Research Announcements – W/O December 10, 2007.

 

Table of Contents:  

York Announcements:

1) KM Expo 2008: Mobilizing Knowledge for Community-Based       Research

      Registration Deadline: January 2^nd,  2008

2) CERLAC: Director Search

      DEADLINE: January 7^th, 2008

3) York Seminar for Advanced Research

      DEADLINE: 9 January, 2008

4) YUFA Leave Fellowship Fund (Sabbatical)

      DEADLINE: January 15, 2008

5) SSHRC Grant in Aid of Travel

      DEADLINE: February 1st, 2008

6) ii Specific Research Grant (Leave and Non-Leave)

      DEADLINE: February 1, 2008

7)   Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit at York University

     Summer Internship Opportunity

      DEADLINE: February 28^th, 2008 

External Announcements:

8) SSHRC Homelessness and Diversity Issues in Canada

      DEADLINE: January 9^th, 2008

9) CIHR Operating Grant Program

      Registration Deadline: February 1st, 2008 

      Application Deadline: March 3, 2008

10) CIHR Genetics (Ethics, Law and Society)

Registration Deadline: February 1st, 2008 

      Application Deadline: March 3, 2008

 

1. Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit at York University

in partnership with

The Human Services Planning Coalition of York Region 
 

Wednesday, January 9

The Doctor’s House, Kleinburg 

Thursday, January 10

Black Creek Pioneer Village 

You are cordially invited to participate in the 2008 KM Expo: Mobilizing Knowledge for Community-Based Research. This event has been organized by the Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit at York University, in partnership with the Human Services Planning Coalition of York Region. 

What is KM?

We believe that knowledge has greater value when it is shared and implemented. Knowledge Mobilization is the active, two-way exchange of information and expertise between knowledge creators and knowledge users. The KM unit at York University connects university researchers with community and government organizations to support the use of research in decision-making about social programming, public policy, and professional practice. 

Why an Expo?

The Expo will celebrate the successes of KM partnerships made between York University and York Region to date while engaging KM stakeholders in planning future collaborations. We hope to create a space where community and academic stakeholders can meet and interact. There will be presentations by keynote speakers, concurrent workshops, follow-up breakout sessions to our KM in the AM events, a chance to meet the Summer 2007 York University KM Intern Students and opportunities for discussion and networking. 

For more information about knowledge mobilization at York University, please visit www.researchimpact.ca or contact us at kmunit@yorku.ca. 

Registration Deadline: January 2^nd, 2008

 

2) CERLAC

Director Search 
 

YORK UNIVERSITY

DIRECTOR  

Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean

Applications and nominations are invited for the position of Director of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC), for a term of three to five years, to begin July 1, 2008. 

CERLAC is a University-based Organized Research Unit reporting to the Office of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation. The Centre was established in 1978 and is Canada’s largest interdisciplinary research centre on Latin America and the Caribbean.  CERLAC is an interdisciplinary research unit concerned with the economic development, political and social organization, and cultural contributions of Latin America and the Caribbean.  The Centre works to build academic and cultural links between these regions and Canada; to inform researchers, policy advisors and the public on matters concerning the regions; and to assist in the development of research and teaching institutions that directly benefit the peoples of the region. CERLAC’s programs enjoy the support and participation of research institutions throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. 

 

Applicants are expected to be members of the full-time faculty at York University, and to have a distinguished record of scholarship and interdisciplinary research interests in the area of Latin America and the Caribbean.  The Director is expected to administer the financial, organizational and academic activities of the Centre, to develop external funding sources, and to maintain an active individual and collaborative research program.  The successful applicant will receive an administrative stipend and the appropriate course load reduction as stipulated by the YUFA Collective Agreement.  The Director of the Centre reports to the Associate Vice-President Research (Social Sciences and Humanities).

 

Applications and nominations (including curriculum vitae and the names of three referees who may be contacted) should be sent to Phyllis Lepore Babcock, Executive Officer, Research, Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, 200 York Lanes.  Applicants are also asked to submit a statement about their vision for the Centre including goals, objectives, strategy of action and leadership style.  Applications and nominations must be received by January 7, 2008.   

DEADLINE: January 7, 2008. 
 
