CIHR Research News
1. CIHR at a Glance
a) Quench your scientific thirst
b) Canadian Health Research Awards and Prix Galien Canada Awards
c) CIHR-CMAJ Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research
d) Change in the Michael Smith Prize in Health Research (2009-10) program
e) Revision of CIHR's Peer Review website
2. Links to Institute and Portfolio News
a) CIHR-CMAJ: Top Achievements in Health Research
b) CIHR Institute of Ageing (CIHR-IA)
c) CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD)
d) Canadian Research Integrity Committee (CRIC) report
e) Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange
3. Announcements from other organizations
a) Vacancy at the International Agency for Research on Cancer
b) Vacancy at the World Health Organization
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1. CIHR at a Glance
a) Quench your scientific thirst
CIHR is helping to make the latest health and science research accessible to the general public. Café Scientifiques bring together researchers and the general public in informal venues (such as restaurants, pubs or cafés) for an evening of lively and informative discussion. CIHR and some of its Institutes have already hosted Cafés dealing with health subjects such as obesity, healthy aging, Edmonton housing, the positives and negatives of personalized medicine, the hazards of urban living, and the effects of air pollution on citizens in Toronto. We are currently hosting a series of Cafés on mental health in conjunction with the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC). You can learn more about this series in an enlightening Q&A (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/40201.html) with CIHR-IHSPR Scientific Director Colleen Flood and the Honourable Michael Kirby, Chair of the MHCC.
Cancer: Do the answers lie within our own tissues?
(http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/40527.html)
Monday, November 2, 2009
Quebec City, Quebec
The stranger in the mirror: Is it time to change the way we view eating disorders?
Tuesday, November 10, 2009.
Toronto, Ontario
From the playground to HIV: If risks for gay men start early, when should prevention begin?
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Toronto, Ontario
The genetics of mental health
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Toronto, Ontario
For more information, please visit the CIHR Café Scientifique website (http://www.cafescientifique.cihr.gc.ca/).
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b) Canadian Health Research Awards and Prix Galien Canada Awards (November 17, 2009)
Every year, CIHR honours exceptional researchers with the Canadian Health Research Awards. This year, CIHR is partnering with Prix Galien Canada to celebrate health research excellence. Since 1994, Prix Galien has presented annual awards for innovative biopharmaceutical research. Over the years, their prize has grown to be one of the highest honours in the pharmaceutical industry. By combining award ceremonies, CIHR and Prix Galien will be highlighting the tremendous importance of public-private partnerships in health research.
This special evening will be held on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Visit the CIHR website (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/27894.html) for more information.
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c) CIHR-CMAJ Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research
On September 28, 2009, CIHR and the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) honoured eight outstanding Canadian individuals and teams with the first ever CIHR-CMAJ Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research Awards. A peer-review panel of Canadian and international experts selected the winners, whose discoveries and innovations have had a positive impact on the health of people in this country and around the world. To learn more about the award winners, visit the CIHR website (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/40288.html).
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d) Change in the Michael Smith Prize in Health Research (2009-10) program
Effective for the 2009-10 Michael Smith Prize in Health Research, only one Prize will be provided per year to an outstanding Canadian researcher who has demonstrated a high degree of innovation, creativity, leadership and dedication in health research. This year, the Prize will be awarded to an individual whose main research area is in health services or population and public health research. Candidates must be nominated by a member of the Canadian health research community and be endorsed by the executive head of the candidate's institution. For more information on this prize, please refer to the following link: (http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=790&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true).
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e) Revision of CIHR's Peer Review website
The Peer Review portion of the CIHR website has been completely revised and redesigned, effective September 22, 2009 (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/37790.html). The goals of this effort were to update and expand the content; to improve the organization and accessibility of the information; to improve transparency and accountability with respect to peer review; and to make the information relevant to multiple audiences, including peer review committee members, applicants, and the general public. We invite you to visit the site and explore the new and revised information. If you have any comments or questions about the content, please contact Gregory Huyer, Manager, Peer Review Management: gregory.huyer@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
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2. Links to Institute and Portfolio News
a) CIHR-CMAJ: Top Achievements in Health Research
CIHR is pleased to announce its second call for nominations for the Top Canadian Achievements in Health Research.
