canadian blood services is pleased to announce its 2019 blood efficiency accelerator award program competition. the objective of the program is to improve the efficient and appropriate utilization of blood products, while maintaining the safety of the blood system.

 

projects funded through this program in previous competitions include:

• a program to minimize preventable and inappropriate blood product transfusions in liver surgery
• feasibility in canada for a non-invasive prenatal testing using single-exon fetal rhd determination
• assessment of the quality of granulocyte concentrates to optimize their use in transfusion therapy
• optimizing rejuvenation to improve the product quality of pathogen-inactivation and gamma-irradiated red cell concentrates.

read our recent blog post to learn more about the funding opportunity.

 

for detailed information about the blood efficiency accelerator award program competition, please refer to www.blood.ca. the deadline to submit completed application packages is january 15 2019.

the krescent program new investigator award is awarded to individuals who have clearly demonstrated excellence during their pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training in kidney disease. the award provides salary support for up to three years of the faculty appointment at the rank of assistant professor or its equivalent at a canadian university.

the purpose of this award is to assist such an individual to become established as a fully independent investigator in the field of kidney disease.

preference may be given to candidates who have been awarded and successfully completed a krescent program post-doctoral fellowship or allied health doctoral scholarship.

application for this award must be initiated by the university or the institution at which the candidate will conduct the proposed research. the university or institution is expected to guarantee the applicant appropriate academic rank and to provide adequate space and facilities for the investigator’s research, commensurate with the status of the individual in terms of experience and level of support by the program.

an awardee may not be in receipt of another major personnel support award (i.e. from international, national or provincial funding agencies) at the same time as holding the new investigator award from the krescent program.

the quality of the proposed research plan is an important component in the evaluation of the application.  therefore, a clear, concise and comprehensive description of the proposed research plan must be given.  in addition, the role of the new investigator in the proposed research must be clearly defined including how the execution of the research plan will contribute to the candidate’s development as an independent researcher.

applications in english must be completed via the on-line application system proposalcentral. please allow extra time to review the system before the application deadline of february 01, 2019. to apply through this site, you will have to set up a profile, and then search for “krescent” or “kidney” and fill out the krescent application.

the application guidelines for the 2019 krescent post-doctoral fellowships and new investigator award programs are available on the krescent’s website www.krescent.ca and on the proposalcentral website(https://proposalcentral.altum.com/) 

please note:  the french version of the on-line application system is not available at this time.  to apply in french, all forms and guidelines for the 2019 competition can be found on the krescent website.

for more information regarding the krescent program, please contact christine marquis at 1-800-361 7494, ext. 232 or at christine.marquis@kidney.ca.

a krescent program post-doctoral fellowship is an “in-training” award intended for applicants with a phd, md or equivalent degree. the objective is to attract and foster young investigators to initiate and/or continue training in kidney research.

an awardee may not be in receipt of another major personnel award at the same time as holding the post-doctoral fellowship from the krescent program. however, the krescent program will consider approving supplemental funding if a minor stipend has been provided from a local or provincial funding agency.

applications in english must be completed via the on-line application system proposalcentral. please allow extra time to review the system before the application deadline of february 01, 2019. to apply through this site, you will have to set up a profile, and then search for “krescent” or “kidney” and fill out the krescent application.

the application guidelines for the 2019 krescent post-doctoral fellowships and new investigator award programs are available on the krescent’s website www.krescent.ca and on the proposalcentral website(https://proposalcentral.altum.com/) 

please note:  the french version of the on-line application system is not available at this time.  to apply in french, all forms and guidelines for the 2019 competition can be found on the krescent website.

for more information regarding the krescent program, please contact christine marquis at 1-800-361 7494, ext. 232 or at christine.marquis@kidney.ca.

a wenner-gren grantee may apply for the engaged anthropology grant ($5,000 maximum) upon completion of the final reporting requirements for the dissertation fieldwork or post-ph.d. research grant.

this grant is designed to enable grantees to return to their research locale to share their research results with:

• the community  in which the research was conducted, and/or
• the academic/anthropological community in the region or country of research.

the foundation realizes that the appropriate form of engagement will vary depending on the type of project that was undertaken and the location of the research.  emphasis should be on disseminating the research results of wenner-gren funded research.  applications are evaluated according to the project’s capacity for producing engaged participation, cultivating mutually beneficial collaborations, and forging equitable relationships among all parties involved. this grant does not support the continuation of research activities, the establishment of websites, or other forms of engagement with western anthropologists who typically have access to the international academic community and literature.

partnership grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight and/or the connection program. proposals exclusively for partnered research training initiatives (see below) 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 through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership, as well as through resources as evidenced by cash and/or in-kind contributions.

partnership grants are intended for large teams working in formal collaboration between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types. for more information, see the definitions of formal partnership and partner organization.

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 a proposed initiative. please see sshrc’s guidelines for effective research training for more information on 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 may come from within the research community and/or from partner organizations from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. however, only an eligible institution may administer the grant funding (see eligibility).

sshrc invites applicants and their partner organizations who wish to propose formal disciplinary, interdisciplinary, interinstitutional, international and/or cross-sector partnership arrangements to apply for support through this funding opportunity. funds are available to support a variety of formal partnership initiatives in all of the disciplines and themes eligible for funding at sshrc.

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

there are two categories of partnerships that may request support:

• existing partnerships: support to foster new research and/or research-related partnership activities that are distinct from the partnership’s previous/ongoing partnership activities.
• new partnerships: support to foster new research and/or research-related partnership activities that are undertaken by partnerships in their initial stages.

insight development grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight program.

insight development grants support research in its initial stages. the grants enable the development of new research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas. funding is provided for short-term research development projects, of up to two years, proposed by individuals or teams.

insight development grants foster research in its early stages, but are not intended to support large-scale initiatives. long-term support for research is offered through sshrc’s insight grants.

proposed projects may involve, but are not limited to, the following types of research activities:

• case studies;
• pilot initiatives; and
• critical analyses of existing research.

projects may also involve national and international research collaboration, and the exploration of new ways of producing, structuring and mobilizing knowledge within and across disciplines and sectors.