Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.wsib.on.ca/en/community/WSIB/ArticleDetail?vgnextoid=b366e85bc41fd210VgnVCM100000469c710aRCRD
Sponsor/Award: WORKPLACE SAFETY INSURANCE BOARD - SOLUTIONS FOR WORKPLACE CHANGE - DEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATION - 2011 SPRING COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $30,000 FOR ONE YEAR
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Apr 11, 2011
Sponsor's: Apr 18, 2011

Subject Areas: Prevention And Health Promotion, Occupational Health and Safety, Persons With Disabilities, Health Services Delivery, Management or Planning, Disability Management, Knowledge Transfer, Policy Development, Injured Workers, Risk Assessment, Rehabilitation, Interventions, Compensation, Ergonomics, Treatment, Medical
Description:

This is an open research grants competition. The program supports research that will assist employers, workers, health professionals, health and safety professionals, policy makers and other people interested in the workplace safety and insurance system.

The RAC recognizes that often the development of high quality, innovative research proposals depends on new methods, approaches, and ideas. The intention of a Development Grant is to allow the investigator to pursue a research idea that may not be developed to a stage that would make it eligible for full funding. Development projects may take the form of novel approaches to health and safety research, the development of new or untested measurement tools (including reliability and validity), feasibility studies, or preparatory work necessary to developing a full proposal. Development funding is provided with the understanding that a Full Grant proposal will be submitted once the initial work has been completed. Applicants must therefore indicate clearly how development funding will prepare them for submitting a full proposal.

Application Details:

Priority is given to projects with a clear workplace focus, with active partner involvement, and with provisions for using research results to produce practical solutions. Program funds two types of grants: Full grants & Development Grants.

Applicants for Development Grants must use the 2011 Development Grant Application Form. All applicants must submit an electronic copy of the 2011 Development Grant Application Form in addition to a signed, clamped, single-sided, hard-copy original and 15 stapled, doublesided copies. Please submit all electronic documents on one CD or memory stick. Applications without an electronic copy of the appropriate application form will not be accepted. The electronic copy of the completed application form must be identical (with the exception of signatures) to the submitted hard copies of the form.

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
Russelo,Theresa M

Sponsor Contacts:

RESEARCH_SECRETARIAT@WSIB.ON.CA
200 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
416 344-1000