 
 
 

3) York Seminar for Advanced Research 

This notice is for all full time faculty members. 

The York Seminar for Advanced Research (YSAR) is a year-long seminar which provides a forum in which a small group of scholars working in closely related fields can consult extensively on a particular theme.  The Seminar aims to foster, in an appropriate environment, informal yet deep discussion, exploration of the limits of specialized fields, and enduring professional and intellectual contacts. Interdisciplinarity and collaboration is encouraged.   

Typically, a Seminar will consist of 9-12 scholars from York and the Toronto vicinity who meet as a working group at least twice a month for the entire academic year.  The topic of focus generally transcends narrow specialization and involves more than one discipline.  Members of the Seminar must be scholars whose training, interests, and professional records hold out promise of substantive contribution to research and to Seminar participation.  All members are expected to attend sessions regularly. 

It is expected that the Seminar will be able to attract visitors for varying periods of time in order to participate.  Seminar participation will ordinarily be restricted to members, invited visitors, and a research assistant.  Plans for the Seminar may incorporate a shared meal in order to prolong meaningful exchange and strengthen the intellectual bonding and convivial collegiality of the working group. 

A condition of the Seminar is that a volume or similar form of dissemination (such as a website), embodying the proceedings of the Seminar, be submitted for publication at the end of the year, acknowledging all financial support received. An alternative or complementary result would be an external research funding proposal that would extend and deepen the research begun under the auspices of the Seminar.  A full report on the Seminar is also expected by the Office of the Associate Vice-President (Research). 

Seminar organizers will receive $7,500 towards the operation of the Seminar from the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation.  Additional funds needed to run a successful seminar must be generated by the organizers by means of external grants.   Organizers may wish to negotiate an appropriate course release with their respective Deans, but such release time is not guaranteed and cannot be paid for from the YSAR.

Proposals must provide as much information as possible about the structure of the proposed Seminar.  They should identify to the extent possible the potential group of scholars who will participate both as members and as visitors and indicate their professional stature as recognized through publications and other achievements.  A detailed budget for the Seminar is an important part of the proposal and will be approved by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation.  Details of all additional monies expected should be given. 

Proposals for Seminars should be submitted to the Office of the Vice-President Research and Innovation addressed to Chandra Persaud, 200 York Lanes, cpersaud@yorku.ca.   Please note that a hard copy must be received by the application deadline and email attachment must be sent at least three days before the deadline.   

Application deadline 9 January, 2008

Decision deadline:  1 February, 2008. 

Transfer of Funds:  1 May, 2008

Report due:  30 April, 2009 

DEADLINE: 9 January, 2008  

4) YUFA Leave Fellowship Fund (Sabbatical) 
 

Purpose:

Through the YUFA Collective Agreement, funds are available to assist sabbaticants with research costs associated with their program of work including travel, supplies, equipment, and research assistance.

 

Value:

Up to 10% of academic base salary, to a maximum of $10000 on any one grant 

Contact:

YUFA – yufa@yorku.ca or ext. 55236 
 

For more information and application:

http://www.yufa.org/docs/sabb_fellow.html  
 

DEADLINE: January 15, 2008. 
 
 

5) SSHRC Grant in Aid of Travel 
 

Purpose:

To provide assistance to full-time social science and humanities faculty members and professional librarians to attend International Learned Conferences Abroad (i.e., outside Canada, U.S. and U.S. possessions) for which the applicant is giving a paper, or making a substantial presentation. 

 

Who can apply?

Full-time faculty and professional librarians holding probationary/tenured continuing appointments;

Full time faculty and professional librarians holding contractually limited appointments for more than one year (providing the travel falls within the current appointment period), and (c) Postdoctoral fellows 

Consideration will also be given to applications from former York full-time faculty who have retired, but who continue to teach at the University. In the event of insufficient funds, non-tenured faculty will be prioritized over tenured faculty and postdoctoral fellows 

Value:

Normally up to a minimum charter class airfare 

For an application:

http://research.yorku.ca/_files/file.php?fileid=fileYuqybGOexn&filename=file_SSHRC_Grant_in_Aid_of_Travel_Application_2007_fillable.pdf  

Contact:

ORS - (research@yorku.ca) or ext. 55055   or can be found at the following website:

 

NEXT DEADLINE: February 1, 2008. (for travel during Mar 1-July 31) 
 
 

6) ii Specific Research Grant (Leave and Non-Leave) 

Pension Information:     (new for May 1, 2007)

All applicants receiving a Specific Research Grant from competitions on or after May 1, 2007 will have an adjustment made to pensionable earnings and pension contributions as outlined in Appendix B of the application form. If you have any questions please contact Terisa Ducharme at extension 77564 or email duchart@yorku.ca.  

