Details
| Opportunity Name | Workplace Cancer Research Grants: Preventing Occupational Cancers |
| Agency | Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) |
| Value | $100,000/year |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | Up to 2 years |
Deadlines
| Abstract registration due at agency | 01-08-2025 |
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 03-05-2025 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 03-12-2025 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 03-17-2025, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 03-19-2025 |
Objective
To support relevant cancer research that will uncover new knowledge and fill existing gaps related to a diversity of workplace cancer risk factors to inform cancer prevention efforts and the development of guidelines, policies, and regulations aimed at reducing cancer risks for workers in Canada.
Focus of the proposed research is but is not limited to:
- Solar UV radiation
- Air pollution
- Asbestos
- Crystalline silica
- Diesel engine exhaust
- Emerging technologies (electrification, nanotechnology)
- Occupational exposure to toxic/hazardous medications/diagnostic technologies/chemicals
- Radon
- Shift work
Eligibility
- Applications from any pillar of cancer research (i.e., biomedical; clinical; health services; and social, cultural, environmental and population health) are eligible.
- A maximum of one application per Principal Investigator will be permitted in this competition (applicants may be listed as Co-PIs on multiple applications).
- Applications are strongly encouraged to demonstrate meaningful involvement of people affected by or at risk of workplace-related cancer.
- Each team is encouraged to include early career researchers, trainees, end-users (such as policy makers, employers or union representatives that may or may not include those affiliated with this call as partners*) as an integral part of research teams.
- As a condition of funding, grantees will agree to the reporting and engagement criteria laid out by CCS and partners (see below).
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.