June 27, 2008
In this Issue
1. Current Funding Opportunities
a. New Guidelines and Application Forms - Grant-in-Aid and Personnel Awards
b. Operating Grant: Intervention Research (Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention) Request for Applications
c. Vascular Cognitive Impairment Grants - Request for Proposals
2. Upcoming Competition
a. Focus on Stroke VIII
3. Competition Results
a. HSFC Nursing Research Fellowships
b. HSFO Clinician Scientist Special Competition
c. HSFO Master’s Studentship Award
d. HSFO John D. Schultz Science Student Scholarship
e. HSFO Martin L. Wills High School Student Scholarship
4. Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
a. The Canadian Obesity Network/Laval University 3rd Annual Obesity Summer Boot Camp, Québec, July 27-August 4, 2008
b. The Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Toronto, October 25-29, 2008
c. The 7th Annual International Conference on Urban Health, Vancouver, October 29-31, 2008
5. Other Update/HSF Activity
a. June is Stroke Awareness Month!
1. Current Funding Opportunities
The Guidelines and Application Forms for the 2009/10 funding year (fall 2008 submission) for the Grant-in-Aid and Personnel Awards programs are now available. Please note that there have been changes with this year's guidelines and application forms, including the addition of two new award categories: Research Scholarship and Distinguished Clinician Scientist. Please review the "summary of changes" for details.
Summary of changes:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/guidelines-for-applicants/summary-of-changes.html#2.
Guidelines for Applicants:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/guidelines-for-applicants/guidelines-for-applicants.html#2.
Application Forms:
http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/application-forms/application-forms.html.
The submission deadline for the Grant-in-Aid, New Investigator, and Career Investigator funding opportunities is August 29, 2008. The submission deadline for the Junior Personnel Awards (including the new Research Scholarship) is November 1, 2008.
b. Operating Grant: Intervention Research (Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention) Request for Applications
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSFC) is pleased to be working with the CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes to support population-based intervention research. The goal of this strategic initiative is to support the prompt initiation of intervention and evaluation research on rapidly unfolding programs, events, and/or policy initiatives/changes that have a potential impact on healthy living and/or chronic disease prevention.
Next LOI deadline: July 15, 2008.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/viewOpportunityDetails.do?prog=399&view=search&org=CIHR&sponsor=CIHR-13&type=AND&resultCount=25.
c. Vascular Cognitive Impairment Grants – Request for Proposals
HSFC and the Canadian Stroke Network (http://www.canadianstrokenetwork.ca) are pleased to announce the launch of the Request for Proposals in Vascular Cognitive Impairment. The goal of this initiative is to support research that addresses the role of vascular disease and stroke in cognitive impairment.
Registration deadline: September 26, 2008.
Full proposal deadline: November 14, 2008.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.canadianstrokenetwork.ca/eng/funding/index.php.
2. Upcoming Competition
This is a pre-announcement for Focus on Stroke VIII, a partnership of HSFC, CIHR and the Canadian Stroke Network to support personnel awards in stroke research. This competition will be launched once again this year and will focus on later pillar research and building capacity for research by health professionals. Stay tuned! Check back on our website next month for more details http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/general/home.html.
3. Competition Results
http://www.hsf.ca/research/en/general/home.html.
Congratulations to all successful applicants!
a. HSFC Nursing Research Fellowships
b. HSFO Clinician Scientist Special Competition
c. HSFO Master’s Studentship Award
d. HSFO John D. Schultz Science Student Scholarship
e. HSFO Martin L. Wills High School Student Scholarship
The HSF is pleased to be a sponsor of the 2008 Obesity Summer Boot Camp. Led by the Canadian Obesity Network, the Boot Camp is an interdisciplinary training and networking program in picturesque Québec. The 9-day program features insightful sessions on key scientific and psycho-social issues in the prevention and treatment of obesity and its complications.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.obesitynetwork.ca/detail.aspx?dt=92895&app=55&cat1=181&tp=18&lk=g&menu=15.
b. The Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Toronto, October 25-29, 2008
Co-hosted by the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the HSFC, the event offers cardiovascular specialists and healthcare professionals an opportunity to learn, participate, and network in Canada’s leading Congress on cardiovascular care.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.cardiocongress.org/English/index.html.
c. The 7th Annual International Conference on Urban Health, Vancouver, October 29-31, 2008
HSFC is proud to be supporting the 7th International Conference on Urban Health. Projects supported through the HSFC’s Built Environment, Obesity and Health initiative will be showcased at this conference.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.icuh2008.com/.
| 5. Other Update/HSF Activity |
| a. June is Stroke Awareness Month! Every year, 50,000 Canadians suffer from a stroke – that’s one stroke every 10 minutes! Yet the latest report on stroke by HSF tells us that only 5 out of 10 Canadians treat stroke as a medical emergency. Check out the report on how Canadians don’t get the 9-1-1 on stroke! http://www.heartandstroke.ab.ca/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=lqIRL1PJJtH&b=3651445&ct=5466391. |
Ann Nguyen
Information/Project Coordinator
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
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