Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

There are upcoming funding opportunities from January to March spring 2019 in the area of medical and health science:

Creating Opportunity & Independence
Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Deadline: January 18, 2019
To enhance the quality of life for individuals and their families living with spinal cord injury.

J. A. Campbell Research Award
Canadian Celiac Association
Deadline: January 31, 2019
For research projects in Canada related to Celiac Disease and/or Gluten Sensitivity. The CCA is open to all types of relevant research and is not restricted to medical research.

AGE-WELL Core Research Program, Request for Proposals
AGE-WELL
Deadline: January 22, 2019
Applications are invited for new core research projects that will be part of AGE-WELL’s renewal application for funding through 2020-2025. AGE-WELL’s core research projects must have the potential for real-world impact through the development of technology-based solutions that will support older adults and caregivers in their daily lives.

Major Industry-Partnered Research
CANet (Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada)
Deadline: January 14, 2019
Designed to support industry-partnered research projects that are aligned with the Network’s strategic priorities.

Strategic Research Grant
CANet (Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada)
Deadline: January 14, 2019
To support small and large scale multidisciplinary multi-sectoral research projects in the areas of arrhythmia research.

Commercialization Grant
CANet (Cardiac Arrhythmia Network of Canada)
Deadline: January 14, 2019
To accelerate the development of promising technology for arrhythmia-related applications that originate from the university/college sector, and to promote its transfer into the Canadian healthcare environment.

Innovation Grants
Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI)
Deadline: January 15, 2019
To support innovative, creative problem solving in cancer research.

Innovation to Impact Grant
Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI)
Deadline: January 15, 2019
Designed to extend the CCSRI funding pipeline by filling the gap between Innovation and Impact Grants.

Team Grant, Sepsis Research Network
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Deadline: January 17, 2019
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support a single national research network in the area of sepsis research.

Grants-in-Aid Research Competition
Crohn's and Colitis Canada
Deadline: January 18, 2019
The Crohn’s and Colitis Canada Grants-in-Aid of Research program supports research on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to help advance prevention, treatments, health policy and, ultimately find cures. Grants support research projects with a defined objective, conducted by an investigator working alone or in collaboration with others.

Improved Biomarkers and Clinical Outcome Measures Program
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (US)
Deadline: January 22, 2019
The Michael J. Fox Foundation seeks to support research that will develop biomarker tools and clinical outcome measures to assist in target validation for therapeutic development and ultimately inform clinical trial design, execution and interpretation of results.

Target Advancement Program
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (US)
Deadline: January 22, 2019
This program supports research characterizing promising, novel PD-relevant targets or continuing target biology work on established PD targets.

Therapeutic Pipeline Program
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (US)
Deadline: January 22, 2019
This program supports PD therapeutic development along the pre-clinical and clinical path (both drug and non-pharmacological therapeutics, including gene therapy, biological, surgical and non-invasive approaches).

Team Grant, Transitions in Care
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Deadline: January 24, 2019
This funding opportunity is one of several planned as part of the Transition in Care (TiC) Initiative. The focus is to support inter-disciplinary teams that are poised and ready to optimize transition in care outcomes. The grants will provide funds to implement, evaluate, spread, and scale pragmatic solutions to problems associated with transitions in care from a clinical, health care or health system perspective.

J. A. Campbell Research Award
Canadian Celiac Association
Deadline: January 31, 2019
For research projects in Canada related to Celiac Disease and/or Gluten Sensitivity. The CCA is open to all types of relevant research and is not restricted to medical research.

Scholar Awards
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
Deadline: January 31, 2019
Supports early-career health researchers who are building leading-edge health research programs, training junior scientists and expanding their potential to make significant contributions to their field.

Research Grants (Investigator-Initiated)
Muscular Dystrophy Association (US)
Deadline: January 31, 2019
MDA Research Grants are awarded to independent, established investigators to accelerate progress toward understanding and treating muscle disease.

Young Investigator Development Grants
Muscular Dystrophy Association (US)
Deadline: January 31, 2019
Muscular Dystrophy Association’s mission to free individuals from the harmful effects of neuromuscular disease.

Pre-announcement, Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance Call on Diagnostics and Surveillance 2019
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Deadline: February 1, 2019
Joint transnational call for proposals for innovative research projects on new or improved diagnostics and surveillance strategies, tools, technologies and methods in the areas of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

CIHR/KRESCENT New Investigator Award
The Kidney Foundation of Canada
Deadline: February 1, 2019
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.

New Investigator Award Program
Parkinson Canada
Deadline: February 4, 2019
Funds research into the cure, cause, prevention, improved treatment and/or understanding of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders, and the impact these diseases have on society.

Pilot Project Program
Parkinson Canada
Deadline: February 4, 2019
Parkinson Canada’s Research Program funds research into the cure, cause, prevention, improved treatment and/or understanding of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders and the impact these diseases have on society.

Foundation Grant Program
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Deadline: February 6, 2019
The Foundation Grant program is designed to contribute to a sustainable foundation of new and established health research leaders, by providing long-term support for the pursuit of innovative and high-impact research programs.

Project Grant Program
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Deadline: February 6, 2019
The Project Grant Program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes.

Operating Grants
Cancer Research Society
Deadline: February 13, 2019
The Cancer Research Society Operating Grants Program supports fundamental, early translational and environment-cancer research on all types of cancer to contribute to the advancement of science aimed at preventing, detecting and treating this disease

2018 Implementation Science Team Competition- Full Application
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
Deadline: February 28, 2019 (to be confirmed)
The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) has launched its first Implementation Science award program (IST program). This funding opportunity 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. The goal is to understand how specific health interventions can be better adapted to different regions, cultures, genders, or conditions, and, if applicable, how the interventions can be scaled up.

Project Grant Program
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Deadline: March 6, 2019
The Project Grant Program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes.

Rapid Response Canada 2019 Full Application
Weston Brain Institute
Deadline: March 28, 2019
To provide funding for novel, high-risk, high-reward, translational research that will accelerate the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases of aging.

Pre-announcement, CIHR Early Career Investigators in Maternal, Reproductive, Child and Youth Health (2019)
CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Deadline: April 1, 2019
The program supports early career investigators on research projects that has the potential to have a significant impact on maternal, reproductive, child and youth health outcomes.