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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
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Canadian
Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is Canada's major
federal funding agency for health research. CIHR funds a variety of
personnel awards including graduate training awards. Research grants
to individual investigators and research teams are also funded.
CIHR Strategic
Training Program in Tobacco Research (STPTR) - Training Grant focuses
on transdisciplinary training by linking graduate students and post-doctoral
fellows with mentors at three universities: University of British Columbia,
University of Toronto, and University of Waterloo.
CIHR Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Use in Special Populations (STPTUSP) provides
training opportunities for graduate students, PhD postdoctoral fellows,
MD research fellows and new & established investigators.
Natural Sciences
and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) provides research
and infrastructure grants, partnership opportunities and personnel
awards, including graduate training awards, related to engineering
and the natural sciences.
Social Sciences
and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is Canada's federal
funding agency for research and training in the social sciences and
humanities. SSHRC distributes funds through institutional and research
grant programs as well as training awards and the Canada Research Chairs
program.
Non-Governmental Funding
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Canadian Health
Services Research Foundation supports applied health
systems research through research grants and a capacity development
program that includes training and personnel awards.
Canadian Lung
Association funds research and training through its
medical and allied health societies, the Canadian Thoracic Society,
the Canadian Nurses Respiratory Society and the Physiotherapy Cardio-Respiratory
Society. Most provincial Lung Associations also support research
programs at the provincial level.
Canadian Tobacco
Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) is a national partnership
of research organizations working to increase capacity and innovation
in research relevant to tobacco control policies and programs. A variety
of funding is offered, including idea grants, policy research grants,
research planning grants, student research, support for conference
travel, workshops and other learning opportunities.
Heart
and Stroke Foundation of Canada (HSF) supports research
in heart disease and stroke by providing research grants and personnel
awards including training awards. Provincial Heart and Stroke Foundations
support research operating costs through grants-in-aid.
A Pan-Canadian Resource Network for Tobacco Control Research,
Policy and Practice offers
seed grants to multidisciplinary teams to encourage development of
fundable tobacco control research proposals.
National
Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) supports cancer research
and related programs that will lead to reduction of the incidence,
morbidity and mortality from cancer. The NCIC's programs include: research
grants, program project grants, and personnel support for researchers
and trainees.
Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU) offers
awards for research in tobacco control to OTRU Investigators and Affiliates,
and to students enrolled at universities in Ontario.
Scholar Program for ICE-Related Research in Tobacco Control
(SPICE Program) provides training awards to those interested
in research in tobacco control.
Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research
- Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC), provides training
opportunities in interdisciplinary primary health care research.
Additional Canadian Funding Sources
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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
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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
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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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