crohn's and colitis canada is currently accepting applications for its 2019 grants-in-aid of research (gia) competition. the gia program supports research on inflammatory bowel disease (ibd). this research program helps 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.

research grants will be awarded for up to three years, at maximum $125,000 per year.

to apply:

• ·         submit a notice of intent to apply by friday, november 23, 2018.
• ·         applicants who submit a notice of intent to apply may then submit a full application by friday, january 18, 2019.

applicants must complete the online applications available via the proposalcentral website.

for application instructions & full details on the grant competition, visit the crohn's and colitis canada website.

if you have questions, please contact us at research@crohnsandcolitis.ca.

bwf’s innovation in regulatory science awards provides up to $500,000 over five years to academic investigators developing new methodologies or innovative approaches in regulatory science that will ultimately inform the regulatory decisions the food and drug administration (fda) and others make.

the collaborative research travel grant (crtg) program provides up to $15,000 in support for relatively unrestricted travel funds to academic scientists (faculty and postdocs) at u.s. or canadian degree-granting institutions.  grants must be used for domestic or international travel to another lab to learn new research techniques or begin or continue a collaboration to address biomedical questions.  all proposals must be cross-disciplinary.  applicants with a doctoral degree in the physical, mathematical, or engineering sciences working on a biological problem are encouraged to apply.  conversely, proposals from biological scientists who desire to collaborate with a physical scientist, mathematician, or engineer are also encouraged to apply.

connection grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the connection program.

these grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. these events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those participating. events and outreach activities funded by a connection grant may often serve as a first step toward more comprehensive and longer-term projects.

connection grants support workshops, colloquiums, conferences, forums, summer institutes, or other events or outreach activities that facilitate:

• disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary exchanges in the humanities and social sciences;
• scholarly exchanges between those working in the social sciences and humanities and those working in other research fields;
• intersectoral exchanges between academic researchers in the humanities and social sciences and researchers and practitioners from the public, private and/or not-for-profit sectors; and/or
• international research collaboration and scholarly exchanges with researchers, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and non-academic partners from other countries.

with the  pan-canadian framework on clean growth and climate change (pcf), canada has set an ambitious agenda to guide actions that will grow the economy while reducing emissions, protect and enhance carbon sinks and build resilience to adapt to a changing climate. science-based information underlies the effective delivery of many climate change actions and the pcf provides a driver for a more holistic planning and delivery of climate change science for canada.

environment and climate change canada (eccc), health canada (hc), and the natural sciences and engineering research council (nserc) are partnering to strengthen collaborative efforts among federal scientists and the academic community to advance policy-relevant climate change science that supports work of the pcf.

the anticipated budget for this initiative is approximately $4.8 million and individual proposals should not exceed three years or requests beyond an average of $180,000 annually. applicants are required to collaborate with at least one federal department or agency from the government of canada. all project expenditures will be subject to nserc’s use of grant funds whose requirements are outlined in the tri-agency financial administration guide.  the maximum level (stacking limit) of total government assistance (federal, provincial, and municipal assistance for the same eligible expenditures) will not exceed 100 per cent of eligible expenditures.

program objectives

advancing climate change science in canada is intended to provide support for activities that will:

• increase collaboration among federal scientists and policy makers and the extramural academic community to strengthen canada’s research ecosystem;
• enhance the ability of canadian universities to support the objectives of the pan-canadian framework on clean growth and climate change;
• increase the scientific information available to support government decision-making on climate action.

research objectives

the proposed research project must address at least one of the following research objectives:

• heat: to help protect the health of canadians through advancing innovation for energy efficient cooling technologies, such as the cooling potential of natural infrastructures;
• forests: accelerates knowledge of ecosystem services in the context of climate change, such as the role of forests and trees as natural infrastructure in increasing climate resilience, mitigating climate change, human health and wellbeing, and promoting biodiversity in urban or rural landscapes;
• carbon cycle: to improve understanding of carbon dynamics in canadian ecosystems, with a focus on how to quantify, protect, and enhance natural carbon sinks.

postdoctoral enrichment program (pdep) provides a total of $60,000 over three years to support the career development activities for underrepresented minority postdoctoral fellows in a degree-granting institution (an institution includes its affiliated graduate and medical schools, hospitals and research institutions) in the united states or canada whose training and professional development are guided by mentors committed to helping them advance to stellar careers in biomedical or medical research.

ecf is pleased to announce the release of our third annual rise (research, innovate, scale and establish) for nutrition request for applications (rfa). through our rise portfolio, ecf funds implementation research on cost-effective, scalable innovations designed to improve nutrition interventions in east africa. 

accompanying this year's rfa, ecf is excited to release the first installment of our grantee guidance series: theory of sustainability and theory of scale.  ecf hopes this guidance paper will serve as a resource for rise applicants and other nutrition actors in their efforts to more clearly integrate considerations of scale and sustainability into their project design and implementation efforts.

questions about the rfa should be submitted by october 31, 2018 and concept notes should be submitted by november 25, 2018 to rfa@eleanorcrookfoundation.org.