The aim of this competition is to acknowledge Canadian health research achievements that have had a significant impact on health, health care, and health research by improving our understanding of health and human diseases, tackling health challenges, and improving our health system.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) invite individuals or teams of health researchers, health professionals and others to submit significant achievements made in any area of health research. Achievements will be selected from the following four categories: (i) biomedical; (ii) clinical; (iii) health services; and (iv) population and public health.
The Top Health Research Achievements as selected by a review committee will be considered for publication in the CMAJ. The individuals and teams responsible for leading this work may also be highlighted on the CIHR web site and in other communications materials.
The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2010.
For information about how to apply, please visit:
(http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/40251.html)
If you have any questions about the competition, please contact Chaidwick Leneis at chaidwick.leneis@cihr-irsc.gc.ca or 613-941-4437.
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b) CIHR Institute of Ageing (CIHR-IA)
CIHR-IA 2009 Betty Haven's Award for Knowledge Translation in Aging
(http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/38031.html)
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c) CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (CIHR-INMD)
* INMD Newsletter - September 2009
(http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/27545.html)
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d) Canadian Research Integrity Committee (CRIC) report
The Canadian Research Integrity Committee (CRIC), of which CIHR is a member, recently released a report entitled: The State of Research Integrity and Misconduct Policies in Canada (http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/_stats/wdownload.asp?d=/_doc/NSERC-CRSNG/HAL_Report_e.pdf).
This Report provides a comprehensive discussion of the status of current policies and procedures on research integrity in Canada and in some other countries including, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Germany. It also examines how research integrity is promoted and how allegations of misconduct are addressed and resolved. It is anticipated that the Report will help to inform future efforts to strengthen Canada's research integrity system.
For more information on Research Integrity, please visit the following link, http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/40512.html
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e) Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange
Understanding merit review
(http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39537.html)
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3. Announcements from other organizations
a) Vacancy at the International Agency for Research on Cancer
IARC Section of IARC Monographs (IMO)
(https://erecruit.who.int/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=22171&vaclng=en)
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b) Vacancy at the World Health Organization
Scientist
(http://lnk.nu/erecruit.who.int/11qe.asp)
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Useful CIHR Contacts
General Inquiries: 613-941-2672
Grants & Awards Information: 613-954-1968
Media Relations: 613-941-4563
Knowledge Translation Portfolio: 613-948-2318
Partnerships: 613-957-6138
Ethics Office: 613-946-4773
Technical / IT Help Desk: 613-941-0068
CIHR's web site: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
The Accounting Office would like to officially welcome Deidre Smith as the Finance Officer, Research Accounting. Deidre has her BBA and public administration certificate from UPEI and an accounting designation (CMA). She started in the Accounting Office on Wednesday, November 4 and can be reached at dasmith@upei.ca or 566-0456. She is currently situated
in the Accounting Office but will be moving in the next few weeks to Room 232 on the 2nd floor of Kelley which is amongst the cluster of ORD offices.
Deidre's main role will be to manage the Research Accounting unit – the staff, the workload, and the internal and external relationships. She will also assist in the strategic management of the Accounting Office and act as Manager in the absence of Allan Hughes, Manager, Accounting Office.
The new position of Finance Officer came about as the result of a reorganization of the Research Accounting unit after the long-serving Supervisor of Research Accounting, Lynda Walker-Birt, was the successful applicant for a new financial position on campus. This departure of “the guru of research accounting on campus” prompted an analysis of the current and future needs for the administration of research funds. The unit is now led by Deidre with the capable support of Velda Ward and Click Stewart.
Best wishes to both Lynda and Deidre in their new roles.
Please see below regarding funding opportunities and other news from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
1. New HSF Funding Opportunities
a) Built Environment: Population Health Intervention Research - LOI deadline March 1, 2010
b) Monitoring and Optimizing CPR 2010 - LOI deadline March 1, 2010
c) Resuscitation and Knowledge Transfer and Exchange 2010 - LOI deadline March 1, 2010
2. Current HSF Funding Opportunities
a) HSF Saskatchewan Student Research Awards - January 18, 2010
b) HSFC/PFC Scholarships in Physiotherapy Research - February 19, 2010
3. Other Funding Opportunities
a) Pfizer Cardiovascular Research Awards Program
b) IGH Travel Awards for Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows - January 8, 2010
4. Event
a) Young Investigators Forum, Vancouver, May 5-7, 2010
5. 1st Canadian Stroke Congress, Québec City, June 7-8, 2010
6. Call for Abstracts, Stroke Researcher Interaction Workshop - submission deadline December 15, 2009
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1. New HSF Funding Opportunities
a. Built Environment: Population Health Intervention Research
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is pleased to launch Built Environment: Population Health Intervention Research in partnership with the CIHR Institutes of Circulatory and Respiratory Health; Human Development, Child and Youth Health; Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis; Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes; and Population and Public Health.
