Research Announcements – W/O December 17, 2007.

Table of Contents:

York Announcements:

1) Walter L. Gordon Research Fellowship

DEADLINE: January 15^th, 2008

2) Workshop on Non-Tri-Council Humanities Funding Opportunities for Arts and Atkinson

DATE: January 23^rd, 2008

External Announcements:

3) CIHR Operating Grant Program

Registration Deadline: February 1st, 2008

Application Deadline: March 3, 2008

4) The Canadian Foundation of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS)

DEADLINE: February 15^th, 2008 at 4:00pm

1) Walter L. Gordon Research Fellowship

Purpose:

The Walter L. Gordon Fellowship is intended to recognize merit in research or creative work by providing an individual scholar with opportunities to complete sorks or projects requiring a period of intensive effort, free of teaching and other university responsibilities.

Value:

The Fellowship allows for a year’s leave of absence at full salary and benefits through partial funding of teaching replacement costs. The Faculty of the recipient is expected to cover the remainder of the teaching replacement costs for the year awarded. A portion of the award may be used for research purposes at the discretion of the recipient’s Dean. The total value of the award is approximately $24,000.

Description:

The Walter L. Gordon Research Fellowship is generally awarded 4 times in 6 years to a distinguished scholar at York University in recognition of outstanding research. It is named in honour of the late Hon. Walter L. Gordon, former Chancellor at York University.

Eligibility:

Any full-time tenured or probationary faculty member, (including full-time librarians) with a minimum of three years continuous service at York University, is eligible to apply.

Criteria:

The merit of the project and its relation to the purposes of the award.
The likelihood of completion of the project during tenure of the Fellowship.
The scholarly and professional reputation of the candidate.

The application must include:

A signed and completed ORS checklist.
A completed contact information page.
A description of the project, including specification of the steps that are necessary for its completion and the form that the completed project will take.
The curriculum vitae of the applicant.
A signed letter of support from each of two referees, one internal and one external, who are familiar with the candidate and his/her work. Please note: Applicants within the same competition may not provide references for each other.
A signed letter from the Dean indicating willingness to cover the cost of teaching replacement remaining after funds are awarded and the arrangements which would be made to cover the applicant’s normal teaching and administrative duties. The Dean must also comment critically on the merits of the proposal. If the candidate is cross-appointed, then a letter from both Deans is required.
A signed letter from the Chair also agreeing to arrangements made to cover the applicant’s normal teaching duties.

Contact: Alon Teper, tepera@yorku.ca ext 88763

For a copy of the form and instructions:

http://research.yorku.ca/_files/file.php?fileid=fileMVoXldYtdR&filename=file_2_Walter_Gordon_2007.pdf

Terms and Conditions:

The Fellowship is awarded on the general condition that the applicant agrees to conduct the work in residence, at York University, and not to accept outside employment, so that s/he may devote him/herself full-time to the specified purposes of the award. During tenure, the Fellow will be freed from university teaching and university responsibilities.

A Fellowship may be held during either a part of or a whole academic year and provide the applicant’s normal university salary and benefits for the period, including entitlement to sabbatical leave.

The Fellow is expected to offer a public lecture at York University on the research conducted not later than 3 months after termination of the Fellowship. The recipient will submit a report to the Associate Vice-President Research, Social Science and Humanities not later than one year after the termination of the Fellowship.

Registration Deadline: January 15^th, 2008

2) Workshop on Non-Tri-Council Humanities

Funding Opportunities for Arts and Atkinson

Please forward this invitation to all faculty in your department.

Dear Humanities Researchers,

I am pleased to let you know that Arts and Atkinson are offering a Workshop on Non-Tri-Council Humanities Funding Opportunities in January, 2008 preceded by a Holiday Lunch. The details are as follows:

Workshop on Non-Tri-Council Humanities Funding Opportunities for Arts and Atkinson

Purpose: Presentation by humanities researchers who have been successful securing contracts or grants beyond the tri-council (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR), & a talk on how to use the Community of Science (COS) Database to search for humanities funding. All humanities researchers wishing to explore external funding are strongly encouraged to attend.

Date: Wednesday, 23 January, 2008

Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Catered Holiday Lunch at TEL Dining Area (near Tim Hortons).

