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Science Knowledge Translation Training (SKTT) Workshop

The NSHRF will host a two day practice-oriented Knowledge Translation (KT) training workshop in Halifax, NS. 

The workshop will help researchers, KT professionals and educators to develop fundamental skills and competencies around creating and implementing a KT plan that will:

  • improve research impact;
  • promote research utilization; and
  • ensure that research findings reach the appropriate audiences.

Date: Tuesday, December 2 and Wednesday, December 3, 2013

Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

More information about the workshop can be found here. 

To register for the workshop, click here. 

Funding Opportunity: CIHR Café Scientifique Program

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)'s Café Scientifique program is an outreach initiative that provides answers of popular interest to the general public.

Through its Café Scientifique program, CIHR organizes its own Café events but also establishes partnerships with non-profit organizations, universities, research centres, science centres and museums across Canada. If successful, these Café Scientifique partners can expect to receive $3,000 in funding to host their own Café. For more details about CIHR’s Café Scientifique Program, click here. 

The Canadian Cochrane Centre to Host Webinar Series

The Canadian Cochrane Centre will be hosting the Thursdays in June Webinar Series. These webinars will give an Introduction on the Canadian Cochrane Centre, as well as insight on the Cochrane Review process. 

For more information about the Thursdays in June Webinar Series, click here. 

The 19th Annual Qualitative Health Research Conference to be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia

The International Institute for Qualitative Methodology is excited to announce that the 19th Annual Qualitative Health Research (QHR) Conference will be held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from October 27-29, 2013. 

For more information about the QHR Conference, including details on abstract submissions, click here. 

Institute of Gender and Health Launches Awards for Trainees in All Health Research Disciplines

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)'s Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) is interested in training and sustaining a strong and diverse foundation of health researchers who integrate sex and gender considerations in their work. 

The purpose of IGH’s Institute Community Support (ICS) Program is to build capacity for gender, sex and health research and knowledge translation among trainees, including graduate students and postdoctoral fellows across the full spectrum of health research disciplines.  Whether training in the area of biomedical, clinical, health systems or population health research, all trainees who bring a substantive focus on gender, sex and health to their research are encouraged to apply. For more details on the types of funding opportunities and specific eligibility requirements, click here. 

Reminder: Deadline for CCNA Expressions of Interest

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have recently launched the Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA) Expressions of Interest. The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is May 21, 2013.

For further details on the application process, click here.

A series of webinars were held in April 2013 to assist applicants in understanding the focus and the application process for the CCNA. The webinars were recorded in order for them to be shared with members of the community and stakeholders who were unable to attend. To listen to these webinars, click here. 

Call for Expressions of Interest: Transformational Research in Adolescent Mental Health

The Graham Boeckh Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) have launched a Call for Expressions of Interest through their partnership, the Transformational Research in Adolescent Mental Health (TRAM). 

For more information on TRAM and details on the submission process, click here. 

Funding Opportunity: CIHR Café Scientifique

The Call for Applications to the 2013-2014 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Café Scientifique Program is now underway. 

Through this program, on an annual basis, CIHR establishes partnerships with non-profit organizations, universities, research centres, science centres and museums across Canada as a means to host informal events between experts and the general public about a particular health research subject of popular interest. If successful, these Café Scientifique partners can expect to receive $3,000 in funding to host their own Café. Applications are due no later than 8 p.m. (Eastern Time) on May 24, 2013. For further information about the funding opportunity and the evaluation criteria, please click here.