For more information
about the items below or to request application materials, contact Elaine
Whelan at the Office of Research, 737-8251 or e-mail elainew@mun.ca
Atlantic Canada Petroleum Institute
The Atlantic Canada Petroleum Institute (ACPI) is calling for either preliminary
or full research proposals that address four research themes: hydrocarbon
evaluation; environmental impacts and effects; operations and technologies;
and policy. ACPI’s funding contribution of selected proposals will
be in the range of $20,000 to $50,000 per year. Proposals are reviewed
by the ACPI advisory committees who provide advice and guidance to ACPI
on the selection of funded research projects. Preliminary proposals do
not need to address all of the proposal criteria and may be submitted
in letter format in a maximum of five pages. Full proposals should address
all of the proposal criteria in a maximum of 15 pages. Please submit full
proposals via e-mail in the standard ACPI format (www.acpi.ca)
to administration@acpi.ca.
The deadline date for proposals is Jan. 21, 2002. For further information,
please contact Beverley Enos, administrative assistant, 902-494-2960.
Canadian Hemophilia Society
The Canadian Hemophilia Society (CHS) and the Association of Hemophilia
Clinic Directors of Canada (AHCDC), in collaboration with Novo Nordisk,
have established a new fellowship in Congenital and Acquired Bleeding
Disorders. This program will provide fellows in hematology or other relevant
fields the opportunity to obtain additional clinical or research skills
necessary to improve the care and lives of patients with hemophilia and
other inherited bleeding disorders. The value of this fellowship is $70,000
for one year and it is tax deductible. Applications must be received on
or before Jan. 31, 2002. For further information, please contact Joyce
Gouin at 1-800-668-2686 or visit www.hemophilia.ca.
SSHRC’s Federalism and Federations
Program
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is pleased
to announce its fourth competition under the Federalism and Federations
Program and its expansion to include a new component, New Patterns of
Interactions, Interests and Community. This new component will fund research
that examines patterns of interactions among citizens and groups and their
impact on identities, civic involvement and social cohesion. During the
period of 2001-03, SSHRC and Intergovernmental Affairs will invest more
than $2.5 million in the Federalism and Federations Program to support
students, researchers and institutions through four different but complementary,
awards mechanisms: doctoral fellowships awards; postdoctoral fellowships
supplements; aid to research conferences and research grants. For the
present time, the New Patterns of Interactions, Interests and Community
component of the program will support activities only through the research
grants and aid to research conferences award mechanisms. The deadline
for receipt of applications is Feb. 1, 2002. For further information,
please contact Luc Lebrun (613) 947-9652
or e-mail:federations@sshrc.ca.
Global change research
The InterAmerican Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) has announced
a small grant program intended to support research planning activities
leading to the development of larger science programs and research networks.
Research grants of up to $30,000 US and workshop support of up to $10,000
US are available. To be eligible for support, an application must involve
institutions from at least three of the IAI ratifying countries (Argentina,
Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United
States, Uruguay and Venezuela). The deadline for submission of proposals
is Feb. 25, 2002.
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment has issued a call for the nomination
of individuals to participate as authors or reviewers of scientific information
on the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being and on the
response options available to address undesired changes. Nominations of
social and natural scientists are sought. Although the deadline for receipt
of author nominations has passed, nominations for reviewers will be accepted
through Aug. 1, 2002. Information on the nomination requirements and on
the roles of the experts and reviewers in the MA process is available
at www.millenniumassessment.org.
The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation
of Canada
The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada is offering two research
funding opportunities: Major Grants and Graduate Student Awards. The major
grants competition valued at $35,000 will support biomedical research
into intellectual impairment especially as it affects children and the
causes and cure for Alzheimer’s Disease. The focus of the research
should be into the causes of the disease as opposed to active treatment
or palliative care. The graduate student awards are valued at $10,000
each for research by master’s or doctoral candidates into the causes,
cure and treatment of intellectual impairment. The deadline date for both
programs is April 30, 2002. For further information, visit
www.scottishritemasons-can.org/foundation
or telephone 905-522-0033.
Imminent deadlines
Feb. 15
Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research (CFDR) — dietetic based
research grants (full applications);consumer research grants (full applications).
Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS) —
research grant proposals.
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) — Postdoctoral
award (inaugural).
Canadian Hemophilia Society/Association of Hemophilia Clinic Directors
of Canada AHCDC)/Aventis Behring — fellowship (full applications
due).
Cancer Research Society Inc. — research grants; fellowships.
ISER — Strategic grant program (applications).
Manning Awards Foundation — Manning innovation awards.
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation — Basil O’Connor starter
grants (abstract).
Memorial — vice-president’s research grant; Social sciences
and humanities research council general grant (research).
University of Calgary-Gorbachev Foundation — joint trust fund (full
application).
University of Windsor — visiting humanities fellowship.
Feb. 28
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada — R.B. Byers postdoctoral
fellowship program.
Huntington Society of Canada — navigator research award.
International Information Science Foundation (IISF) — visiting researcher
support program.
Memorial — social sciences and humanities research council general
grant (travel grants for international representation and paper presentation
at scholarly meetings); artistic/creative grants competition.
Thyroid Foundation of Canada — research fellowship.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada — research
development initiatives program.
