In this week’s issue:
Announcement: Please see the attached Memo from the Office of the Vice-President Research & International regarding upcoming award deadlines.
Funding Opportunities:
· Special Olympics Canada – Research Grant
· Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation/New York Academy of Sciences – Challenge Grant to Accelerate Drug Development for Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia
· 3M National Teaching Fellowship Awards – Call for Nominations
· Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
· Inbev-Baillet Latour Health Prize
Other:
· UBC CPD Workshop – Navigating Work Disability: Practical Tools and Approaches
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Special Olympics Canada – Research Grant
Deadline: July 5, 2013
Special Olympics Canada is accepting applications for a grant that will support research activities to enhance athlete development, athlete performance, coaching development and/or other areas of focus as identified in the 2012-2017 Special Olympics Canada Strategic Plan. Applicants may request up to $15,000.
UBC’s Vancouver campus is the host venue for the 2014 Special Olympics Canada Summer Games. UBC will welcome more than 2,000 athletes, coaches and spectators from across Canada from July 8-13, 2014. For more information about the grant application, please click on the link above.
LOI Deadline: prior to July 25, 2013
Application Deadline: August 1, 2013
Progress in developing effective Alzheimer’s disease and dementia therapeutics has been hampered by a lack of short-term, sensitive biomarkers that correlate closely to clinical outcomes. The Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is partnering with the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) to issue a challenge grant for the development and validation of biomarkers that meet this unmet need. Higher priority will be given to applications that involve cross-sector or interdisciplinary collaborations and truly novel ideas.
Priority areas for this RFP include:
· Biomarkers of early-disease progression
· Biomarkers related to neurovascular dysfunction
· Biomarkers relevant to disease cell-to-cell transmission and spread of tau pathology
· Dynamic biomarkers with sensitivity to detect short term or immediate changes
$140,000 in funding is available for one-year duration with the possibility of follow-on funding. Applications may be submitted by non-profit academic institutions, worldwide.
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3M National Teaching Fellowship Awards – Call for Nominations Internal Deadline: August 2, 2013 |
The Fellowship is open to all individuals currently teaching at a Canadian university, regardless of discipline, level, or term of appointment, and is awarded for demonstrated commitment to university teaching excellence and educational leadership. All UBC nominations should be submitted to the Office of the Vice Provost and Associate Vice President Academic by Friday, August 2, 2013.
Burroughs Wellcome Fund – Career Awards at the Scientific Interface
Deadline: Sep 3, 2013 by 4:00pm EDT
BWF’s Career Awards at the Scientific Interface provide $500,000 to bridge advanced postdoctoral training and the first three years of faculty service. These awards are intended to foster the early career development of researchers who have transitioned or are transitioning from undergraduate and/or graduate work in the physical/mathematical/computational sciences or engineering into postdoctoral work in the biological sciences, and who are dedicated to pursuing a career in academic research. These awards are open to U.S. and Canadian citizens or permanent residents as well as to U.S. temporary residents.
Inbev-Baillet Latour Health Prize
Deadline: September 14, 2013
This personal award is granted every year for outstanding achievements in biomedical research for the benefit of human health. It was established to recognize scientific merit and to encourage the laureate in the pursuit of his/her creative research, and is therefore intended for currently active biomedical scientists. Exceptionally, the Prize may be shared by two people who have collaborated closely over a long period. The current value of the Prize is €250,000 (two hundred and fifty thousand euros). The theme for 2014 is “Cardiovascular Diseases.”
OTHER:
UBC CPD Workshop – Navigating Work Disability: Practical Tools and Approaches
Date & Location: please see details below.
Target audience: Physicians
Cost: $50 (must register before Sept 18 2013)
Accreditation: Earn up to 2.75 Mainpro C Credits
The aim of the workshop is to help you address:
· How to manage tedious and time-consuming paperwork more effectively
· How to talk to patients about returning to work and manage their expectations
· How to balance patient advocacy with your legal obligations
· How to develop activity prescriptions and return to work plans
· How to deal with issues of confidentiality when communicating with your patients’ employers and insurers
This workshop will be offered in five communities around BC. Click on the community name to register for this event.
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Location |
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Venue |
Facilitator |
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Mon, Sep 23, 2013 |
18:00 – 20:00 |
Tree Frog Bistro |
Dr. Paul Farnan and Dr. Bruce Hobson |
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Tue, Sep 24, 2013 |
18:00 – 20:00 |
Best Western Plus |
Dr. Paul Farnan |
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Tue, Sep 24, 2013 |
18:00 – 20:00 |
Ramada |
Dr. Chris-Stewart Patterson |
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Wed, Sep 25, 2013 |
18:00 – 20:00 |
Best Western Tower Inn |
Dr. Chris-Stewart Patterson |
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Thu, Sep 26, 2013 |
18:00 – 20:00 |
Travelodge |
Dr. Larry Myette |
Please visit the website above for more information.