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Engaging the World

Funding and Award Opportunities

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Important August NOI and Registration Deadlines, and Upcoming Funding Opportunities

 

August NOI and Registration Deadlines

 

AUG 1
 
NSERC Discovery Grants (NOI Aug 1, Full Application Nov 1)
 
(NOI Aug 1, Full Application Oct 1 and Nov 1)
 
(NOI Aug 1, Full App Oct 1, Oct 25)
 
(NOI Aug 1, Full Application Oct 1)
 
AUG 8
 
CIHR Foundation Grant Program (Registration Aug 15, Full Application Sep 19, 2018)- deadlines verified July 11, 2018
 
 
AUG 15
 
CIHR Project Grant Program (Registration Aug 15, Full Application Sep 12, 2018)- deadlines verified July 11, 2018
 

Funding Alerts (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, DND, Translink, BCIC, Weston Brain Institute, DOD, AgeWell, etc) 

 

JUL 13
 
Deadline: July 13, 2018
Maximum Award: $1,500,000 CAD
The Department of National Defence seeks to understand and exploit advances in materials science to increase protection against current and future threats, and reduce protection system weight and discomfort to improve mission effectiveness.
 
 
JUL 16
 
Deadline: July 16, 2018
On July 5, 2018, TransLink has launched a recurring Open Innovation Call to look for innovative ideas to improve mobility in this region, and are offering support and collaboration to help incubate, develop, test, and commercialize selected ideas. The theme for the inaugural call is enabling seamlessly integrated door-to-door mobility for people and goods.

 

JUL 23
 
Deadline: July 23, 2018
Maximum Award: $300,000 CAD
This program supports commercialization in the natural resources and applied sciences. Teams must be working on project(s) with the potential for significant benefit to British Columbia.
 
JUL 24
 
Registration Deadline: July 24, 2018
Application Deadline: August 21, 2018
Maximum Award: $200,000 CAD
This funding opportunity supports inactivity study involving older adults (55-65yrs) and astronauts to better understand the health impacts of inactivity, and to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of a specific countermeasure protocol.
 
 
AUG 1 (Major Deadline)
 
Deadline: August 01, 2018
Connection Grants (amounts from $7,000 to $25,000) support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes or other events or outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives.
 
AUG 1
 
Deadline: August 01, 2018
Maximum Award: $1,500,000 CAD
To provide funding for translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
 
Deadline: August 01, 2018
Maximum Award: $200,000 CAD
To provide funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward, translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.
 
Deadline: August 01, 2018
Maximum Award: $80,000 USD
Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence and aggression in the modern world.
 
Deadline: August 01, 2018
Maximum Award: $50,000 USD
This program aims to fund academic work that will contribute to the improvement of education, broadly conceived.
 
 
AUG 2
 
Deadline: August 02, 2018
Maximum Award: $600,000 USD
This funding program is to accelerate high-impact research to improve treatment and find a cure for TSC.
 
 
AUG 10
 
Deadline: August 10, 2018
Maximum Award: $40,000 CAD
AGE-WELL’s SIP Accelerator funding program supports innovative post-discovery projects focused on the commercialization and/or knowledge mobilization of solutions (e.g. technologies, services or policies) aligned with AGE-WELL’s mission and vision.
 
 
AUG 14
 
Registration Deadline: August 14, 2018
Application Deadline: September 5, 2018
Maximum Award: $70,000 CAD
This funding opportunity is a one-year grant to catalyze and support research efforts of Canadian researchers to use the available CLSA (Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging) data in order to better understand how the biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and/or economic aspects of people’s lives impact health and the development of disease and disability as people age.
 
Deadline: August 14, 2018
Applications to the Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) are being solicited for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) to support research projects that will address the urgency of ending breast cancer.
 
 
AUG 21
 
Registration Deadline: August 21, 2018
Application Deadline: September 5, 2018
Maximum Award: $100,000 CAD
This funding opportunity will support evaluation grants to rapidly assess interventions and practices that have been put in place to address the most urgent elements of the opioid crisis.
 
AUG 31
 
Deadline: August 31, 2018
Maximum Award: $50,000 USD
The Early Career Women Scientists (ECWS) fellowship is a prestigious award of up to USD 50,000 offered to women who have completed their PhDs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects and are employed at an academic or scientific research institute in one of the listed Science and Technology Lagging Countries (STLCs).
 
 
SEP 3
 
Deadline: September 03, 2018
The Ship Time Program is aimed at researchers who intend to use a vessel for their Discovery Grant-supported research in the coming years.
 
 
SEP 6
 
Deadline: September 06, 2018
Maximum Award: $50,000 CAD
This funding opportunity supports interdisciplinary events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives to contribute to the CRCC-prioritized national dialogue.
 
 
 

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