FACULTY AND STAFF
Active/Current Opportunities
Human Frontier Science Program (HSFP) Grants
Canada's Rising Starts in Global Health
IDRC Small Grants
Gates Foundation Opportunities in Global Health
Recurring Opportunities
Please consult our database of international funding opportunities, which is searchable by keyword (country, discipline, etc.)
ACTIVE/CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
Any Dalhousie faculty member interested in these opportunities is asked to contact Jennifer Morawiecki for advice and support.
Human Frontier Science Program (HSFP) Grants
The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) has issued its 2013 call for Letters of Intent for Young Investigators Grants and Program Grants. These grants supports international collaborations in basic research with emphasis placed on novel, innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to fundamental investigations in the life sciences. Grants provide 3 years' support for 2 – 4 member teams; successful teams may be awarded up to US$450,000.
HFSP programs include the Natural Sciences and Engineering fields, with an emphasis on bringing biologists together with scientists from fields such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, computer science and engineering to focus on problems at the frontier of the life sciences. The principal applicant must be located in one of the HFSP member countries (Australia, India, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Korea, Switzerland, United States, member states of the EU, and Canada [NSERC and CIHR]). However, co-investigators may be from any other country. Preference is given to intercontinental teams.
Deadlines are as follows:
21 March 2012: Deadline for registration (includes getting a password) and obtaining a reference number for a 2013 application
28 March 2012: Deadline from submission of LOIFor more detailed information on this call, and the application process, please visit: http://www.hfsp.org/funding/research-grants.
Canada's Rising Starts in Global Health
This competition, funded by Grand Challenges Canada (GCC), is aimed at emerging Canadian scientists in the field of global health, and seeks proposals that address persistent health challenges in the developing world. Applicants must have completed a PhD or health professional degree no more than 10 years ago, and must have a co-investigator in a low or middle-income country. GCC will fund projects that propose innovative scientific or technological solutions, integrated with delivery mechanisms that could be easily implemented in developing countries to improve health.
Round Three provides $100,000 in seed grants for up to 20 successful proposals, with the possibility of additional scale–up grants of up to $1 million for each proposal. The deadline for applications is 23 March 2012. Full details of this competition can be found at: http://www.grandchallenges.ca/grand-challenges/gc1-stars/canadasrisingstars/.
The Small Grants program offered by the Canadian Partnerships unit at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has now been re-launched as a quarterly competition. Universities and other organizations based in Canada that produce or share knowledge in fields related to international development are eligible to apply for these Small Grants, which fund events and dissemination activities/products. They also support research, knowledge-building, and knowledge-sharing projects in the field of International Development Studies.
Approved budgets under this call will range from $1,000 to $15,000 for events and small dissemination-based activities and products, and $20,000 to $60,000 for research and knowledge projects. Full guidelines and application forms are available via the following website: http://www.idrc.ca/EN/Funding/Competitions/Pages/CompetitionDetails.aspx?CompetitionID=16
There will be four competitions per year for these Small Grants, with deadlines of 31 October, 31 January, 30 April and 31 July.
Gates Foundation: Open Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for Global Health
The Gates Foundation’s Global Health program accepts open letters of inquiry in the following areas: Diarrhea and Enteric Diseases; HIV/AIDS; Malaria; Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health; Neglected Diseases; Nutrition; Pneumonia & Flu; Polio; Tuberculosis; and Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. For more information, please visit http://www.gatesfoundation.org/grantseeker/Pages/grant-opportunities.aspx.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Graduate students seeking opportunities should contact the following Dalhousie units: