from the sshrc website:

"the imagining canada’s future (icf) ideas lab is a pilot funding opportunity designed to encourage innovative research partnerships and projects. ideas labs help to break down methodological barriers and empower participants to explore new approaches to research. because ideas labs create new research collaborations that transcend institutional and disciplinary silos to encourage different ways of thinking, they are well suited to addressing complex and global challenges. the public health agency of canada (phac) and genome canada have joined sshrc as funding partners to explore the future challenge of global health and wellness for the 21st century.

there are three components to the icf ideas lab framework: stage 1, the workshop; stage 2, the application for the funding opportunity; and stage 3, the project development phase.

sshrc is welcoming applications from researchers to be part of stage 1 of this ideas lab, the interactive workshop. up to 35 researchers will participate in facilitated activities before organizing themselves into multidisciplinary teams to develop and pitch innovative project ideas. the workshop will take place over a three-week period, through in-person and virtual sessions, in august 2023. participants will be required to take part in all sessions.

the final research proposals to be submitted at stage 2 can include additional individuals to complement the research teams formed at the workshop.

global health and wellness for the 21st century is one of 16 global challenges identified through sshrc’s icf initiative. it is also a priority for phac and genome canada, which seek to gain social sciences and humanities insights in this priority thematic area. the insights can range from socio-economic factors to the role of genomics in health promotion. outcomes of these ideas lab grants will help inform policy and decision-making across the academic, public, private and not-for-profit sectors to support a healthy, equitable and just canadian society.

stage 1 of the icf ideas lab will bring together researchers from across canada. by the end of the workshop, participants will have developed preliminary proposals for groundbreaking research. this research will have the potential to inform policies and practices addressing the needs of diverse sectors throughout canada, which may also have wider global benefits. proposals presented through pitches at the workshop will benefit from feedback provided by peer mentors based on evaluation criteria outlined in this call. all teams and project ideas formed and pitched during stage 1 of the funding opportunity will be invited to stage 2 to apply for funding to further develop projects in stage 3 of the icf ideas lab."

the goal of the brain health: sleep 2023 program seeks "to reduce the risk and/or slow the progression of neurodegenerative diseases of aging by accelerating the development of healthy lifestyle approaches relating to sleep."

project eligibility:

• observational or interventional studies that accelerate the development of sleep-based strategies to improve brain-related outcome measures relevant to (or associated with) neurodegenerative diseases of aging. projects should generate the evidence-base for the future implementation of better therapeutic interventions, guidelines, and recommendations on sleep.
• preliminary data is required for this program.

funding per project: up to $1,200,000 over 3 years.

important dates:

• program information session:  april 25, 2023 (register here) or june 6, 2023 (register here)
• letter of intent deadline: july 11, 2023 (apply here: https://westonfdn.smartsimple.ca/)
• award announcement: march 2024

for more information about this program, including details on project and applicant eligibility, institute definitions, program review criteria and expected project outcomes, please visit the following website to access the program details document and the letter of intent template. a copy of the  rfa can be found here.

the law for the future fund supports legal research in such areas as:  systems of justice, racial equality, court reform, law and ethics in health care, gender equality and conflict of interest. this funding program supports projects "that are of national interest and/or are of benefit to the general public." it is required that projects be in one of the following fields: 

• legal research
• legal education 
• legislation and law reform 
• administration of justice

only canadian projects will be considered.

the following congressionally directed medical research programs (cdmrp)  funding opportunities support research that address "the long-term implications of military service as they pertain to alzheimer’s disease (ad) and ad-related dementias (adrd) for service members, veterans, and the general public." 

https://cdmrp.health.mil/funding/prarp

transforming diagnosis award – letter of intent due may 31, 2023

transforming research award – letter of intent due may 31, 2023

transforming care award – letter of intent due may 31, 2023

pre-applications must be submitted through the electronic biomedical research application portal (ebrap) at https://ebrap.org prior to the pre-application deadline.  

