Deadline Dates

Feb. 15

American Museum of Natural History (New York, NY): Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund

Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research (CFDR): Research Grants

Canadian Red Cross Society: Group Grants; Individual Grants; Major Equipment Grants (full application due; letter of intent due Dec. 15)

Cancer Research Society Inc.: Fellowships; Research Grants

Environment Canada: Atmospheric Environment Service Science Subvention Program

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

Harry Oppenheimer Institute for African Studies (University of Cape Town): Visiting Associateships in African Studies

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

Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International: Research Grant (first two pages of application are due; full application is due March 1)

Leukemia Society of America: Translational Research Program (preliminary application due; full application due March 15)

Manning Awards Foundation: Manning Awards

Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada: Summer in the Laboratory Fellowships

Northrop Frye Centre (Victoria College, University of Toronto): Fellowship Program

Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Association (OCUFA): Academic Librarianship Award; Teaching Awards

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI): Visiting Lectureship for Canadian Scholars

York University: Harry Crowe Memorial Lecture and Conference Fund

Feb. 16

Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF): Chairs/Professorships (full application due; letter of intent due Oct. 20)

late February

Foundation for Legal Research: Funding for Legal Research

Feb. 28

Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.: Young Investigator Award in the Biological Sciences

Environment Canada: Science Horizons Youth Internship Program

NATO: Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society Fellowships

SSHRC: Research Development Initiatives Program

York University (administered by ORA): Supplementary Research Grants (cut-off date for the 1999/2000 fiscal year)

SSHRC

CISS Data Training Schools

SSHRC is providing $50,000 to support the offering of short courses in social data analysis, including a series of intermediate level courses in data analysis and more advanced courses that pertain to the analysis of longitudinal and multi-level data, and which are adapted to Canadian data and research concerns.

Deadline: Feb. 18

Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Reseach

Research Grants

The Canadian Foundation for Dietetic Research supports research into the science and art of food service, clinical and community-based dietetic practice. These one-year grants range from $5,000-$10,000.

Deadline: Feb. 15

Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute

Visiting Lectureship for Canadian Scholars

The Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute is offering to send a Canadian scholar to India to give lectures and conduct seminars on Canada. The support includes a return ticket to India, local travel and living expenses for three weeks.

Deadline: Feb. 15

Foundation for Legal Research

Funding for Legal Research

The Foundation funds legal research falling into three broad categories, namely: (1) research and writing where the emphasis is on the statement of existing rules of law, sometimes referred to as doctrinal research; (2) research with regard to the working of the legal system; and (3) research with regard to development in fields peripheral to legal doctrine, such as criminology, psychology, psychiatry, sociology and economics and their relationship to rules of law. Grants are intended for summer research, and range from $3,000-$5,000.

Deadline: late February

Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd.

Young Investigator Award in the Biological Sciences

Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd. provides support for research by new faculty members at Canadian universities. Faculty members whose research interests lie in virology, cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, enzymology, or pharmacology and experimental animal models, are encouraged to apply. Up to $15,000 per year is available, for up to three years.

Deadline: Feb. 28

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).