at the bill & melinda gates foundation, we believe that malaria eradication within a generation is possible. we recognize that in order to achieve this, national malaria control programs (nmcps) must be empowered to use timely, high-quality data to inform their malaria strategic planning, decision-making, program implementation, and evaluation. as we work to sustain the decline in incidence rates that have marked the last fifteen years of malaria control, this concept of data-to-action has never been more important.

our vision for data-to-action, recently endorsed by who’s malaria policy advisory committee (mpac), is one of stratification and sub-national tailoring. in the first step, multiple data sources – from geospatial to epidemiological data – are used to define district-level strata within a country. next, additional data types are used as the input to mathematical models that output the optimal package of interventions that result in maximum malaria burden reduction within a given resource envelope. the success of stratification and sub-national tailoring is highly dependent on the underlying data, which may not always be complete, high-quality, and / or timely. we are therefore exploring new data streams that might improve our understanding of factors driving changes in malaria epidemiology or be used to optimize the choice of interventions modelled. one of these new data streams is serological, genetic, and / or genomic data which arises from malaria molecular surveillance.

malaria molecular surveillance (mms) is an umbrella term which describes the use of molecular biology approaches – from serology to genotyping to whole genome sequencing (wgs) – to interrogate parasite and / or vector populations in order to derive epidemiologically actionable information. mms does not include research-oriented genetic and genomic investigations, such as studies using genomics to investigate parasite or mosquito biology. rather, the emphasis is on analyses that can directly influence malaria control policy and practice. in addition to the laboratory techniques used, mms also includes the bioinformatics tools and resources necessary to process, interpret, and share the resulting data.

the challenge

initial work in the mms space focused on methods development and proof-of-concept pilot studies. now, the tools and analyses are maturing, the infrastructure is in place, and the time-to-result is much shorter, meaning that mms is beginning to influence program planning and execution. in elimination settings, genetics has been deployed in focused investigations of malaria importations. in higher-burden settings, mms is being used to visualize the spatio-temporal spread of antimalarial drug resistance markers, influencing treatment guidelines, and to track the effect of different interventions on parasite genetic diversity as a surrogate measure of transmission intensity.

please contact jill sherman, international research facilitator at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca if you are interested in applying to this funding opportunity.

university research awards are designed to encourage research at canadian universities in areas of interest to imperial oil's petroleum, petrochemical and energy resource development businesses. these areas include the fields of engineering, environmental, earth, chemical, and physical sciences.

 

awards for specific research projects are made to full-time faculty members to support research work carried out by university 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 under their direction.

 

individual awards are normally available in amounts ranging from $10,000 to $25,000 depending on budgets for the proposed research, availability of funds, and potential significance of the research as determined by imperial.

 

awards are made for one year and may be renewed annually for a maximum tenure of three years.

 

for further information and applications, please visit our web site at imperial under the heading innovation and research/university grants/university research awards, or go directly to university research awards. 

 

deadline for submission is december 15, 2020.

 

please note that applications must be submitted in electronic format to email ura.sru@esso.ca. pdf format is preferred. preferred filename convention is applicantssurnameinitialsuniversityname.pdf

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• create new knowledge about the magnitude and health effects of climate change on food security in the canadian north and northern indigenous populations by incorporating indigenous knowledge and land-based experience regarding traditional/country food sources.
• identify effective approaches, programs and policy to address food insecurity in the north through implementation science.
• build capacity for multidisciplinary research in the area of food security and climate change in the canadian north that has strong and meaningful engagement with indigenous communities and organizations.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• inform best practices for the operation of safer supply interventions and supervised consumption sites
• address pressing evidence needs of decision makers and knowledge users in the area of harm reduction interventions, taking into consideration the impact of the covid-19 pandemic and the local context
• consider the impact of the local context and other factors, such as biological and social determinants (e.g., sex, gender, age, housing status and income, etc.) and sub-populations (e.g., those with severe opioid use disorder, youth, indigenous peoples, rural, inner-urban, etc.), on the interventions
• identify considerations for further evaluation activities of harm reduction interventions, including insights and generalizable knowledge regarding implementation processes, barriers, and facilitators
• advance evidence-based practices through knowledge dissemination activities
• foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and bilateral interaction with decision makers in order to directly inform drug policy

mitacs elevate provides two years of postdoc funding valued at $60,000/year plus extensive customized professional development training ($7,500/year non-cash value).

postdocs:

• manage a long-term collaborative research project with a company or not-for-profit organization
• develop business-ready skills in leadership, financial literacy, management and negotiation, project management, problem solving and much more
• key deadlines
  • january 13, 2021 — intent to apply and conflict of interest declaration deadline
  • february 10, 2021 — final application deadline

 for questions or more information, please contact us at elevate@mitacs.ca.

the mitacs accelerate industrial postdoc provides one, two or three years of funding — valued at $55,000 per year — for a postdoctoral fellow. this special initiative offers better leveraging than standard mitacs accelerate internships to:

• build a longer-term collaboration with a company or not-for-profit organization
• apply their expertise to real-world problems
• connect with a potential employer

this limited time offering closes on november 25, 2020. for questions or more information, contact us at accelerate@mitacs.ca.

the funding opportunity has two broad objectives:

• enhance national capacity of infectious disease modelling that supports public health responses to eids in the future by building a national network for collaboration and knowledge mobilization 
• provide direct support to canada’s covid-19 response by producing modelling products that contribute to public health decisions via risk assessment, impact analyses and decision support such as intervention program design

to achieve these objectives, this initiative aims to establish multi-disciplinary network(s) of specialists across the country in modelling infectious diseases to be applied to public needs associated with emerging infectious diseases and pandemics such as covid-19. the network(s) would enhance and formalize existing ad-hoc structures, facilitate new and existing partnerships across institutions as well as the sharing of methodological advancements and strategies; thereby improving and enhancing research efforts and supporting capacity building in infectious disease modelling within canada.

applicants are encouraged to establish collaborations that demonstrate integration of the one health (interaction of humans, animals and environment) approach to understanding infectious disease emergence and transmission, and strategies for prevention and control.

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

partnership grants are intended for large teams of postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types that work in formal collaboration.

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 the proposed initiative. sshrc’s guidelines for effective research training explain 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 can come from the research community and/or from partner organizations from the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. however, only an institution that meets the eligibility requirements can administer the grant funding. for more information, see eligibility.

the objectives of the team grants in diabetes mechanisms and translational solutions are:

1. to elucidate previously undefined mechanisms that control the onset and progression of all types of diabetes mellitus and related complications and co-morbidities, with appropriate consideration of sex as a biological variable and gender as a social determinant of health.
2. to develop new translational solutions aimed at prevention, treatment, and delivery of care for people living with diabetes.