These one-year research fellowships are aimed at promoting study and research leading to publication in areas of particular interest to NATO, primarily Alliance security and political issues. Individual Fellowships, valued at 240,000 Belgian Francs, are intended for individual research workers. Institutional Fellowships, valued at 250,000 Belgian Francs, are for research projects designed to stimulate cooperation between relevant university departments or recognised centres of international studies.

Deadline: December 31

This fellowship, worth up to 800,000 Belgian Francs, supports research on a topic of particular interest to NATO. For example: * current questions on international and external Atlantic security; * public perceptions of the Atlantic Alliance and of European Security; * the new European Security Architecture and the development of the European Security and Defence Identity within the Alliance; * the North Atlantic Cooperation Council and the Partnership for Peace processes; * analysis of the Alliance's role in the development of more stable, peaceful and friendly international relations.

Deadline: December 31.

Funds are available to support research in child care issues that produces results which will be of use to the communities involved and to governments and other funding bodies in the planning delivery, and evaluation of child care services. Specifically, the following areas will be supported: * child care policy; * infrastructure and capacity building; * service delivery; * quality; * disability; and * the effects of child care.

Deadline: January 4

In order to decrease the under-representation of women faculty positions in the natural sciences and engineering, NSERC is offering the University Faculty Awards to encourage Canadian universities to appoint very promising women researchers to tenure-track positions in science and engineering. NSERC will contribute $40,000 to universities towards the award holder's salary and fringe benefits. (The actual salary of the recipient is determined by the university.) Awards may be held for up to five years.

Deadline: January 1. (For future competitions, the deadline will be November 1)

December 15

Arthritis Society: Multi-Centre Grants; Research Grants; Research Scholar; Research Scientist

Canadian Red Cross Society: Research & Development Program [letters of intent due; full applications due February 15]

Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships for Basic and Physician Scientists

French Embassy in Canada: Participation in International Symposia by French or Canadian Scientists

Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada: Senior Personnel Awards: Visiting Scientist Program

Social Science Research Council (U.S.): Sexuality Research Fellowship Program

SSHRC/NSERC: Chairs in the Management of Technological Change

University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College): Visiting Fellowships

York University (administered by the Office of Research Administration): York Ad Hoc Research Fund (Conferences at York, Periodical Support, Travel Grants to Conferences)

December 18

Alzheimer's Association: Senator Mark Hatfield Award for Clinical Research in Alzheimer's Disease (full application due; letter of intent due October 9)

Tourette Syndrome Association, Inc.: Research & Training Grants (full application due; letter of intent due October 16)

December 31

Association of American Geographers: General Research Grants

Canada Council: Millennium Arts Fund

French Embassy in Canada: "Collège de médecine des hôpitaux de Paris"

Ivey (Richard) Foundation: Biodiversity in Forest-Dominated Ecosystems

Lady Davis Fellowship Trust: Postdoctoral Fellowships (Hebrew University)

Royal Society of Canada: Manfred Wörner Fellowship; NATO Fellowships Program (Individual Research Fellowships, Institutional Research Fellowships)

early January

American Chemical Society: Petroleum Research Fund

January 1

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD): DAAD-Center for Contemporary German Literature Grant

NSERC: University Faculty Awards

Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel): Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Office of Research Administration (ORA) would like to remind faculty members of these research opportunities with upcoming deadlines. Deadlines listed are those of the granting agencies. Applications for external sources of funding (i.e., outside York) must be submitted to ORA before forwarding them to the agencies. To assist in meeting these deadlines, it is recommended that applications be submitted to ORA one to two weeks prior to the deadline dates.

For more information, please contact ORA at -55055 in S414 Ross Building (e-mail: research@yorku.ca).