Call for Collaborative Proposals FOR Bio-Medical Research

An Invitation to academic institutions, teaching hospitals and businesses in Ontario

• Call for Collaborative Proposals in Bio-Medical Research Guidelines
• Proposal Application Form
• Research Collaboration Agreement
• Conflict of Interest and Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Guidelines for Research Reviewers

Background:

The Ontario Centres of Excellence is pleased to announce a Call for Collaborative Research Proposals to encourage the development and commercialization of Bio-Medical research projects in any of the areas of communications and information technologies, energy, environmental sciences, materials and manufacturing and photonics or, a combination or convergence thereof.

This call for collaborative research proposals is open to applicants based in Ontario academic institutions including colleges, teaching hospitals, and universities. Companies in Ontario are also eligible to apply but OCE funding is provided only to academic institutions. Collaboration between the academic institutions is also welcome as are inter- and intra-departmental collaborations.

Application eligibility will be determined by the Guidelines – Call for Call for Collaborative Proposals Bio-Medical Research available above.

The objective of this call is to foster the development and commercialization of medical technologies that are innovative, will broaden the array of products and services in the province, and will help this industry expand and compete globally.

The deadline for receipt of an expression of interest or Project Application Form (PAF) is December 5, 2007, 17:00 local time.

All PAFs submitted will be reviewed by a panel of internal and external reviewers, and those selected by the panel will be invited to submit full proposals due Feb. 22, 2008. Applicants selected to submit a full proposal will be notified by December 20, 2007.

All collaborative proposals submitted will be subject to peer review by external referees and ranked. A final decision on funding will be made by the end of April, 2008.

Successful candidates, their academic institutions, and their industry partners will be required to sign a Research Collaborative Agreement prior to the allocation of funding from OCE. The projects are expected to start no later than July 1, 2008.