Deadline: 13 February 2018
IDRC, the Israel Science Foundation, the Azrieli Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research announce the call for proposals for the fourth round of the Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program.
The Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (the Program) seeks to support fundamental research at the cutting-edge of biomedical science.
Objectives
- Advance research and discovery in the biomedical sciences;
- Encourage scientific collaboration between Canadian and Israeli researchers and trainees; and
- Build capacity in biomedical science and foster scientific relations and collaborations with researchers and trainees in low and middle income countries.
Research Areas
The fourth call of this program supports biomedical sciences with special emphasis on new frontiers in neurobiology. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to the following:
- molecular, genetic and epigenetic basis of neurological diseases
- developmental neurobiology
- neuroimmunology
- neuroendocrinology
- regenerative medicine in brain disease
- cellular and molecular basis of cognition
- modeling brain function
- imaging of neural processes
- brain-machine interface
- novel technologies in neurobiology
Funding Information
Six grants worth up to CA$1,170,000 each will be awarded to joint biomedical science research teams from Canada, Israel, and low and middle income countries for a period of up to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Each team must include only two Principal Applicants (PAs), one in Canada and one in Israel.
- All other researchers (including those from low and middle income countries) must participate as collaborators.
- Applicants must include a Collaboration Plan for integrating researchers in low and middle income countries and establishing long-term scientific relationships with them.
- As a minimum eligibility requirement, all proposals must support at least one of the following activities aimed at supporting capacity and scientific relationships:
- significant training opportunities such as scientific workshops, graduate training in Canada or Israel, or summer schools benefiting researchers/trainees in eligible low and middle income countries;
- inclusion of trainees from low and middle income countries in the carrying out of the research; and/or
- inclusion of established researchers from low and middle income countries in the carrying out of the research.
For more information regarding application process, please visit IDRC.