13, 2019, 12:00 p.m. (noon), eastern time.

the 'network of european funding for neuroscience research' (neuron) was established under the era-net scheme of the european commission. the aim of era-net neuron is to coordinate and optimize research efforts and funding programmes of its partner countries in the fields of disease related neuroscience.

under the umbrella of neuron, a joint transnational call (jtc2019) has been launched for biomarkers in disorders of the brain. for afflicted patients, a correct diagnosis and individualized treatment without severe side effects are of crucial importance. despite impressive improvement on our knowledge of brain function, valid and reliable biomarkers for clinical and research use in the field of brain diseases are still urgently needed. brain disease biomarkers candidates are continuously identified and published by academic research groups. however, the rigorous validation of those promising candidates as research or clinical tools is seriously hindered by the frequent use of poorly standardized practices.

cihr and the neuron funding organizations particularly wish to promote multi-disciplinary work and translational research proposals that combine basic and clinical approaches. in the context of the present call, the inclusion of psychiatrists and/or neurologists in the proposed teams is highly encouraged, along with fundamental neuroscientists. the teams are expected to submit novel, ambitious ideas that can only be achieved by the complementary collaboration between partners.

research areas

research proposals should cover at least one of the following areas:

• fundamental research addressing the discovery and validation of biomarkers to be used as bio-signatures of the pathophysiology associated to specific neurological and psychiatric diseases
• clinical research on clinically relevant biomarkers for the diagnosis, patient stratification, prognosis or monitoring or prediction of treatment response and side effects for specific neurological and psychiatric diseases

for more information please consult the era-net neuron website.

addressing the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance (amr) requires a holistic and multi-sectoral approach – referred to as one health. resistant bacteria and antibiotics can be found in humans, animals and the environment, and they may spread from one to the other, and from one country to another. amr does not recognize geographic or human–animal borders. the primary aim of the ninth joint call of the joint programming initiative on antimicrobial resistance (jpiamr) is to combine the resources, infrastructures, and strengths of multiple countries in order to facilitate innovative research projects on diagnostics and surveillance strategies that can be used to detect and monitor antimicrobial resistance (amr).

the call focuses on the development of new or improved diagnostics and surveillance strategies, tools, technologies and methods that can be used to aid the diagnosis of amr infections in human and veterinary settings, or the surveillance and detection of amr in humans, animals and the environment. projects addressing both human and veterinary diagnostic and surveillance topics may also consider how research on prevention and prudent use of antibiotics could optimise the efficacy and safety of antimicrobial chemotherapy. projects should consider implementation into appropriate geographic settings, including into low and middle income countries (lmics), and assume a one health perspective where appropriate.

another aim of this call is to support and increase the participation of researchers from lmics. research and innovation on amr by and within lmics has great importance for our collective global future. amr thrives in settings with limited access to water and sanitation, medicines, veterinary and health care, and geographic environments where antimicrobials are produced and applied and pose increased and unknown risks for humans, animals and the environment.

projects should aim to either:

• develop strategies, tools, technologies, and methods for the detection, monitoring, profiling and/or surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and dynamics leading to resistance.
• study ways to facilitate and implement the uptake and use of existing strategies, tools, technologies, and/or methods for the detection, monitoring, profiling and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and dynamics leading to resistance.

projects should consider international guidelines and standards for surveillance amr.

this funding opportunity is expected to:

• promote the continued coordination and integration of epigenetic and epigenomic research across canada and internationally
• promote the continued coordination and integration of knowledge translation activities across the ceehrc funded components

this funding opportunity is expected 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.

the cancer research society operating grants competition is offered to research projects in basic and fundamental, early translational and environment-cancer research. cihr-icr is co-funding operating grants, that, but are not limited to:

• fundamental or early translational research, including preclinical research in the area of breast cancer;
• research studying the environmental causes of cancer including viruses, pollutants, work environment, lifestyle and diet;
• support cancer research by early career researchers.