Purpose:

The Specific Research Grants program at York permits, under certain conditions, a researcher to receive a research grant in lieu of salary. The grant may be used for all the purposes of a grant-in-aid of research. While grants awarded under this program are considered as taxable income, the grant payment will be treated as a T4A income for tax purposes and no income tax will be deducted by the University. The award recipient is responsible for reporting the income to the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and declaring against it eligible expenditures.

   

Who can apply?

Grants fall under two categories, as follows: 

Leave Grants:

The total funds requested cannot exceed the remaining sabbatical year salary minus one-sixth of your regular 100% salary. This amount must be retained to be paid in the usual manner; otherwise fringe benefits coverage with the University would not be maintained.

Eligibility:  Full Time Faculty and Librarians

Non-Leave Grants:

The total funds requested cannot exceed 50% of the salary during the grant period. 

Eligibility:  Full Time Faculty, CLAs, Contract Faculty (Unit 2) and Librarians 

Contact:

Nadya Martin  - namartin@yorku.ca x44565 

Application, Guideline, Ethics Approval, and Submission: 
 

DEADLINE: February 1, 2008 (for grants beginning April 1) 
 
 

7) Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit at York University 

Summer Internship Opportunity 

Knowledge Mobilization at York is turning research into action. 
 

Do you want your research and expertise to have an impact on organizations and individuals outside of York? Do you want experience working on public policy, social programming or professional practice?  

York’s Knowledge Mobilization (KM) Unit will provide funding for summer employment for graduate students to work with a community organization*. The community organization must provide the graduate student with the opportunity to apply her/his research and expertise to the benefit of the organization.  

To be eligible for an internship, graduate students must make a joint application with a community organization. Upon request, the KM Unit is prepared to work with interested students to help identify a community organization partner in York Region.  

Applications for the summer stipend of $6000 (2 months full time, 4 months part time) are due February 28th, 2008 with results announced by March 31st, 2008.  

For an application form or for more information please contact Krista Jensen (kejensen@yorku.ca ext 88847). Application forms are also available online at www.researchimpact.ca  

Knowledge Mobilization at York: York’s KM Unit provides services and funding for faculty, graduate students and community organizations seeking to maximize the impact of academic research and expertise on public policy, social programming and professional practice. York's KM Unit is supported by grants from SSHRC and CIHR and from the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. For more information please visit www.researchimpact.ca or contact kmunit@yorku.ca.  
 

* Community Organizations includes any non-York organization including government departments and agencies, community groups, NGOs, charities/foundation, professional associations, labour groups, think tanks, school boards, faith & cultural groups etc.   
 

DEADLINE: February 28, 2008 
 
 
 
 
 
 

8) SSHRC

Homelessness and Diversity Issues in Canada 

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and the Homelessness Partnering Secretariat are pursuing strategic funding and knowledge mobilization through the Homelessness and Diversity Issues in Canada joint initiative.  A summary of the program is provided below.  

Objectives:

Promotion and support of policy-relevant research on homelessness issues in contemporary Canadian society, and will take the form of a competition to award Strategic Research, Public Outreach and Conference grants.

 

The overall objectives of this research initiative on homelessness are to:

• increase the base of policy- and community-relevant research, as well as the capacity of communities and service providers to undertake regional and local research;
• encourage and promote student training and fellowship access for graduate students;
• enable relationship building between new and existing research networks to reduce duplication and pool resources and expertise; and
• support and facilitate knowledge mobilization.

