| Arts
and Culture |
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Canada
Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s national, arm’s-length
arts funding agency. The main areas of activity are: Grants: funding
to individual professional artists and arts organizations through
a peer assessment process; Endowments and Prizes: fellowships and
prizes to some 200 artists and scholars each year; and Research, communications
and arts promotion. The Canada Council Art Bank, the Killam Program,
the Public Lending Right Commission and the Canadian Commission for
UNESCO are all administered through the Canada Council. |
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Province
of New Brunswick, Wellness, Culture and Sport Funding
The provincial government provides modest funding support for the
operations of arts organizations and activities, arts and culture
projects, and cultural industries. Most deadlines are in April each
year.
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| Social
Sciences & Humanities (Canada) |
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SSHRC
SSHRC-funded research fuels innovative thinking about real life
issues, including the economy, education, health care, the environment,
immigration, globalization, language, ethics, peace, security, human
rights, law, poverty, mass communication, politics, literature,
addiction, pop culture, sexuality, religion, Aboriginal rights,
the past, our future. |
| Natural
Sciences & Engineering (Canada) |
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NSERC
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
is the national instrument for making strategic investments in Canada's
capability in science and technology. |
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NRC
The National Research Council
(NRC) is composed of over 20 institutes and national programs.These
institutes and programs are organized into five (5) key areas: life
sciences, physical sciences, engineering, technology and industry
support and corporate services.
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| Medical
& Health (Canada) |
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CIHR
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is
the major federal agency responsible for funding health research in
Canada. It aims to excel in the creation of new health knowledge,
and to translate that knowledge from the research setting into real
world applications by providing funds to over 8,500 researchers in
universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes across Canada.
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The
New Brunswick Health Research Foundation
The
New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) was created in
July 2008 with a mandate to co-ordinate, support and promote health
research in New Brunswick. The NBHRF is an independent organization
governed by a board of directors comprised of key stakeholders from
the health research community in New Brunswick. Provincial funding
is provided by Business New Brunswick. |
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Health
Canada
Health Canada recognizes the value of supporting
research in order to discover new and better ways to deal with the
health concerns of today and tomorrow. They fund programs for science
and research activities such as the Health Policy Research Program,
the Natural Health Products Research Program and the past Toxic Substances
Research Initiative. |
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Genome
Canada
Genome Canada is the primary funding and
information resource for genomics and proteomics in Canada. Genome
Canada has established five Genome Centres across the country (Atlantic,
Québec,
Ontario,
Prairies
and British
Columbia) and invests and manages large-scale research projects
in key selected areas such as agriculture, environment, fisheries,
forestry, health and new technology development, as well as research
projects aimed at studying and analyzing the ethical, environmental,
economic, legal and social issues related to genomics research. |
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CHSRF
The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation promotes and funds
management and policy research in health services and nursing to increase
the quality, relevance and usefulness of this research for health-system
policy makers and managers. In addition, the foundation works with
these health-system decision makers to support and enhance their use
of research evidence when addressing health managemt and policy challenges. |
| Multidisciplinary
(Canada) |
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Networks
of Centres of Excellence
Networks of Centres of Excellence are unique
partnerships among universities, industry,
government and not-for-profit organizations aimed at turning Canadian
research and entrepreneurial talent into economic and social benefits.
They create and foster multidisciplinary research partnerships across
all disciplines such as health, medicine, natural sciences, engineering,
social sciences and humanities. |
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New
Brunswick Innovation Foundation
The mandate of the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation is to contribute
to the development and enhancement of the innovation capacity in New
Brunswick by: |
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Canada
Foundation for Innovation
The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is an independent corporation
created by the Government of Canada to fund research infrastructure.
The CFI's mandate is to strengthen the capacity of Canadian universities,
colleges, research hospitals, and non-profit research institutions
to carry out world-class research and technology development that
benefits Canadians. |
| Granting
Agencies |
Other funding may be available through specializied agencies and
associations who have a vested interest in furthering research.
(Canadian , U.S. and international agencies are included in this
list)
Foundations
and Other Sources |
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| For
more information or for assistance in preparing and submitting proposals
please contact our Office of
Research Services |
