the ccemc is now inviting expressions of interest for projects in any of the ccemc’s strategic priority areas. this invitation is intended for energy efficiency and conservation, carbon capture and storage, or cleaner energy production and utilization projects that have a strong potential to result in significant, verifiable and sustainable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

the total funding available for projects supported through this call for proposals is up to $65 million cad. the maximum ccemc contribution to a single project will be $25 million cad over the life of the project, and will support no more than one-half of the project’s eligible expenses.

the ccemc’s strategic priority areas are aligned with alberta’s 2008 climate change strategy, and are described as follows:

1. energy efficiency and conservation: projects in this area include those that transform how energy is used, apply energy-efficient solutions, and conserve energy. energy efficiency refers to using energy more effectively to achieve the same outcome, and often involves new technology. energy conservation refers to reducing overall energy consumption, and often involves behavior change.
2. carbon capture and storage: projects in this area relate to the implementation of carbon capture and storage to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and include carbon capture technologies as well as both geological and biological sequestration opportunities.
3. cleaner energy production and utilization: projects in this area reduce greenhouse gases through more sustainable approaches to energy production, and include cleaner fossil fuel production and processing, renewable energy, and alternative energy sources (e.g. fuel switching).

this call for proposals is open to applications in any or all of these three areas.

as part of ontario’s great lakes strategy, the great lakes guardian community fund was set up to help people take action to protect and restore their corner of the great lakes.

learn more: great lakes strategy

funding amount

your organization could receive a grant of up to $25,000 for projects in:

• lake erie
• lake huron
• lake ontario
• lake superior
• st. lawrence river
• ottawa river
• their connecting channels and watersheds

eligible projects

to qualify, your project must have a direct environmental benefit and support at least 1 of the 3 goals.

goal 1: protect water quality for human and ecological health

examples to meet this goal include:

• strengthening riverbanks to reduce erosion
• 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 restoring wetlands to manage stormwater runoff
• building fences to keep livestock out of waterways
• helping property owners maintain septic systems

goal 2: improve wetlands, beaches and coastal areas

examples to meet this goal include:

• youth planting native grasses to restore sand dunes
• rehabilitating coastal wetlands by restoring fish habitats
• organizing community events to clean-up shorelines
• restoring wetlands using traditional ecological knowledge

goal 3: protect habitats and species

examples to meet this goal include:

• 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 planting trees to provided shaded habitats along shorelines
• creating habitats for wetland wildlife
• restoring traditional harvesting areas by planting native species
• creating fish spawning beds

objectives

the government of ontario and the ministry of science and technology (most) of the people's republic of china have signed a memorandum of understanding on research and innovation cooperation (mou) to promote scientific, technological and industrial research and commercialization cooperation. within the context of this agreement, the government of ontario is now launching a call for proposals for scientific and technological collaboration projects. the government of ontario and most will jointly invest up to $2 million ($1 million each), to support strategic bilateral research collaborations for this call for proposals. ontario funds will be disbursed to successful ontario applicants through the ontario-china research and innovation fund (ocrif), a program administered by the ministry of research and innovation, ministry of economic development and trade (mri/medte). successful co-investigators from china will be funded separately by most.

priority fields

the current call for proposals will accept projects focusing on any of the following research themes: 

• clean air related technologies

• medical device

eligible ontario applicants

funding is open, on a competitive basis, to: 

• ontario publicly-assisted universities 

• ontario colleges of applied arts, science and technology

• ontario hospital research institutes 

• not-for-profit research institutes affiliated with an ontario university or hospital, excluding those funded primarily by business or industry

• consortia of the above, with one institution as lead applicant, assuming responsibility and accountability for the consortium 

• other ontario not-for-profit research institutions at the discretion of mri/medte

• technology companies

 ontario applicants should direct their china partners to apply directly to most for funding.

research team structure

a lead ontario applicant must form a dedicated team, including at least one lead china partner and at least one ontario-based private-sector partner. each research team is to be structured as follows: 

• two principal investigators, one from ontario and one from china, who will represent the project and be responsible for the management of the application and for the project’s internal scientific management. the principal investigators must be from an eligible applicant organization. please refer to the above eligible ontario applicants section for details

• each principal investigator will be responsible for managing the project and reporting on the scientific and financial aspects to the granting agency in their respective jurisdiction. principal investigators in ontario will report to mri/medte, while principal investigators in china will report to most

successful ontario applicants will be eligible to receive a maximum of $250,000 per project from ocrif to fund the ontario portion of the project. additional project funding will be provided to the corresponding chinese applicant on each project by most to fund the china portion of the project. (e.g., the maximum grant amount to be received by a project is $250,000 in ontario and $250,000 in china, to a total of $500,000). for a project to be considered for funding under ocrif, each project’s lead chinese partner is required to apply directly to most. ocrif funding is conditional on the corresponding chinese applicant receiving funding approval from most. funds will be disbursed annually.

ontario anticipates that four projects will be funded through the 2014 call for proposals. please note that ontario’s financial assistance will not exceed 50 percent of the ontario portion of eligible project expenditures. ontario applicants will have to identify sources of matching cash and/or in-kind contributions for the remaining 50 percent of project costs. letters of support from each funding partner must be included along with the application confirming both the amount of matching funding and the intended use of the contribution.

for more information, please contact the office of research services

the innovating for maternal and child health in africa program is launching a call for letters of intent for the selection of implementation research teams. 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.

