For more information about the items below
or to request application materials, contact Elizabeth Noseworthy
at the Office of Research, 737-8251 or e-mail elizaben@mun.ca
Research Directory
The number of entries in the online Research Directory maintained
by the Office of Research continues to grow. The directory
is used both within the university as well as extensively
by outside users. Researchers who are not currently listed
are encouraged to prepare the brief, one-page form and send
it by mail to Elizabeth Noseworthy, Office of Research,
or electronically to elizaben@mun.ca.
Those who are currently listed in the directory are reminded
that any needed revisions or updates can be easily and expeditiously
made. To browse the directory or to obtain a copy of the
input form, visit www.mun.ca/research/directory.
Electronic journal publication
The International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic
Publication (ICAAP), based at Athabasca University, is involved
in the implementation and/or hosting of electronic journals
online and offers customized electronic publishing services.
Interested researchers are invited to visit their Web site
at www.icaap.org or to contact them at
info@icaap.org.
AquaNet directed call for proposals
The deadline for submissions of proposals for AquaNet’s
directed call for proposals in aquaculture research for
2004-2006 on the topic titled Nutritive Value of Novel Protein
and Lipid Products Derived from the Processing of Oilseeds
Alone and with Animal Protein Sources for Finfish Aquaculture
is March 8, 2004. For detailed information on this topic,
the submission process, AquaNet policies and procedures,
and the selection criteria, please refer to the AquaNet
Web site at www.aquanet.ca/English/research/cfp.php.
Atlantic Health Promotion Research Forum
The Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre invites submission
of abstracts for the Atlantic Health Promotion Research
Forum to be held in Moncton, New Brunswick, on June 1-2,
2004. The focus of the forum is on health promotion research
which is multidisciplinary, collaborative and action oriented.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is Feb. 27. Abstracts
are also sought by March 31 for poster presentations, oral
presentations, and roundtables. Further information is available
at www.ahrpc.dal.ca.
Research establishment grants
The Banting Research Foundation will support the work of
young Canadian scientists to initiate their medical research
programs with an annual grant of up to $20,000, not to exceed
a ceiling for total support of $60,000 per annum from Banting
combined with any other operating grants received. Applicants
should be new investigators within the first three years
of their first independent university appointment and have
received less than $150,000 in total start-up funds. Banting
will give special emphasis on innovative proposals that
have the potential to contribute to the understanding of
fundamental mechanisms of disease processes and/or contribute
to their cure. Further information including an application
form is available at www.utoronto.ca/bantresf.
The deadline for submission of grant applications is March
15.
Health care and genetics
CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
is pleased to announce the recent launch of a new request
for applications titled Addressing Health Care and Health
Policy Challenges of New Genetic Opportunities. Total funding
available is currently $5 million over three years to fund
operating grants of up to $250,000 per year for up to three
years. Detailed information is available at www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/services/19783.shtml.
There is an application registration deadline of April 1
with the complete application due by June 1.
ACU award programs
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) offers
the following funding programs: Anastasios Christodoulou
International Conference Grants of up to £1,200 which
are intended to support attendance at an academic conference
in a developing country by a researcher who has not previously
studied or attended an academic conference in another country
(application deadline of April 30); British Academy/ACU
Grants for International Collaboration of up to £5,000
to support international joint projects in the humanities
and social sciences involving British scholars (application
deadline of May 1); and ACU Titular Fellowships of £5,000
for travel and study in commonwealth countries other than
the applicant’s own (application deadline of May 31).
Further information and application forms are available
at www.acu.ac.uk.
Killam Research Fellowships
The Canada Council for the Arts invites applications for
its Killam Research Fellowships. These fellowships support
researchers in the humanities, social sciences, natural
sciences, health sciences, engineering, or studies linking
any of the disciplines within these fields. Valued at up
to $53,000 per annum, the fellowships provide two years
of release time from teaching and administrative duties
to allow for concentrated research activity. They are intended
for established scholars (typically at the full professor
level) who have demonstrated outstanding research ability
and who have published the results of their research through
substantial publications in their field. For further information,
visit www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/killam.
The deadline for submission of applications is May 17.
Imminent Deadlines
April 1
Bayer/Canadian Blood Services/Héma-Québec
Partnership Fund — partnership fund (full application).
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Institute of
Aging — pilot projects grants in aging (registration).
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Institute of
Aboriginal Peoples’ Health — Aboriginal community-based
research (registration); an opportunity for new researchers
in Aboriginal health (registration).
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Institute of
Aboriginal Peoples’ Health/Institute of Neurosciences,
Mental Health and Addiction/Health Canada, First Nations
and Inuit Health Branch — suicide prevention targeting
Aboriginal people — new emerging team (registration)
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Institute of
Genetics — clinical investigatorship award (registration).
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Institute of
Genetics/Institute of Health Services and Policy Research/Institute
of Population and Public Health/Federal/Provincial/Territorial
Task Group on Genomics and Health — addressing health
care and health policy challenges of new genetic opportunities
(registration).
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Institute of
Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis/Natural Health Products
Directorate, Health Canada — team planning and development
grants (registration).
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)/Institute of
Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis — new discoveries
— high risk grants. (registration); invention —
tools, techniques and devices for research and medicine
(registration).
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) — knowledge
translation strategies for health research (registration).
Canadian Intensive Care Foundation — research grants
in the care of the critically ill.
Cancer Research Institute (New York) (CRINY) — postdoctoral
fellowship program.
Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research
(NLCAHR) — master’s fellowships; doctoral fellowships;
postdoctoral fellowships.
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO Programme for Security
Through Science — advanced study institutes; advanced
research workshops; collaborative linkage grants; expert
visits; science for peace research and development project.
April 7
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
— Michael Smith award for science promotion.
April 13
Canada Research Chairs — nominations.
