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CIHR Operating Grant Funding Opportunity: Sugar & Health

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CIHR Operating Grant: Sugar and Health

**Notice: Upcoming Webinar** Interested applicants are invited to participate in a webinar on this opportunity on December 2, 2016 (English 3:30-4:30 pm ET; French 2:00-3:00pm ET). To register, email inmd.comms@sickkids.ca. Only registered participants will be sent a WebEx invite prior to the webinar.

Application Deadline: January 17 2016
Funding Start Date: April 1, 2017
Grant amount: Maximum amount per grant is $150,000/year for up to 2 yrs. (Total of $300K)

How to Apply: The application is comprised of one step, “Application” and will be submitted via ResearchNet

Canadian Common CV: The application requires each participant (except collaborators) to create a CIHR Academic CV or the Knowledge User CV, as appropriate. The Nominated Principal Applicant must upload an Academic Common CV.

Objectives
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to support policy relevant research and generate evidence regarding:

  • The unique health effects of dietary sugars, particularly sugars from different sources.
  • Population level interventions to reduce free sugars consumption.

Relevant Research Areas
The CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism & Diabetes (INMD) in partnership with Health Canada will provide funding for applications that address the objectives of this funding opportunity and that are deemed relevant to the research areas described below.

Applicants are asked to align their application with only one of the following funding pools:

Sugars and Health Funding Pool

  • Health impacts of free sugars in solid foods compared to beverages.
  • Health effects and intermediary effects on overall diet of free sugars reduction through replacement with non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) compared to sugars reduction without replacement of sweeteners / sweet taste.
  • Effective interventions that could shift preferences for sweet taste away from high free sugars in children and youth over time.
  • Health effects of shifting high sugar diets and the impact on gut microbiota and metabolomics.

Population Approaches to Reduce Free Sugar Consumption Funding Pool

  • Studies on population level interventions2 to reduce free sugars consumption (for example, by influencing price, product, placement, and promotion) within overall context of healthy eating to inform what works, in what context, and differential impacts across sub-populations (studies on children and youth are particularly encouraged). Studies that consider a systems approach3 are particularly encouraged.
  • Studies that demonstrate potential impact in Canada of promising free sugars policy interventions that have been implemented in other countries. This could include simulation modelling or, when possible, inter-jurisdictional comparisons of actual interventions.
  • Studies on substitution effects and/or compensatory behaviour at the population level and within the food supply and overall impact on free sugars consumption and eating behaviour.

The following are not eligible for this funding opportunity:

  • Studies focused solely on behaviour change at the individual level, within clinical settings and/or focused on treatment of disease.
  • Basic science using animal models.
  • Food science research that pertains to product reformulation.
  • Systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

For complete details on this opportunity, please see the full description:

https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2554&view=currentOpps&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true

CIHR Opportunity: Operating Grant: CCHS Nutrition Analysis

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For complete details on this opportunity and how to apply, click here

Application Deadline: November 15, 2016
Anticipated Notice of Decision: February 28, 2017
Funding Start Date: January 1, 2017

Funds available: The maximum amount per grant is $100,000 for one year.
How to Apply:  Your Application must be submitted using ResearchNet.

Purpose: The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support the creation of evidence to support the development of nutrition and health policy and programs through the use of the 2015 CCHS- Nutrition data as it relates to the impact of nutrition and food security on health and disease.  Results from this survey will be used extensively for policy-making and program development that affect Canadians. The Canadian Community Health Survey has already been instrumental in drawing attention to emerging health issues, such as increasing trends in obesity.

This funding opportunity will support research related to the use of the 2015 CCHS data to answer population health questions. Linkages between 2015 CCHS data and other data sets (e.g. ecological data, environmental data, provincial health services administrative data) are encouraged. In addition, this funding opportunity aims to support research incorporating sex- and gender-based analysis (SGBA).

Relevant Research Areas

The CIHR Institutes of Nutrition Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) and Circulatory and Respiratory Health, in partnership with Health Canada, Statistics Canada, and the Canadian Nutrition Society will provide funding for applications that are determined to be relevant to the following research areas:

  • Dietary intake, nutritional vulnerability, food insecurity, and health equity.
  • Examination of eating behaviours, dietary patterns and/or supplement use related to under and over-consumption of foods and nutrients of public health concern, body composition and/or health status.
  • Linking of environmental, ecological, health services administrative data to the CCHS Nutrition survey to answer questions related to broad determinants of dietary intake, health status and chronic disease (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease).
  • Changes in nutrient intakes since the 2004 CCHS related to eating behaviours, social determinants of health and health status across sub-populations  (e.g. older adults, children and youth, marginal populations).
  • Innovative methods to advance population dietary assessment in Canada and address data gaps/limitations, e.g. quick tools to measure unhealthy eating patterns, data linkages, new technologies.

