Details
Opportunity Name | Strategic Operating Grants |
Agency | Arthritis Society of Canada |
Value | Up to $150,000/year |
Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
Duration | Up to 3 Years |
Deadlines
Letter of Intent (LOI)
LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 03-20-2024 |
LOI due at ORS for full review | 03-25-2024 |
LOI and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 04-05-2024 |
LOI due at agency | 04-09-2024 |
Full application (by invitation only)
Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 08-19-2024 |
Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 08-26-2024 |
Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 08-29-2024 |
Final application due at agency | 09-01-2024 |
Objective
To support research proposals aligned with the Society’s new Strategic Plan 2020-2025: Accelerating Impact – Research Strategy which aims to identify research avenues that focus on areas of highest priority to patients and achieve the highest levels of scientific excellence and rigour. Applications must focus on innovative research efforts in the following priority areas:
- Pain research
- Osteoarthritis research
- Inflammatory arthritis
- Childhood arthritis
- Work-related research
Eligibility
There is a limit of one SOG application per Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator in a competition.
Note – A PI can hold only two Arthritis Society Canada-funded grants or awards across all Arthritis Society Canada or partnered competitions as PI/Co-PI at any time. PIs/Co-PIs can apply to only two competitions per year. Applications for subsequent funding can be submitted in the final year of a current grant.
How to Apply
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.