This strategic initiative aims to support multidisciplinary and multi-sectoral research that address the link between the built environment and health and focus on solutions at the population level.
LOI deadline: March 1, 2010.
Full application deadline: June 23, 2010.
Please see the Request for Applications for more details:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/PDF/be%20intervn%20rfa%20final.pdf.
b. Monitoring and Optimizing CPR 2010
Monitoring and Optimizing CPR 2010 aims to support research in the area of monitoring (assessing/evaluating) and optimizing the technical aspects or technique of CPR, which will ultimately result in enhanced quality CPR and improved outcomes in both adult and paediatric populations.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is proud to partner with the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health to support this strategic initiative.
LOI deadline: March 1, 2010.
Full application deadline: June 23, 2010.
For more details, please visit HSF's Research web site:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/PDF/monoptcpr%202010.pdf.
c. Resuscitation and Knowledge Transfer and Exchange 2010: Community and Health Care Providers
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the CIHR Institute of Circulatory are pleased to announce the launch of Resuscitation and Knowledge Transfer 2010: Community and Health Care Providers.
The goal of this initiative is to fund research that explores how present and proposed policies, strategies, tools, training approaches, legislation or guidelines relating to knowledge transfer of resuscitation science influence the uptake of knowledge by lay-rescuers and/or first responders. The results of the research should lead to the development of new or improved knowledge transfer policies, mechanisms, and/or tools that will help improve survival outcomes from sudden cardiac arrest and ultimately, reduce disability and death among Canadians.
LOI deadline: March 1, 2010.
Full application deadline: June 23, 2010.
For more details, please visit:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/PDF/rfa%20resuskt%202010.pdf.
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2. Current HSF Funding Opportunities
a. HSF Saskatchewan Student Research Awards
The Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) is offering two awards to university students in Saskatchewan who would like to pursue research relevant to the mission of the Foundation, in any of the health research themes (population health, biomedical, clinical, health services).
Please check with your university for internal application deadline.
HSF application deadline: January 18, 2010.
For more details, please visit:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/PDF/hsfs%202010%20studentships.pdf.
b. HSFC/PFC Scholarships in Physiotherapy Research
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) and the Canadian Physiotherapy Foundation (PFC) are pleased to offer the 2010 HSFC/PFC Scholarships in Physiotherapy Research. These Scholarships recognize highly qualified masters and doctoral candidates pursuing physiotherapy research in an area relevant to heart disease, stroke care, or stroke rehabilitation.
Application deadline: February 19, 2009.
For more details, please visit:
http://www.physiotherapyfoundation.ca/awards_2010.html.
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3. Other Funding Opportunities
a. Pfizer Cardiovascular Research Awards Program
Pfizer Canada is pleased to launch the 7th round of the Cardiovascular Research Awards Program. This program supports Canadian medical innovations through funding independent research across the health research themes (biomedical, clinical, health services/systems, and population health).
Application deadlines vary.
Please visit Pfizer's web site for more details:
http://www.pfizercv.ca/english/.
b. IGH Travel Awards for Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
The CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (IGH)’s Travel Award program continues for 2009-2010. The program offers financial support for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows to present at conferences their own research that is relevant to IGH’s mandate.
Application deadline for the winter competition: January 8, 2010.
For more details, please visit:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/36330.html.
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4. Event
a. Young Investigators Forum, Vancouver, May 5-7, 2010
The Young Investigators Forum is a major training and educational initiative of the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH). This year, ICRH has teamed up with UBC's Providence Heart + Lung Institute to co-host the event.
The 2010 Forum provides young investigators and trainees with an opportunity to showcase research; interact with senior researchers and faculty; and learn about career development as well as state-of-the-art research and technologies.
