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Upcoming Major Deadlines and Funding Opportunities, March 2018
The Tri-Agencies, MSFHR, Genome BC, SFU, NIH and a number of funding agencies are offering a range of funding opportunities in the following areas: natural science and engineering, technology commercialization, social sciences, genomics, community engagement, biomedical research, health, diabetes, biomaterials, neuroscience, cardiovascular diseases, cancer research, personalized medicine, drug discovery, psychology, biodiversity, policies, defense, Asian studies, and foreign affairs.
Major Deadlines:
Deadline: March 15, 2018
Maximum Award: $25,000 CAD
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
Deadline: April 02, 2018
Strategic Partnership Grants for Networks (SPG‑N) fund large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects in targeted research areas that require a network approach and that involve collaboration between academic researchers and Canadian-based organizations.
Full Application Deadline: April 05, 2018
Maximum Award: $450,000 CAD
The MSFHR Innovation to Commercialization (I2C) Program provides funding support to help BC health researchers advance their products or technologies towards practical application to improve health outcomes, benefit society, and enrich the health innovation ecosystem in BC
Full Application Deadline: April 10, 2018
The MSFHR Research Trainee Program is designed to attract, recognize, and support outstanding researchers who have completed a PhD, or are a health professional eligible for a fellowship (or equivalent) program.
LOI Deadline: April 16, 2018
Application Deadline: Jan 2019
Maximum Award: $10,000 CAD
Supports research in the area of implementation science, which examines the process of implementing an intervention, or adapting an intervention to settings different from the ones in which it was originally developed and tested….
SFU Internal Grants
Deadline: April 13, 2018
Maximum Award: $10,000 CAD
SFU’s Office of Community Engagement is accepting proposals for initiatives that advance the goals of SFU’s community engagement strategy by building new or deeper mutually beneficial partnerships with SFU’s communities, including nonprofit organizations, industry associations, NGOs, and local, first nations, provincial and federal government departments.
Genome BC Research Funding Opportunities
Genome BC has various research funding opportunities to support genomics research in microbiome, Agrifood (biology, agriculture, economics and social sciences), as well as research collaborations with Lifelabs to develop genomics solutions for medical assessments and diagnostics.
Deadline: March 30, 2018
Maximum Award: $80,000 CAD
Deadline: March 15, 2018
Focus area: Microbiomes
Deadline: TBD
EVENT: Genome BC is planning an information session at SFU in mid-April. If you are interested, please contact ors@sfu.ca
NIH Research Funding Opportunities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has funding calls to support research projects in the area of glucose monitoring technology, biomaterials for type 1 diabetes cell replacement therapy, chemotherapy-related cognitive impairment, and dementia.
Impact of the Use of Glucose Monitoring and Control Technologies on Health Outcomes and Quality of Life in Older Adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) (R01 Clinical Trial Required) (NIH, US)
LOI Deadline: March 26, 2018
Application Deadline: April 26, 2018
Maximum Award: $500,000 USD
Development of New Technologies and Bioengineering Solutions for the Advancement of Cell Replacement Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)- (NIH, US)
LOI Deadline: April 10, 2018
Application Deadline: May 10, 2018
Maximum Award: $500,000 USD
Funding opportunities in neuroscience
A number of agencies are offering funding opportunities to support research and international collaborations in the areas of neurodegenerative diseases, aging, mental health, pain, scoliosis and Huntington’s disease.
Pre-proposal Deadline: March 08, 2018
Application Deadline: June 26, 2018
Maximum Award: $225,000 CAD
Deadline: April 01, 2018
Maximum Award: $50,000 USD
Deadline: April 04, 2018
Maximum Award: $15,000 USD
Deadline: April 12, 2018
Maximum Award: $150,000 CAD
Funding opportunities in cardiovascular diseases, cancer, personalized medicine and drug discovery
CIHR, Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute and Cancer Research Society are offering funding opportunities to support research and collaborations in the areas of cardiovascular disease, cancer research, personalized medicine and drug discovery.
Pre-proposal Deadline: March 15, 2018
Application Deadline: June 15, 2018
Maximum Award: $292,500 CAD
LOI Deadline: March 27, 2018
Application Deadline: June 19, 2018
Maximum Award: $100,000 CAD
Innovation Grants (Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute - CCSRI) registration deadline past
Deadline: March 29, 2018
Maximum Award: $200,000 CAD
Pre-proposal Deadline: April 10, 2018
Application Deadline: July 5, 2018
Maximum Award: $450,000 CAD
Funding opportunities in biodiversity, political and social science, foreign affairs, and defense and security
NSERC, SSHRC and other funding agencies are offering fellowships and research funding opportunities in the areas of biodiversity, political and social science, Canada-UK relationship, defense and security, Asian studies, economics, law, and history.
Belmont Forum - BiodivERsA Call on Scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (NSERC) Pre-reg deadline passed
Deadline: March 09, 2018
Deadline: March 15, 2018
Deadline: March 28, 2018
Maximum Award: $30,000 CAD
Deadline: March 30, 2018
Deadline: April 01, 2018
Maximum Award: €12,000 EUR
Deadline: April 06, 2018
Funding opportunities in Psychology
The American Psychology Foundation (US) has funding opportunities to support early career psychologists to develop treatments for serious emotional disturbance in children, for research that use psychology to solve social problems, and to recognize exceptional individuals working in the area of serious mental illness.
Deadline: March 15, 2018
Maximum Award: $18,000 USD
Deadline: April 01, 2018
Maximum Award: $20,000 USD
Deadline April 15, 2018 (nomination required)
Maximum Award: $20,000
Early Career and Collaboration Funding Opportunities:
A number of foreign and Canadian funding agencies having funding opportunities to support research collaborations and early-career researchers who work in the area of entrepreneurship, health and biomedical research, and biochemistry .
Deadline: March 06, 2018
Maximum Award: $50,000 USD
Deadline: March 13, 2018
Maximum Award: $25,000 USD
Deadline: March 15, 2018
Maximum Award: $25,000 CAD
Deadline: March 18, 2018
Deadline: April 01, 2018
Maximum Award: $4,000 CAD
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