making the shift is seeking proposals from researchers and community organizations (who can hold tri-council funding) for one-time grants. we are looking for research projects that contribute to our evidence base of policy and service enhancements that prevent youth homelessness in canada. youth homelessness prevention is defined in the roadmap for the prevention of youth homelessness.

deadline for applications is february 28th, 2022 at 5:00pm est.

applications must respond to one of the following funding streams: 

stream a: youth focused harm reduction

stream b: legal and justice issues

stream c: cost-benefit analysis

stream d: evictions prevention

stream e: data & technology: understanding the role of linked administrative data in preventing youth homelessnes

stream f: pathways into homelessness

stream g: open prevention topic

who can apply 

1. individuals or institutions can apply. 
2. applicants must be affiliated with a canadian post-secondary academic institution. principal investigators must be tenure stream faculty or adjunct faculty members. 
3. not-for-profit organizations can apply for funding, provided they meet tri-council requirements and submit the supporting documentation, including affiliation with an academic institution. 
4. indigenous not-for-profit organizations wanting to administer the grant funds should apply for institutional eligibility.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• enable scientists in different countries to build an effective collaboration on a common interdisciplinary research project based on complementarities and sharing of expertise, with expected impact to use the results in the future for benefit of patients.
• accelerate diagnosis and/or explore disease progression and mechanisms of rare diseases.

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

the overarching objective of this funding opportunity is to address the pressing needs of psp organizations and support service providers in providing effective and evidence-based supports for psp experiencing ptsi.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to contribute to the improved health of psp with ptsi by generating relevant and timely evidence around the merit, validity, and appropriateness of the two targeted support systems identified through this program.
• to assess the potential impacts of these two targeted support systems on psp, including through novel and innovative research approaches directly using the core technologies/methodologies in place at the research and coordination hubs.
• to contribute to the development of sustainable support systems for psp by catalyzing research on potentially effective support models, and through the development of evidence summaries, best practices, and guidance documents for the targeted support models identified through this program.

the specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:

• to support high quality research aligned with priorities identified in the chief public health officer of canada's annual report in order to strengthen public health systems in canada and improve population health and health equity;
• to strengthen links between researchers, knowledge users and decision-makers, including communities, and facilitate responsive and evidence-informed decision-making on key public health issues; and
• to strengthen capacity to generate and apply context-specific knowledge in order to build more effective and equitable public health systems.

small grants to promote growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health.

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

the nserc donna strickland prize for societal impact of natural sciences and engineering research is awarded annually to an individual or team whose outstanding research, conducted in canada in the natural sciences and engineering (nse), has led to exceptional benefits for canadian society, environment and/or economy.

• if you are interested in being nominated for this award, please contact dr. batia stolar, associate vice-president, research and graduate studies, at  bstolar@lakeheadu.ca

the gerhard herzberg canada gold medal for science and engineering is awarded annually for both the sustained excellence and overall influence of research work conducted in canada in the natural sciences or engineering.

• if you are interested in being nominated for this award, please contact dr. batia stolar, associate vice-president, research and graduate studies, at  bstolar@lakeheadu.ca

brockhouse canada prize for interdisciplinary research in science and engineering recognizes outstanding canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering in the last six years.

•  if you are interested in being nominated for this award, please contact dr. batia stolar, associate vice-president, research & graduate studies, at avp.research@lakeheadu.ca