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2010.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/images/PDF/yi%202010.pdf.
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5. 1st Canadian Stroke Congress, Québec City, June 7-8, 2010
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is proud to collaborate with the Canadian Stroke Network and the Canadian Stroke Consortium to host the first ever Canadian Stroke Congress. This landmark event will bring together Canada's best and brightest minds in stroke research, prevention, care and recovery.
Abstract submissions are now open! Submissions are welcome from national and international applicants from all disciplines.
Abstract deadline: January 15, 2010.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.strokecongress.ca/index.php/home/.
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6. Call for Abstracts - Stroke Researcher Interaction Workshop
Focus on Stroke recipients who have completed their awards are invited to submit abstracts for oral presentations at the June 5-6, 2010 Researcher Interaction Workshop, to be held in conjunction with the 1st Canadian Stroke Congress in Québec City.
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC)’s Researcher Interaction Workshop is a forum for researchers, funding partners, and knowledge users to discuss research progress and results from a knowledge transfer and exchange perspective. The goal of the Workshop’s oral presentations is to showcase the impact of Focus on Stroke research on stroke knowledge, care, prevention, rehabilitation, treatment, or diagnosis.
Travel and one-night accommodation for successful candidates will be covered by HSFC.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/publications/fos-call-for-abstracts.html.
Through its Massage Therapy Research Fund (MTRF), Holistic Health
Research invites applications in:
* clinical research (primary focus)
* mechanisms of action and policy issues (secondary focus)
For 2010, there will be TWO funding competitions, the first with a
March 1, 2010 application deadline and the second with a September 30,
2010 application deadline.
For EACH competition cycle in 2010, a total funding amount of $50,000
is offered. Grant applications up to $15,000 will be considered.
Studies may be qualitative, quantitative, or mixed method. Initially,
funding preference will be given to smaller, pilot, or creative study
designs. In this way, the MTRF aims to assist the scientific and massage
communities in building a foundation for the eventual construction of
more complicated research projects. The MTRF encourages applications
that also seek funding from other sources.
The principal investigator must be affiliated with a Canadian
charitable institution (university or hospital) that is willing to
administer the finances of the grant. Funds are awarded to the
charitable institution, not to an individual. The research team may
include members affiliated with a non?Canadian institution. One member
of the research team should be a massage therapist. Students at the
masters level and above are encouraged to apply.
Deadline to receive submissions is Monday, March 1, 2010 at 5 p.m. ET.
Applicants will be notified of the status of their applications by May
1, 2010.
Deadline for the second 2010 competition cycle is Thursday, September
30, 2010 at 5 p.m. ET. Applicants will be notified of the status of
their applications by November 30, 2010.
Application forms and instructions can be downloaded at
www.massagetherapyresearch.ca.
Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program
The Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP) is a five-year (2009-2014), $163 million Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) initiative. This federal program encourages farmers, processors, distributors, and retailers to work together to find innovative solutions to common concerns and to explore new market opportunities.
CAAP’s objective is to help the agricultural sector adapt and remain competitive. Eligible projects could be in the areas of traceability, environment, climate change, capacity development, pests and diseases, and more.
There are national, regional, and multi-regional components of the program. In situations where more than one province or territory shares the same priority, projects may be considered under the collective outcomes umbrella. Increasing collaboration and forming new alliances throughout the sector are key to future successes.
Application
Project proposals must meet program principles and criteria. Eligible recipients may include industry organizations and associations , cooperatives, marketing boards, aboriginal groups, for-profit companies and individual producers.
National proposals
For project proposals that address issues having a national impact, the national CAAP application form is available on the AAFC website (http://www.agr.gc.ca).
Regional or Multi-regional proposals
On behalf of AAFC, Industry Councils across Canada deliver CAAP regionally. This grassroots delivery provides greater responsibility and accountability to industry in responding to the needs and issues of the local agriculture and agri-food industry. For project proposals that are regional or multi-regional (collective outcomes) in scope, contact the Industry Council for your province or territory.
For more information on CAAP and its criteria, please visit:
or call toll-free at 1-877-290-2188. In PEI, call 902-368-2005.
PEI ADAPT Council (Adaptation Development Agricultural Production Technology Council)
Telephone: 902-368-2005
Fax: 902-368-2520
E-mail: adapt@pei.aibn.com
