Events and Funding Opportunities

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Joint Mental Health Research & Innovation Day 2024

The Role of Compassion in Mental Health Research: Insights Driving Care

Highlights

Hello everyone,

We would like to give a big thank you to our keynote speaker, Dr. Shane Sinclair, our presenters, the scientific planning committee members, all the evaluators and facilitators, and all the attendees for making our 2024 Joint Mental Health Research and Innovation Day a tremendous success!  A special shout-out to our staff: Natasha Good, Julie Walsh, Taryn Sendzik, Nattasha Clements, Melissa Taylor-Gates and Renee Hunt who had time for little else in the weeks leading up to this event. It truly takes a team to pull off such an event and we are so fortunate for having such a great team.

We are happy to report over 125 registrants were in attendance. 

Please join us in congratulating the following award recipients:

Best Poster - Trainee $150
Batool Rahal:
Treatment non-completion in an Internet-Delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for persons with Stroke: A qualitative analysis

Best Poster - Overall $150
Jenny Liu:
Environmental Scan and Rapid Review of Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs for Veteran Family Members

Best Oral Presentation – Trainee $200
Miray Youssef:
The Cognitive Impact of Adolescent Nicotine Vapour Exposure on the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex

Best Oral Presentation - Overall $200
Renee Hunt:
Transforming Mental Health and Addiction Care: Mindful Social Innovation as a Catalyst of Chance

 

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 Thank you very much,

Arlene MacDougall, MD MSc FRCPC (she/her)

Psychiatrist and Director of Research and Innovation for
Mental Health
Lawson Research Institute
St. Joseph’s Health Care London

Associate Professor and Director of Research
Department of Psychiatry
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Western University


 

Funding Opportunities

Department of Psychiatry Internal Seed Fund 2024 Fall Competition

2024 Coming Soon!

 

Developmental Disabilities Program’s Annual Competitions

The Developmental Disabilities Program offers three different awards annually, including two research awards. 

  1. The Dr. Greta T. Swart Essay Competition - March 31
  2. The Annual Dr. Benjamin Goldberg Research Grant - March 31
  3. The Annual C. Kingsley Allison Research Grant - October 31

For more information please visit the Developmental Disabilities Program's Website

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, or eligibility requirements, please contact the Department of Psychiatry at Jim.McCormack@sjhc.london.on.ca.

Dana Foundation (Neuroscience)

The program tends to focus on:
   1. Translating promising animal model interventions or clinical observations for treating devastating brain conditions or injuries into small-sale studies in humans with these conditions to see if the intervention shows any effect, and designing neuroethical guidelines for such studies;
   2. Identifying functions of specific neurons and neural networks involved in brain diseases or injuries and developing therapeutic interventions to alter these;
   3. Assessing outcomes of the effects of various therapies used to treat brain injuries, such as stroke. The program also occasionally considers studies of complex cognitive processes, such as creativity.

For more information, visit the  Clinical Neuroscience Research Grant Program.

Deadline for preliminary proposals: Continuous

Physicians' Services Incorporated Foundation

The PSI Foundation's support of health research is offered in through the following programs:
- Health Research Grants
- Healthcare Research by Community Physicians
- Educational Fellowships for Practicing Physicians
- Resident Research Grants
- P.S.I.F. Fellowship for Translational Research

In general, PSI applications from London researchers should be submitted through the Lawson Health Research Institute.

Deadline:  Continuous

AMOSO Opportunities Fund

2024 Coming Soon!

AMOSO AHSC AFP Innovation Fund

2024 Coming Soon!

AMOSO Innovation Fund call for Proposals 

2024 Coming Soon!

Mitacs

Mitacs is a national not-for-profit that funds collaborative research partnerships. Eligible co-funding partners can be from industry (domestic or international), Canadian not-for-profit organizations, municipalities, or hospitals. Funding for projects start at $10K and can scale up to the millions. Contribution from the partner starts at 1:1 matching from Mitacs, but may be more if it falls under one of our special funding initiatives. For more info, check out https://www.mitacs.ca/en or contact Wilson Luo (wluo@mitacs.ca).

Wilson Luo PhD
Director, Business Development — London
Pronouns: He/Him
C: 226-787-4096
wluo@mitacs.ca

CIHR Funding Programs

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SSHRC Funding Programs

SSHRC Funding Programs Click Here

NSERC Discovery Grants (individual) program

NSERC Discovery Grants (individual) program Click Here

Mental Health Research Canada

Mental Health Research Canada Click Here

Ontario Trillium Foundation Grants

Ontario Trillium Foundation Grants Click Here

Lawson’s Internal Research Fund (IRF) Competition

2024 Coming Soon!