Open Call for IAAC Research Program in Canada

Deadline: 18-Oct-2024

Under the Research Program, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has launched an open call to fund selected research initiatives that support high quality project, regional, and strategic assessments.

Themes

Research projects must address one of the following research themes:
- Cumulative effects, including:
  - Effective consideration of cumulative effects in the assessment of designated projects
  - Addressing cumulative effects assessment in regional assessments
  - Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge, governance, approaches, and partnerships into cumulative effects assessment
  - Cumulative effects and impacts on the exercise of Indigenous rights and culture or interests
  - Identifying standards against which cumulative effects are measured
- Impact mitigation, including:
  - New and innovative mitigation measures for projects-level impacts
  - Mitigations to address impacts to the aquatic environment (e.g. water quality)
  - Indigenous collaboration and leadership to identify appropriate mitigation measures

Funding Information

The maximum funding allocation is $70,000 per proposal.

Duration

Research projects should begin in February 2025 and end by February 28, 2026.

Eligible Activities

Research activities related to the identified research themes
Research on aspects of impact assessment, including regional or strategic assessments, including tools, frameworks, methodologies, case studies and best practices related to issues such as gender-based analysis plus, environmental impacts, economic impacts, social and health impacts, impacts on Indigenous communities and their rights, cumulative and regional effects, and sustainability
Research or studies based on: science, Indigenous or community knowledge, studies of cultural practices or values related to a specific geographic area, local community or Indigenous Peoples, or information collection or data repositories
Supporting impact assessment –related research partnerships with not-for-profit organizations and academic institutions in Canada and abroad