the public health agency of canada (phac), in partnership with sshrc, has launched the new partnership engage grants joint initiative, entitled “advancing socio-economic research for evidence-informed public health decision-making", to identify and advance socio-economic research for evidence-based public health decision-making on selected public health priority topics in canada.  

the joint initiative provides short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform public health decision-making and are grouped under 6 broad categories with specific research themes in each category. applicants are required to apply to 1 of the 12 specific themes. 

the partnership engage grants funded through this joint initiative will be valued at $7000 to $25,000 for 1 year, and phac aims to fund up to 12 grants. sshrc will administer the funding opportunity and will work with phac to promote the funding opportunity to researchers in all fields. 

for more information about this funding opportunity, including application instructions, please visit the phac website. 

the specific objective of this funding opportunity is to recognize exemplary work and build capacity in the six (6) cross-cutting research domains of a healthy research ecosystem in keeping with both the cihr strategic plan 2021-31 and the cihr-imha strategic plan 2021-26.

the climate action and awareness fund (caaf) is investing up to $206 million over five years to support canadian-made projects that help to reduce canada’s greenhouse gas emissions. the caaf is designed to support projects that can create middle class jobs for canadians who work in science and technology, academia, and at the grassroots community level. these projects are critical as we continue to build a sustainable net-zero emissions economy by 2050.

building upon the original goals of the bwf preterm birth initiative, a recently convened pregnancy think tank has helped shape the next generation of bwf preterm birth awards. growing evidence suggests the interrelatedness of the duration of pregnancy, fetal growth, and adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preterm birth, preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, stillbirth, and maternal medical complications including maternal mortality.

other areas of interest are climate change and environmental impact on pregnancy, complications associated with art, and epigenome-wide association studies.

we seek to expand the scope of this award mechanism to capture these and other pregnancy outcomes as we believe they will be mutually informative and accelerate discovery. each award will continue to provide up to $500,000 over a four-year period ($125,000 per year).

the initiative is designed to stimulate both creative individual scientists and multi-investigator teams to approach healthy and adverse pregnancy outcomes using creative basic and translation science methods. the formation of new connections between reproductive scientists and investigators who are involved in other areas is particularly encouraged.

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

the aim of this call is to support international collaborations between early career researchers in the uk and elsewhere on internationally focused research projects of an interdisciplinary nature involving the humanities and social sciences.  awards are for 24 months and up to £300,000; projects must begin in march/april 2024.  the pi must be an early career researcher (within 7 years of phd) based in the uk, and include international co-applicants.  please contact jill sherman intl.research@lakeheadu.ca for assistance.

the british academy supports research in the social sciences and humanities. the leverhulme small research grant provides for up to £10,000 over 1 to 24 months, to support collaborative projects, inclusive of international partners, however the lead applicant must be a uk-based scholar. funds are available to facilitate initial project planning and development; to support the direct costs of research; and to enable the advancement of research through workshops or conferences, or visits by or to partner scholars.  please contact jill sherman intl.research@lakeheadu.ca for assistance.