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

the objectives of this funding opportunity as outlined on the cihr site are as follows:

"the overarching objective of iys-net is to improve mental health services and outcomes for youth and their caregivers/families. this will be done by supporting pan-canadian research, data and knowledge sharing across the iys networks, thus enabling evidence-informed decision making that integrates research into practice and policy and strengthens each independent learning health system (lhs) network.

the specific objectives of phase 1 are to:

• continue to build and strengthen research and knowledge mobilization capacity within and across iys networks, including among researchers, service providers, decision makers, and policy makers.
• catalyze collaborations and knowledge sharing within and across iys networks that will contribute evidence about best and wise practices regarding the development, implementation, policies, effectiveness, and ongoing monitoring of iys in canada, and using diverse research methods such as those based in indigenous ways of knowing and engagement of youth and caregivers/families.
• support the uptake of common data approaches and open science practices within and across iys networks to support lhs networks, and to identify best and wise practices for lhss in community-based settings.
• facilitate effective and meaningful youth and caregiver/family engagement throughout all stages of the project, ensuring youth and caregivers/families, as well as providers and policy makers, all play key roles."

the mission of the fy23 peer reviewed cancer research program (pcrp) is to support research leading to the elimination of death/suffering from prostate cancer and as well as to enhance the well-being of service members, veterans, and their families experiencing the impact of prostate cancer.  within this context, the pcrp supports research that addresses specific gaps in prostate cancer research and clinical care.

exploration – hypothesis development award – letter of intent due june 22, 2023

a pre-application must be submitted through the electronic biomedical research application portal (ebrap) at https://ebrap.org prior to the pre-application deadline.  

please contact jill sherman at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

 the fy23 prcrp funding opportunity announcements for the following award mechanisms are posted on the grants.gov website. 

 the fy23 prcrp appropriation will provide funds for research into cancers that are not addressed in the other cdmrp cancer programs (https://cdmrp.army.mil/researchprograms).  to be considered for funding, applications for the fy23 prcrp must address at least one of the fy23 prcrp topic areas: 

the fy23 prcrp topic areas:

funding opportunities-fy23 prcrp, congressionally directed medical research programs (cdmrp), us dod (health.mil)

advancing clinical care through clinical trials award – preproposal due may 25, 2023

idea award – preproposal due may 25, 2023

impact award – preproposal due may 25, 2023

pre-applications are required and must be submitted through the electronic biomedical research application portal (ebrap) at https://ebrap.org prior to the pre-application deadline.  

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

the fy23 prcrp appropriation will provides funds for research into cancers not addressed in the other cdmrp cancer programs: (https://cdmrp.army.mil/researchprograms).  to be considered for funding, applications for the fy23 prcrp must address at least one of the fy23 prcrp topic areas:

funding opportunities-fy23 prcrp, congressionally directed medical research programs (cdmrp), us dod (health.mil)

patient well-being and survivorship award – letter of intent due july 25, 2023

career development award – fellow option – letter of intent due july 25, 2023

career development award – resident option – letter of intent due july 25, 2023

translational team science award – letter of intent due july 25, 2023

pre-applications are required and must be submitted through the electronic biomedical research application portal (ebrap) at https://ebrap.org prior to the pre-application deadline.

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

the following us department of defence funding opportunities support innovative, high-impact research in the area of tick-borne disease.

the following fy23 tbdrp funding opportunity announcements for the following award mechanisms are posted on the grants.gov website.

• prevention (idea development award only)

• pathogenesis (idea development award only)

• treatment (therapeutic/diagnostic research award only)

• diagnosis (therapeutic/diagnostic research award only)

https://cdmrp.health.mil/funding/tbdrp

idea development award (ida) – preproposal due may 25, 2023

therapeutic/ diagnostic research award (tdra) – preproposal due may 25, 2023

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

from the oicr website:

"the cancer therapeutics innovation pipeline (ctip) program was established to capitalize on ontario’s expertise in cancer biology and drug discovery to create a pipeline of validated cancer targets and first-in-class or best-in-class, novel, selective lead molecules (small molecules or biologics) to attract partnerships and/or investment for further preclinical and clinical development. to generate a sustainable pipeline, ctip will support projects that aim to provide increasing evidence of target validation and disease association using data from knowledgebases, functional assays, and drug screening in relevant in vitro and in vivo models of the cancer type of interest.

early validation projects: deliver robust translational evidence that a target-of-interest (toi) is associated to a specific cancer type based on data from knowledge bases and from studies demonstrating that perturbation of the toi in relevant cell-based or higher order models produces anti-cancer effects sufficient to trigger a drug discovery campaign.

funding available: up to $150,000 per year for a maximum of two years.

early accelerator projects: deliver a validated primary assay to enable initial screening of molecules against a defined target. preliminary evidence of linearity of results between the primary assay and supporting secondary assays under development is also required.

funding available: up to $150,000 for a maximum of one year.

late accelerator projects: deliver confirmed hit molecules against a defined target using validated primary, secondary and orthogonal assays for screening.

funding available: up to $500,000 per year for a maximum of two years.

oicr invites applications from investigators at ontario academic centres, hospital research institutes, or other government research institutions. ctip funding is only tenable in ontario. for-profit entities are not eligible to apply."