Specific Priorities/Systematic Reviews
These funding programs are designed to address operational need and help answer key questions in occupational health and safety and workers' compensation. These grants support short-term, primary and secondary research of immediate relevance. This research gives us the strongest scientific evidence to use when developing policy and practice.
- Who can apply
- Funding and duration
- Funding opportunities
- Recently funded projects - Specific Priorities
Who can apply
Qualified researchers based in (or formally affiliated with) a university or research institution, who have published studies related to the research questions, are encouraged to apply. Researchers worldwide are invited to apply for most competitions. It will be noted in the Request for Proposals (RFP) if the Principal Applicant must be affiliated with a Canadian university.
Funding and duration
All standard terms and conditions apply to projects funded through Research Services. Please refer to the General Guidelines and Conditions for details.
Funding opportunities
We generally issue RFPs in the Fall and Spring. To learn about new opportunities, you can check this page regularly or sign up to receive automatic email notifications.
New RFP launch
We have just issued an RFP for the following topics:
- Physical risk factors associated with the development of Activity-Related Soft Tissue Disorders (ASTDs) of the limbs - RFP for ASTDs
- Analytical sampling methods for substances with American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) - RFP for sampling methods
Researchers worldwide are invited to apply.
Dates
- RFP launch: March 22, 2019
- Application deadline for ASTDs: May 17, 2019
- Application deadline for sampling methods: June 17, 2019
How to apply
To apply, please submit the following forms by the deadline:
Recently funded projects - Specific Priorities
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Institution | Funding Amount |
| Hugh Davies | The Canadian Workplace Exposure Database | UBC | $50,000 |
| Paul Demers | Mesothelioma epidemiology and prognosis | Cancer Care Ontario | $49,300 |
| Drew Dawson | Fatigue and the impact on health and safety risk in the workplace | Central Queensland University | $103,345 |
| Aviroop Biswas | Do work exposures differ for men and women? Do similar work exposures result in different health outcomes for men and women? | Institute for Work and Health | $76,091 |
| Ron Saunders | What is the extent and nature of claim suppression in BC? | Institute for Work and Health | $148,450 |
| Mieke Koehoorn | Earning outcomes for men and women following a workers’ compensation claim for permanent partial impairment | UBC | $223,624 |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Institution | Funding Amount |
| Tony Bi | To elucidate how compressed air cleaning systems are charged electrostatically and the impact of operating conditions on the charge generation and accumulation | UBC | $80,000 |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Institution | Funding Amount |
| Jean-Francois Gingras | Under what conditions is mechanical harvesting going to be a safer alternative to manual tree falling in BC? | FPInnovations | $89,496 |
| Principal Investigator(s) | Project Title | Institution | Funding Amount |
| George Astrakianakis & Christopher McLeod | Leading and Lagging Indicators for the Evaluation of Violence Prevention in Healthcare | University of British Columbia | $162,654 |
| Noah Silverberg | Why is return to work often delayed after workplace mild traumatic brain injury? | University of British Columbia | $107,244 |
| Byron Gates | Establishing the Potential for Exposure to Nanomaterials in the Workplace through Contact Transfer | Simon Fraser University | $45,000 |