Please take a moment to read issue 103 of CIHR's Funding News.
Contents
1) CIHR at a Glance – Working for You
a) Synapse Annual Survey 2011
2) Funding Opportunity News
a) CIHR and its partners announce the June 2011 Funding Opportunities and Priority Announcements
b) Funding opportunities announced between May 5 and June 15, 2011 by CIHR and its partners
c) Call for applications to the CIHR Café Scientifique program (2011) (Reminder)
3) Application and Funding Policy News
a) Electronic Approval Process - New Grant Programs
b) Earlier cut-off time of 8:00 p.m. ET for CIHR funding opportunities (effective January 3, 2011) – (Reminder)
4) CIHR Governance
a) Dr. Jane Aubin Named New Chief Scientific Officer/Vice-President of Research at CIHR
5) Links to Institute and Portfolio News
a) CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH)
Intersections 2(2), Spring 2011 newsletter
b) CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (CIHR-IMHA)
May 2011 newsletter
c) Partnerships and Citizen Engagement Branch
Tell us your stories!
6) Announcements from other organizations
a) Grand Challenges Canada: Saving Brains - Request for Proposals Announcement
b) Panel on Research Ethics Launches the TCPS 2 Tutorial
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1) CIHR at a Glance – Working for You
a) Synapse Annual Survey 2011
Can you spare 10 minutes to help us out? Our fourth annual CIHR Synapse Mentor survey is now available. It is important that you take the survey as we want to assess the impact of CIHR Synapse Mentors’ outreach efforts with young Canadians in order to continue to improve the CIHR Synapse Program.
Refer to this link to take the survey!
(http://cihr-irsc.sondages-
We look forward to hearing from you!
Sincerely,
Mélanie Roy
Youth and Public Outreach Officer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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2) Funding Opportunity News
a) CIHR and its partners announce the June 2011 Funding Opportunities and Priority Announcements
CIHR and its partners announce the June 2011 Funding Opportunities, including the Priority Announcements for the spring 2011 open competitions.
Details on these funding opportunities can be found using the CIHR Funding Opportunities Database. (http://www.researchnet-
For the list of funding opportunities launched in June 2011, use the "Launch Date" option and select "6" and "2011" from the drop-down menus (to indicate June 2011), and click on "Search".
A master list of all CIHR's current funding opportunities is also available using the "View All Current Opportunities" tab. (http://www.researchnet-
Please note that there will be another funding opportunity launch in July 2011 which will include the following competitions: Doctoral Research Award, Fellowship, New Investigator Salary Award and Partnership for Health System Improvement, among others.
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b) Funding opportunities announced between May 5 and June 15, 2011 by CIHR and its partners
The following is a list of funding opportunities which CIHR and its partners announced between May 5 and June 15, 2011.
To view these opportunities, please use the CIHR Funding Opportunity Database at
Simply select the opportunity from the list which is sorted alphabetically.
* Other: Best Brains Exchange Travel Awards
* Other: Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (2011-2012)
* Other: Journalism Award (2011-2012)
* Team Grant: Implementation Research on Hypertension in Low and Middle Income Countries
* Team Grant: Joint Call for Applications in Ageing Research
Please direct specific inquiries on the funding opportunity to the contact person listed at the bottom of the funding opportunity.
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c) Call for applications to the CIHR Café Scientifique program (2011) (Reminder)
Start the discussion: The call for applications to the 2011-2012 CIHR Cafe Scientifique program is still underway. This is your chance to potentially hold an informal event between experts and the general public about a particular health research subject of popular interest. Applications are due no later than 8 p.m. on June 30, 2011.
For further information, please visit at http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/
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3) Application and Funding Policy News
a) Electronic Approval Process - New Grant Programs
In addition to CIHR’s Open Operating Grants program, five additional CIHR grant programs have been added to the Electronic Approval process. These programs are:
Randomized Controlled Trials: Mentoring
Proof of Principle Program - Phase I
Proof of Principle Program - Phase II
Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)
Knowledge Synthesis Grant
This means that for these programs all applications will be electronically directed to the Research Institution for approval. The eApproval process allows Administrators at a Research Institution to review and electronically approve applications for which the applicant has identified their institution as the Institution Paid. Once the applications are approved, the Research Institution will be submitting the applications electronically to CIHR on behalf of the applicant.
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b) Earlier cut-off time of 8:00 p.m. ET for CIHR funding opportunities (effective January 3, 2011) – (Reminder)
Effective January 3, 2011, CIHR implemented an earlier cut-off time of 8:00 p.m. Eastern time (ET) for all ResearchNet e-Submission funding opportunities.
This change was implemented to provide more sustainable helpdesk support to the research community and to harmonize with other Canadian research funding agencies.
Applicants should check with their research institution to determine internal deadlines for receipt of applications prior to their submission to CIHR, as applicable.
The hours of CIHR's Information Service for funding enquiries and technical support will remain 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.
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4) CIHR Governance
a) Dr. Jane Aubin Named New Chief Scientific Officer/Vice-President of Research at CIHR
On June 15, 2011, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) announced the appointment of Dr. Jane Aubin to the position of Chief Scientific Officer/Vice-President, Research effective Monday, July 4, 2011. As Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Aubin will assume responsibility for the oversight of all scientific affairs at CIHR and will provide CIHR with expert advice on matters relevant to science and technology, potential opportunities and emerging orientations and trends in the national and international health research community. As Vice-President, Research, she will also be responsible for all aspects of adjudication of Grants and Awards at CIHR and finally, as a member of the Scientific Council, she will participate in the development, implementation, and reporting on CIHR's research and knowledge translation strategy.