Co-Hosts: Atkinson, Arts, VPA.

1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Workshop at TEL 2027 (note room change)

Please RSVP to Pat Brathwaite (patb@yorku.ca, x.33584) to allow us to prepare appropriately.

3) CIHR Operating Grant Program

Objectives:

The specific objectives of the Operating Grant Program are:

To contribute to the creation, dissemination and use of health-related knowledge, and to help develop and maintain Canadian health research capacity, by supporting original, high quality projects proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers, in all areas of health.

Description:

The OGP follows a basic unstructured format, in that there are:

No restrictions on areas of inquiry, although the link to CIHR's mandate must be clear;
No specific requirements in relation to team size or composition;
No specific requirements or restrictions on the specific research activities to be undertaken, with the exception that randomized controlled trials are not funded through this program.
No maximum or minimum with respect to funds being requested.

Peer Review Committees Relevant to Social Sciences & Humanities researchers:

ABH - Aboriginal People's Health	Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to aboriginal health research. Ethical, cultural, mental, physical, social, psychological, spiritual, environmental, genetic determinants and/or aspects of illness and wellness in aboriginal populations. Aboriginal Health services, policy development and knowledge translation. Aboriginal world view of health and well-being that includes balancing mental, physical, spiritual and emotional aspects; investigating indigenous knowledge, traditional medicine, spiritual health. The committee reviews applications using the full range of relevant disciplinary methodologies, with an emphasis on the integration of advanced health research methods with community-based approaches, multi-sectoral partnership models, participatory action research, and indigenous methodologies. Investigations that contribute to capacity-building for both the advanced health research community and aboriginal populations are encouraged. Community capacity-building encouraged by the Committee could include, but not be limited to: inclusion of a community member on the research team, hiring of community-based research assistants, establishing a Community Advisory Group and describing its role throughout the duration of the research process, inclusion of community-based dissemination strategies for research findings, signing of a research protocol with participating communities, involvement of community members in development of a program-based intervention and including a sustainability plan for the intervention once the research is completed. Research with aboriginal communities outside of Canada must clearly demonstrate how the research and the research results will benefit Canadian aboriginal populations.	Christine Charette 613-941-0848 ccharette@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
ELH - Health Ethics, Law and Humanities	Systematic analyses of values and ethical theory as applied in health care, health research, and new health technologies. Individual and property rights related to health technologies and treatments, health law. Ethical issues associated with population screening, privacy and use of genetic and other database information, community and population-based risk management strategies. Ethical aspects of research using human embryos, and new reproductive technologies. Informed consent. Research on collectivities. Note: Studies dealing with the humanities as applied to health issues should be referred to the committee on Humanities Perspectives on Health (HUP).	Anne-Marie Rollin 613-957-8641 arollin@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
GSH - Gender Sex and Health	How sex (i.e., biological factors) and gender (i.e., sociocultural conditions/experiences) influence health status, health behaviour, and health services use. The interaction of sex and gender with other determinants of health (e.g., income, education, culture, official language minority status, ability, environment, geography). Sex differences and gender influences, alone or in combination/interaction with other factors, on the health of females and males across the life span. Research designed to test relevant interventions. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate the use of gender and sex-based analysis (GSBA) in their applications. To learn more about GSBA, please refer to the CIHR Grants and Awards Guide.	Christine Charette 613-941-0848 ccharette@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
HPM - Health Policy and Systems Management Research	Application of social science disciplines and methods to the study of the health care system. Health policy and politics. Health economics, including economic evaluation (when it is the primary focus of the proposal); analysis of financing, funding, and remuneration methods; and analysis of resource allocation mechanisms. Health systems management, including perspectives like health administration, organizational behaviour, management science, and health systems analysis; and topics like governance, integrated health systems, and managed care. Health human resources, including the structure and organization of health professions and nursing research, and the availability of appropriate health professionals to provide necessary services to disadvantaged populations (e.g. official language minority communities, rural/northern residents, aboriginal populations, etc.). Notes: Studies in which the primary focus is on children, the elderly, or gender issues should be referred to the committees on Children's Health (CHI), Social Dimensions in Aging (SDA), or Gender, Sex, and Health (GSH).	Monique Dunbrack 613-952-6872 mdunbrack@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
