The Vice-President (Research) office will send this weekly digest to summarize operational updates, funding opportunities, and relevant webinars or seminars in relation to COVID-19 research. Please forward this email to colleagues who may be interested in subscribing.

Research Operations Updates

Undergraduate research

As of July 3, 2020 the university will review applications for Expanded Research Designation in which undergraduate summer research students will be eligible for consideration. Read more on the Summer Research Students webpage.

Workspace Safety Plan now online

The Workspace Safety Plan is now available online via SharePoint. If you have an approved Critical or Expanded Research Designation, and you have not yet completed a Workspace Safety Plan (either online or word doc), please complete this plan now.

Read more at research.ucalgary.ca/covid-19.

Funding Opportunities and Updates 

Updates

• Additional tri-agency funding to support trainees and research support personnel: Eligible grant holders will be contacted directly in the coming weeks for each eligible grant that they hold. More information is available on the Updates from Funders page, and on tri-agency websites:
• CIHR
• NSERC
• SSHRC
• On May 15, the Government of Canada announced the Canada Research Continuity Fund (CRCEF), which is a temporary program that has been established to help sustain the research enterprise at Canadian universities and health research institutions that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. More information will be shared as soon as it is available.

Upcoming Internal Deadlines 

• 11 Sept: September 2020 Partnership Engage Grants

See COVID-related funding opportunities | See updates from funders

Virtual Reverse Trade Show: Rapid solutions for COVID-19 in continuing care

Research Impact

Participate in Research

• COVID-19 - Perceptions And Nursing Demands and Experiences in the Middle of an International Crisis
• Defining the Immune Response During COVID-19 Illness and Recovery

COVID-19 RESOURCES

The Office of the Vice-President (Research) has made the following resources available for the research community:

• COVID-19 Response: Guidance for Researchers
• COVID-19 Research Collaboration Resources
• Updates from funders

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