Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CHRP-PRCS_eng.asp
Sponsor/Award: NATURAL SCIENCES & ENGINEERING RESEARCH - COLLABORATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH PROJECTS - 2010 FALL COMPETITION - FULL APPLICATION

Grant Amount: VARIES - UP TO THREE YEARS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Sep 24, 2010
Sponsor's: Oct 01, 2010

Subject Areas: Interdisciplinary Research, Physical Activity, Rehabilitation, Biomedical, Disability, Innovation, Prevention, Arthritis, Clinical, Mobility, Aging, Pain, Tissue Injury, Repair or Replacement, Chronic Disease, Environmental Factors, Musculoskeletal Health
Description:

Supports collaborative research involving any field of natural sciences/engineering and health sciences. Successful projects will be novel and lead to health benefits for Canadians, effective health services, or health-related economic development. This program is jointly funded by NSERC and the CIHR. Applicants must be eligible under both NSERC and CIHR.

In the context of improved health for Canadians, the objectives of the Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) program are to: - translate research results to end users and stakeholders; - encourage the NSERC and CIHR communities to collaborate and integrate their expertise in their novel research activities; - advance interdisciplinary research leading to knowledge and technologies useful for improving the health of Canadians; and - train highly qualified people in collaborative and interdisciplinary research of relevance to health.

Application Details:

The participation of two or more independent researchers with complementary expertise is required. Team composition must include expertise in the natural sciences or engineering and expertise in the health sciences. New and genuine collaborations between researchers in the natural sciences and engineering and medical researchers, clinicians, social scientists, and humanists are strongly encouraged.

Please view both the CIHR and NSERC websites for more detailed application information. Only Successful LOI submissions will be invited to submit a full proposal. The full application must include: an NSERC Application for a Grant (Form 101). Requests for any equipment must be incorporated into the research proposal. Applicants must justify the need and urgency for the equipment to effectively conduct the research; an NSERC Personal Data Form (Form 100) for the applicant and, for each co-applicant, a Form 100 or a curriculum vit? using the CIHR Common CV form is required.

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline.
Western Contacts: Pocock,Katy
Patton,Justin

Sponsor Contacts:

CHRP@NSERC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 995 4273