HSR - Health Services Evaluation and Interventions Research A	Effectiveness and efficiency of health services at the individual, community, and population levels. Research into the delivery of all health services, including improving access to care for disadvantaged populations (e.g. official language minority communities, rural/northern residents, etc.). Evidenced based practice. Care provider issues. Primary care, home care, quality of care, effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of interventions, and delivery of health services given by health professionals and others. Notes: Applicants should also read the mandate of the committee on Knowledge Translation and Exchange (KTE). Studies in which the primary focus is on children, the elderly, or gender issues should be referred to the committees on Children's Health (CHI), Social Dimensions in Aging (SDA), or Gender, Sex, and Health (GSH). Note also that randomized controlled trials must be submitted to the Randomized Controlled Trials Program.	Monique Dunbrack 613-952-6872 mdunbrack@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
HSI - Health Services Evaluation and Interventions Research B	Effectiveness and efficiency of health services at the individual, community, and population levels. Research into the delivery of all health services, including improving access to care for disadvantaged populations (e.g. official language minority communities, rural/northern residents, etc.). Evidenced based practice. Care provider issues. Primary care, home care, quality of care, effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of interventions, and delivery of health services given by health professionals and others. Notes: Applicants should also read the mandate of the committee on Knowledge Translation and Exchange (KTE). Studies in which the primary focus is on children, the elderly, or gender issues should be referred to the committees on Children's Health (CHI), Social Dimensions in Aging (SDA), or Gender, Sex, and Health (GSH). Note also that randomized controlled trials must be submitted to the Randomized Controlled Trials Program.	Monique Dunbrack 613-952-6872 mdunbrack@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
HUP - Humanities, Perspectives on Health	1. Conceptual and Historical Analyses of what it means to be a healthy human being in various cultures/religious/linguistic traditions and the implications that has for: (a) conceptions of health and illness, life and death (b) the ethics of health care (c) the education of health care professionals (d) the provision of health care (e) decision-making around health research agendas and technical innovations (f) the concepts of civic mindedness and public good (g) the sense of self and identity. 2. Contributions of literature and literary studies to various understandings of health and health care: (a) use of narrative in the analysis of health experiences (b) the role of metaphor in the interdisciplinary and public understanding of health and health care. 3. Contributions of the performing and visual arts to health and health care. 4. In light of new technologies and of unfolding social and cultural paradigms, what contributions can humanists make to the question of Nurture and Nature in health and health care that bear on public policy.	Anne-Marie Rollin 613-957-8641 arollin@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
KTE - Knowledge Translation and Exchange	Consumer health information, practice guideline development and uptake, systematic reviews, investigations into determinants of uptake of research evidence by policy-makers. Dissemination and uptake of information. New technologies for health information dissemination. Public expectations of the health care and health research systems. Best practices in engaging public debate on health research and health care delivery. Research in education relating to health professionals and practice.	Anne-Marie Rollin 613-957-8641 arollin@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
PLC - Palliative and End of Life Care	Epidemiological studies and surveys of problems related to palliative and end of life care; the development of methods for the early detection, prevention and management of suffering associated with life-limiting illness and prolonged morbidity resulting from any disease; studies on medical, physical, psychosocial and spiritual approaches to the minimization of pain and other symptoms for both patients and families; training for families and other caregivers in innovative communication and decision-making processes; health services research, including the development of novel methods and tools; the promotion of knowledge translation through informed policies and clinical practices aimed at improving the quality and dignity of life for the patients. The committee will also review proposals that address critical evaluation of ethical, legal, economic and moral issues pertaining to the utilization of health care resources and the quality of care.	April Amponsah 613-948-8201 aamponsah@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
POP - Public, Community and Population Health A	The conception and measurement of exposures and health status and the testing of hypotheses concerning exposure/disease relationships. The mandate includes the development or application of novel statistical methods. Research on the etiology of human disease and disability. The measurement of burden of disease in populations, ranging from gene/environment interactions in the biological origins of disease to the impact of social environments, including disadvantaged populations' status (e.g. official language minority communities, rural/northern residents, etc.), on health and functional status. Work and health. Health inequalities and gradients. Health of diverse and disadvantaged populations. Food and water safety. Impact of global change on health. Notes: Studies with a primary focus on child development, familial, parental, and social influences on the health of children, should be referred to the committee on Children's Health (CHI). Studies with a primary focus on the elderly should be referred to the committee on Social Dimensions in Aging (SDA). Studies where gender issues are a primary focus should be referred to the committee on Gender, Sex, and Health (GSH). Studies with a focus on nutrition or food safety should be referred to the committee on Nutrition, Food, and Health (NUT).	Karen Chaundy 613-954-5396 kchaundy@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
