CCS Travel Awards 2019 Cycle 3 – Deadline September 15, 2019

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Application Deadline: September 15, 2019 Results: November 2019 Funding Start Date: December 1, 2019 Program description A limited number of Travel Awards to PhD, MD, or MD/PhD students, and post-doctoral/medical/clinical fellows are available. The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation as a (more…)

Call for Proposals, Research Chair: Social challenges of personalised medicine and innovation in oncology

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The French National Cancer Institute (INCa) and its partners are creating a Chair of Excellence in Research in Social and Human Sciences (SHS) entitled : “Social issues in personalized medicine and innovation in oncology”. Online Program Information can be found at: https://www.e-cancer.fr/Institut-national-du-cancer/Appels-a-projets/Appels-a-projets-en-cours/Chaire-SHS-2019 Open to French and foreign candidates, this Chair (more…)

CIHR Catalyst Grant – Patient Oriented Research

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Registration Deadline: 2019-06-25 Application Deadline: 2019-09-10 The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners (patients and informal caregivers, provincial health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, private sector, etc.) dedicated to the integration of research into care. Patient-oriented research refers to a continuum of (more…)

10 projects to receive funding through OICR-CCO Health Services Research Network

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New research projects to drive clinical adoption of novel cancer technologies and find ways to better deliver cancer services Toronto (June 4, 2019) – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) today announced funding for 10 projects as part of the OICR-Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) Health Services Research Network (HSRN). (more…)

Data Hackathon on Health Equity – Sign Up Today!

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Check our this amazing opportunity sponsored by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Health services researchers and analysts from across Canada are invited to participate in a data hackathon taking place on November 2, 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario. The hackathon, Unleashing the power of linked cancer data, will help expand knowledge of health (more…)

CIHR/CCS: Cancer Survivorship Team Grants

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Registration Deadline: May 29,  2019 Full Application Deadline: September 10, 2019 Anticipated Funding Start Date:  December 1, 2019 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Institutes of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Canadian Cancer Society are pleased to announce the following funding opportunity: Cancer Survivorship Team Grants The goal of the CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship (more…)

CCS: Excess weight expected to become 2nd leading preventable cause of cancer, after tobacco

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The below post is a copy of the news release published by the Canadian Cancer Society at https://bit.ly/2E83hbF A Canadian Cancer Society (CCS)-funded study has found that, unless Canada makes changes, excess weight will become the second leading preventable cause of cancer, following tobacco. The Canadian Population Attributable Risk of Cancer (more…)

OICR-ARCC Sponsored Costing Supplement in Current Oncology – Now Available!

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Special supplement on Canadian cancer costing research ARCC is pleased to have partnered with the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research on a special supplement of Canadian cancer costing research, published today in Current Oncology. From ARCC’s Commentary: “As we approach the 10th anniversary of the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in (more…)

Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation Conference Grant Awarded

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The Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC) is proud to announce that the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation (DMRF) has awarded a Conference Grant in support of the 2019 ARCC Conference, being held May 27-28, 2019, at the Halifax Convention Centre. The DMRF grant application was co-supported by Dalhousie (more…)