the cspc trailblazer award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated novelty, creativity and impact through leadership, vision, courage, and commitment to the overall advancement of the science and innovation policy ecosystem. these individuals have been instrumental in the canadian policy environment by boldly spearheading change via one or more transformative initiatives, all while blazing a trail and inspiring others to follow.

cspc 2022 will present two trailblazer awards, one in each of the categories of science policy and innovation policy.

cspc encourages nominations from all disciplines of science (natural sciences and engineering, social and human sciences, and health sciences) and policy, and from all sectors (governments at all levels, academia, private and nonprofit sectors, media, and others).

the nominee must have innovated or catalyzed change that has positively and significantly impacted the canadian sciences, technology and innovation ecosystem through (at least) one of the following:

• policy making: has demonstrated novelty and creativity leading to a significant impact on policy making in general, policy making for science and innovation, and/or the use of science in policy making.
• advancing research: has made significant contributions to research in science policy and/or innovation policy.
• mobilizing knowledge: has made significant contributions to mobilizing and disseminating knowledge to communities across the country and internationally.
• community-building: has made a transformative impact in bridging the various stakeholders of science and/or innovation policy, building a more cohesive and connected science and innovation community.
• championing/advocating: has contributed in innovative and creative ways to promote and raise the profile of science policy and/or innovation policy.
• capacity-building: has contributed to training, mentoring, inspiring, or developing the next generation of scientists and policy makers by spearheading change through an inclusive and collaborative approach.
• enhancing productivity/development: has enabled a culture of productivity, economic development, or entrepreneurship.
• enhancing social innovation: has made distinct and transformative impact and contributions to making human and natural systems more adaptive, sustainable, and resilient.

grants-in-aid supports research projects directly related to ibd that are aligned with crohn's and colitis canada's promise and strategic directions.

funding is limited to a maximum of $125,000 per year, for up to three years, contingent upon available funds.

important dates for the gia:

• notice of intent to apply due: thursday, september 15, 2022, 5:00 pm (et)
• full application due: wednesday, november 30, 2022, 5:00 pm (et)

call for applications - research cooperation in the canadian francophonie program

acfas (the francophone association for the advancement of sciences) is pleased to open a new call for applications for the research cooperation in the canadian francophonie program. this program aims to encourage research collaborations between two french-speaking researchers (or teams) from different provinces or from a province and a territory, by offering mobility grants of up to $5,000 per year. the call is open until september 10^th for all host environments, until september 10^th for visiting scholars from new brunswick, nova scotia and quebec, and until october 10^th for visiting scholars from ontario.

• ·        who is eligible as a visiting scholar?

graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , postdoctoral fellows, research professionals and professors who are associated with a public university in new brunswick, ontario, nova scotia or quebec.

• ·        who is eligible as a host environment for a visiting scholar?

professors, research professionals, research chairs and research groups who are associated with a public university in a canadian province or territory (all provinces and territories are eligible), as well as publishers of french-language or bilingual scholarly journals in a territory or province of canada.

five types of collaborative projects are eligible :

1.      collaboration in a research project between two established researchers (research professionals, professors, postdoctoral fellows, etc.);

2.      collaboration in a research project between an established researcher and graduate student;

3.      collaboration in a research project between two research teams based in different provinces or territories;

4.      internship of a graduate student in a research group, a research chair or a scholarly journal, to carry out various mandates that may go beyond research, for example the administration of the journal, linguistic revision, translation, etc.;

5.      participation of a graduate student in a summer school in another province or territory.

examples of projects funded in 2021:

• ·        professors yves bergeron of the université du québec en abitibi-témiscamingue and loïc d'orangeville of the university of new brunswick combine their expertise to advance knowledge on the relative influence of climate and natural disturbances on the dynamics of isolated stands to the transition between temperate and boreal forests;

• ·        sandrine duval, a doctoral student at mcgill university, completes an internship with the canada research chair in minority studies at the university of waterloo with professor nicole nolette. this internship focuses on the study of theatre in the canadian francophonie;

• ·        here are other examples of projects recently funded by this program: https://www.acfas.ca/medias/communique/19-collaborations-biprovinciales-francophones-recherche-financees

deadlines to apply:

• ·        september 10^th, 2022 (host environments in a province or territory of canada);
• ·        september 10^th, 2022 (visiting scholars from new brunswick, nova scotia and quebec);
• ·        october 10^th, 2022 (visiting scholars from ontario).

the selected projects will be able to start from january 2023.

visiting scholars must identify a host environment before submitting their application and attach to their application a letter of collaboration from this environment. information on the application file (in french).

as a potential host environment, to help you identify a visiting scholar, you can post an internship offer on the program page (see details on the page) or post in the linkedin group.

to read about the program and apply : https://www.acfas.ca/soutien/cooperationenrecherche

researchers interested in this program can attend the virtual information session (in french) on august 17, 2022 at 11 a.m. (edt). to register, click on this link.

call for applications - research cooperation in the canadian francophonie program

acfas (the francophone association for the advancement of sciences) is pleased to open a new call for applications for the research cooperation in the canadian francophonie program. this program aims to encourage research collaborations between two french-speaking researchers (or teams) from different provinces or from a province and a territory, by offering mobility grants of up to $5,000 per year. the call is open until september 10^th for all host environments, until september 10^th for visiting scholars from new brunswick, nova scotia and quebec, and until october 10^th for visiting scholars from ontario.

