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Funding Opportunity Details

Funding Name: Age+ Awards

Applications Deadline	March 1^st and October 2^nd
Notice of Decision	Four to six months after application deadline
Funding Start Date	Four to six months after application deadline

Table of Contents

Description
Funds Available
Objectives
Eligibility
Review Process and Evaluation
How to Apply
Contact Information
Past Age+ Award Winners

Description

The CIHR Institute of Aging Age+ Award recognizes excellence in research on aging carried out by emerging Canadian scholars. It is awarded to 10 to 12 authors annually of a published, scientific article on aging. The Age+ Award is aimed at graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and residents from all disciplines, working in the field of aging. Articles may cover any of the Institute's priority research topics. A profile of the award recipient's research will be posted on the Institute of Aging website.

Funds Available

CIHR's contribution to the amount available for these awards is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them.

Approximately 5 awards of $1,000 per competition (10 to 12 awards annually)
Award winners are encouraged to use the funds towards presentation of their research at a scientific meeting.
Results announced and funds made available between 4 and 6 months following receipt of application.

Objectives

To recognize excellence of Canadian research carried out by graduate students (Masters and PhD), post-doctoral fellows, and residents/fellow in all fields and disciplines covered by the priority research topics of the CIHR - Institute of Aging.
To recognize the participation of trainees in advancing the strategic directions and research priorities of the Institute of Aging.
To recognize research contributions for which a trainee has had primary responsibility.
To promote careers in research on aging in Canada.

Eligibility

Graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, residents can submit their paper OR supervisors or co-investigators involved in the research can submit the paper of their trainee (in these cases, the trainee must be copied in the correspondence). In cases of equal co-author(s) meeting the above eligibility criteria, all such co-authors and their supervisors must be copied on the correspondence accompanying the submission. This serves to confirm that only interested eligible equal co-authors are applying for the award which will be shared equally among them.

The research article must have been published within six months of the application submission;
The applicant (or nominee) must be first author and a trainee (Masters, PhD, PDF, resident/fellow) in any Canadian university, hospital or research institute.
Articles must be outputs from research projects in which the trainee has been involved significantly during their period of post-graduate or post-doctoral training. The trainee's role must be made clear in Section B of the application.
Review articles or manuscripts submitted for review or in press are not acceptable.
The candidate must be the first author of the article. In the unusual case of equal first co-authors meeting these eligibility criteria, the prize will be divided equally between the co-authors.
Only one submission is permitted for any given article.
Canadians and non-Canadians doing research in Canada are eligible.
Canadians doing research abroad are not eligible, except for research carried out during a postdoctoral fellowship.
Previous Age+ winners and holders of Institute of Aging Travel Grants in the same calendar year are not eligible.
Applicants are not required to hold any funding from CIHR.

Review Process and Evaluation

Submitted applications are pooled for comparative review, which is conducted by a peer review committee according to the following criteria:
1. Potential relevance to the research priorities of the CIHR Institute of Aging (includes quality and impact of the article).
2. Impact across CIHR's four themes (basic, clinical, health systems and health services, population health).
3. Stature of the journal

How to Apply

Complete and submit an application form [ HTML | RTF (5.72 MB) | PDF (160 KB) | Help ] Please note that section A and B must be fully completed for each equal co-author meeting the eligibility criteria.
An electronic version or a paper copy of the published article must accompany the application form.
E-submission is mandatory.
All co-authors/supervisors must be copied when sending the e-submission.

Contact Information

For questions about CIHR funding guidelines, how to apply, and the peer review process contact:

Ms. Sharon Nadeau
Associate, Institute Strategic Initiatives
CIHR Institute of Aging
Telephone: 613-946-1270
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: snadeau@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Age+ Prize Award Winners

