as part of the commitment to transform women’s heart and brain health, heart & stroke is launching the 2024/25 heart & stroke postdoctoral personnel awards for women’s heart and/or brain health. the objective of the competition is to increase the number of researchers and clinician-scientists in canadian universities and research institutions devoted specifically to women’s heart and/or brain health and, in so doing, expand research initiatives in this field. in the context of this award, heart and/or brain health research refers to research addressing heart conditions, stroke, and vascular cognitive impairment. the stipends awarded will enable postdoctoral fellows to pursue their program of research and engage with mentors as part of their training.

as part of the commitment to transform women’s heart and brain health, heart & stroke is launching the 2024/25 heart & stroke doctoral personnel awards for women’s heart and/or brain health. the objective of the competition is to increase the number of researchers and clinician-scientists in canadian universities and research institutions devoted specifically to women’s heart and/or brain health and, in so doing, expand research initiatives in this field. in the context of this award, heart and/or brain health research refers to research addressing heart conditions, stroke, and vascular cognitive impairment. the stipends awarded will enable doctoral award recipients to pursue their program of research and engage with mentors as part of their training.

the new investigator (ni) program is a salary award to support new investigators who have demonstrated excellence in their doctoral and post- doctoral training and wish to establish their own independent research career. salary awards provide an added incentive for researchers to continue or begin their program of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular research within canada.

the heart & stroke grant-in-aid (gia) program provides operating funds to support important, pertinent, novel research in the areas of heart disease and/or stroke.  gia funding promotes research discovery, exploration and innovation across all health research themes.  knowledge gained from scientific findings contributes to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health of canadians through prevention, treatment, and recovery.

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

supporting research to initiate or accelerate the development of solutions that will be required for a sustainable, resilient and profitable agriculture sector in a net-zero economy.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• increase and advance the development of gene therapies for rare disease clinical trials in canada;
• generate the evidence required for first-in-human clinical trials, in part by working with canada's biomanufacturing capacity (national research council of canada) and health technology regulator (health canada); and,
• increase current and future capacity across the canadian rare disease landscape (i.e., among researchers, knowledge users, patient(s)/caregiver(s)/family) to improve readiness of gene therapies for first-in-human clinical trials.