Western Research

Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca/program-programme/nomination-mise_en_candidature-eng.aspx
Sponsor/Award: CANADA RESEARCH CHAIRS - TIER II CIHR CHAIR - 2024 FALL COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $100,000 ANNUALLY FOR FIVE YRS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Oct 15, 2024
Sponsor's: Oct 22, 2024

Subject Areas:
Description:

This Program offers the opportunity to nominate outstanding researchers for senior professorships to further the institution's overall research priorities & enable them to maximize their contributions as centres of research & research training.

Nominees for Tier 2 positions are intended to be emerging scholars. They must be assistant or associate professors, or possess the necessary qualifications to be appointed at these levels. Universities must justify nominating to a Tier 2 Chair a professor or a researcher who is more than ten years from the highest degree at the time of nomination. Tier 2 nominees should be excellent emerging researchers who have demonstrated particular research creativity and have demonstrated the potential to achieve international recognition in their fields in the next five to ten years.

Application Details:

Nominee must be outstanding researchers having made a major impact in their fields; be recognized internationally as leaders in their fields; have superior records of attracting and supervising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

The program follows a peer-review process governed by the College of Reviewers and the Interdisciplinary Adjudication Committee. Forms must be completed and submitted on the CRC website. Please contact RDS for more details.

INDIRECT COSTS MUST NOT BE LEVIED ON THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: All research-related grant applications, letters of intent, contracts and agreements requiring an institutional or organizational signature must submit related documents to the Office of Research Services for review and approval. Requests for institutional signature should be received a minimum of five to ten business days before the posted Sponsor deadline. Please see Western Research's website regarding the institutional signatory process for more details. Specific opportunities may have their own timelines and requirements for submissions. A ROLA Proposal submitted by the PI and bearing department and faculty approvals is required.
Western Contacts:

Sponsor Contacts:

INFORMATION@CHAIRS-CHAIRES.GC.CA
350 ALBERT STREET
PO BOX 1610
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada