research award recipients will join idrc for a one-year paid program to undertake research on the topic they have submitted. they will receive hands-on experience in research and program management and support, grant administration, and the creation, dissemination, and use of knowledge from an international perspective.

for payroll purposes, awardees are considered full-time employees of idrc. benefits include employer contributions to employment insurance, employer health tax, the canada pension plan, and paid vacation leave. some travel and research expenses are also supported, up to a maximum of ca$15,000.

the ontario hiv treatment network’s (ohtn) hiv endgame program seeks to support people and projects that have the potential to:

• ·         meet the needs of populations in ontario most affected by hiv
• ·         drive changes in policy and practice across the hiv prevention, engagement, and care cascade
• ·         lead to more integrated health and social services
• ·         identify effective ways to address the social determinants that have a negative impact on the health of communities most affected by hiv
• ·         contribute to a rapid learning hiv health and social system.

our current funding opportunities are listed below. the letter of intent (loi) application deadline is friday, july 12, 2019.

1.         endgame leader awards: salary support for leaders at different stages of their careers who are interested in working with the ohtn to drive change.

2.         game changer awards: project funding to generate game-changing knowledge, pilot and scale-up game-changing interventions.

3.         community-based project and participatory evaluation awards: project funding for community-based agencies and people living with hiv to undertake projects and evaluation that will have a meaningful impact on programs and services for those most affected by hiv.

the cihr sex and gender science chairs initiative is expected to:

• grow the science of sex and gender research through the development and application of novel methods for elucidating the sex- and gender-related mechanisms that underpin the risk, incidence and response of various health and disease conditions in order to shape new therapies, interventions, programs and policies;
• increase visibility and position canada as a leader in discipline-specific sex and gender science; and
• support capacity building in sex and gender science among the next generation of health researchers.

the purpose of this funding opportunity is to advance clinical research in women’s health and to build capacity in the next generation of women’s health clinician-researchers. the aim is for trainees, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 or residents to be paired with and mentored by a women’s health clinician-specialist on a one-year research project with the goal of improving clinical care.

the research question(s) must:

• focus on the health of women. for the purposes of this grant, women is used here to include biological females and any other individuals who identify as women; and
• focus on one or more of the following research areas:
  • menarche and/or menopause;
  • gynecology;
  • pelvic health/urogynecology;
  • off-label testosterone treatment for women experiencing hypoactive sexual desire; and/or
  • cross-hormone replacement therapies for individuals undergoing gender-affirming treatments. 

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to provide salary support for up to six years to clinician scientists.
• to provide a reliable supply of highly skilled and qualified clinician scientists.

the indigenous gender and wellness development grant funding opportunity is expected to:

• support planning activities that establish priorities for indigenous-led research projects related to gender and wellness;
• facilitate relationship building, knowledge sharing and learning that develop and strengthen indigenous-led, community-based projects; and
• support the continued development of ideas and plans to implement action-oriented, community-based projects that will improve wellness among indigenous communities from a gendered perspective.

the 2019 early career investigator awards in circulatory and respiratory health are expected to:

• increase canada’s research capacity in the areas of circulatory and respiratory research;
• support the early research career of promising circulatory and respiratory scientists; and
• support circulatory and respiratory health research by and with indigenous peoples

the cihr dementia research strategy supports research on the latest preventive, diagnostic and treatment approaches to alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases causing dementia. it consists of an international and a national component, which together, allows the government of canada to support world-class research on dementia, contributing to the global pursuit of finding a cure or disease-modifying treatment for dementia by 2025.

the canadian consortium on neurodegeneration in aging (ccna) is the canadian component of the cihr dementia research strategy representing the center of excellence for canada. ccna is the premier research hub for all aspects of research involving neurodegenerative diseases that affect cognition in aging – including alzheimer's disease.

the network of centres of excellence in neurodegeneration (coen) is an international initiative, which will connect centers of excellence (coes) with a critical mass of resources and expertise to drive a step-change in neurodegeneration research. as such, the lead canadian principal applicant for this funding opportunity must be a ccna member. it is expected that teams will combine the research strengths across coes in at least two partner countries to provide a true value-added collaborative effort that will advance our approach to neurodegeneration research. projects will address issues which would not readily be funded through the standard grant mechanisms of the coen partners, and it is expected that in addition to collaboration across coes, projects should also serve to provide a platform for future collaboration with industry.

this funding opportunity seeks to address the need for innovative research to underpin new approaches to therapeutic intervention. the call sets out to encourage “outside the box” thinking, to stimulate new and unconventional approaches and creative solutions to the challenges of neurodegeneration research by undertaking high-risk / high-payoff research.

for more information, please consult the centres of excellence in neurodegeneration (coen) website.

the partnerships for cannabis policy evaluation funding opportunity is expected to:

• evaluate cannabis-related policies at the level of provincial/territorial jurisdictions and indigenous communities;
• support cannabis-related research relevant to decision makers by producing results that can be applied to multiple regions and/or settings;
• generate evidence on the positive and negative health, and public safety impacts of cannabis-related policies across canada;
• support cross-jurisdictional comparisons of cannabis-related policies;
• identify best practices in near–real time through cannabis-related data and knowledge sharing;
• support disaggregation of data by sub-population(s) (e.g. youth), and by biological and social determinants of health, including sex as a biological variable and gender as a sociocultural determinant of health; and
• develop multi-team, cross-jurisdictional collaborations that will support cannabis-related data interoperability, harmonization and sharing, and knowledge translation.