Funding Opportunities
Please Note: Funding opportunities are listed in order of approaching deadlines
Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)
Call for Letters of Intent For Innovative Frontier Research Grants: Award Year 2011
The Human Frontier Science Program supports international preferably intercontinental collaborations in basic life science research with emphasis placed on innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental investigations. Applications are invited for grants to support frontier approaches to understanding complex mechanisms of living organisms. Applicants are expected to develop novel lines of research distinct from their ongoing research.
Guidelines and further instructions are available on the HFSP web site. International teams of scientists must first submit a letter of intent online via the web site.
Specific enquiries:
grant@hfsp.org Website: http://www.hfsp.org/how/appl_forms_RG.phpMore Information (PDF)Deadline: Compulsory pre-registration, via the web site: March 22, 2010
Letter of Intent: March 31, 2010
Calls for Proposals
Canadian College Environmental NetworkThe Canadian College Environmental Network (CCEN) is the environmental affinity group of the Association of Community Colleges (ACCC), a faculty and management based professional association in higher education, designed to serve the needs of environmental scholars and scientists who value interdisciplinary approaches to research, teaching, and problem-solving.
CCEN joins with The Canadian University Environmental Science Network (CUESN) to share and explore common interests and to facilitate accreditation and opportunities for joint programming.
A major aim of the CCEN is to encourage interdisciplinary understanding of environmental science, policy, management, ethics, history, and all of the other vital contributions of traditional disciplines.
Please click here for more informationStep 1 Deadline: Call for session proposals - Feb 15, 2010
Step 2 Deadline: Call for presentation abstracts - March 30, 2010
Please contact Mark Krantzberg (
mkrantzb@georgebrown.ca) with any questions
Work Safe BC Research Training Awards
These awards are intended to enable highly qualified Masters and PhD students to undertake full-time research training with a focus on preventing and/or reducing occupational illness, injury and disability in British Columbia. Research projects must address WorkSafeBC’s current research priorities to be eligible for consideration.
Please click here for more information
Submission Deadine: March 8, 2010
International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) are announcing two seperate calls for proposals below:
A limited, competitive call for proposals from organizations already working on research in partnership with each other.
Deadline for submission of proposals for this call is March 15, 2010.
An open, competitive call for concept notes, which may come from existing or new partnerships.
Deadline for submission of concept notes is March 31, 2010.
Click here for further details about these calls, available on the CIFSRF website.
6th QS Asia-Pacific Professional Leaders in Education (QS-APPLE) Conference 2010
The annual QS Asia-Pacific Professional Leaders in Education (QS-APPLE) Conference, now in its 6th year, brings together international educators and administrators from across Asia-Pacific and the world. The mission of QS-APPLE is "to build world-class universities for Asia-Pacific communities through global partnership and collaboration" and the annual conference offers delegates the opportunity to network, exchange best practice and explore the rapidly changing shape of higher education in the Asia-Pacific - the world's most populous and fastest-growing region.
Dates: Wednesday - Friday, 17 - 19 November 2010
Venue: Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre, Bangkok, Thailand
Host: Mahidol University, Thailand
For further details, please click here (MS word)
Application Deadline: March 19, 2010
NSERC & National Science Council (NSC) In Taiwan
NSERC and the National Science Council (NSC) in Taiwan have issued concurrent calls for proposals to support joint research projects in priority areas conducted by teams from Canada and Taiwan.
Research proposals must include the participation of a Canadian industrial partner or government organization, and will be evaluated on their scientific quality and relevance. Canadian scientists will apply through NSERC's Strategic Project Grants Program while their Taiwanese counterparts will apply to NSC's Global Partnership Programs- National Priority S&T.
In 2010, the agencies are inviting joint project proposals in the following areas: Advanced Communications and Management of Information; Biomedical Technologies; and Sustainable Energy Systems (Production, Distribution and Utilization).
These priority areas include specific research topics outlined in the Strategic Project Grants Target Area Descriptions http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/04160.html
NSERC has not reserved funds for applications related to international Concurrent Calls. However, funding is available on a competitive basis within the regular budget of the Strategic Project Grants program. The number of joint projects selected for funding and the total amount awarded will strongly depend on the number and quality of projects submitted. The agencies expect balanced scientific contributions and cooperation in joint projects.
For more information please refer to the Strategic Project Grants Program Description <http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/SPG-SPS_eng.asp> and the Detailed Application Instructions <http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/NSERCANR-CRSNGANR_eng.asp> .
Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010
G8 Research Councils Initiative on Multilateral Research Funding
First Interdisciplinary and Multilateral Call for Proposals: Application Software towards Exascale Computing for Global Issues.
