EXTERNAL HEALTH RESEARCH Opportunities

The NSHRF is pleased to provide a listing of health research opportunities external to the Foundation.  These opportunities are provided solely for your information.  The NSHRF does not assume any responsibility for the content contained in the listings. Should further information be required, please contact the applicable organization directly.

CIHR/CNF New Investigator Award in Mental Health or Chronic Disease

The CIHR, through the Small Health Organization Partnership Program (SHOPP), in partnership with the Canadian Nurses Foundation (CNF) will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the research priority areas: Mental Health, or Chronic Disease Management.  Fore more information, pleae visit CIHR's Funding Opportunities Database.

CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health Travel and Lectureship Award Deadlines
IGH Travel Awards for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows (2010/2011)
Application deadlines: September 24, 2010 / November 1, 2010
Notification of decision: Within eight weeks of the application deadline
Funding per award: Up to $2,500 per award
Please visit: CIHR's Funding Opportunities Database

CIHR's Institute of Gender and Health Lectureship Awards in Gender, Sex and Health Research (2010/2011)
Application deadline: September 24, 2010 / November 1, 2010
Notification of decision: Within eight weeks of the application deadline
Funding per award: $2,500 per award
Please visit: CIHR's Funing Opportunities Database

Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Knowledge Translation Supplement

The objective of this funding opportunity is to facilitate the dissemination and uptake of research results through appropriate KT strategies/activities based on the best evidence of effectiveness for the identified target audience(s) following the successful completion of a CIHR grant/award or component of a grant/award. CIHR-IHSPR will support health services and policy knowledge translation activities that are determined to be relevant to the research priority areas listed below:

Primary and Community-Based Healthcare
Access to Appropriate Care across the Continuum
Financing, Sustainability and Governance
Health Information
Drug Policy

For more information please visit CIHR's Funding Opportunities Database.

Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Planning Grants

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is to provide support for planning activities, partnership development and/or increasing the team's understanding of the health research landscape that will contribute to the advancement of research consistent with the mandate of CIHR and relevant CIHR Institutes, Initiatives or Branches. CIHR-IHSPR will support health services and policy research development activities that are determined to be relevant to the research priority areas listed below:

Primary and Community-Based Healthcare
Access to Appropriate Care across the Continuum
Financing, Sustainability and Governance
Health Information
Drug Policy

For more information, please visit CIHR's Funding Opportunity Database.

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Government of Canada allocated $45 million over five years in Budget 2010 to establish a high-profile, prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowships Program.

The fellowships will be known as the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, in memory of Sir Frederick Banting, the Canadian physician, researcher, Nobel laureate and war hero who, together with his assistant Dr. Charles Best, is credited with the discovery of insulin. The program is jointly administered by Canada's three federal granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). CIHR has been designated as the operational lead for the implementation of the program.

For more information, please click here.


Population Health Intervention Research

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support the prompt initiation of intervention research on rapidly unfolding programs, policies and resource distribution approaches that have the potential to impact health and health equity at the population level. This funding opportunity strongly encourages close collaboration between program implementers (e.g. decision-makers and researchers). Only research projects that are out of the control of the researcher will be considered, meaning that the researcher is not responsible for designing or implementing the intervention.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• support population health intervention research on rapidly unfolding "natural experiments" of programs, policies and resource distribution approaches that have the potential to promote health and health equity at a population level.
• encourage collaboration of community, non-profit, private, and/or public partners, where appropriate.
• develop knowledge exchange opportunities between researchers and community, non-profit, private, and/or public partners

Please visit the CIHR ResearchNet  or more information.

CIHR Instiutute of Cancer Resaerch (ICR) Opportunities

Operating Grant: Fall 2010 Prioritry Announcement

Priority Announcements on CIHR Operating Grant competitions offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas or mandates. Applications are submitted through the "201009MOP" competition of the Operating Grant: 2010-2011 funding opportunity.  For more information, please visit CIHR's ResearchNet.

Kidney Cancer / Fellowship in Kidney Cancer

Tony Clark (July 8, 1946 - April 15, 2010) was a co-founder and the inaugural Chair of Kidney Cancer Canada (2006-2010). A stage IV kidney cancer patient himself, Tony was a tireless advocate for kidney cancer patients across Canada. Tony inspired patients and health care professionals alike with his strength, courage, and leadership. CIHR and Kidney Cancer Canada are pleased to honour Tony's legacy by offering a Fellowship Award in his name. This Fellowship is offered to an outstanding individual who is to undertake research in the field of kidney cancer.  For information, please visit CIHR's ResearchNet.  Please note, you may have to scroll down the page to access this opportunity.