 
 

Contact:

Nadya Martin  - namartin@yorku.ca x44565 

Or 

ORS - (research@yorku.ca) or ext. 55055   or can be found at the following website:

http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/web/apply/program_descriptions/homelessness_e.asp  
 

Value:

Conference Grants are up to $50,000  

Strategic Research Grants are up to $50,000  

Public Outreach Grants are up to $50,000  
 

Duration:

Up to 12 months 

York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency.  For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Application Checklist, which requires the Chair’s and Dean’s signatures.  To ensure that the approved application is ready by the agency deadline, a complete application folder must be submitted to the ORS ten (10) working days prior to final submission date.  
 
 

DEADLINE: January 9, 2008. 
 
 

 

9) 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.

 

The OGP is further expected to:

• Support original, high quality projects;
• Support individual researchers and groups of researchers;
• Support research in all areas and disciplines with relevance to health;
• Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge;
• Contribute to the dissemination, commercialization/knowledge translation, and use of health-related knowledge;
• Develop and maintain Canadian health research capacity, including research training.

 

Relevant Research Areas:

The OGP is open to applications in all areas of health research that are aligned with the CIHR mandate: "To excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system". 

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. For applications including randomized controlled trials, researchers must apply through the Randomized Controlled Trials Program and not through the Operating Grant Program;
• No maximum or minimum with respect to funds being requested.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contact:

Nadya Martin  - namartin@yorku.ca x44565 

Or 

Please visit the following site for detailed instructions:

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

CIHR Contact:  Stephanie Robertson

            Assistant Director, Ottawa

            CIHR Institute of Genetics

            Telephone: 613-954-0533

            Email: srobertson@cihr-irsc.gc.ca  
 
 

Registration Deadline: February 1, 2008.

Application Deadline:   March 3, 2008. 
 
 
 

10) CIHR Genetics (Ethics, Law and Society) 
 

Description:

The Institute of Genetics wishes to fund applications that address ethical, legal and social issues relevant to the design, conduct and dissemination of genomic and genetic research; development and application of technologies, and their integration into society. Suggested research areas include:

• Defining "populations" in genomics and genetics research;
• Genetics, populations and public health;
• Access to clinical applications (e.g., patenting, access to clinical trials, "right" to health care);
• Concepts of risk, communication, appreciation and evaluation;
• Public understanding of science;
• Defining "normalcy," "health," and "disease" in the genomics era;
• Rights and responsibilities in relation to genomics and genetics.

 
 
 
 
 

Background:

This RFA is designed to stimulate and promote research from many different disciplines into the ethical, legal and social issues relevant to population-based genetic research. Many of these issues remain under-explored, particularly in the Canadian context.

Around the world, population-based genetic research is fast emerging as an important area of investigation, and Canada is well placed to be a leader in this field. Our public health care system, the emergence of increasingly comprehensive health information databanks, our strong and vibrant genetics research community, and the existence of several unique populations combine to make Canada an ideal place to do this important work. 

Value: 

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

• The total amount available for this initiative is $ 225,000. This amount may increase if additional funding partners decide to participate.
• The maximum amount awarded for a single systematic review project is $ 25, 000 per grant (including equipment) for up to three years.
• The maximum amount awarded for a single original investigation project (operating grant) is $75,000 per grant (including equipment) for up to three years.
• The equipment amount is awarded in year one.
• Applications receiving a score of less than 3.7 will not be considered for funding.

 

This RFA is designed to solicit small development grant applications for research projects that meet one or both of the following two objectives:

• To stimulate and promote single-discipline and interdisciplinary research by investigators alone or collaboratively, in one or more of four specified areas (identified below). These areas address work on the ethical, legal and social aspects of genetics (particular population-based genetics and genetic epidemiology); and
• To determine the best direction for future research, policy and practice in one or more of these four specified areas.

 

In this RFA, the term "research" includes both original investigation and systematic consolidation of previous research and analysis. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Contact:

Nadya Martin  - namartin@yorku.ca x44565 

Or 

Please visit the following site for detailed instructions:

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

CIHR Contact:  Stephanie Robertson

            Assistant Director, Ottawa

            CIHR Institute of Genetics

            Telephone: 613-954-0533

            Email: srobertson@cihr-irsc.gc.ca  
 
 

Registration Deadline: February 1, 2008.

Application Deadline:   March 3, 2008.