For more information about this announcement, refer to:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/
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5) Links to Institute and Portfolio News
The following is a list of Institute and Portfolio news items.
a) CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH)
Intersections 2(2), Spring 2011 (http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/
The Institute of Gender and Health is pleased to present the Spring 2011 edition of our biannual newsletter Intersections. This issue is dedicated to the Institute’s strategic direction on work and health, an area that will be the focus of targeted funding opportunities launched by the Institute over the next two years. Our interest is to support research that elucidates the health implications of the gendered and sexed nature of work and that offers solutions that take gender and sex into account. Inside this issue of Intersections we feature some of the innovative gender and sex questions being addressed by Canadian researchers in work and health.
In this issue:
* Gender and the New Diseases of Occupation
* >From Womb to Old Age: Sex, Gender and the Health Effects of Work
* Hooked on Health in the Fishing Industry
* The Shady Side of Work under the Sun
Columns:
* Message from the Scientific Director
* KT Monitor: Women’s Mental Health Symposium Sparks Momentum
* IGH Cochrane Corner: Integrating Sex and Gender in Logic Models for Systematic Reviews
* News Briefs: The First National Gender, Sex and Health Conference
* Trainee Spotlight: 4 Questions for Stéphanie Thibault-Gagnon
Intersections is available online in html and pdf formats at http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/
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b) CIHR - Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (CIHR-IMHA)
The May 2011 issue of "IMHA On The Move", the IMHA newsletter, is published.
(http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/
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c) Partnerships and Citizen Engagement Branch
Tell us your stories!
Do you have a story of involving the public in health care decision making in Canada? We'd like to hear it! We'll publish select cases in the new CIHR Citizen Engagement in Health Casebook. Your stories should illustrate public engagement methods that have been tried in the Canadian context. Highlighted in our casebook, they will be a useful reference for practitioners and health care organizations across Canada. Case abstracts of 250 words must be submitted by July 15, 2011. If you are a decision maker, a practitioner, a member of the public or a researcher involved with engaging citizens in health care, we'd be happy to hear from you. For more information, please refer to http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/
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6) Announcements from other organizations
a) Grand Challenges Canada: Saving Brains - Request for Proposals Announcement
Grand Challenges Canada is pleased to announce a new initiative in its Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health grand challenge. It’s called Saving Brains. Its goal is to unlock potential in children and dramatically transform lives in the developing world.
200 million children in the developing world fail to reach their full cognitive potential. In turn childhood developmental deficits result in an estimated 20% or greater loss in adult income, condemning these individuals and their communities to a relentless cycle of poverty.
“The waste of human capital is enormous,” says Joseph L. Rotman, Chairman of Grand Challenges Canada.
Key poverty-related risk factors include:
* Malnutrition
* Infection
* Poor management of pregnancy and birth complications
* Lack of stimulation and nurturing
“Imagine a world where children reach their full potential,” says Dr. Peter A. Singer, Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges Canada. “That is the world the Saving Brains initiative is aiming to create.”
Saving Brains is designed to promote cognitive, physical and social development in the first thousand days of these underserved children’s lives. Through unleashing the potential of these children, transformational change may be achieved within a generation by breaking the cycle of poverty that has entrapped so many developing countries.
“Up until now, the fulfillment of human potential has not been a focus of attention,” says Dr. Karlee Silver, Program Officer, Grand Challenges Canada. “Saving Brains is an extraordinary opportunity to make a difference and Grand Challenges Canada is committed to addressing this significant global issue.”
This request for proposals commits up to $10 million CAD awarded over 2 years to fund 8-10 research teams with leadership from low- and middle-income countries in order to identify the most effective means to promote cognitive development The teams will be expected to re-enroll participants from studies they have previously conducted and assess the long-term effects of interventions targeted at malnutrition, infection, pregnancy and birth complications, or nurturing and stimulation that were administered during the first thousand days of development.
The complexity of the issue requires Integrated Innovation which is at the heart of the Grand Challenges Canada approach. Integrated Innovation is the coordinated application of scientific/technological, social and business innovation to develop solutions to complex challenges.
For further information on Saving Brains please refer to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
to view an interview with Dr. Peter A. Singer, CEO of Grand Challenges Canada and Dr. Karlee Silver, Program Officer, Grand Challenges Canada.
For the Request for Proposals, please refer to
http://www.grandchallenges.ca/
For the full Announcement, please refer to
http://www.grandchallenges.ca/
The money to fund this program comes from the Development Innovation Fund. In Budget 2008, the Government of Canada committed $225 million CAD over five years to the Development Innovation Fund, to support the best minds in the world in a collaborative search for solutions to global health challenges.
About Grand Challenges Canada: Grand Challenges Canada is a unique independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the health and well being of people in developing countries by integrating scientific, technological, business and social innovation. Grand Challenges Canada works with the International Development Research Institute (IDRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR ) and other global health foundations and organizations to find sustainable long-term solutions to the most pressing health challenges. Grand Challenges Canada is hosted at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health.
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b) Panel on Research Ethics Launches the TCPS 2 Tutorial
The Interagency Advisory Panel on Research Ethics is pleased to announce the launch of a new, online tutorial, TCPS 2: Course on Research Ethics (CORE). CORE was designed to support the Canadian research community’s implementation of the 2nd edition of the Tri-council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2).
To access this tutorial, refer to http://pre.ethics.gc.ca/eng/
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CIHR Wants to Hear from You
Absence does not make the heart grow fonder – CIHR wants to hear from you as much as possible. There is a wonderful story to tell about the results and benefits of health research in Canada, but we need your help to truly make this a page turner. And, we need to keep telling this story. So, we encourage you to let us know when you have or, better still, are close to publishing the results of research funded by CIHR. Please drop us a line at mediarelations@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
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