the specific objectives of the ccna research teams fo are to equitably and inclusively:

• support research in age-related neurogenerative diseases related to the themes of primary prevention, secondary prevention and treatment, and quality of life;
• support the continuous improvement and optimal use of ccna research platforms and central research support for research in neurodegeneration in aging;
• catalyze and build training and mentoring capacity to foster career development of the next generation of researchers in the field, inclusive of the diversity of people in canada, and australia, as applicable, by leveraging training and other opportunities offered by the ccna operations centre;
• enhance capacity for knowledge mobilization practices throughout the research process, in both official languages, to increase the dissemination and uptake of neurodegenerative disease research results to relevant parties and partners in research;
• facilitate interdisciplinary, interinstitutional, interprovincial, and international (if applicable) collaborations, and create linkages within and across teams, themes, and the ccna operations centre, and between a diversity of researchers and knowledge users in age-related neurodegenerative diseases; and
• advance research on neurodegenerative diseases and improve more equitable health outcomes for diverse groups of people in canada, and australia, as applicable.

see "additional information" for more details on the overall objectives of the ccna in phase iii.

eureka has launched a globalstars call for proposals for joint research and development (r&d) projects in the high-tech and circular economy sectors. all consortia projects must have at least 1 eligible japanese partner.

participating countries include the united kingdom, canada, austria, france, singapore and finland. this call for proposals is open to organizations who wish to form project consortia to perform collaborative projects focused on developing innovative products, processes or technology-based services.

this call for proposals is open to projects in the following sectors, excluding technologies associated with nuclear power and drug discovery:

• aerospace
• artificial intelligence
• biotechnology
• electronics
• energy and environment
• new materials
• medical devices
• mining and other industrial technologies
• robotics
• semiconductors
• quantum

researchers are invited to apply for a new grant funding opportunity sponsored by canadian forces health services (cfhs) director of women and diversity health (d wdh) to conduct a systematic review exploring the possible effects of military occupational exposures on reproductive health outcomes in caf women and diverse members. this systematic review is required to provide a rigorous and up to date overview of the evidence applicable to the caf regarding occupational exposures and reproductive health outcomes in military women and diverse members. researchers are encouraged to use a broad search strategy so that research conducted in militaries internationally, including comparable countries such as the uk and australia, is included. further, studies from grey literature should also be captured.

researchers are invited to apply for a new grant funding opportunity sponsored by canadian forces health services (cfhs) director of women and diversity health (d wdh) to conduct a feasibility study. this feasibility study is required to provide d wdh with an understanding of the privacy, methodological, and resource implications of accessing health care utilization (hcu) and other routinely collected administrative data for research or surveillance with respect to health outcomes for women and diverse members in the canadian armed forces (caf).

this funding opportunity is seeking submissions to conduct an environmental scan of academic literature, public documents, emerging trends, best practices, and challenges in moral-ethical dilemma scenarios, including recommendations for a conjoint experiment.

final report to include the following:

• final research report that outlines new and emerging research, best practices and approaches for developing scenarios involving moral ethical dilemmas (including scenarios developed for vr environments).
• identify and summarize academic literature and public documents regarding the types of virtual scenarios and key attributes of moral-ethical dilemmas relevant to military personnel.
• example attributes for consideration include perspective, interaction with leadership, decision-making role, moral-ethical dilemmas, urgency, physical distance, naturalistic decision making, experience, demographic variables, and demographic factors like sex/gender and ethnicity.
• provide recommendations on how to systematically evaluate the different features within each of the identified key attributes of scenarios involving moral-ethical dilemmas.
• provide recommendations for gender-based analysis and considering factors from both end user and leadership perspectives.
• provide recommendations for experimental design of a follow-up conjoint analysis from the end-user and leadership perspective based on the identified attributes and features from the environmental scan.
• bibliography of documents used to produce the final report.

the funding opportunity seeks submissions to develop prototype predictive ai/ml models to assist trauma-induced blood transfusions. the models will use advanced machine learning algorithms and large-scale data to predict the need for massive hemorrhage protocol, the need for massive transfusion, and the transfusion of blood products (rbcs, plasma, and platelets) over time. the research can be conducted on a broader population, not just the canadian armed forces (caf) and canadian veteran populations.

the petroleum research fund is an endowed fund, managed by the american chemical society that supports fundamental research directly related to petroleum or fossil fuels at nonprofit institutions (generally colleges and universities) in the united states and other countries.

acs petroleum research fund (acs prf) grants are intended as seed money, to enable an investigator to initiate a new research direction. the investigator should not have published or received financial support from another funding agency for the proposed research. also, proposals that the acs prf committee feels are a logical extension of an investigator’s previous research may be denied as “not a new direction.”

since the first acs prf grants were approved in 1953, several grant programs have evolved to serve segments of the scientific community, including “new investigator” grants and grants to support researchers in departments that do not award doctoral degrees.

scope of the fund

proposals must be for fundamental research in “the petroleum field,” which is defined in our founding document as “petroleum, natural gas, coal, shale, tar sands and like materials.” fundamental research encompasses the properties of these materials, whereas the petroleum industry undertakes “applied research,” which is outside the scope of acs prf. however, please note that while the prf trust imposes certain restrictions, prf currently funds many topics of current interest in sustainability and green chemistry. these include, for example, new catalysts and upgrading/utilization of methane and carbon dioxide.  interested individuals are encouraged to contact a prf program officer or prfinfo@acs.org for more information regarding areas.

for more information, please contact jill sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.