deadline: tuesday, may 20, 2014 at 17:00 gmt (greenwich mean time)

scope:

the innovating for maternal and child health in africa program seeks to improve maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes by strengthening equitable health systems, using primary health care as an entry point. two inter-related program components, implementation research teams and health policy and research organizations, have been designed to achieve the program’s goals. implementation research teams will generate evidence on interventions and their effective implementation as well as scale-up to improve health and health equity outcomes. these interventions can include policies, programs, and services that involve multiple strategies and require implementation both within and outside the health sector. the selected teams will be associated with a health policy and research organization whose role will be to link research findings to policymaking in the sub-saharan region.

proposed research must aim at addressing at least one of the four program priorities: 

• high-impact community based interventions
• quality facility based interventions
• policy environment to improve care services and outcomes
• human resources.

selected letters of intent will be invited to submit full proposals.

geographic area:

sub-saharan africa is the program’s region of focus. the proposed research project must take place in at least one of the targeted countries: ethiopia, ghana, malawi, mali, mozambique, nigeria, senegal, south sudan, and tanzania. (research can also take place concurrently in other countries.)

eligibility:

teams must include:

• an african researcher as a principal applicant (with citizenship or permanent residency from an african country), based in an institution located in one of the targeted countries
• a canadian researcher as a co-principal applicant based in a canadian institution, and
• a relevant local, district, or national level decision-maker as a co-principal applicant, from the same country as the principal applicant’s institution.

other co-applicant(s) may be based in countries other than the targeted ones.

the research project must include the country in which the principal applicant’s institution is located.

the affiliated institution of the principal applicant must be african, have independent legal status, and capacity to administer funds. united nations agencies and international organizations based in africa or overseas are not eligible.

the sd natural gas fund, a collaboration between the government of canada – through sustainable development technology canada (sdtc) – and the canadian gas association (cga), is now accepting applications until april 16.

the fund seeks to support technologies with the following applications:

-      residential (small-scale affordable combined heat and power units, ultra-efficient water heaters, technologies that improve the efficiency of residential heating and/or cooling);

-      commercial (technologies that improve the efficiency of heating systems, measurement and data management to better control natural gas consumption, natural gas cooling systems);

-      industrial (higher-efficiency industrial heating equipment, co₂ capture systems, less energy-intensive hydrogen production);

-      power generation (higher-efficiency power generation, emissions control technologies, natural gas storage solutions for remote locations);

-      transportation (more efficient and lower emission natural gas engines, alternative natural gas engines, lower-cost solutions); and,

-      renewable natural gas (technologies that improve cleanup economics, cost-effective small-scale anaerobic digesters).

for more information, please see: http://www.sdtc.ca/index.php?page=sd-natural-gas-fund&hl=en_ca.

the ministry of natural resources is now accepting applications for the 2014/2015 species at risk research fund for ontario (sarrfo).

the sarrfo supports the protection and recovery of species at risk by funding high quality scientific research that addresses key threats, knowledge gaps, and informs better species protection and management.

for more information:  please contact the office of research services (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca).

objectives

the specific objective of this funding opportunity is to enable multi-national, collaborative research projects that will address important questions relating to neuroinflammation.

relevant research areas

the call may receive proposals within the breadth of research from understanding basic mechanisms of disease through proof-of-concept clinical studies in humans. these may include research on the role of inflammation in neurological or psychiatric disorders, or associated with traumatic brain injury, pathogen infection or toxicity in the nervous system. research dealing primarily with cerebrovascular or neurodegenerative diseases without specifically focussing on aspects of neuroinflammation is not eligible in the present call.

the era-net neuron funding organizations particularly wish to promote multi-disciplinary work and to encourage translational research proposals that combine basic and clinical approaches.

research proposals should cover at least one of the following areas:

1. fundamental research on the role of neuroinflammation on the pathogenesis and/or aetiology of neural diseases. this may include the development of innovative or shared resources and technologies.
2. research to develop new strategies for diagnosis, therapy, and rehabilitation procedures for diseases in which neuroinflammation constitutes a relevant process of the pathology.

objectives

the main objective of this funding opportunity is to catalyze the development and enhance the cohesion of two icrh communities in the following priority research areas: stroke diagnosis/treatment/rehabilitation clinical trials and critical care clinical trials.

specific objectives of the community development program

the community development program will:

• generate new knowledge relevant to clinical trials with a focus on quality of care and effectiveness research;
• enhance the capacity for knowledge transfer to maximize the impact of applied research on clinical practice/care/health outcomes, while integrating models for patient and decision-maker engagement.

to achieve these objectives and to add value to the research enterprise, the community development program will:

• possess world-class capacity to address the identified research problem(s), challenge(s), or opportunity(ies);
• build a critical mass of technical and scientific expertise on a national scale to provide research leadership and enhance impact by bringing together a unified group of investigators and other stakeholders;
• identify key knowledge gaps and promote/create national and international collaborations among researchers and with knowledge users to address those gaps in a coherent fashion;
• integrate research and knowledge translation projects into a coherent program which will generate solutions that will be implemented to produce social and economic benefits for canadians;
• actively engage patient representatives in research planning and decision making by including a patient on the executive committee of the network and on the steering committees of each of the clinical trials undertaken by the program;
• promote and facilitate the sharing of ideas, tools, methods, and resources and the dissemination of research outcomes;
• incorporate a significant training, mentoring, and career development mandate to add value to training opportunities already available, through innovative approaches;
• facilitate the development and completion of pilot clinical trials projects leading to reduced delays associated with the eventual submission of potential definitive clinical trials proposals.

essential characteristics of the community development program:

• national in scope.
• developed in collaboration with appropriate partners and stakeholders.
• inclusive and multidisciplinary.
• committed to scientific excellence in the generation of new knowledge and its translation.
• well positioned to facilitate effective interactions and collaborations between the scientific community and stakeholders (clinicians, decision-makers, industry, patients, and other knowledge-users outside of the academic community).