canada’s clean fuels industry must immediately, and significantly, increase its current capacity to play the critical role needed in our net-zero future. to do this, it will be essential to overcome the barrier of the upfront capital cost that private sector investment faces in the buildout of new clean fuels production capacity.

to that end, the clean fuels fund will provide the private sector with cost-shared, conditionally repayable funding to build new, or retrofit or expand existing, clean fuel production facilities in canada.

support is also available for feasibility studies, basic engineering studies and detailed front-end engineering studies for new facilities, facility expansions or facility conversions

eureka's celtic-next cluster, a transnational and industry-driven research, development and innovation program in the telecommunication sector, has launched its multilateral call for proposals for joint research and development (r&d) projects. the celtic core group consists of 16 members from 10 countries mainly in the european telecoms industry, including adva, bosch, british telecom, deutsche telekom, ericsson, indra, itatel, netas, nokia, orange, rad data communications, telefonica, telenor, thales, turkcell, and turk telecom.

faculty members interested in this call should contact jill sherman, international research facilitator, at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

the specific objective of the spa 2023 program funding opportunity is to:

• provide funding to develop and implement an intensive capacity-building program on the topic ‘oldest old’. the host of spa 2023 will:
  • develop the program and curriculum for an advanced training program for graduate 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and postdoctoral fellows that crosses disciplines, sectors, institutions and geography
  • recruit and lead a planning and coordination team for spa 2023
  • coordinate and manage the logistics related to the successful implementation of the spa 2023 program

the burroughs wellcome fund aims to stimulate growth of new connections between scholars working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health. over the next two years, we will dedicate $1m to supporting small, earlystage grants of $2,500 - $50,000 toward achieving this goal.

the canadian frailty network (cfn) is looking to fund at least three regional centres for healthy aging (rcha) in spreading the implementation of cfn’s avoid frailty program – a community-driven health intervention that aims to enable uptake and maintenance of healthy behaviours among older adults. the selected regional centres will spread the avoid frailty program by engaging and empowering community members and organizations. it is expected that the regional centres will foster an enabling environment for behaviour change that includes co-ordinated assistance for older adults to identify, navigate, and access local health and social services. using an approach that incorporates both a digital platform (specifically modified and adapted for avoid frailty) and personnel support, behaviour change strategies (i.e., education, self-monitoring, and nudging) will aim to facilitate individual-level and community-level adoption of evidence-based behaviours of healthy aging.

the wsib is interested in awarding a grant for a systematic review of the scientific evidence examining if occupational exposure to vapours, gases, dusts and fumes causes the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

outcomes from the systematic review may be considered by the wsib to determine whether the scientific evidence meets the recommended standards for scheduling, policy development or to underpin adjudicative support in case-by-case decision-making.

specifically, the review must address:

• chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• occupational exposure to vapours, gases, dusts and fumes, such as
• occupations with vapours, gases, dusts and fumes exposure including hard rock miners, coal miners, cement manufacturing, aluminum smelting and refining, cadmium alloy production, asbestos workers, foundry workers, and welders,
• occupational vapours, gases, dusts and fumes exposures including silica, asbestos, cement dust, coal dust, cadmium dust and fumes, foundry exposure, aluminum smelting and refining, welding fumes and dust, smelting involving the production of sulphur dioxide
• any other occupations with known vapours, gases, dusts and fumes exposures (e.g., agricultural workers) or occupational vapours, gases, dusts and fumes exposures (e.g., organic dusts) associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, not mentioned above.
• identification of
• subgroups of exposed workers who have an increased risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• any exposure-response trends of increasing risk with increasing duration, frequency or intensity of exposure, including whether there is a minimum cumulative dose of exposure associated with increased risk
• minimal interval (latency) between the first exposure and the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• any interdependent causes or synergistic relationships with other risk factors

for this specific call for proposals, cimvhr is seeking a research team that will be able to complete the following research:

a. conduct a review to summarize the completed research to-date that relates to canadian servicewomen and women veterans; and

b. provide an analysis and recommendations for next steps as they relate to enhancing this program of research.

the objectives of this competition are to:

• address immediate infrastructure needs in postsecondary institutions’ and affiliated research hospitals’ capacity to support pandemic preparedness and respond to emerging health threats, consistent with canada’s biomanufacturing and life sciences strategy

• support the development of strong linkages among researchers working in a variety of settings, including government laboratories, and users of research results in all sectors \

• create an environment to attract and train highly qualified personnel linked to the needs of the biomanufacturing and life sciences sector.

please notify the office of research services (ahacquo1@lakeheadu.ca) if you intend to apply to this opportunity by september 30, 2021.