E-newsletter – June 2011

In this issue of Announcement - Funding Opportunities

  1. IA Funding Opportunities

    CIHR Funding Opportunities can be accessed from the CIHR Funding Opportunity Database

    IA Awards and Prizes for Students and Trainees can be accessed from the IA Students and Trainees webpage. 

    1. IA Funding Opportunities

    Call for Research Applications on "Active and Healthy Ageing Across the Life Course"

    The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-Institute of Aging, has partnered with the European Research Area in Ageing (ERA-AGE 2) on a call for multidisciplinary research applications on "Active and Healthy Ageing Across the Life Course".

    The call is dedicated to the achievement of enhanced and healthy ageing and, in particular, to address the major priority established by the Active and Healthy Ageing Innovation Partnership (AHAIP) of a 2 year increase in healthy life expectancy in the European Union by 2020.

    Multidisciplinary research groups representing at least 3 partner countries may submit pre-proposals by October 3rd, 2011, to investigate specific research questions related to this call. Full information about the call and all the related documents are available at European Research Area in Ageing 2, and on the CIHR website.

    Operating Grant - Priority 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. IA will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the Institute of Aging Research Priority Themes.

    The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is up to $100,000 per annum for up to one year. The registration deadline is August 15th, 2011.

    Knowledge Synthesis Grant - Priority Announcement

    The Canadian Institutes of Health Research's new Evidence-Informed Healthcare Renewal (EIHR) initiative will support researchers and decision makers to work together to advance the current state of knowledge, generate novel and creative solutions, and translate evidence for uptake into policy and practice to strengthen Canada's healthcare systems.

    The EIHR initiative's first set of funding opportunities, Knowledge Synthesis grants, will support innovative syntheses that advance the current state of knowledge and contribute to evidence-informed decision-making within EIHR's three priority areas. Under this opportunity, the Institute of Aging will support applications proposing syntheses that address the aging of the Canadian population and/or health and care services for older Canadians. The application deadline is October 3rd, 2011.

    Prize: Voluntary Sector Outreach

    The Voluntary Sector Outreach Prize aims to develop communications-related partnerships with Canadian voluntary sector organizations. Proposals may be targeted to a specific audience who would benefit from being better informed about the impacts of health-related research (e.g., improving communications with front-line physicians, policy-makers etc), or the scope could be more general for the greater public (e.g., proposing an event associated with a national or international initiative dedicated to increasing awareness). The competition is open to Canadian-based non-governmental and/or voluntary sector organizations sharing common priorities with the Institute of Aging. Proposals may be officially submitted by single organizations, or in partnership. The CIHR-IA will award up to four prizes of up to $10,000 each for successful aging-relevant proposals under this initiative. The application deadline is September 9th, 2011.

    Age+ Prize

    The IA Age+ Prize recognizes excellence in research on aging carried out by emerging Canadian scholars and the resulting publications. Awards are for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents from all disciplines, conducting research in aging. The award is valued at $1,000. The next application deadline is October 1st, 2011.

    Travel Awards in Aging

    Through this trainee travel award the IA seeks to encourage networking and exchange of ideas among emerging scholars working within its priority research areas. The award value is up to $1,000. The next application deadline is July 15th, 2011.

    More Institute of Aging funding opportunities will be launched in July including Advancing Theories and Methodological Innovations grants, and Planning grants.

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