Volume 16, Number 5
News from the Associate Chair Research
Canada School of Energy and Environment - Call for Proof of Principle Funding
The Canada School for Energy and Environment (CSEE) aims to facilitate technology transfer and commercialization in the area of natural resources, energy development and environmental sustainability through proof of principle funding. The objective of the proof of principle program is to advance initial research and technology results to the next level of impact on knowledge transfer, policy development or technology commercialization. Proof of principle projects have as their purpose a refinement or investigation of a specific issue that is critical to the further development or adoption of policy, technology, or practice in one of the following areas:
:Reducing the environmental footprint of fossil energy exploration, extraction and processing
:Alternative and renewable energy technologies
:Energy efficiency and conservation technologies
:Improved management of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions
:Policies and practices leading to solutions for energy-environment challenges
Department Deadline: February 11, 2009
Contact Peggy in CW405 for more information.
The First Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP) Call for Proposals (CFP) for Collaborative Initiatives Between California and Canada
The University of California is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for collaborative initiatives between California and Canada under the auspices of the First Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP). Co-sponsored by the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) and International Science and Technology Partnerships Canada (ISTPCanada), this opportunity is intended to stimulate novel ideas, and catalyze the development of innovative multi-campus and multi-disciplinary research and educational collaborations between partners in both jurisdictions.
Bilateral teams are encouraged to put forward short proposals for collaborative initiatives that aim to address key priorities shared by California and Canada, leverage the complementary strengths of both jurisdictions and emphasize delivery to the market place. This may include the establishment of bilateral R&D consortia, the structuring of Canada-California Centers of Excellence and the creation of new working relations between university systems, in addition to other collaborations. Teams may propose bilateral initiatives in priority areas that include, but are not limited to: Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Green IT, Infectious Diseases, Next-Generation Digital Media and Sustainable Biofuels.
Letters of Intent are due February 27, 2009, and full proposals are due May 1, 2009. Please see the CCSIP Call for Proposals (pdf)
For additional guidance and information contact:
UC Office Research and Graduate Studies
1111 Franklin Street, 11th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607
Department Deadlines
Feb. 11 - Canada School of Energy and Environment - Call for Proof of Principle Funding
Feb. 13 - Shell Environmental Fund http://www.shell.ca/home/content/ca-en/society_environment/environment/protect/support/environment_fund/sef_about.html
Feb. 17 - CIHR Operating Grant http://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/viewOpportunityDetails.do?prog=501&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
Feb. 17 - NIH Optimization of Small Molecule Probes for the Nervous System http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NS-09-003.html
Feb. 17 - Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute -- Matching Grants, Research Fellowships, Graduate Student Scholarships http://www.abmi.ca/abmi/home/home.jsp
Feb. 17 - AHFMR Fellowship applications http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/grants/FT-fellow.php
Feb. 17 - AHFMR Visiting Scientist applications http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/grants/institutional.php#scientist
Feb. 17 - Boehringer Ingelheim (Cda) Young Investigator Award in Biological Sciences http://www.boehringer-ingelheim.ca/research/res_award_bs.asp Feb. 23 - Canada California Strategic Innovation Partnerships -- http://www.ucop.edu/ccsip/documents/ccsip_cfp.pdf
April 20 - Full, Invited Proposals. The First Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership (CCSIP) Call for Proposals (CFP) for Collaborative Initiatives Between California and Canada
OPEN DEADLINE:
NSERC Strategic Workshops Program
http://www.nserc.gc.ca/professors_e.asp?nav=profnav&lbi=swp