 

Dairy Farmers of Canada Research Grants 2016

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Please note: applicants interested in this opportunity will need to submit application materials through Western University (it is a NSERC-based application process).

Submission deadlines:
Dean’s (Western department): Contact your Faculty/Dept Research Officer for deadline details
Internal (Western RDS): November 24, 2016
Sponsor’s: December 1, 2016

Objectives of the Funding Program: Gain a better understanding of the specific role of dairy products in attaining and maintaining optimum health. Dairy Farmers Canada (DFC) considers applications that have nutritional and health implications for Canadian dairy products and are relevant to Canadian dairy farmers. DFC has a special interest in encouraging research that will help bring innovative and competitive dairy products with health benefits to the market. Of specific interest to DFC are applications which feature dairy products in their entirety, demonstrate technological innovation and utilize a multidisciplinary approach whenever possible, to address fundamental and applied research questions. Applied human randomized, controlled trials and in-vivo mechanistic studies are of particular interest.

The Letter of Intent is the first step in the application process. If approved, you will be invited to submit a Funding Application. Refer to the Guidelines for Grant Application, Research Funding Program of the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) for details and priorities.

Application Details: The Funding Application will be peer-reviewed using an evaluation system similar to those used by well-established granting agencies. Funding Applications will be considered according to their scientific merit, available research facilities and current research priorities of DFC. Funding Applications received from within Canada will be given primary consideration. Note: Approval of the Letter of Intent and/or the Funding Application does not per se ensure Study funding. Final approval lies with the discretion of DFC’s Board of Directors.

Upon approval of the Letter of Intent, DFC will provide a Funding Application to be completed and submitted to the Administrative Assistant, Research Funding Program of DFC. Specific guidelines regarding the completion of the Funding Application and additional information about the administration of the grant is found in the Sponsor’s guidelines. The Letter of Intent must be submitted on DFCs form, in three (3) copies (one original and 2 copies), as well as an electronic version submitted via email. A *PDF of the Letter of Intent form can be found on our website at: www.dairynutrition.ca/research-funding.

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Kilianski,Louise
Hancock,Jennifer Anne
Sponsor Contacts: CHRISTIANE.DARAGON@DFC-PLC.CA
21 Florence Street
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
613 236-9997

 

 

 

CIHR Online Learning Sessions – Fall 2016 Foundation & Project Grant Webinars

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CIHR Foundation Grant: 2016 Stage 1 and Project Grant 2016 Fall Applications Webinars

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is holding a series of Question & Answer webinars on the Foundation Grant: 2016 stage 1 application and the Project Grant Fall 2016 application starting the end of September 2016. These webinars allow both applicants and research administrators the opportunity to ask any outstanding questions they may have about the stage 1 application and a Project Grant application. In advance of the webinar, participants are invited to consult the Foundation Grant Program and Project Grant Fall 2016 web pages, which include updated supporting material and resources to help applicants successfully complete the applications.

Click here to access CIHR’s Facilitated Online Learning Session page to learn more about registering for these webinars, presented in English and French.

CIHR Foundation and Project Grants 2016

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CIHR Foundation Grants

The Foundation Grant program is designed to contribute to a sustainable foundation of new and established health research leaders, by providing long-term support for the pursuit of innovative and high-impact research programs. The Foundation Grant program is expected to:

  • Support a broad base of health research leaders across all career stages, areas, and health-related disciplines with a demonstrable track record of excellence and impact in their field of study;
  • Develop and maintain Canadian capacity in health research and other related fields;
  • Provide research leaders with the flexibility to pursue novel and innovative lines of inquiry;
  • Contribute to the creation and application of health-related knowledge through a wide range of research and/or knowledge translation activities, including relevant collaborations.
Registration Deadline September 13, 2016
Application Deadline – Stage 1 October 13, 2016
Application Deadline – Stage 2 March 14, 2017
Anticipated Notice of Decision – Stage 1 February 2, 2017
Anticipated Notice of Decision – Final Assessment Stage August 3, 2017
Funding Start Date July 1, 2017

Grant value and duration
Values are proportionate to the requirements of the research proposed, and vary depending on the research field, research approach, and scope of program activities.

