In this section you will find a listing of upcoming funding and other opportunities for researchers. The list of opportunities focuses primarily on tobacco control and other chronic diseases.
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Funding Opportunities
CIHR Catalyst Grant: Tobacco Use and Nicotine Addiction – 200911CTN
Registration deadline: September 2, 2009
Application deadline: November 2, 2009
More information available at http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca:80/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=766&tag=1
OTRU Synopsis of Current Funding
As a service to the tobacco control research community, OTRU is providing a brief synopsis of current funding opportunities that could potentially replace those offered by the Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) until spring of this year. The synopsis includes detailed information as of May 2009 on the objectives and funding level of the original CTCRI programs paired with programs from other agencies that may fulfill the same function. The listing will be updated as new funding programs become available. The full document is available at OTRU Funding links.
Health Canada Contribution Funding for Tobacco Products Regulatory Science Projects
Health Canada's Tobacco Control Programme is offering contribution funding for Tobacco Products Regulatory Science for the 2008/09 fiscal year. The Contribution Funding will be available to support the development of new ideas and concepts to regulate tobacco products.
For more information, contact Mathew Cook, Office of Regulations and Compliance, Tobacco Control Programme, (613) 954-2375 or mathew_cook@hc-sc.gc.ca.
International Strategic Opportunities Program (ISOP)
Helping to connect researchers in Ontario with researchers around the world.
Applications: There will be no formal call for proposals for ISOP. Completed applications will be excepted on an ongoing basis and will be reviewed on a quarterly basis.
For further information about ISOP, please refer to the Ministry's website at www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/programs/ISOP/program.asp
NSERC Special Research Opportunity Program (SRO) - National or International Research
Objective: The Special Research Opportunity (SRO) program supports unique, emerging research opportunities that are timely, urgent, high-risk or have a strong potential for breakthrough that will be of substantial benefit to Canada. The program also supports pre-research activities to investigate and develop potential new collaborative projects necessary to respond to these national and international opportunities.
A special research opportunity may be undertaken by an individual or by a team of researchers. It may be specific to one discipline or interdisciplinary. It can be national or international in scope.
6th National Conference on Tobacco or Health
November 1-4, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec
Early bird registration
Online early bird registration opens on March 16, 2009 .
CCTC Member - $475 CDN
CCTC Non-Member - $625 CDN
Youth (18 and under) - $200 CDN
Students (19 and over) $350 CDN
For more information go Click Here.
Health Statistics Data Users Conference Translating Data into Knowledge and Action
Sept 21-22, 2009 in Ottawa, Ontario
For more information, visit the Statistics Canada site.
2010 Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) Annual Meeting
February 24-27, 2010 in Baltimore, MD
UICC World Cancer Congress
Preventing the Preventable, Treating the Treatable, Systems to Make it Happen
August 18-21, 2010 in Beijing, China
For more information, visit the World Cancer Congress website.
Learning Opportunities/Miscellaneous Resources
CDPAC Newsletter: The Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada has released its May 2008 Newsletter. Information includes news of CDPAC initatives, upcoming conference and funding opportunities as well general news about health promotion and disease prevention across Canada.
Tools to help organizations create, share and use research
This free online database of resources for health services organizations that wish to use research better is managed by the CHSRF. Each resource is gathered and assessed by the CHSRF to help organizations find, assess, interpret, and apply research evidence to inform health system policy and management decisions. The resources are classified per various phases — acquire, assess, adapt, and apply — to ensure relevant tools are easily available for the user.
By Lily Tsui, Community-University Partnership for
the Study of Children, Youth, and Families (CUP).
The handbook was created as a resource for those
interested in knowledge sharing among researchers, policymakers, service
providers, and the public.
New On-line Social Determinants of Health Course
The World Health Organization has launched a new online course on the social determinants of health. The course consists of an online tutorial with four learning units that make connections between health, and equity, social justice and human rights. It is intended to provide insight on the social determinants of health in order to encourage changes in policy that promote and protect the health of a population. The course is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese, and is free to access and fully available to the public. The course guide is available at http://dds-dispositivoglobal.ops.org.ar/curso/.
CTUMS 2008
The Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey (CTUMS) for February to June 2008 is now available, Results shows that 18%1 of the Canadian population aged 15 years and older were current smokers (about 4.9 million smokers), unchanged from the same period one year ago. Slightly more males (20%) reported smoking compared to females (16%). The difference between the male and female smoking rate has increased from 2% in the first half of 2007 to 4% in the same period of 2008. Thirteen percent of Canadians reported smoking daily while 5% reported smoking occasionally. Daily smokers consumed an average of 15.0 cigarettes per day.Visit the Health Canada website for details. ICE Team @ Montreal launches website The ICE team, Strengthening the Links between Research Practice and Public Policy to Reduce the Burden of Tobacco, housed at the University of Montreal has launched its website. Visit the website at http://www.ice.crchum.qc.ca/ and learn more about this ICE team’s research program, investigators, team activities, funding opportunities and Research Unit released two updates: more.
OTRU Updates The Ontario Tobacco Research Unit
Youth Access to Tobacco Products: Monitoring Update Comprehensive tobacco control includes age-related restrictions on access to tobacco products. This update summarizes the various youth access provisions in place at the federal and provincial levels across Canada.
Effects of Funding Cuts to Tobacco Control Programs Long-term comprehensive tobacco control programs are successful in preventing smoking acquisition and helping smokers quit, but there must be ongoing funding for sustained programming to maintain effects. This update looks at the effects of funding cuts to tobacco control programs.
For more web resources, go to previous ICE Newsletters. Click here.
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