The Heads of the Research Councils of the G8 states[1] (G8-HORCs) have established a multilateral funding initiative to create a new framework for conducting international research. The initiative aims at supporting excellent research on topics of global relevance which can best be tackled by a multinational approach.
Theme of the call: Application Software towards Exascale Computing for Global Scale Issues[2].
Simulation supported by high performance computing infrastructures has become the third pillar of science, complementary to experimentation and modeling. Major challenges of the 21st century, such as climate change, energy, water, environment, or natural disasters, can be addressed by high performance numerical and symbolic simulations that are both data and computer intensive. Computing resources required for these simulations, including improved model resolution, model physics, data analysis and visualization, will reach the exascale (1018 operations per second) level by 2020. However, taking full advantage of these resources for global scale scientific challenges will rely on application software featuring fundamentally new algorithms and data structures capable of exploiting the massive parallelism underlying future exascale level computing.
This call aims at supporting collaborations between experts in research areas related to these global challenges and developers of future exascale platforms, so that they address the relevant needs of the research community during the early design stages of emerging new computing systems. Not only will such collaborations bring together global networks of experts on global topics, they will ensure the rapid and efficient application of new tools as they become available. The focus will be on interdisciplinary projects targeting the exploration and development of open source algorithms and data operations that are resilient, sustainable and scalable to exascale for application solutions to socially relevant global scale issues.
Funding should help researchers to cooperate in consortia consisting of at least three partners from three of the participating countries.
Duration: Two to three years
Application Deadline [3]
May 7, 2010 (Preliminary Proposal)
June 28, 2010 (Invitation to submit a Full Proposal)
August 25, 2010 (Full application, if invited to apply)
How to Apply
NSERC website <http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Index_eng.asp> and Call Secretariat <http://www.dfg.de/en/research_funding/international_cooperation/research_collaboration/g8-initiative/>
Program Contact
international@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
The Critcal Legal Conference
The purpose of this conference is to bring together critical and radical legal scholars from all over the world.
Social developments demand, now more than ever, a critical perspective on law and legal scholarship. These developments relate to the financial and economic crisis, the continuing humanitarian wars, the rising intolerance towards others and the perceived threat they pose
Against the background of this general theme, colleagues are invited to submit a paper proposal, either addressing the main theme, any of the subthemes pre-sented in different streams or another theme deemed relevant for critical legal scholarship
Deadline for Paper Submission: May 21, 2010
Deadline for Stream Submission: May 26, 2010
Please click here for further details
Please click here for the Critical Legal Conference Website
Awards
NSERC - Herzberg Medal
The NSERC Herzberg Medal is awarded annually for both the sustained excellence and overall influence of research work conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering.
The NSERC Herzberg Medal, the Council's highest honour, recognizes research contributions characterized by both excellence and influence – two qualities that defined Dr. Herzberg's illustrious career. It is awarded annually to an individual who has demonstrated sustained excellence and influence in research for a body of work conducted in Canada that has substantially advanced the natural sciences or engineering fields.
Nomination Deadline: April 1, 2010
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The Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering In tribute to the pursuit of excellence in research that the late Canadian scientist Dr. Bertram N. Brockhouse exemplified and inspired, NSERC is proud to offer an interdisciplinary research prize in his name.
The Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who have combined their expertise to produce achievements of outstanding international significance in the natural sciences and engineering in the last six years.
The Brockhouse Canada Prize competition is held annually. It supports Dr. Brockhouse's vision of interdisciplinary teamwork and collaboration in Canadian research and celebrates the excellence he exemplified in his career. The prize is accompanied by a team research grant of $250,000, which may be used to support the direct costs of university-based research and/or the enhancement of research facilities. The grant may be distributed in one lump sum or up to five instalments, depending on the needs of the recipients. The selection committee may recommend not to award the prize in a given year if there is no outstanding nomination.
Nomination Deadline: April 1, 2010
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Synergy Awards for Innovation Innovation paves the road to success in the new global economy. The Synergy Awards for Innovation were launched in 1995 by
NSERC to recognize partnerships in research and development between universities and industry. Since their inception, the awards have honoured the most outstanding achievements of university-industry collaboration.
By working together, award-winning companies and universities have proven that effective partnerships are the foundation of achievement. Their success has enriched the academic and research programs within Canadian universities while providing tangible benefits to Canadians.
Winning universities receive a $200,000 NSERC research grant. Industrial partners receive the prestigious Synergy sculpture and an opportunity to hire an NSERC Industrial R&D Fellow for two years (NSERC will bear the cost of the industrial portion of the fellow’s salary).
Nomination Deadline: May 3, 2010
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