Mid Career/Senior Investigators: 7-year grants
New/Early Career Investigators: 5-year grants

For more information on this opportunity, including budget and funding amounts information, visit the CIHR Foundation Grant funding page

CIHR Project Grants

The Project Grants program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related fundamental or applied knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes. It supports projects with a specific purpose and a defined endpoint. The best ideas may stem from new, incremental, innovative, and/or high-risk lines of inquiry or knowledge translation approaches.

The Project Grant program is expected to:

  • Support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation projects at any stage, from fundamental discovery to application, including commercialization;
  • Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge;
  • Promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions, and sectors.

Registration Deadline: September 20, 2016
Application Deadline: October 18, 2016
Anticipated Notice of Decision: May 15, 2017
Funding Start Date: April 1, 2017

Grant value and duration
Project grant values and durations will be commensurate with the requirements of the project proposed, and will vary depending on the field, proposed approach, and scope of activities. There is currently no cap on Project Scheme grants. CIHR anticipates that Project grants will reflect the wide variety of projects presently funded in various Open programs with values ranging from approximately $50,000 to $750,000 per year and grant durations ranging between approximately 1 to 5 years.

For more information about this opportunity, visit the CIHR Project Grant page. 

Health & Nutrition Related Funding Opportunities

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Please click on the links associated with the following funding opportunities listed below for more information:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Operating Grant: Analyses of Existing Canadian Cancer Cohorts & Databases
Registration Deadline: 2016-09-13
Application Deadline: 2016-09-27

Foundation Grant
Registration Deadline: 2016-09-13
Application Deadline: 2016-10-13

Project Grant
Registration Deadline: 2016-09-20
Application Deadline: 2016-10-18

Current CIHR Opportunities

Danone Institute

Research Grants
The Danone Institute provides grants-in-aid for research leading to improved nutrition during pregnancy, infancy, childhood and adolescence, particularly in ways that promote behaviour change.   Deadline for letter of intent:  September 2, 2016 

Egg Farmers of Canada 

To be considered for funding, research projects must align with Egg Farmers of Canada’s research priorities and have a practical application within the industry.  Egg Farmers of Canada’s priority areas have included: Animal care science; Hen nutrition and health; Environment and sustainability; Human nutrition and health;  Food safety;  Non-food uses of eggs;  Public policy and economics. Deadline: October 1, 2016  http://www.eggfarmers.ca/about-us/

Heart and Stroke Foundation

Grants-in-Aid Deadline: September 1, 2016
Personnel Awards Deadline: September 12, 2016

Nutricia Research Foundation

Research Grants
The basic activity of the Foundation to fulfil its mission is supplying grants for nutrition related research projects. Deadline: September 16, 2016 

Yogurt in Nutrition Initiative

Call for Research Proposals
Proposals are requested for projects focused on health benefits associated with yogurt consumption. Deadline: October 15, 2016

Canadian Diabetes Association Operating Grant, Fall 2015 Competition

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The Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) has announced their Fall 2015 Operating Grant competition.

Deadlines:
Brescia Research Officer: 1 week before agency deadline. Allow for 2 weeks before if you wish to receive feedback on your application, and/or if you require additional materials (e.g., letters of support) or signatures.
Agency: September 1, 2015 (8:00 pm EST)
Grant Amount: up to $100K
Duration: up to 3 years
Applications are submitted online via ResearchNet

Subject areas:

  • Clinical research or studies
  • Community-based research
  • Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Diabetic Retinopathy, Gestational Diabetes
  • Lifestyle Behaviour
  • Health Services
  • Cardiovascular, Retinopathy
  • Immunology
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, Genetics, Obesity
  • Population Health

Description: The Canadian Diabetes Association offers support for research projects designed to enhance our knowledge of the prevention, etiology, management, and cure of diabetes and related complications. As well as population health, health services, diabetes education.

2015 Operating Grants Guide

For detailed information regarding eligibility criteria, please see the 2015 Operating Grants Guide below:

Matching Funds (New for 2015)
For the 2015 competition, the Association has implemented a matching funds program that will allow applicants to find other sources  to match 50% of their funding (at minimum) at the time of application. For more detailed information, please see the 2015 Operating Grants Guide.

Please note, it is not a requirement to find matching funds. It is an option. People do not have to identify matching funds to submit an application.

When applying, please download and complete the Matching Funds below. Save as a PDF and then upload it to your application in ResearchNet under “Other Application Materials”.

