ontario pork is pleased to announce a call for letters of intent (loi) for research projects that focus on the ontario swine industry and meet the overarching research objectives of:

- testing potential improvements to swine industry practices

- assessing greenhouse gas emissions from swine barns

all research projects that align with these objectives will be considered, including, but not limited to, swine health, swine welfare, swine nutrition, swine husbandry, swine reproduction, barn design and management, employee health and safety, meat quality and safety, marketing and consumer trends and environmental and economic sustainability. highest priority is given to projects that demonstrate scientific merit as well as strong identification of the benefit of project results to ontario pork producers and an indication of input or support of a project from swine industry members outside of academia. specific details on what is expected can be found in the outline for completion of the ontario pork loi.

letters of intent should be completed electronically through the livestock research and innovation corporation’s website. prior to applying, applicants should review ontario pork’s conditions of funding approval. these conditions and the outline for completing the loi can be found at the application site and on the ontario pork website:

http://www.livestockresearch.ca/

http://www.ontariopork.on.ca/research/call-for-proposals

timelines for the 2023 call for research:

july 25, 2022 – researchers notified of the op call for research and the lois become accessible on the lric system.

october 14, 2022 – loi due by 12:00pm (noon)

week of december 12th, 2022 – researchers notified of loi outcome

january 16, 2023 – full proposal due by 4:30pm on this date for selected lois

february 2023 – short presentations to the committee for selected proposals

week of march 13th , 2023 – researcher notified of full proposal outcome

please direct any questions pertaining to the research funding process of ontario pork to jessica fox by email at jessica.fox@swinehealthontario.ca or by phone at 519-767-4600 ext. 1401. questions regarding the lric application system should be directed to jean howden at jhowden@livestockresearch.ca .

travel awards to phd, md, or md/phd 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and post-doctoral/medical/clinical fellows are available. the purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation as a first author or presenter at the black in cancer conference 2022

dissertation fieldwork grant

this grant program funds doctoral or thesis research that advances anthropological knowledge. our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. there is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. the foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.

post-phd research grant

this grant program funds individual research projects undertaken by doctorates in anthropology or a closely related field. our goal is to support vibrant and significant work that furthers our understanding of what it means to be human. there is no preference for any methodology, research location, topic, or subfield. the foundation particularly welcomes proposals that integrate two or more subfields and pioneer new approaches and ideas.

for more information, please contact jill sherman, international research facilitator, at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

the impact of covid-19 has been felt disproportionally by remote and rural communities which prior to the pandemic had limited access to reliable infrastructure, secure food supplies, clean water and access to health facilities. as we enter the post covid era, supply chains have become stressed, there is a back log of patients waiting for routine procedures and our food supplies have become less secure.

another serious problem the world faces today is climate change. warmer temperatures over time are changing weather patterns and disrupting the usual balance of nature. this poses many risks to human beings and all other forms of life on earth. nearly all land areas are seeing more hot days and heat waves; 2021 was one of the hottest years on record. higher temperatures increase heat-related illnesses and can make it more difficult to work and move around. wildfires start more easily and spread more rapidly when conditions are hotter. scientists have further predicted that long-term effects of climate change will include a decrease in sea ice and an increase in permafrost thawing, an increase in heat waves and heavy precipitation, and decreased water resources in semi-arid regions.

in 2021, climate change triggered serious flooding, leading to the collapse of eight arterial bridges in british columbia, canada, due to landslides and scour, and submerged thousands of homes and debilitated remote communities. in the scenarios assessed, limiting warming to around 1.5°c requires global greenhouse gas emissions to peak before 2025 at the latest, and be reduced by 43% by 2030; at the same time, methane would also need to be reduced by about a third. humanity faces an existential crisis.

india and canada have continuously worked in partnership with researchers of both the sides to develop and deploy low-cost solutions to support healthy communities. in this joint call for proposals, dst, dbt from india and ic-impacts from canada are seeking joint applications aimed at addressing the issues faced by remote and rural communities in the post covid world.

for more information, please contact jill sherman, international research facilitator, at intl.research@lakeheadu.ca.

partnership engage grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight program and the connection program. however, partnership engage grants cannot respond exclusively to the objectives of the connection program.

these grants provide short-term and timely support for partnered research activities that will inform decision making at a single partner organization from the public, private or not-for-profit sector. the small-scale, stakeholder-driven partnerships supported through partnership engage grants are meant to respond to immediate needs and time constraints facing organizations in non-academic sectors. in addressing an organization-specific need, challenge and/or opportunity, these partnerships let non-academic organizations and postsecondary researchers access each other’s unique knowledge, expertise and capabilities on topics of mutual interest.

sshrc welcomes applications involving indigenous research, as well as those involving research-creation.

for tools and resources to assist in the planning and implementation of your partnership, see sshrc’s partnerships tool-kit.

the objective of this funding opportunity is to catalyze and support research efforts of canadian researchers to use the available clsa data in order to better understand how (individually and in combination) the biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and/or economic aspects of people’s lives have an impact in both maintaining health and in the development of disease and disability as people age.

the gender-based violence research initiative is a joint initiative between women and gender equality canada (wage) and the social sciences and humanities research council (sshrc). wage will invest up to $2,500,000 and sshrc up to $1,000,000 over four years to co-fund research projects that address gender-based violence (gbv). the goal of this initiative is to support academic researchers, in partnership with other research-focused and community-based organizations, to advance knowledge on, and analyze the causes and persistence of gbv in canada. this research could include methods of prevention, access to justice, and support services for victims and survivors.

partnership development grants are expected to respond to the objectives of the insight program and/or the connection program.

these grants provide support over one to three years to teams/partnerships, led by a project director, to:

• develop research and/or related activities in the social sciences and humanities—these can include knowledge mobilization and the meaningful involvement of 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 and emerging scholars, by fostering new partnerships with existing and/or potential partners; or
• design and test new partnership approaches for research and/or related activities that can result in best practices or models—these can either be adapted by others or have the potential to be scaled up to a regional, national or international level.

partnership funding is intended for formal partnerships between postsecondary institutions and/or organizations of various types. for more information, see the definitions for formal partnership and partner organization.