{"id":801,"date":"2019-05-22T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/?p=801"},"modified":"2019-05-22T15:36:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T14:36:13","slug":"mrc-esrc-cihr-pre-call-announcement-uk-canada-diabetes-research-team-grants-opens-11-june-with-closing-date-of-28-august-4pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/2019\/05\/22\/mrc-esrc-cihr-pre-call-announcement-uk-canada-diabetes-research-team-grants-opens-11-june-with-closing-date-of-28-august-4pm\/","title":{"rendered":"MRC\/ESRC\/CIHR Pre-call announcement: UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants opens 11 June with closing date of 28 August, 4pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MRC\/ESRC\/CIHR Pre-call announcement: UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mrc.ukri.org\/funding\/browse\/uk-canada\/uk-canada-diabetes-research-team-grants\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery\">https:\/\/mrc.ukri.org\/funding\/browse\/uk-canada\/uk-canada-diabetes-research-team-grants\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through the UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants, the MRC, ESRC and CIHR aim to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>support world-leading collaborative research teams aimed at tackling diabetes<\/li>\n<li>enhance existing partnerships and develop new partnerships between the UK and Canada in the area of diabetes research<\/li>\n<li>strengthen the strategic relationship between the UK and Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The focus of the collaborative projects will be upon \u2018mechanisms and translational solutions\u2019. Projects should focus on one or more of the following key diabetes knowledge gaps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>genetic variability<\/li>\n<li>molecular mechanisms, including immune-mediated beta cell injury<\/li>\n<li>human implementation pilot studies to reverse type 2 diabetes through physical activity and nutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applications that include researchers with expertise in the social sciences, in addition to biomedical researchers are welcome.<br \/>\nSocial scientists can bring an understanding of, for example, individual behaviour, economic evaluation, inequalities, the wider political economy, and wider environmental influences.<\/p>\n<p><u>This is meant to focus on research applicable to UK and Canadian settings, not on global health.<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Each grant will require a UK PI and a Canadian Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) who will equally share leadership and project management for each project funded.<br \/>\nThe UK and Canadian applicants will develop a common research plan and jointly prepare the full proposal to be submitted to the MRC.<br \/>\nAn abbreviated application will be submitted to CIHR by Canadian applicants.<\/p>\n<p>Funds available:<\/p>\n<p>UK:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The MRC and ESRC will make up to \u00a32 million available.<\/li>\n<li>UK-based applicants may request up to a maximum of \u00a3333,333 per proposal to cover the UK component of each research team grant.<\/li>\n<li>Projects must be three years in duration and must start on 1 April 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>CIHR:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The total amount available from CIHR for the Canadian component of this funding opportunity is $2,700,000, enough to fund approximately six grants.<\/li>\n<li>The maximum amount per grant is $150,000 per year for up to three years for a total of $450,000 per grant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Full programme details will be available in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>UK queries to <a href=\"mailto:international@mrc.ukri.org\">international@mrc.ukri.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MRC\/ESRC\/CIHR Pre-call announcement: UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants https:\/\/mrc.ukri.org\/funding\/browse\/uk-canada\/uk-canada-diabetes-research-team-grants\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=govdelivery Through the UK-Canada Diabetes Research Team Grants, the MRC, ESRC and CIHR aim to: support world-leading collaborative research teams aimed at tackling diabetes enhance existing partnerships and develop new partnerships between &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/2019\/05\/22\/mrc-esrc-cihr-pre-call-announcement-uk-canada-diabetes-research-team-grants-opens-11-june-with-closing-date-of-28-august-4pm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6759,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-researchfunding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6759"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":802,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801\/revisions\/802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/icmresearchfunding\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}