Funder’s Website
The funder’s website can be found HERE.
Funding Value and Duration
$120,000 per year for two (2) years.
Overview
The Addressing Mental Health in Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases funding opportunity aims to support research that will improve our understanding of the prevention, diagnosis, and/or treatment of mental illnesses in children and young adults aged 0 to 27 years with rheumatic diseases.
Eligibility Criteria
Investigators must be conducting research at, and affiliated with, an eligible Canadian academic institution for the entire duration of the grant, and must be considered an independent researcher at their institution. Such an individual normally holds the rank of assistant, associate, or full professor; can initiate and direct their own independent lines of research as principal investigator; has full responsibility for running their laboratories; has full control of their research funds; and is permitted to supervise trainees, if applicable, as per their institution’s policy. Academic appointments must have started by the deadline for Full Application submission. Postdoctoral fellows, research associates, or adjunct faculty are not eligible to apply.
This funding opportunity is open to interdisciplinary research teams of two or more members and must include the following:
- a minimum of two independent investigators, as described above, with at least two distinct institutions in Canada represented on the team;
- one pediatric rheumatologist and one member with demonstrated research and/or clinical experience and expertise in the mental health field, one of which must be designated as the Principal Investigator;
- at least one person with lived and/or living experience of pediatric rheumatic disease as a collaborator, including caregivers (e.g., parent, guardian, spouse, sibling, etc.).
- Additional team members and collaborators may be included, as needed, to ensure the required expertise is present to carry out the proposed research.
Research applications may be related but cannot be identical to any other funded projects. It is the responsibility of the applicant to notify Brain Canada immediately should overlap arise from funding awarded during the application and review process of this funding opportunity.
Applicants must be able to initiate the project in February 2024 when funding is expected to begin.
Internal Contacts
Potential applicants are encouraged to discuss this funding opportunity with their Faculty Research Facilitator.
VPRI Resource Contact: Rachel Hirsch
Deadlines
| Faculty Deadline | Consult your Faculty Research Facilitator. |
| OVPRI Deadline (Approval Form and Application) | September 5, 2023 |
| Submission to Sponsor | July 26, 2023 5:00PM EST (Registration)
September 12, 2023 5:00PM EST (Full Application by Invite) |
Submitting Your Application
- Step 1) Submit an internal Carleton Approval Form
Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database CUResearch:
https://ovpri.research.carleton.ca/Romeo.Researcher/Administrator/Default.aspx
For a user’s guide on submitting an Approval Form, click HERE. - Step 2) Submit an external application to the granting agency
Submit an external application to the corresponding grant or award agency. To navigate to the funder’s website, click HERE