Just announced! $268M for child health research at #UCalgary. $125M from Government of Canada, and amazing partnerships will ensure all kids can thrive. Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation Azrieli Foundation UNICEF Canada @Uofcr4Kids UCalgaryMedicine Department of Pediatrics ow.ly/svU450O0LXB

It's always grant season! Thanks to everyone who attended our first ever, in-person half-day crash course on project management for research grants and applications UCalgary Medicine UCalgary, Grant Development Office. #projectmanagement #grantsmanagement #ucalgarymed

Team Grants in Lung Health have launched! CIHR and partners are collaborating on this #FundingOpportunity to investigate how the air we breathe affects our lung health. Topics include climate, vaping, cancer, and more! Learn more: researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn…

🚨 New #FundingOpportunity: Clinical Trials Projects CIHR will support #ClinicalTrials testing new or repurposed drugs and medical devices. Letter of intent deadline: August 22, 2023 Information webinars: July 25 and August 2, 2023 researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn…

📣 Upcoming #FundingOpportunity! The 2024/2025 Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) is launching soon! Funding will support the development of Canada’s health research leaders. Details: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53595.html

Last year, 86-year-old Alberta resident Roy MacKenzie suffered a stroke. After the standard medication failed to help, he agreed to participate in a #ClinicalTrial headed by Drs. Mayank Goyal and Michael Hill UCalgaryMedicine. The next day, Roy was walking. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53594.html

Not ground breaking news but maybe some of you need to hear it. #postdoc #appreciation week post # 1: Every good researcher has learned to #embracefailure! Let's start during your postdoc & don't give up! #research U Calgary UCalgaryMedicine #neurotwitter #AcademicTwitter

It’s National PostDoc Appreciation week! Many exciting events happening across the U Calgary all week! To learn more visit research.ucalgary.ca/postdocs/event… #PostdocAppreciationWeek #postdoc #appreciation UCalgaryMedicine

Day 2 of Postdoc Appreciation week! Our Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Researchers speaks to the importance of building strong professional and personal networks. #postdoc #AcademicTwitter UCalgaryMedicine

The Accelerating Clinical Trials (ACT) Canada Consortium is accepting applications from clinical trial networks in areas of need, including #MentalHealth. ACT – funded by CIHR’s Clinical Trials Fund – will support 6 networks through this funding. act-aec.ca/call-for-propo…

Attention Early Career Researchers! Time to apply for CIHR’s Reviewer in Training (RiT) program. Participate in the peer review process as a mentee or ECR reviewer. Registration closes on January 31: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52291.html

📢Registration is now open for the Spring 2024 Project Grant competition: researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn… We have reorganized the registration and application instructions to make them clearer and easier to follow.

Learn firsthand about the peer review process by becoming an ECR reviewer! The deadline to apply for the Spring 2024 CIHR Reviewer in Training program is January 31. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/52291.html

Healthy Youth Team Grants, totalling $9M, will fund youth-engaged research on priority themes identified in Canada’s Youth Policy. Application Deadline: February 4, 2025 Details: researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn…

Please note, the time for the Research Orientation has been updated: September 24 | 9 AM - Noon | ZOOM Registration: bit.ly/3RJPz4z

If you plan to apply to the Project Grant competition, verify your responses to the Tri-Agency Self-ID Questionnaire, as CIHR will begin equalizing success rates for visible minority/racialized applicants and applicants with disabilities. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53907.html?h…

The three federal research funding agencies have just released the Tri-Agency Policy on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership Affirmation. Read more: canada.ca/en/research-co… #CRCC

Reminder to #ECRs! The application deadline for our ECR Workshop is September 30, 2024. Join fellow ECRs for a full day of learning, networking and skill development in cancer research! Learn more: bit.ly/42dmy3e

Now open: Planning and Dissemination Grants (Winter 2025 competition)! These grants support the planning of research and/or dissemination of its findings. ICR is supporting applications that align with our mandate. Application deadline: November 19, 2024 researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtn…

📢 New! The three federal research funding agencies have just released the Tri-agency Research Training Strategy. Read more: canada.ca/en/research-co… #CRCC