the trans-atlantic platform (t-ap) for social sciences and humanities launches its third joint research call for proposals. the recovery, renewal and resilience in a post-pandemic world (t-ap rrr) call brings together 16 humanities and social science research funding agencies, including the social sciences and humanities research council (sshrc), from 12 countries in south america, north america and europe. t-ap rrr will support international projects that contribute to our understanding of the complex societal effects of the covid-19 pandemic. the são paulo research foundation in brazil is the lead organization for the call.

t-ap rrr is open to teams with members from at least three participating countries, representing both sides of the atlantic. research partners will receive funding from the national funding agency for their country, for projects that can last up to 36 months. applicants are required to submit novel interdisciplinary and significant social sciences and humanities research proposals that address one or more of five identified challenges:

• reducing inequalities and vulnerabilities
• building a more resilient, inclusive and sustainable society
• fostering democratic governance and political participation
• advancing responsible and inclusive digital innovation
• ensuring effective and accurate communication and media

please contact jill sherman, international research facilitator, at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca if you are interested in this funding opportunity.

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

• to address all of the objectives of this funding opportunity within an indigenous health research context. that is, the approach to the funding opportunity objectives will need to be conducted by, grounded in, or engaged with first nations, inuit or métis communities, societies or individuals and their wisdom, cultures, experiences or knowledge systems, as expressed in their dynamic forms, past and present.
• to build on the infrastructure, capacity and partnerships developed by the three previously cihr-funded i-helti team grants in order to conduct one i-helti intervention cohort research study and to establish one i-helti collaborating centre, including the following four activities: (1) recruiting women, both preconception and during pregnancy, their infants and the fathers; (2) designing an intervention to develop, conduct and evaluate interventions for and with women and men during preconception, pregnancy and, for infants, during the postnatal period to substantially reduce the prevalence of ncds; (3) conducting evaluative and mechanistic studies that will explain the effect of the selected interventions on outcomes, including epigenetic and economic analyses of interventions; and (4) developing governance processes, including research data management practices.
• to develop cross-community collaborations that will provide an interdisciplinary learning platform and training environment for early career researchers and trainees.
• to generate evidence that will guide policy and other decision making, and identify opportunities for future research and interventions as part of a longer-term strategy of ncd prevention.
• to decrease the incidence of risk factors for later-life ncds by targeting early exposures and early development, particularly related to women’s and men’s health preconception, during pregnancy, early life and in early childhood.
• to establish a platform for sustained investments through long-term indigenous community engagement and institutional commitments.

the national contaminants advisory group (ncag) of fisheries and oceans canada (dfo) provides information and scientific advice to dfo and other departments on priority issues related to biological effects of contaminants on aquatic organisms. one of the functions of this group is to provide funding for external researchers who study these priority areas related to contaminants.

we are happy to announce that dfo has started a new round of funding for research supporting our ministerial priorities, including priorities related to the biological effects of contaminants.

for this round of funding, the priorities for ncag are as follows:

1)    knowledge about the impact of 6ppd-quinone and other transformation products on canadian salmonid populations and the determination of mechanisms of action is required. in addition, further information on how toxic 6ppd transformation products are to other aquatic species would be beneficial.

2)    current-use pesticides may be applied in mixtures of several active ingredients as well as adjuvants, and once these compounds reach the environment, they may combine with numerous other contaminants (particularly pahs, flame retardants, caffeine, detergents but also excessive nutrients, metals, pharmaceuticals and personal care products). proposals are invited on the effects of these mixtures, and the role of pesticides and/or adjuvants within them, on non-target aquatic biota.

3)    further knowledge on the biological effects of disinfectants on aquatic organisms near wastewater effluent is needed to determine the risks for aquatic ecosystems. some examples of current-use antimicrobials include triclosan, triclocarban, chlorophene, quaternary ammonium compounds, benzalkonium chloride, etc.

if you are interested, we invite you to submit an application for funding. the guidelines for the submission of a research proposal, a budget template and an example budget table are available at the following address: ecosystems and oceans science contribution framework (dfo-mpo.gc.ca).

the deadline for submitting a project is 11:59 pm eastern standard time (est) on may 20, 2021.

please send all questions to the email address: opc-bpc@dfo-mpo.gc.ca.

the workplace safety and insurance board (wsib) is now accepting proposals for the 2021 grants program strategic initiative: occupational asbestos exposure and development of gastro-intestinal cancers (systematic review)

proposal deadline: monday, may 31, 2021

to express interest and obtain an application form, please email grants@wsib.on.ca.

new funding opportunity

the wsib is seeking applications for a new funding competition. the wsib grants program will be awarding one successful application for a systematic review of the scientific evidence examining if occupational asbestos exposure causes gastro-intestinal cancers.

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.

the review must address:

• gastro-intestinal cancers and the individual cancers (i.e. cancers of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon and rectum)
• individual types of asbestos (i.e. chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, tremolite, actinolite and anthophyllite) where possible
• identification of

o   any dose-response relationships

o   interdependent causes or synergistic relationships

o   subgroups of workers who have an increased risk of developing gastrointentinal cancers and/or any of the individual cancers

• examine any evidence for a minimum interval (latency) between the first exposure to asbestos and the diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancer and/or any of the individual cancers

for more information about the strategic initiative and the application process, please visit our website.to express interest and obtain an application form, please email grants@wsib.on.ca.

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the hfsp fellowship program supports proposals for frontier, potentially transformative research in the life sciences. applications for high-risk projects are particularly encouraged. the projects should be interdisciplinary in nature and should challenge existing paradigms by using novel approaches and techniques. scientifically, they should address an important problem or a barrier to progress in the field.

hfsp postdoctoral fellowships encourage early career scientists to broaden their research skills by moving into new areas of study while working in a new country.

two different fellowships are available:

long-term fellowships (ltf) are for applicants with a phd in a biological discipline, who will broaden their expertise by proposing a project in the life sciences which is significantly different from their previous phd or postdoctoral work.

cross-disciplinary fellowships (cdf) are for applicants with a phd from outside the life sciences (e.g. in physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering or computer sciences).

applications for the 2022 hfsp long-term and cross-disciplinary fellowships (to start in 2022) will follow a new two-step submission process via the online submission platform proposalcentral.

firstly, applicants will be asked to submit a letter of intent from which the review committee will select the best proposals. in a second step, successful applicants will be invited to submit a full application.

engaged research grants support research partnerships that empower those who have historically been among those researched in anthropology, rather than researchers themselves.   designed in alliance with individuals who have born the impact of various kinds of marginalization, these partnerships bring together scholars and their interlocutors in the mutual production of anthropological knowledge aimed at combatting inequality and promoting the flourishing of human and more than human worlds.  the program supports projects that promise to make a significant contribution to anthropological conversations through collaborations in which engagement is a central feature of a project from the very start.

these grants further advance/translate projects with proof of concept and protected ip. maximum request: $150,000 for one year, 1:1 matching required.

these grants fund partner-led initiatives to advance a partner challenge. maximum request: $150,000 for one year, with possibility of one year renewal, 1:1 matching required.

these grants offer funding opportunities for clinicians to validate glycomics data from clinical studies. maximum request: $50,000 for one year.

partnership engage grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight program and the connection program. however, partnership engage grants cannot respond exclusively to the objectives of the connection program.

these grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision-making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. the small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through partnership engage grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. in addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.