Name	Research Institution	Title	Reference
February 2007
Rachel N. Dean	University of Victoria	Testing the Efficacity of the Theory of Planned Behavior to Explain Strength Training in Older Adults	Rachel N. Dean, Jocelyn M. Farrell, Mary Lou Kelley, M. Jane Taylor, and Ryan E. Rhodes, Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 2006, 15, 1-12
January 2007
Jean-François Gagnon	University of Montéal	REM Sleep Behavior and REM Sleep Without Atonia in Probable Alzheimer Disease	Jean-François Gagnon, Dominique Petit, Maria Livia Fantini, Sylvie Rompré, Serge Gauthier, Michel Panisset, Alain Robillard and Jacques Montplaisir, SLEEP, Vol. 29, No. 10, 2006
December 2006
Glenyth E. Nasvadi	Simon Fraser University	Informal Social Support and Use of a Specialized Transportation System by Chrocially Ill Older Adults	Glenhyth E. Nasvadi and Andrew V. Wister, Environment and behavior, Vol. 38 No. 2, March 2006 209-225
November 2006
Kareen Nour	University of Montéal	Behavior Change Following a Self-Management Intervention for Housebound Older Adults with Arthritis: an Experimental Study	Kareen Nour, Sophie Laforest, Lise Gauvin and Monique Gignac, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 2006, 3:12
October 2006
Claudine Auger	University of Montréal	Making Sense of Pragmatic Criteria for the Selection of Geriatric Rehabilitation Measurement Tools	Claudine Auger, Louise Demers, Bonnie Swaine, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 43 (2006) 65-83
February 2006
Manuel Montero-Odasso	McGill University	Gait velocity as a single predictor of adverse events in healthy seniors aged 75 years and older	Montero Odasso M, Schapira M, Soriano ER, et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2005; 60(10): 1304-1309
January 2006
Walter Wittich	Concordia University	Visual function assessment and metamorphopsia after macular hole surgery	Olga Overbury, Michael A. Kapusta, Jocelyn Faubert (2005) Ophthal. Physiol. Opt. 25: 534-542
December 2005
Chris McNeil	University of Western Ontario	Motor unit number estimates in the tibialis anterior muscle of young, old, and very old men.	Timothy J. Doherty, Daniel W. Stashuk, Charles L. Rice (2005) Muscle Nerve 31: 461-467
November 2005
Brad Unryn	University of Calgary	Paternal age is positively liked to telomere length of children	Linda S. Cook, Karl T. Riabowol (2005) Aging Cell. Doi. 10.1111/j.1474-9728.2005.00144.x
October 2005
Jie Zheng	Queen's University	Differential patterns of apoptosis in response to aging in Drosophila	Jie Zheng, Scott W. Edelman, Grace Tharmarajah, David W. Walker, Scott D. Pletcher and Laurent Seroude (2005) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 102, no. 34, 12083-12088
September 2005
Darren DeLorey	University of Western Ontario	Effects of prior heavy-intensity exercise on pulmonary O2 uptake and muscle deoxygenation kinetics in young and older humans	Darren S. DeLorey, John M. Kowalchuk and Donald H. Paterson (2004) Journal of Applied Physiology 97: 998-1005
August 2005
Christina Siwak	University of Toronto	Chronic anitioxidant and mitochondrial cofactor administration improves discrimination learning in aged but not young dogs	Christina T. Siwak, P. Dwight Tapp, Elizabeth Head, Steven C. Zicker, Heather L. Murphey, Bruce A. Muggenburg, Candace J. Ikeda-Douglas, Carl W. Cotman, Norton W. Milgram (2005) Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmachology & Biological Psychiatry 29, 461-469
July 2005
Danielle St-Arnaud-McKenzie	Université de Montréal	Hunger and aversion: Drives that influence food intake of hospitalized geriatric patients	Danielle St-Arnaud-McKenzie, Catherine Paquet, Marie-Jeanne Kergoat, Guylaine Ferland, Laurette Dubé (2004) Journal of Gerontology :MEDICAL SCIENCES Vol. 59A, No. 12, 1304-1309
June 2005
Xiulian Sun	University of British Columbia	Distinct transcriptional regulation and function of the human BACE2 and BACE1 genes	Xiulian Sun, Yingcheng Wang, Hong Qing, Michelle A. Christensen, Yunqiang Liu, Weihui Zhou, Yigang Tong, Cuiying Xiao, Yi Huang, Xiehe Liu, Weihong Song (2005) FASEB J 19, 739-749
May 2005
Jessica Massicotte-Marquez	Université de Montréal	Slow-wave Sleep and Delta Power in Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder	Jessica Massicotte-Marquez, Julie Carrier, Anne Décary, Annie Mathieu, Mélanie Vendette, Dominique Petit, Jacques Montplaisir (2005) Ann Neurol 2005;57:277-282
April 2005
Marie Savundranayagam	University of Kansas	Investigating the effects of communication problems on caregiver burden	Marie Y. Savundranayagam, Mary Lee Hummert, Rhonda J. V. Montgomery (2005) Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences (2005) Vol. 60B, No. 1, S48-S55
