Lung Health Foundation Emerging Scholar Research Award

Eligibility

At the time of application, applicants should:

1) be full-time researchers appointed at an eligible CIHR, SSHRC, or NSERC institution
2) be within five years from the date of their first academic appointment excluding eligible leaves such as maternity, parental, sick, family medical and bereavement leave.
3) have previously been awarded combined operating grant funds of less than CAN$500,000 as the Principal Investigator/Applicant

Note: Applicants previously awarded an Emerging Scholar Research Award are ineligible to re-apply for the same award for the succeeding two (2) granting cycles post-award.

Summary

The Lung Health Foundation (LHF) Emerging Scholar Research Award aims to increase the capacity and quality of research on lung disease in Canada by providing early career investigators with the support needed to carry out independent research. By purposefully dedicating funding to support early career scientists, LHF hopes to foster the next generation of lung health researchers. This funding will allow young scientists to establish their programs of research in order to be eligible for larger, more impactful government grants. The award is intended as a research grant to complete the proposed research project.

Full guidelines available here

Overhead

Not applicable

Application deadlines

RSO final internal review deadline

Program application deadline

Application deadlines

Intent to Apply (no submission to RSO needed)

NOTE: Consult your Faculty Associate Dean (Research) (ADR) regarding Faculty-specific deadlines and submission processes.

Principal Investigators: Complete a Research Management System (RMS) record, including a copy of your complete application, and submit this for approvals in RMS.

Postdocs, students, and trainees: For fellowships and externally-sponsored research training awards or opportunities, you must complete the Research Funding Application Approval (RFAA) Trainee PDF form, and submit it, along with a complete copy of the application, to Research Services at rsotrainee@ucalgary.ca. Trainees should not use RMS at this time.

Approvals: The University of Calgary requires that all funding applications be approved prior to submission. Approval requires signatures via either RMS or the RFAA Trainee form, in the following order:

• Principal Investigator
• Department Head
• Faculty ADR/Dean
• Research Services (on behalf of the Vice-President Research)

Read the Meaning of Grant Signatures policy to understand what your approval means. Please see the agency guidelines for details about which signatures are required on your application, as it may differ from internal requirements.

Late submissions: Late submissions will only be accepted in cases of medical or family emergencies, or other exceptional circumstances. If you submit your RMS record to Research Services after the internal deadline has passed, you must secure additional approvals. Please read: Late Applications Process.

Application Instructions:

Intent to apply:

Prior to submission of the full grant application, applicants must submit an Intent to Apply form on the LHF Survey Monkey site, preregistering their intent to apply for the Emerging Scholar Research Award. Failure to turn in a complete Intent to Apply form by November 1, 2023 at 4:00pm ET will disqualify applicants from being able to apply for the award.

No submission to Research Services is required for the Intent to Apply phase.

Full Application Stage:

1. Complete your full application at the LHF Survey Monkey Website
2. To initiate internal approvals, complete the Pre-Award/Application record in RMS (https://research.ucalgary.ca/conduct-research/additional-resources/resea...), attach your completed Application, and submit for approvals from your department head and/or faculty Associate Dean (Research). *Important: when submitting in RMS, please ensure that you allow time for academic approvals prior to the Research Services review deadline of 12:00pm on December 12, 2023.
3. Once these approvals are obtained, RMS will automatically forward the Application record to Research Services for institutional review and approval.
4. Research Services will review, provide feedback (by email) if necessary, and will provide the institutional approval. If digital or wet-ink signatures are required, we will provide the capping institutional signature and will advise when ready.
5. Full Applications, including any supplementary documentation, should be submitted to the agency on or before 2PM Mountain time on December 15, 2023.