Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://hsf.ca/research/en/grants-aid
Sponsor/Award: HEART & STROKE FOUNDATION CANADA - GRANTS IN AID OF RESEARCH - 2015 FALL COMPETITION

Grant Amount:
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Aug 25, 2015
Sponsor's: Sep 01, 2015

Subject Areas:
Description:

The HSF offers funds to support the direct costs for projects in the area of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular research. This support may be provided for up to a maximum of three years. Research is supported across the four health research themes: basic biomedical, clinical, health services and systems, Social, Cultural, Environmental and Population Health.

Application to the GIA competition must be submitted by 16:00 EDT 01 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2015 using HSF's online system (CIRCUlink). CIRCUlink will not accept submissions after this deadline. ***NEW FOR FALL 2015*** Signatures are now uploaded to CIRCUlink electronically. i.e. signatures are collected and then uploaded to the system as a PDF (similar to the process in CIHR's ResearchNet).

Application Details:

Principal Investigators will have a full time academic or institutional appointment in Canada. However, under special circumstances, applications from other scientifically qualified individuals may be considered. In such circumstances, the research must be conducted at a Canadian institution and Principal Investigators must have an academic or institutional appointment as of July 1, the start date of the award. Any applicant in an adjunct position must submit a letter from their dean/chair/division director to clarify their specific appointment, i.e. amount of protected time available, local infrastructure in place.

GIA Principal Investigators are allowed to submit a maximum of one grant application (new or renewal) to the 16/17 GIA competition. Applicants are allowed to hold no more than two HSF funded GIAs at any one time. If a Principal Investigator holds ongoing funding for two GIA awards that are not scheduled to be completed within the coming year, no new applications can be submitted.

INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM

NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Moxey,Laura

Sponsor Contacts:

RESEARCH@HSF.CA
1402-222 Queen Street
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 241-4361