PSB - Psychosocial, Sociocultural and Behavioural Determinants of Health A	Behavioural and social science research applied to health, health behavior, quality of life, psychophysiology, and community health including, but not limited to, hypothesis-testing and clinically applied projects. Behavioural, social, and cultural factors, including disadvantaged populations' status (e.g. official language minority communities, rural/northern residents, etc.) as they relate to health, disease, and biomedical treatments. Individual and population perspectives can be adopted. Projects address these issues from the perspective of the social, health professional and behavioural sciences, emphasizing a priori hypotheses, prospective designs, and psychometric measurement criteria as well as qualitative studies. Notes: Studies with a primary focus on child development, familial, parental and social influences on the health of children should be referred to the committee on Children's Health (CHI). Studies with a primary focus on the elderly should be referred to the committee on Social Dimensions in Aging (SDA). Studies where gender issues are a primary focus should be referred to the committee on Gender, Sex, and Health (GSH). Studies dealing with questions of human values in health care contexts should be referred to the committee on Humanities Perspectives on Health (HUP). Because PSB and PSD have the same mandate, applications may be transferred between the two committees based on expertise and conflicts of interest. Applicants are therefore discouraged from indicating both PSB and PSD as their first and second committee choices as this would effectively count for only one choice.	Susan Birbeck 613-954-1970 sbirbeck@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
PSD - Psychosocial, Sociocultural and Behavioural Determinants of Health B	Behavioural and social science research applied to health, health behavior, quality of life, psychophysiology, and community health including, but not limited to, hypothesis-testing and clinically applied projects. Behavioural, social, and cultural factors, including disadvantaged populations' status (e.g. official language minority communities, rural/northern residents, etc.) as they relate to health, disease, and biomedical treatments. Individual and population perspectives can be adopted. Projects address these issues from the perspective of the social, health professional and behavioural sciences, emphasizing a priori hypotheses, prospective designs, and psychometric measurement criteria as well as qualitative studies. Notes: Studies with a primary focus on child development, familial, parental and social influences on the health of children should be referred to the committee on Children's Health (CHI). Studies with a primary focus on the elderly should be referred to the committee on Social Dimensions in Aging (SDA). Studies where gender issues are a primary focus should be referred to the committee on Gender, Sex, and Health (GSH). Studies dealing with questions of human values in health care contexts should be referred to the committee on Humanities Perspectives on Health (HUP). Because PSB and PSD have the same mandate, applications may be transferred between the two committees based on expertise and conflicts of interest. Applicants are therefore discouraged from indicating both PSB and PSD as their first and second committee choices as this would effectively count for only one choice.	Susan Birbeck 613-954-1970 sbirbeck@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
PUB - Public, Community and Population Health B	The conception and measurement of exposures and health status and the testing of hypotheses concerning exposure/disease relationships. The mandate includes the development or application of novel statistical methods. Research on the etiology of human disease and disability. The measurement of burden of disease in populations, ranging from gene/environment interactions in the biological origins of disease to the impact of social environments, including disadvantaged populations' status (e.g. official language minority communities, rural/northern residents, etc.), on health and functional status. Work and health. Health inequalities and gradients. Health of diverse and disadvantaged populations. Food and water safety. Impact of global change on health. Notes: Studies with a primary focus on child development, familial, parental, and social influences on the health of children, should be referred to the committee on Children's Health (CHI). Studies with a primary focus on the elderly should be referred to the committee on Social Dimensions in Aging (SDA). Studies where gender issues are a primary focus should be referred to the committee on Gender, Sex, and Health (GSH). Studies with a focus on nutrition or food safety should be referred to the committee on Nutrition, Food, and Health (NUT).	Karen Chaundy 613-954-5396 kchaundy@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
SDA - Social Dimensions in Aging	Social factors as determinants of health and quality of life in aging (e.g., social support, work, participation of the elderly persons in society, leisure and recreation, household and family structure, housing, transportation, economic status and inequality, retirement). Positive health behaviours, and healthy life styles, physical activity. Life-course interactions and transitions. Long-term care and caregiving for the elderly, including assisted or supportive living facilities, care at home. Health services for the elderly, including those living in rural, northern, and official language minority communities. Palliative care: pain management, individual and family support, choice of settings and implications of choices, strategies for implementing end-of-life guidelines. Health status of the elderly population. Studies of social factors affecting specific age-related physical, cognitive, communications, behavioural, and mental health problems. Elder abuse and neglect.	Annie-France Bernier 613-941-0317 afbernier@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Funds Available:

CIHR's contribution to the amount available for this strategic initiative is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them.

Through the Operating Grant Program, grants will usually be awarded for a period of two to five years.

For more information:

http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/viewOpportunityDetails.do?prog=200&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true

For questions on CIHR funding guidelines, how to apply, and the peer review process contact:

CIHR Info Service

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Telephone: 613-954-1968

Toll-free: 1-888-603-4178

Email: info@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Faculty of Arts Contact:

Nadya Martin, namartin@yorku.ca, x44565

Specific information about the Operating Grant Programcan also be obtained by contacting the individuals listed on the CIHR Committees and Programs Contacts page of the CIHR Website.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your ResearchNet account or the e-Submission process contact:

CIHR ResearchNet Support

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Telephone: 613-941-9080

Email: support@researchnet-recherchenet.ca

Registration Deadline: February 1, 2008

Final Deadline: March 3, 2008

4) The Canadian Foundation of Climate and Atmospheric Sciences (CFCAS)

Objective:

To increase knowledge and training in air quality, extreme weather, climate sciences or marine environmental prediction. These areas are of strategic importance to Canada’s economy, society and its ability to adapt to the impacts of global warming.

CFCAS encourages multidisciplinary collaborative research to address complex climate issues and provide information relevant to policy development or operational requirements e.g. that integrate climate change science and the development of adaptation strategies relating to socio-economic, health, agricultural or other issues.

Applicants are encouraged to seek partnerships with researchers in the health or social sciences whenever appropriate. Research costs for socio-economic or health elements must come from other sources and must be identified in the project budget.

CFCAS also encourages applicants to incorporate international collaborations in their proposals, to increase the impact of Canadian climate and atmospheric research within the global research community.

Value and Duration:

Up to $200,000 over two years. The duration of support is governed by

the Foundation’s current mandate, which ends in the 2010 fiscal year.

Description:

Proposals must demonstrate the ability to deliver tangible results that are relevant to policy3 or operational requirements (i.e. research that could guide environmental policy or adaptation strategies) within a two-year timeframe. They must address research needs in the areas of CFCAS’s mandate in at least one of the following areas:

• Air Quality: Processes related to the origin, chemical transformation, concentration, transport, deposition and effects of airborne contaminants/aerosols; development and testing of new methods for measuring atmospheric contaminants; the role of satellite-based measurements in

assessing air quality.

• Northern Science: Predictions of extreme Arctic weather; modeling and forecasting of changes in ocean, sea ice and permafrost conditions; Arctic air quality and pollutant transport; Arctic ozone; changes in sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and of water resources at high latitudes.

• Weather prediction and forecasting at different scales and over different time periods; observing strategies and data assimilation; monitoring and predicting of atmospheric, ice and oceanic conditions; severe weather events; development and refinement of coupled climate models; development of quantitative analytical methods to assess the impacts of climate change; impact of human intervention and climate change on the environment;

• Climate change and water resources: extreme hydrometeorological events; changes in ice and snow regimes; the effect of weather and climate on precipitation patterns and water availability.

Note: Submissions focused solely on groundwater movement and storage, water quality and ecosystem behaviour do not fit CFCAS’s mandate. These elements

can, however, be integrated in interdisciplinary proposals.

Contact:

For detailed information please consult the following web site:

http://www.cfcas.org/whatsnew_e.html

Faculty of Arts Contact:

Nadya Martin, namartin@yorku.ca, x44565

DEADLINE: February 15, 2008 at 4:00pm.