March 2005
Melissa Andrew	Dalhousie University	Incomplete functional recovery after delirium in elderly people: a prospective cohort study	Melissa K. Andrew, Susan H. Freter and Kenneth Rockwood (2005) BMC Geriatrics (2005) 5:5 doi:10.1186/1471-2318/5/5
February 2005
Sudeep Gill	University of Toronto	Atypical antipsychotic drugs and risk of ischaemic stroke: population based retrospective cohort study	Gill SS, Rochon PA, Herrmann N, Lee PE, Sykora K, Gunraj N, Normand STL, Gurwitz JH, Marras C, Wodchis WP, Mamdani M. (2005) British Medical Journal, doi:10.1136/bmj.38330.470486.8F
January 2005
Keith Wheaton	University of Calgary	Protein Kinase CS Blocks Immediate-Early Gene Expression in Senescent Cells by Inactivating Serum Response Factor	Keith Wheaton & Karl Riabowol. (2004) Molecular & Cellular Biology. 24: 7298-7311. .
December 2004
Dwight Tapp	University of Toronto	Frontal Lobe Volume, Function, and B-Amyloid Pathology in a Canine Model of Aging	Tapp PD, Siwak CT, Gao FQ, Chiou JY, Black SE, Head E, Muggenburg BA, Cotman CW, Milgram NW, Su MY. (2004) J Neurosci; 24: 8205-8213
November 2004
Liza Stathokostas	University of Western Ontario	Longitudinal changes in aerobic power in older men and women.	Stathokostas, L., Jacob-Johnson, S., Petrella, R.J., and Paterson, D.H. (2004) J Appl Physiol. 97: 781-789
October 2004
J.A. Chris Delaney	McGill University	Use of Lithium and the risk of injurious motor vehicle crash in elderly adults: case-control study nested within a cohort.	Etminan, M., Hemmelgarn, B., Delaney, J.A., and Suissa, S. (2004) bmj. 6.328(7439): 558-559.
September 2004
Geneviève Morrow	Université Laval	Overexpression of the small mitochondrial Hsp22 extends Drosophila life span and increases resistance to oxidative stress.	Morrow, G., Samson, M., Michaud, S., and Tanguay, R. (2004) faseb j. 18(3): 598-9.
August 2004
Hong Qing and Weihui Zhou	University of British Columbia	Transcriptional Regulation of BACE1, the Beta-Amyloid Precursor Protein Beta-Secretase, by Sp1	Christensen, M.A., Zhou, W., Qing, H., Lehman, A., Philipsen, S., and Song, W. (2004) Molecular and Cellular Biology. 24(2): 865-874.
July 2004
Cecile Marczinski	McMaster University	Aging and Repetition Effects: Separate Specific and Nonspecific Influences	Marczinski, C., Milliken, B., and Nelson, S. (2003) Psychology and Aging. 18(4): 780-790.
June 2004
Mun Tran	Lakehead University	Associations between psychotic symptoms and dependence in activities of daily living among older adults with Alzheimer's disease.	Tran, M., Bédard, M., Molloy, D.W., Dubois, S., and Lever, J.A. (2003) International Psychogeriatrics. 15(2): 171-179.
May 2004
Anis Larbi	Université Sherbrooke	Age-associated alterations in the recruitment of signal-transduction proteins to lipid rafts in human T lymphocytes.	Larbi, A., Douziech, N., Dupuis, G., Khalil, A., Pelletier, H., Guerard, K.P., and Fülop, T. (2004) Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 75: 373-381.
April 2004
Alan Castel	University of Toronto	The Effects of Aging and Divided Attention on Memory for Item and Associative Information.	Castel, A.D., and Craik, F.I.M. (2003) Psychology and Aging. 18: 873-875.
March 2004
Wendy Dahl	University of Saskatchewan	Increased stool frequency and fecal output occurs when finely processed pea hull fiber is added to usual foods consumed by elderly long term care residents	Dahl, W.J., Whiting, S.J., Healey, A.D., Zello, G.A., and Hildebrandt, S.L. (2003) Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 103: 1-4.
February 2004
Craig Brown	University of Calgary	Experience-dependent regulation of synaptic zinc is impaired in the cortex of aged mice.	Brown, C.E., and Dyck, R.H. (2003) Neuroscience. 119: 795-801.
January 2004
Kathy McGilton	University of Toronto	The effects of a relationship-enhancing program of care on outcomes.	McGilton, K.S., O'Brien-Pallas, L.L., Darlington, G., Evans, M., Wynn, F., and Pringle, D. (2003) Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 35(20): 151-156.
December 2003
Mahyar Etminan	McGill University	Effects of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs on risk of Alzheimer's desease: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	Etminan, M., Gill, S., and Samii. A. (2003) bmj. 327 (7407): 128-133.
November 2003
Philip Berardi	University of Calgary	A Novel Transcriptional Inhibitory Element Differentially Regulated the Cyclin D1 Gene in Senescent Cells	Berardi, P., Meyyappan, M., and Riabowol, K. (2003) Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(9): 7510-7519.

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