Funding Opportunities
CLSA Fellowship Announcement
A funding opportunity, provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and led by the Institute of Aging, was announced in Feb. 2008 for a CLSA Fellowship in support of health measurement surveys. For further information see: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34806.html
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to build and strengthen research capacity and expertise in Canada in health measurement studies, with an emphasis on the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging and similar longitudinal studies..
Fellowshiips provide support for highly qualified candidates at the post-PhD or post health professional degree stages to add their experience by engaging in health research either in Canada or abroad. IA will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Awards are up to $60,000 per annum for up to 3 years the application deadline is October 1st, 2009.
Catslyst Grant: Methods and Measures for Gender, Sex and Health Research
This catalyst grant opportunity is designed to address the challenge that researchers often rely on the simple binary of male/female thereby failing to capture the heterogeneity of, and interrelationships between, sex and gender. For the feild of gender, sex and health research to advance, it is important for researchers to effectively capture gender and sex in health research. This will require clarifying concepts, refining current approaches, and developing new methods and measures. The registration deadline is September 21, 2009.
Other Opportunities
For other funding opportunities related to the field of Aging, please see the CIHR Aging Funding Databas. For those related to population health, please see the CIHR PopHealth Funding Database.
For details on the current opportunity view the following link: