E-newsletter - February 2010
Announcement - Funding Opportunities
1. Funding Opportunities
IA Sponsored Funding Opportunities can be accessed from the CIHR Funding Opportunity Database. Details and links for the current funding opportunities can be found below.
IA Awards and Prizes for Students and Trainees can be accessed from the IA Students and Trainees webpage.
1. a) Funding Opportunities Promoting IA Priority Areas
Patient/Client Safety in Home Care in Canada - Request for Applications
To help identify the scope of the patient safety challenge in home care, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute has partnered with other organizations - including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Aging (IA), Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR), and Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH); The Change Foundation; and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) - who are committed to supporting research that generates new knowledge and that contributes to improving the safety of home care services for Canadian home care clients.
As a collaborative initiative, the partners are pleased to announce the following Request for Applications: "Patient/Client Safety in Home Care in Canada" on the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) website. The application deadline is April 8th, 2010.
1. b) Funding Opportunities under the Mobility in Aging Initiative
Reminder: Operating Grant - Demonstration Projects in Mobility in Aging (final round)
The purpose of the "Demonstration Projects in Mobility in Aging" funding opportunity is to enhance the capacity of knowledge-users to apply research evidence to their decisions on approaches -- products, programs, services, and health system models -- that contribute to improved Mobility in Aging. The amount awarded for a single grant will typically range between $50,000 to $200,000 per annum for terms between 1 and 3 years. The registration deadline is March 1st, 2010.
Studentship
A Studentship funding opportunity in mobility, musculoskeletal health and arthritis across the lifespan, promoting advancement of research to action to address the intrinsic and extrinsic challenges associated with mobility in aging will be launched shortly. The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $4,950 for up to 3 months. The application deadline is March 15th, 2010.
1. c) Funding Opportunities Promoting Exchange and Research to Action
Reminder: Betty Havens Award for Knowledge Translation in Aging
Through the Betty Havens Award for Knowledge Translation in Aging, IA will recognize individual(s), team(s) or organization(s) that have advanced the translation of research in aging at a local or regional level. The maximum amount awarded for a single one-year award is $50,000 to recognize impact at the local or regional level in research on aging. The application deadline is May 3rd, 2010.
1. d) Other funding opportunities of interest
CIHR Partnership Award
The CIHR Partnership Award recognizes partnerships between organizations that exemplify excellence by bringing health research communities together to create innovative approaches to research, develop research agendas that are responsive to the health needs of Canadians and/or accelerate the translation of knowledge for the benefit of Canadians. The emphasis of the award is on innovative cross-sectoral partnerships between organizations that promote excellence. The winning organization will receive a $25,000 award in the form of a one-year research grant, to be used by the awardee(s) to advance the research or knowledge translation activities of the partnership. The nomination deadline is April 1st, 2010.
2. IA News and Events
IA Calendar of Events
For information on upcoming conferences and other events, please consult the IA Calendar of Events on the CIHR Website.
2010 Summer Program in Aging (SPA)
June 13-17, 2010
We invite applications from trainees in research in aging at the Master's, Doctoral and Postdoctoral levels, and those doing post-graduate clinical training that includes a program of research in aging, to apply for the 2010 Summer Program in Aging (SPA) to be held in partnership with the Alberta Centre on Aging. The application process is posted on the SPA website. The application deadline is March 15th, 2010.
