every year, nserc awards up to six steacie fellowships that are held for a two-year period. successful fellows are relieved of teaching and administrative duties, so that they can devote all their time and energy to research. the fellowships are held at a canadian university or affiliated research institution.

each fellow receives a research grant of $250,000 over two years. research grant funds paid to winners of this prize are subject to the tri-agency financial administration guide.

the fellowship normally also includes a contribution of up to $90,000 per year to the university toward the fellow's salary. as part of the fellowship agreement, the university is expected to fund a replacement for the fellow's teaching and administrative responsibilities. should the recipient of the fellowship already hold another federal award that has a salary component, such as a canada research chair or an industrial research chair, nserc will reduce the contribution to the university accordingly.

the government of canada is currently accepting concepts from organizations interested in receiving funding through the social development partnerships program - children and families (sdpp), for projects to increase awareness and take-up of the canada learning bond (clb).

a concept is an idea for a proposed project. it provides preliminary, high-level information about project objectives, activities and results.

the objective of this cfc is to invite eligible organizations to submit a concept for newand/or innovativeapproaches designed to increase awareness and take-up of the canada learning bond, which will ease access to post-secondary education; thereby, helping improve life outcomes for children.

since organizations can only support one application under this call, interested applicants are asked to indciate their intent to apply to the office of research services (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca) no later than december 8.

defence research and development canada, is seeking a research team to investigate surface chemistry modifications of 3d printable thermoplastics for covalent attachment of bioactive proteins in a full/complete monolayer suitable for capturing small-molecule analytes in saliva. the objective of this work is to develop full, working prototypes of hand-held biosensors that are capable of rapidly quantifying small concentrations of analyte in complex biological fluids.

the canadian institute for military and veteran health research (cimvhr) has entered into partnership with the government of canada to procure research and development services related to the mental, social and physical wellbeing of active military members, veterans and their families.  cimvhr is seeking notices of interest from qualified researchers or teams to enter into a contract with cimvhr to produce this work.

a krescent program post-doctoral fellowship is an “in-training” award intended for applicants with a phd, md or equivalent degree. the objective is to attract and foster young investigators to initiate and/or continue training in kidney research.

the krescent program new investigator award is awarded to individuals who have clearly demonstrated excellence during their pre-doctoral and post-doctoral training in kidney disease. the award provides salary support for up to three years of the faculty appointment at the rank of assistant professor or its equivalent at a canadian university.

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.

preference may be given to candidates who have been awarded and successfully completed a krescent program post-doctoral fellowship or allied health doctoral scholarship.

the career guidance for trainees (cgt) program provides grants of $30,000 - $50,000 over a one-year period to support demonstration projects that will model affordable approaches to improving trainees’ readiness for stable, fulfilling careers, whether by clarifying and improving their basic “ph.d.-level” skills, by helping them identify how they can best use their skills and interests to serve the needs of potential employers, by providing them approaches to thinking through their career options, or by other strategies.

applied research, innovation and entrepreneurship services (aries) of centennial college and college of massage therapist of ontario (cmto) are very pleased to announce the 2017 massage therapy research fund (mtrf) competition. the mtrf funding competition is now open to support high quality and rigorous research in massage therapy. we invite researchers to submit research project proposals till the application deadline on december 18, 2017 (11:59 p.m. et). grant recipients will be announced in february, 2018.

in this cycle of funding competition:

• up to $60,000 grant amount is available to fund projects.
• the maximum grant amount for a project is $40,000.
• the number of grants will depend on the number of quality submissions received.

eligible research topics include, but are not limited to:

• massage therapy effectiveness, efficacy and safety
• access to and delivery of massage therapy services
• professionalization of massage therapy
• massage therapy competencies and competency assessment
• evaluation of massage therapy practice

you can find more information at www.mtrf.ca. please promote and disseminate. for questions, please contact dr. pouria tavakkoli avval, program manager, massage therapy research fund at ptavakkoliavval@centennialcollege.ca.