Deadline Dates

early March

Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Ontario Ministry of): Pest Management Research Program

Canada Council: Literary Readings and Literary Festivals with Canadian Writers

Centre for Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS): Request for Proposals

March 1

Banting Research Foundation: Research Grants

Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences

Canadian Breast Cancer Research Initiative: Streams of Excellence in Breast Cancer Research (letter of intent due; full application due Nov. 1)

Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies (University of Alberta): Neporany Research and Teaching Fellowship

Donner (William H.) Foundation, Inc.: Research Grants

Folger Shakespeare Library (Washington, DC): Residential Fellowships (Short-Term)

Health and Human Services (US Department of): Public Health Service Grants

Health Canada: National Health Research and Development Program (Postdoctoral Fellowship, Research Scholar Award)

Hospital for Sick Children Foundation: External Grants Program (letter of intent due; full application due April 30)

International Cystic Fibrosis (Mucoviscidosis) Association: Research Project Grants, Scholarships, Training Courses for allied Health Professionals, and Visiting "Expert"

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International: Research Grant (full application due; first two pages of application due Feb. 15)

Medical Research Council (MRC): Clinical Trials, Equipment Grants, Maintenance Grants, Operating Grants (full applications due; registration deadline Feb. 1)

Millennium Bureau of Canada: Canada Millennium Partnership Program

NATO: Science Program: Cooperative Science and Technology (related to "Physical & Engineering Science")

Pacific Cultural Foundation: Research Grant in Chinese Studies

Prevent Blindness America: Grants-in-Aid; Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

United States Institute of Peace: Unsolicited Grants

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington, DC): Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies Short-Term Grants

York University (administered by ORA): Contract Faculty (CUPE 3903) Fund (Conference Travel Grants, Research Grants); Elia (Mariano A.) Research Fund

mid-March

Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN): Request for Proposals

Networks of Centres of Excellence

(NCE)

The objective of the NCE program is to mobilize Canada's research talent in the academic, private and public sectors and apply it to the task of developing the economy and improving the quality of life of Canadians. The 2000 call for applications is in the following areas: The Automobile of the 21st century; Genomics Technologies and Society; Meeting Environmental Challenges for Clean Water; and Early Child Development and Its Impact on Society. Each network is funded up to a maximum of two seven-year cycles. Since this program involves university commitment, we are asking potential applicants to contact ORA by no later than March 1.

Deadline: May 1

NATO

Science Program: Cooperative Science and Technology

NATO supports projects intended to initiate research cooperation and to establish enduring personal links between scientists of the NATO and Partner countries. The specific support mechanisms available are Collaborative Linkage Grants and Expert Visits, and to organize Advanced Study Institutes and Advanced Research Workshops. Four areas have been designated for support: Physical and Engineering Science and Technology; Life Science and Technology; Environmental and Earth Science and Technology; and Security-Related Civil Science and Technology.

Deadlines vary according to theme. The deadline for "Physical and Engineering Science and Technology" is March 1.

Ontario HIV Treatment Network

Request for Proposals

Up to $1 million/year is available, for up to five years, to support teams of researchers who would work in partnership with community-based AIDS groups and other stakeholders to develop a Community-based HIV Services Evaluation Unit. The program would undertake a series of different research projects, all designed to assess and strengthen the effectiveness of community-based AIDS programs and services in Ontario.

Deadline: mid-March

Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Visiting Professorships in the Basic Medical Sciences

Up to $5,000 is available to enable institutions to bring in for a five-day visit a distinguished scientist who will engage in teaching and discussion with students and faculty in the following disciplines: anatomy, biochemistry and molecular biology, biophysics, cell biology, genetics, neurobiology, nutrition, pharmacology, physiology, and toxicology.

Deadline: March 1

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).