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

the canadian space agency (csa) is happy to renew its support to postdoctoral fellows thanks to its “supplements to the nserc potsdoctoral fellowship program 2022” announcement of opportunity (ao).

nserc’s pdf program provides support to a core of the most promising researchers at a pivotal time in their careers.

as part of its commitment to support the development of the next generation of space professionals in canada, the csa will offer grant supplements to postdoctoral researchers who have been awarded an nserc postdoctoral fellowship, and who are involved in a promising research project that is aligned with and that will contribute to the priorities outlined in the space strategy for canada.

• ·         expected budget for this ao: $100,000
• ·         number of recipients: up to five (5)
• ·         amount per grant: $20,000
• ·         application deadline: january 13, 2023

the csa invites postdoctoral researchers interested by this opportunity to consult the terms and conditions of this ao, available on the csa webpage dedicated to this initiative.

description

the nrs program is aimed at nserc-funded researchers who intend to conduct discovery research in canada's north. successful applicants will receive a supplement to their discovery grant (dg) in the range of $10,000 to $25,000 per year, for the duration of their dg. awards at the upper end of this range will be made to those with higher logistical costs and to recognize outstanding contributions to outreach, engagement and collaboration with northerners (note: in the context of this program, “northerner” refers to both indigenous and non-indigenous community members).

recipients of nrs awards are not restricted to the specific activities described in the application, but they must pursue research interests in the north. only costs associated with working in the canadian north are eligible expenses. in order to reduce field costs, researchers may also consider natural resources canada’s  polar continental shelf program (pcsp), which provides logistical support for field projects. other federal funding opportunities for northern research can be found through polar knowledge canada’s  funding for researchers page.

eligibility

nrs funding is only accessible to researchers who meet nserc’s eligibility criteria for faculty, who are applying to the current dg competition, and whose research endeavors will take them to work in the canadian north.

for the purposes of this program, canada's north is defined as the land- and ocean-based territory north of the southern limit of isolated patches of permafrost from northern british columbia to labrador, including the entirety of the three territories. geographic eligibility does not include the stretch down the central rocky mountains along the bc/ab border and several other non-contiguous pockets further to the south. for a map outlining the location of permafrost (shown in bands of yellow, green, blue, purple and red), visit natural resources canada’s  permafrost page.

the specific objective(s) of this funding opportunity are to:

• identify evidence-informed, actionable solutions: generate actionable evidence on promising integrated care policies and/or delivery system interventions that can advance any/all of the quadruple aim goals and health equity;
• advance the field of implementation science: advance the evidence base on how to implement, evaluate, adapt, and spread (share) evidence-informed, equitable integrated care policies and interventions across different health system and population contexts;
• build capacity: develop human and organizational capacity for actionable evidence on implementation, evaluation, and/or spread and scale (share) of integrated care policies and interventions;
• spark collaborations: build strong interdisciplinary, multi-sectoral collaborations and partnerships among researchers, policy makers, decision makers, healthcare providers, patients and public communities interested in advancing transformative integrated care; and
• foster knowledge mobilization and impact: foster knowledge mobilization activities throughout the research process to inform the local adaptation, implementation and adoption of integrated care policies and interventions at the community and/or population level.

ontario pork is pleased to announce a call for letters of intent (loi) for research projects that focus on the ontario swine industry and meet the overarching research objectives of:

- testing potential improvements to swine industry practices

- assessing greenhouse gas emissions from swine barns

all research projects that align with these objectives will be considered, including, but not limited to, swine health, swine welfare, swine nutrition, swine husbandry, swine reproduction, barn design and management, employee health and safety, meat quality and safety, marketing and consumer trends and environmental and economic sustainability. highest priority is given to projects that demonstrate scientific merit as well as strong identification of the benefit of project results to ontario pork producers and an indication of input or support of a project from swine industry members outside of academia. specific details on what is expected can be found in the outline for completion of the ontario pork loi.

letters of intent should be completed electronically through the livestock research and innovation corporation’s website. prior to applying, applicants should review ontario pork’s conditions of funding approval. these conditions and the outline for completing the loi can be found at the application site and on the ontario pork website:

http://www.livestockresearch.ca/

http://www.ontariopork.on.ca/research/call-for-proposals

timelines for the 2023 call for research:

july 25, 2022 – researchers notified of the op call for research and the lois become accessible on the lric system.

october 14, 2022 – loi due by 12:00pm (noon)

week of december 12th, 2022 – researchers notified of loi outcome

january 16, 2023 – full proposal due by 4:30pm on this date for selected lois

february 2023 – short presentations to the committee for selected proposals

week of march 13th , 2023 – researcher notified of full proposal outcome

please direct any questions pertaining to the research funding process of ontario pork to jessica fox by email at jessica.fox@swinehealthontario.ca or by phone at 519-767-4600 ext. 1401. questions regarding the lric application system should be directed to jean howden at jhowden@livestockresearch.ca .