the arp idea development award supports the development of innovative, high-risk/high-reward research that could lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate progress in improving outcomes for individuals with autism. this award mechanism is designed to support innovative ideas with the potential to yield impactful data and new avenues of investigation.

the arp clinical trial award supports research with the potential to have a major impact on the treatment or management of asd. funding from this award mechanism must support a clinical trial and may not be used for preclinical research studies. a clinical trial is defined as a prospective accrual of human subjects where an intervention (e.g., device, drug, biologic, surgical procedure, rehabilitative modality, behavioral intervention, or other) is tested on a human subject for a measurable outcome with respect to exploratory information, safety, effectiveness, and/or efficacy.

call for proposals: the regional fund for agricultural technology (fontagro) “innovations for family agriculture adaptation to climate change in latin america and the caribbean.”

this call for proposal 2014 is jointly conducted by fontagro and the "climate technology transfer mechanisms and networks in latin america and the caribbean (lac)" project funded by the global environment facility (gef) and implemented by the inter-american development bank (idb). this project aims at promoting the development and transfer of environmentally appropriate technologies in lac that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and vulnerability to climate change in specific sectors.

the call for proposals is aimed at supporting innovation platforms or similar coordination mechanisms that promote competitiveness and sustainability. platforms are formed by public and private partners which share vision, mission and objectives, and thus facilitate the innovation process in the region.

http://www.fontagro.org/en/calls/call-proposals-2014

deadline for profile submissions: the closing date is may 21, 2014, at 1 pm usa eastern standard time

the ministry of training, colleges and universities (mtcu) is pleased to announce the 2014-15 call for proposals for the ontario human capital research and innovation fund (ohcrif).

the purpose of ohcrif is to support research and innovation projects that identify better ways to help people prepare for, return to or keep employment and become productive participants in the labour force. ohcrif is funded through the canada-ontario labour market development agreement and is being used to improve knowledge in the areas of postsecondary education, labour market, and employment and training policy.

this is an open call for proposals that will provide funding for faculty and non-faculty researchers at postsecondary institutions, graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and researchers affiliated with public and non-profit organizations or research firms.

the research priorities for 2014-15 are the following:

• skills, productivity and return on investment
• policies to support postsecondary education (pse) and training
• learning environments and teaching quality
• the contribution of pse and training to social inclusion
• improving the evidence-base for labour market programs, policy and service delivery

ohcrif will be used to support short-term projects that can be completed between july 2014 and march 2015. ohcrif will be used to fund both review projects (i.e. literature reviews and environmental scans) and original research projects. the application deadline is june 16, 2014.

additional information on ohcrif can be downloaded from the employment ontario partners’ gateway website at:

http://www.tcu.gov.on.ca/eng/eopg/programs/ohcrif.html

if you have any questions about the ohcrif application process, please email ohcrif@ontario.ca by june 2, 2014. all questions and responses will be posted on the employment ontario partners’ gateway website.

the innovating for maternal and child health in africa programis launching a call for proposals for the selection of health policy and research organizations. this program is funded by canada’s global health research initiative, a collaboration of foreign affairs, trade and development canada, the canadian institutes of health research, and idrc.

through the institute community support (ics) program, the cihr institutes are launching the ics travel awards competition for 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , postdoctoral fellows, new investigators and knowledge users to present their own research at national and international meetings and/or conferences.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to support individuals whose goals are consistent with cihr institutes' vision, mandate and strategic directions;
• to provide travel awards in aid of research and knowledge translation activities where the circumstances fall outside cihr's current suite of funding programs.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to stimulate and support collaborative research that contributes important new knowledge regarding mucosal immunology and innovative approaches to hiv vaccine research.
• to build research capacity and nurture the next generation of researchers by supporting teams that actively engage trainees and new investigators (including researchers new to the topic).
• to foster and support the translation of knowledge and the appropriate uptake and application of new discoveries through interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral and international collaborations.

in an effort to bring solutions that will address the most urgent needs of biopharmaceutical research, cqdm and cihr will fund research projects focused on the invention and development of next-generation of technologies, computational tools and devices in the following research areas:

• cancer
• infection and immunity
• neurodegeneration affecting cognition

in the context of improved health for canadians, the objectives of the collaborative health research projects (chrp) program are to:

• translate research results to knowledge/technology users and other stakeholders;
• encourage the natural sciences or engineering and health research communities to collaborate and integrate their expertise;
• advance interdisciplinary research leading to knowledge and technologies with the potential to benefit canada by improving the canadian healthcare system and/or services and where appropriate lead to economic opportunities in canada; and
• train highly qualified personnel in collaborative and interdisciplinary research of relevance to health, while preparing them for employment opportunities in the private, public or not for profit sectors.