Applicants must have the following:

CDA PIN
Candidates who do not already have a CDA PIN must apply for one through the following link: English or French. If you already have a CDA PIN, please use the one you already have.

Once you have applied for a CDA PIN, you will receive an automatic email reply. CDA PINs will need to be entered in ResearchNet when applying for funding opportunities. Please note, Primary Supervisor and supervisors, if any, do not require a CDA PIN.

COMMON CV
The new Canadian Common CV system has been released by CIHR and can be found here. Applicants must use the CDA Common CV templates under the funding organization Canadian Diabetes Association – ResearchNet:

  • CDA Academic Common CV (CDA_Academic_2015_1) must be completed when the full application is submitted.

Applicants will receive a confirmation number when they submit their CDA Common CV to CDA. Applicants will be required to enter this confirmation number in the application in ResearchNet.

For more information: http://www.diabetes.ca/research/research-grants-awards-competitions/2015-research-competition

Heart & Stroke Foundation Fall 2015 Opportunities

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Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada Current Funding Opportunities

Grants-in-Aid-of-Research 2016-17
The HSF offers funds to support the direct costs for projects in the area of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular research. This support may be provided for up to a maximum of three years. Research is supported across the four health research themes:

  • Basic biomedical
  • Clinical
  • Health services and systems
  • Social, cultural, environmental and population health.

Application Deadlines:
Brescia Research Officer: 1 week before agency deadline (allow for 2 weeks before if you wish to receive feedback on your application, and/or if you require additional materials or signatures)
Agency deadline: Tuesday, September 1, 2015 (16:00 EDT) using HSF’s online system (CIRCUlink). CIRCUlink will not accept submissions after this deadline.
Grant amount and duration: Projects will be funded up to $100K and for a maximum of 3 years.

Principal Investigators must have a full time academic or institutional appointment in Canada; however, under special circumstances, applications from other scientifically qualified individuals may be considered. In such circumstances, the research must be conducted at a Canadian institution and Principal Investigators must have an academic or institutional appointment as of July 1, the start date of the award. Any applicant in an adjunct position must submit a letter from their dean/chair/division director to clarify their specific appointment, i.e. amount of protected time available, local infrastructure in place.

GIA Principal Investigators are allowed to submit a maximum of one grant application (new or renewal) to the 16/17 GIA competition. Applicants are allowed to hold no more than two HSF funded GIAs at any one time. If a Principal Investigator holds ongoing funding for two GIA awards that are not scheduled to be completed within the coming year, no new applications can be submitted. Note: Indirect costs are not supported by this program.

Common CV: Please note only the last 5 years are requested for the following sections:

  • Research Funding History (Awarded, Completed, and Under Review)
  • Supervisory Activities
  • Publications

See sponsor site for more information: http://hsf.ca/research/en/grants-aid

Personnel Award Competitions (Ontario)

Ontario Clinician-Scientist Award

Grant amount: varies for Phase I or Phase II
Deadline: September 14, 2015 (16:00 EDT)

Research areas: Clinical Research or Studies, Cardiovascular Research, Cerebrovascular Research

Description:  The goal of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario (HSFO) Clinician Scientist award is to strengthen health research capacity in Ontario, in order to advance knowledge and innovation aimed at preventing cardiovascular/cerebrovascular disease (CCVD), reducing recurrence and complications, improving health outcomes (including quality of life), and decreasing the burden of CCVD-related illness and disability on individuals and society.

The quality of the proposed research is an important component in the evaluation of the application. A clear, concise, and comprehensive description of the proposed research as well as how it relates to the mission of the Foundation and the applicant’s clinical practice must be given. In addition, the role of the Clinician Scientist in the proposed research must be clearly identified, including how the execution of the research plan will contribute to the candidate’s development as an independent researcher. Applicants must have access to adequate research funding to carry out the proposed research at the time of application.

This award has two phases. Phase I provides salary support for up to four years for Clinician-Scientists where no more than four years have elapsed since the date of the Phase I applicant’s first full time academic appointment at an Assistant Professor level(or equivalent) and the start date of the award. Phase II provides salary support for up to three years for Clinician-Scientists where no fewer than four and no more than eight years have elapsed since their first academic appointment and the start date of the award. Phase II are not restricted to holders of Phase I awards.

The applicant must submit 1 PDF copy of the full application on a memory stick and a printed copy of the last page of the application form with original signatures. The PDF file name should be in the following format: CS Last name First name (e.g. CS SmithJane). Submitted applications must be complete in every respect and adhere fully to application package specifications. See sponsor website for full details:  http://hsf.ca/research/en/node/62

Indirect costs are not supported by this program.

