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Announcement of Opportunity |
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Space Life Sciences Concept and Ground Studies 2001 #02
Release Date June 19, 2001
The Canadian Space Agency is pleased to announce opportunities for
Canadian researchers to participate in a research program aimed at
understanding the effects of the space environment on living systems.
Proposals are invited to investigate experimental concepts, to perform
small scale investigations or conduct preliminary experiments.
All proposals are restricted to ground based research. Experiments
utilizing Shuttle, Space Station or other space access should apply to
the Canadian Space Agency Announcement of Opportunity for International
Flight Experiments.
The Canadian Space Agency will accept proposals only in the following areas of interest:
- Bone Demineralization
- Muscle Atrophy
- Cardiovascular Physiology
- Metabolism
- Developmental Biology
- Radiation Biology
- Radiation Dosimetry
- Neurophysiology
- Isolations and Cross Cultural Psychology
The training of graduate students and new researchers is an important element to this opportunity.
All studies must demonstrate a direct relationship to the use of the environment of space to answer critical scientific questions in one of the above areas. All studies will be performed on the ground, however parabolic aircraft are considered to be a ground facility and their use may be proposed, Experiments requiring spaceflight are not within the scope of this Announcement.
NOTE: Maximum annual funding is $50,000 for up to four (4) years.
Letter of Intent |
Submitted to the Canadian Space Agency, August 3, 2001 |
Proposals |
Due to Canadian Space Agency, September 14, 2001 |
Award Announcement |
by CSA, March 1, 2002 |
Start Date |
April 5, 2002 |
To facilitate processing, potential Principal Investigators are requested to send a letter of intent confirming plans to submit a proposal. Please note that this letter of intent is not binding but should be received by
August 3, 2001. For those Canadian co-investigators whose Principal Investigators are non-Canadian, please forward to us a copy of the Principle Investigator's letter of intent. Although the letter of intent is not essential, it is to the proposer's benefit as the information will be used in organization of peer review panels. The letter of intent, which should be no more than two pages, should contain:
- The names, addresses, and telephone numbers of a single Principal Investigator
and all co-investigators
- A descriptive title of the research.
- A brief summary describing the proposed research
- The major participating institutions
- Up to six (6) key words that best describe the research area
of the pending proposal
Letters of intent to propose may be submitted through the postal service or
commercial delivery services to the same address as proposals. In addition,
letters of intent (only) may be submitted electronically via e-mail to the
following address:
lifesciences@space.gc.ca.
The subject heading of the e-mail should read "Space Life Sciences 2001#02".
Proposals should be prepared in 8.5" x 11" format with minimum 2 cm borders and 12 pt type.
All proposals must contain the following elements:
Cover page |
see appendix A. One copy must have original signatures. |
Proposal Abstract |
250 words maximum |
Project Description |
A 250-word description of the proposal in lay terms that can be used
to explain the project to the public. |
Experiment Proposal |
Eight pages maximum. Describe the study proposed.
Include both background and analysis approach.
Reference citations should be included, but need not be included in the page count. |
Facilities and Equipment |
One page maximum. Detail the equipment and facilities available to the
investigators for the project. |
Budget Plan |
The budget plan should cover the entire proposal period.
Use the form provided in appendix A.
Justification of specific items should be attached, however there is a limitation
of 1 page. |
*New Addition*
Please note that we also require
Biographical Sketches for all research personnel. We invite you to
use the Personal
Data Form from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Counsel of Canada (NSERC) for this requirement.
The name of the principal investigator should appear on the upper
right hand corner of each page of the proposal. Note that the proposal
must specify the duration of the proposed investigation. While durations
may be up to 4 years, the duration should be appropriate for the project proposed.
Annual funding is limited to $50,000 (exclusive of overhead).
Project length may be up to 4 years. Project duration must be appropriate
for the work proposed.
Equipment may be included. It must be essential to the project and must not
exceed $10,000 in any one year and $20,000 for the project as a whole.
Proposers are required to provide six hard copies of their proposal and a
3 1/2 disk copy with two soft copies of proposal, the first in either Wordperfect
or Microsoft Word and the second in rich text format (.rtf). The CSA will accept
responsibility for further duplication of proposals.
Proposals may be submitted in either English or French.
Human Subjects:
Proposals involving human subjects are required to include the approval of the
Institutional Review board of the researcher's institution. All such proposals
should be in accordance with the Guidelines on Research Involving Human Subjects
(
www.nserc.ca/programs/ethics/english/policy.htm).
If approval cannot be obtained from the Review board by the submission deadline
then a letter from the Review Board stating receipt of the proposal and their
intent to review must accompany the proposal. No proposal will be funded until
all such research reviews have been successfully completed and formal notification
has been received by CSA.
Vertebrate Animals:
Proposals involving vertebrate animals are required to include the approval
of the Institutional Review board of the researcher's institution. All such
proposals should be in accordance with the Canadian Council on Animal Care
(CCAC) guidelines (www.ccac.ca/english/gublurb.htm). If approval cannot be
obtained from the Review board by the submission deadline then a letter from
the Review Board stating receipt of the proposal and their intent to review
accompany the proposal. No proposal will be funded until all such research reviews
have been successfully completed and formal notification has been received by CSA.
All proposals should be submitted to:
Dr. A Mortimer
Director
Life and Microgravity Sciences Division
Space Science Program
Canadian Space Agency
REF: SPACE LIFE SCIENCES 2001 #02
Courier address:
100 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6
Postal Address:
P.O. Box 7275, Vanier Postal Station
Ottawa, Ontario K1L 8E3
Proposals must be received by September 14, 2001.
Proposals will not be accepted after the due date.
Proposals will not be accepted by facsimile or electronic transmission.
All proposals must be received at the address below on or before the due date. Receipt will be confirmed within 24 hours.
Proposals received late will be returned unopened.
- Space Agency Screening
Each research proposal submitted to the CSA will be reviewed to ensure
that it is complete as per the guidelines above. Proposals that do not meet
the guidelines will be immediately returned to the proposer. Therefore it is
recommended to communicate with the CSA if there are any questions or doubts
regarding acceptability of a proposal.
- Merit Review
The scientific merit of each proposal will be evaluated by an external
peer-review panel. All panels will utilize the same factors in their evaluation
and all panel meetings will be conducted using the same review guidelines.
The merit review panel will assign a numerical score from 0-100 or a score of not
recommended for further consideration based upon the intrinsic scientific or
technical merit of the proposal.
- Evaluation of Programmatic Relevance and Cost
Finally, the CSA will determine the relevance of each competitive proposal
to its program. This will be done by evaluating the proposal's contribution
to the development of a sound Agency program having the appropriate balance
required by the CSA's goals and objectives. Evaluation of the cost of a proposed
effort includes consideration of the realism and reasonableness of the proposed
cost and the relationship of the proposed cost to available funds. To determine
that proposals funded provide maximum benefit to the Canadian population each
proposal will be evaluated for the following in addition to scientific merit:
- Science team strength
- Relationship to the space environment
- Terrestrial application and benefits
- Efficiency and effectiveness
- Opportunities for students and young researchers
Background information and further details are available from the Canadian
Space Agency:
Dr. A. Mortimer
Director, Life and Microgravity Sciences
Space Science Program
Canadian Space Agency
P.O. Box 7275
Vanier Postal Station
Ottawa K1L 8E3
Telephone: (613) 990-0801
Fax: (613) 952-0970
E-mail: alan.mortimer@space.gc.ca
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