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The following two RFAs are being launched under the Cardiovascular Complications of Diabetes Strategic Initiative:
A. New Discoveries: High-Risk Seed Grants RFA
Funds available - up to $150,000/year for a maximum of two years
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2006
Application Deadline: June 15, 2006
B. Team Grants RFA
Funds available - up to $750,000/year for a maximum of five years
Registration Deadline: April 1, 2006
Application deadline: June 15, 2006
Depending on the level of support from partners, it is anticipated that several Team Grants and New Discoveries: High-Risk Seed Grants will be funded. To view and/or download a copy of the announcement and accompanying RFAs, please visit the Strategic Initiative Announcement website. 
2. **Official Launch** Call for Letters of Interest to Host the 2007 Young Investigators (YI) Forum
The National Research Forum for Young Investigators (YI) in Circulatory and Respiratory Health is a major training and educational initiative of the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) and its many partners. Trainees and young investigators (e.g., junior faculty, post-doctoral fellows, undergraduate and graduate students, clinician trainees) interested in the causes, mechanisms, prevention, screening, and palliation for a wide range of conditions associated with the heart, lung, brain (stroke), blood vessels, blood, critical and intensive care, and sleep are the focus of this meeting.
To date, ICRH has sponsored three YI Forums. We wish to expand on the successes of past YI Forums, and through this "Call for Letters of Interest", we invite research groups and leaders to indicate their interest in hosting and co-organizing with ICRH the 2007 YI Forum and potentially, the 2008 YI Forum.
To view and/or download a copy of the Call for Letters of Interest and instructions, please visit the 2007 National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health.
3. Call for Proposals - Government of Canada Program for International Polar Year 2007-2008, IPY Science and Research Projects
The Government of Canada is pleased to issue its first Call for Proposals for International Polar Year 2007-2008, IPY Science and Research Projects.
The deadline for the submission of proposals is March 10, 2006.
This IPY will drive an intensive burst of internationally coordinated and interdisciplinary scientific research and observations focused on the Earth's polar regions and seas. For more information on the international IPY initiative visit the International Polar Year website.
The Government of Canada has announced its intention to support an innovative and interdisciplinary Canadian program for IPY. This is the primary Call for Proposals for science and research projects from the Government of Canada Program for IPY. The focus of this Call for Proposals is on:
To view or download the full Call for Proposals for the Government of Canada Program for IPY, Science and Research Projects, please visit the IPY 2007-2008 website.
For more information, please contact:
Canadian IPY Program Office - Federal Secretariat
Tel.: 819-953-2007
Fax.: 819-953-9066
Email: API-IPY@ainc-inac.gc.ca
4. China-Canada Joint Health Research Initiative - Grants Program
In December 2005, a delegation comprised of representatives from CIHR and Canadian researchers visited the National Natural Science Foundation in China (NSFC). During this visit, CIHR signed a collaborative agreement with the NSFC. In follow-up to this agreement, a Request for Applications (RFA) program has been launched in which the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) is one of the partnering Institutes. The program is jointly managed and funded by the CIHR and NSFC. Its aim is to promote the development of Canadian-Chinese scientific co-operation between universities, hospitals, research institutes or affiliated research organizations in Canada and China through the support of collaborative research grants. The objective of this program is to promote joint research projects with Chinese colleagues (i.e., 30,000$ CDN/year for 3 years on the Canadian side and 150,000 RMB/year for 3 years on the Chinese side).
For more information about the RFA, please visit the China-Canada Joint Health Research Initiative - Grants Program.
Registration deadline: March 1, 2006 (for Canadian applicants only)
Full applications must be courier stamped by this date: March 15, 2006
5. CIHR and its partners announce the December 2005 Requests for Applications and the Priority Announcements
Refer to CIHR's website for full details on these funding opportunities.
Please direct general inquiries to info@cihr-irsc.gc.ca, and specific inquiries on the funding opportunity to the contact personnel listed at the bottom of each funding opportunity.
6. CIHR and CFI announce a new collaboration for clinical research
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) are joining forces to support clinical research across the spectrum from translational research to clinical trials and observational studies.
For more information, please visit the New Collaboration for Clinical Research website.
8. Canadian Critical Care Conference, February 22 to 25, 2006, Whistler, British Columbia
Renowned International speakers will present a variety of topics pertinent to Critical Care Medicine:
The Canadian Critical Care Conference would also like to welcome the Canadian ICU Collaborative to the 2006 meeting as they will be holding their Winter Learning Sessions in conjunction with this conference.
Further information is available at the Canadian Critical Care Conference website.
9. 3rd National Research Forum for Young Investigators (YI) in Circulatory and Respiratory Health, May 4 to 7, 2006, Winnipeg, Manitoba (ICRH contact - Melanie Train, tel: 604-806-8934)
The YI Forum series is a major training and educational initiative of the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health and its many partners, and for the first three years, is co-organized with the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Manitoba.
Program overview
Travel Awards - Application deadline: December 16, 2005
Thanks to partner support, Travel Awards will be offered to young investigators and trainees. Please visit the YI Forum website for information about the application process.
Awards Competition - Awards nominations/submission deadline:
Nominations/applications are invited for the following awards:
For further information and application instructions, please visit the YI Forum website.
10. 8th World Congress on Sleep Apnea, September 27 to October 1, 2006, Montreal, Quebec
Join Canadian and international colleagues in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the description of the Pickwickian Syndrome and the 25th anniversary of CPAP therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA).
Symposia topics include:
Abstract deadline and early-bird registration prior to March 31, 2006.
For full program details, please visit the 8th World Congress on Sleep Apnea.
11. Canadian Researchers Awarded the Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health
Congratulations to Drs. Andrew Churg and Joanne L. Wright, the 2005 recipients of the Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Health. The Alton Ochsner Award is a US$15,000 prize awarded by the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, and presented to one or more clinical or basic science investigators around the world for outstanding and exemplary original scientific investigations that relate tobacco consumption and health.
12. 2004-2005 ICRH Annual Report is now available
We wish to thank all those individuals who supplied photos and captions! Your support and enthusiasm is greatly appreciated by all of us at ICRH. The 2004-2005 Annual Report is available on the CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health website.
13. Vice President, Knowledge Translation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Please visit the Job Opportunity: Vice-President, Knowledge Translation website for more information.
14. Vice-President, Research Portfolio, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Please visit the Job Opportunity: Vice-President, Research Portfolio website for more information.
15. Update re. appointment of new Scientific Director (ICRH contact: Elissa Hines Reimer, tel: 613-954-0544)
CIHR's Governing Council has approved the appointment of the next Scientific Director of ICRH. We hope to make an official announcement about this appointment in the next few weeks.
To get the latest news about ICRH transition, please visit the ICRH's website.
16. Request for Information on Upcoming News-worthy Research Publications (ICRH contact - Katherine Gardner, tel: 613-941-0086)
CIHR is committed to working with partners and research institutions to inform and educate the general public and politicians about the impact that health research has on the lives of Canadians. In an effort to foster the outstanding work of CIHR-funded researchers in the media and the general population, we encourage any researcher or trainee who anticipates publishing their research work in a high profile journal like Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Lancet, Circulation Research, American Journal of Public Health, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, etc., to notify Ms. Katherine Gardner, ICRH, at their earliest possible convenience. CIHR is most willing to assist researchers in developing communications material like news releases and web announcements that highlight their research findings.
