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Synopsis of Current Funding Opportunities
As a service to the tobacco control research community, OTRU is providing a brief synopsis of current funding opportunities at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian Cancer Society Research Institute (CCSRI) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation that could potentially replace those offered by the Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) until spring of this year. We have included 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 fulfil the same function.
We are expecting announcements regarding tobacco specific funding programs, but have no confirmed information at this point on timing or source. We will flag new funding programs as we become aware of them, but researchers and students should contact their institutional grants offices for a complete listing of funding opportunities.
We are excited about the potential for new funding for tobacco research and capacity building and look forward to sharing these new opportunities with you as they become available.
Synopsis of Current Funding Opportunities (PDF)
The following funding institutions provide
financial support for work in tobacco control. For detailed descriptions
of programs, eligibility criteria, funding and application deadlines
please follow the links to the individual funding institutions.
Canada
Government Funding Agencies
Non-Governmental Funding
Additional Canadian Funding Sources
Alberta Heritage
Foundation for Medical Research funds basic, patient
and health research carried out by investigators and researchers-in-training
in Alberta. Investigators must have an appointment or full time position
at an institution within Alberta.
Donner
Canadian Foundation funds charitable organizations and
researchers who work for charitable organizations in areas such as
public policy research, international affairs, delivery of social services,
and medical research.
Hospital
for Sick Children Foundation provides funding through
scholarships, fellowships and research projects in specific areas
of childhood health.
Max Bell Foundation supports
Canadian registered charities with project grants and internship/fellowship
grants to help build public policy research capacity in health, education,
and communication.
Ontario Mental Health
Foundation provides personnel awards, training awards and research
funding for projects related to mental health.
United States
Government Funding Agencies
National Institutes
of Health (NIH) support health research through personnel
and training awards. Research grants include project grants,
support for meetings and conferences, and clinical trials planning
grants.
National Science
Foundation (NSF) funds research and education in most
fields of science and engineering through grants, cooperative agreements,
training awards, and educational activities. The Foundation
also supports cooperative research between universities and industry,
and US participation in international scientific and engineering
efforts.
Non Governmental Funding
American Legacy Foundation provides
grants in two major categories: national calls for proposals and small
innovative grants. Periodically, the foundation may also issue grants
for research demonstration projects. The foundation conducts awards competitions
for the best use of tobacco industry documents.
Robert
Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) supports research (excluding
biomedical research) aimed at improving the health and health care
of Americans through both solicited and unsolicited grants programs
in the US and its territories.
Social
Sciences Research Council (SSRC) provides
training awards and research grants in the area of social sciences
and humanities.
Thrasher
Research Fund provides grants for pediatric medical
research. Concept papers for research grants are accepted on a rolling
basis. The Fund also supports new investigator awards.
Tobacco-Related
Disease Research Program (TRDRP) supports California-based
research that focuses on the prevention, causes, and treatment of tobacco-related
disease and the reduction of the human and economic costs of tobacco
use. TRDRP also funds personnel and training awards.
Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) at
Roswell Park Cancer Institute supports a career development program for
investigators at institutions associated with the Roswell Park TTURC
and a development research program in specified topic areas.
William
T. Grant Foundation funds research that focuses on young
people aged 8-25, including their development, the systems that affect
them, and the public's view of them. The Foundation funds research
and personnel awards including a distinguished fellows program for
mid-career researchers, policy makers, and practitioners.
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