Details
| Opportunity Name | Health Equity Research Grants |
| Agency | Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) |
| Value | Up to $450,000 |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | 1 to 3 years |
Deadlines
Letter of Intent (LOI)
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 03-12-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 03-19-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 03-22-2024, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 03-26-2024 |
Full application
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 08-26-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 09-03-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 09-06-2024, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 09-10-2024 |
Objective
To support collaborative research projects that seek to advance cancer-related health equity by employing a social determinants of health framework to address the systemic, structural, and institutional factors that sustain health disparities for specific communities of people in Canada.
Research Teams will employ collaborative methods to co-design, co-implement and co-evaluate carefully considered approaches to address specific health inequities relevant to cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and/or survivorship. Applications must address a clear health equity need and be focused on a defined group (with consideration of sub-groups) that is mindful of intersecting determinants of health.
Special Funding Call
Within this funding opportunity, CCS is calling for grant applications focused on breast cancer in the following underserved communities:
- Indigenous, that is First Nation, Métis or Inuk (Inuit)
- Black, that is people of Black African or Caribbean descent, which includes those who identify as Black Africans or Caribbeans, and those found worldwide who identify as descendants of Black African or Caribbean peoples in the Diaspora
- Living in a rural or remote area (population of 10,000 or less, or with limited access to healthcare facilities and services)
- Living with metastatic or advanced breast cancer
- Diagnosed with breast cancer between the ages of 15 and 39 (adolescents and young adults (AYA)
- Living with male breast cancer
Eligibility
Full eligibility requirements here.
How to Apply
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.