MSFHR Reach Awards
Sponsor: Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
These awards will provide funding to support the dissemination and uptake of research evidence to inform and improve further research, practice and policy-making. Awards will help teams of health researchers and research users collaboratively plan and implement dissemination activities, adapting messages and mode of delivery in order to reach audiences who can directly use the information.
Value: Maximum award amount is $10,000, for up to 12 months.
Sponsor Deadline: May 19, 2017
Note:
Each team must have at least one BC research/health professional trainee (e.g. undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral and/or clinical fellows) as a team member included in a meaningful way to enhance their knowledge translation experience and skills.
Peter Wall International Research Roundtables
Sponsor: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
International Research Roundtables are aimed at fostering excellence in research, and serving as a catalyst for collaborative research between international scholars and UBC scholars. They will provide scholars, community leaders, artists, policy makers and others the opportunity to explore a theme, create the foundation for innovative research, prompt important advances in science and society, and/or have a significant impact on the discovery of solutions to important problems.
Value: The proposed budget may range from $20,000 to $45,000. The award will support meeting expenses for a Roundtable at the Peter Wall Institute in Vancouver, Canada, for two to five days. Award funds may be used to cover accommodation, meals and travel costs, for up to 20 participants for the duration of the Roundtable.
Deadlines:
ORE review deadline: April 10, 2017
Sponsor deadline: May 1, 2017
Wall Solutions Initiative – Letter of Intent
Sponsor: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
The program is designed to harness high-level research to the practical needs of local, national or international community partners. Proposals must demonstrate active participation with a proposed community or end-user partner to achieve its objectives. Local, national or international community partners are eligible co-applicants.
Value: Wall Solutions projects will be funded at a maximum of $50,000 for one year for direct research costs. Two-year projects are eligible but funds are awarded annually. Renewal is dependent on a formal review of progress achieved. Total project budgets over $50,000 per year are acceptable if you are including funding from other sources or partner contributions.
Deadlines:
ORE review deadline: April 10, 2017
Sponsor deadline: May 1, 2017
Notes:
Principal investigators must be full-time UBC faculty at the Professorial Rank in grant/tenure track positions (i.e. Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor).
SSHRC Connection Grants
Sponsor: SSHRC
Connection Grants support events and outreach activities geared toward short-term, targeted knowledge mobilization initiatives. These events and activities represent opportunities to exchange knowledge and to engage on research issues of value to those participating.
Value: $7,000 to $25,000 for events, and up to $50,000 for other outreach activities; higher amounts for outreach activities may be considered if well justified. Duration of 1 year.
Deadlines:
ORE Review Deadline: March 27
ORS Deadline: April 25
Sponsor Deadline: May 1