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 - 2011 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, 2011
Sponsor's: Oct 01, 2011

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:

The Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP) Program supports focussed interdisciplinary collaborative research projects involving any field of the natural sciences or engineering and any field of the health sciences. 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. The active participation and support of a non-academic knowledge/technology user organization is required at the time of application. 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. The onus is on the applicant to clearly demonstrate that the assembled research team collectively has the necessary expertise for the project's successful execution.

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); 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; and a letter from the knowledge/technology user demonstrating and characterizing the level of in-kind (and/or cash) commitment and how the project is relevant to the organization?s objectives, as well as a completed NSERC Participating Organization Form (Form 183a).

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Patton,Justin
Pocock,Katy

Sponsor Contacts:

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