Ontario Mid-Career Investigator Award

Grant amount: $80,000 salary support for 4 years
Deadline: September 14, 2015 (16:00 EDT)

Subject areas: Cerebrovascular Disorders, Cardiovascular Disease

Description:  The goal of the Mid-Career Investigator Award is to provide salary support to promising mid-career scientists and clinician-scientists to facilitate and build upon their track record of research excellence, productivity and influence. Individuals are considered to be at the mid-career stage if they have been awarded independent peer reviewed research support in the field of CCVD, and are within eight to eighteen years of their of their first full-time academic appointment.

Applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. on the deadline date. Applicants must demonstrate capacity and expertise to conduct the program of research being proposed for the term of the award Host institution must demonstrate specific support to facilitate the candidate’s success and must demonstrate in-kind and/or financial supports for the applicant for the term of the award.

Application details:  An awardee may not concurrently hold an HSF Mid-Career Award and another peer reviewed salary award of similar or greater value from this or another independent funding agency. Mid-Career award applicants must demonstrate that their overall research program and research plan has a strong CCVD focus that is of relevance to HSF’s mission.

The applicant must submit 1 PDF copy of the full application on a memory stick and a printed copy of the last page of the application form with original signatures. The PDF file name should be in the following format: MC Last name First name (e.g. MC SmithJane). Submitted applications must be complete in every respect and adhere fully to application package specifications. See sponsor website for full details:  http://hsf.ca/research/en/node/62

Indirect costs do not apply.

CIHR Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research (Fall 2015 Competition)

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CIHR has announced the following funding opportunity:
Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research (Fall 2015 Competition)

Full details can be found on the funding opportunity page: https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.doprog=2287&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=EXACT&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true

Application Deadlines:
Brescia Research Officer: 1 week before agency deadline (allow for 2 weeks before if you wish to receive feedback on your application, and/or if you require additional materials)
Agency: October 15 2015

Anticipated Notice of Decision: Feb 29 2016

Funding Start Date: Feb 1 2016

The maximum amount per grant is $250,000 for over a period of up to 2 years. The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $3,027,250, enough to fund approximately 12 grants. This amount includes funding from partners for applications that align specifically with their relevant research areas as described in the Partner Description section. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

  • Generate evidence about interventions in health and other sectors that have the potential to promote health and health equity at a population level;
  • Catalyze new and existing collaborations with community, not-for-profit, private and/or public sectors within and outside of health;
  • Facilitate consideration and application of new evidence about population health interventions in decision-making.

Eligibility of Interventions

  • For this opportunity, the object of study must be a population-level intervention (e.g. a program, policy, social enterprise or resource distribution approach) that has already been developed and implemented by others (e.g., policy makers) and has the potential to impact health and health equity at the population level, including studies of implementation processes and outcomes. Population-level interventions operate in health and other sectors (e.g. education, transportation).
  • Population health interventions are intended to shift the distribution of risk and illness in entire populations or communities by targeting the social, cultural and environmental determinants rather than through clinical approaches targeting individual patients and their families. Therefore, population health interventions under study, for the purposes of this funding opportunity, must have a primary prevention focus. Interventions related to clinical interventions and approaches targeting individual patients and their families are not eligible to apply (e.g., the study of interventions that aim to manage complications from or treat a disease or disability).
  • Past launches of this funding opportunity required an element of time sensitivity related to rapidly unfolding programs, policies and resource distribution approaches that demonstrated a clear need for the rapid review and funding disbursement that was not being met by timelines for funding under other CIHR programs. While this explicit requirement has been removed from the current funding opportunity, rapidly unfolding time sensitive intervention studies are still eligible.

Application

  • The application submission uses ResearchNet. You must establish a ResearchNet account and CIHR PIN if you don’t have one.
  • The application process for this funding opportunity is comprised of one step: an application.
  • To complete your Application, follow the instructions in the Grants – ResearchNet “Application” Phase Instructions along with any additional instructions found below under “Specific Instructions”.

CCV requirements:

Identify your role on ResearchNet and the participant role you select will determine which CV you are required to submit. For each participant (except collaborators), enter the confirmation number for the CIHR Academic CV (replaces Full Application CV) or the Knowledge User CV, as appropriate, validated for CIHR provided by the Canadian Common CV. You can find this number under your history on the CCV Web site.