• ·        who is eligible as a visiting scholar?

graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , postdoctoral fellows, research professionals and professors who are associated with a public university in new brunswick, ontario, nova scotia or quebec.

• ·        who is eligible as a host environment for a visiting scholar?

professors, research professionals, research chairs and research groups who are associated with a public university in a canadian province or territory (all provinces and territories are eligible), as well as publishers of french-language or bilingual scholarly journals in a territory or province of canada.

five types of collaborative projects are eligible :

1.      collaboration in a research project between two established researchers (research professionals, professors, postdoctoral fellows, etc.);

2.      collaboration in a research project between an established researcher and graduate student;

3.      collaboration in a research project between two research teams based in different provinces or territories;

4.      internship of a graduate student in a research group, a research chair or a scholarly journal, to carry out various mandates that may go beyond research, for example the administration of the journal, linguistic revision, translation, etc.;

5.      participation of a graduate student in a summer school in another province or territory.

examples of projects funded in 2021:

• ·        professors yves bergeron of the université du québec en abitibi-témiscamingue and loïc d'orangeville of the university of new brunswick combine their expertise to advance knowledge on the relative influence of climate and natural disturbances on the dynamics of isolated stands to the transition between temperate and boreal forests;

• ·        sandrine duval, a doctoral student at mcgill university, completes an internship with the canada research chair in minority studies at the university of waterloo with professor nicole nolette. this internship focuses on the study of theatre in the canadian francophonie;

• ·        here are other examples of projects recently funded by this program: https://www.acfas.ca/medias/communique/19-collaborations-biprovinciales-francophones-recherche-financees

deadlines to apply:

• ·        september 10^th, 2022 (host environments in a province or territory of canada);
• ·        september 10^th, 2022 (visiting scholars from new brunswick, nova scotia and quebec);
• ·        october 10^th, 2022 (visiting scholars from ontario).

the selected projects will be able to start from january 2023.

visiting scholars must identify a host environment before submitting their application and attach to their application a letter of collaboration from this environment. information on the application file (in french).

as a potential host environment, to help you identify a visiting scholar, you can post an internship offer on the program page (see details on the page) or post in the linkedin group.

to read about the program and apply : https://www.acfas.ca/soutien/cooperationenrecherche

researchers interested in this program can attend the virtual information session (in french) on august 17, 2022 at 11 a.m. (edt). to register, click on this link.

harkness fellowships offer a unique opportunity for promising mid-career professionals who share our passion for safe and high-quality healthcare - including health and social service providers, researchers, policy-makers, journalists and others with improvement experience. fellows spend a year in the u.s., supported by a mentor, researching healthcare delivery system reform and critical issues that are on the current healthcare policy agenda in the u.s. and canada.

following the fellowship, alumni can apply their knowledge and experience to healthcare improvements in canada and often progress to senior leadership positions within academia, government and healthcare organizations. alumni benefit from the strong and lasting network of international contacts they develop through the fellowship.

the harkness fellowship awards include funding to cover:roundtrip airfare to the u.s.,  living allowance, project-related travel and research, health insurance, and u.s. federal and state taxes. supplemental funding for the fellows’ accompanying family is also included.

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

to be eligible to the competition, applications must be co-led by canadian and african researchers and address all objectives:

• provide rapid evidence to inform clinical and health system management and public health response, and/or decision-making and planning within and across jurisdictions in canada and internationally;
• undertake robust, multi-country cross learning, and comparative research (including in collaboration with other international researchers where appropriate) on:
  • the safety and real-world effectiveness of medical or other countermeasures deployed* (including vaccines and therapeutics) to treat and/or prevent monkeypox infections in people in canada and globally; and
  • the underlying serological histories and transmission dynamics of the current monkeypox outbreaks in canada and globally (including time of exposure and transmission during asymptomatic phase, mechanisms of human-to-human transmission, and key risk factors for infection and transmission);
• align with and contribute to the who global clinical platform for monkeypox and other international monkeypox surveillance and research coordination activities by:
  • adopting who case investigation and reporting forms;
  • developing robust study protocols that can be integrated and harmonized with international clinical datasets; and
  • contributing to global real-time sharing and analyses of research findings across different study contexts

*please note that medical countermeasures against monkeypox (including vaccines, drugs and other therapeutic agents) will not be provided by the government of canada for research supported through this funding opportunity.

• promote interdisciplinary collaboration among academic researchers, federal scientists, private sector scientists, and policy makers to increase the scientific information available to support government decision-making to achieve net-zero ghg emissions targets

• build scientific capacity in earth system climate science; atmospheric monitoring/modelling; and socio-economic analysis to understand anthropogenic ghg emissions at regional to national scales and/or by sector to inform ambitious ghg mitigation opportunities and to improve understanding of how ghg emissions are changing over time

• advance canadian knowledge and tools to inform decision-making processes for achievement of net-zero ghg emissions by 2050 through investigation of anthropogenic ghg emissions and their changes over time