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
Grant amounts are determined by WorkSafeBC, based on the proposed project methodology, timeline, workplan, and budget. All standard terms and conditions apply to projects funded through Research Services. Please refer to our Funding 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.
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Recently funded projects — Specific Priorities
| Award Recipient | Title of Project | Organization | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Aubin | Method development and validation for the evaluation of airborne TDI according to IFV notation | Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (IRSST) | $140,470 |
| Hossein Kazemian | Validating the use of a multi-fraction sampler for recovering inhalable and respirable dust mass, and metals in workplace air | University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) | $150,000 |
| Award Recipient | Title of Project | Organization | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Silverberg |
Functional cognitive disorder after concussion |
University of British Columbia | $149,998 |
| Fariborz Taghipour | Development and validation of a portable real-time gas sensor for the detection of hazardous gases | University of British Columbia | $143,000 |
| Michael Adachi | Wearable sensors for detection of industrially important gases and substances with Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) | Simon Fraser University | $55,000 |
| Award Recipient | Title of Project | Organization | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharyn Gaskin | Developing a standardized sampling protocol to quantify O-Phthalaldehyde contaminants on surfaces | The University of Adelaide, Australia | $74,805 |
| Hossein Kazemian | Developing a sampling method to evaluate Chromium (III) and Chromium (VI) speciation and their differential solubilities from air samples | University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) | $146,123 |
| Douglas Gross | Assessing the scientific evidence supporting current evaluation tools for identifying musculoskeletal injury risk factors | University of Alberta | $62,400 |
| Anne Hudon | Understanding injured Canadian workers’ lived experiences and perceptions about telerehabilitation in physiotherapy services | Université de Montréal | $101,639 |
| Award Recipient | Title of Project | Organization | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Collins | Blood-Based Screening and Personalized Treatment of Malignant Mesothelioma View report |
University of British Columbia | $150,000 |
| Edward Park | Wearable Lower Limb Exoskeleton as a Walking Assistance Tool After Spinal Cord Injury View report |
Simon Fraser University | $150,000 |
| Gordon Gislason |
The BC commercial fishing industry - WorkSafeBC assessment trends, practices and perceptions |
GSGislason & Associates Ltd |
$126,000 |
| Darrah Sleeth |
Do commonly used aerosol samplers adequately measure workplace metals to meet occupational exposure limits? |
University of Utah |
$150,000 |
| Bart Koes |
The physical and psychosocial risk factors associated with the development of activity-related soft tissue disorders of the limbs |
Erasmus University Medical Center |
$155,309 |
| Principal Investigator | Project Title | Institution | Funding Amount |
| Hugh Davies | The Canadian Workplace Exposure Database View report |
UBC | $50,000 |
| Paul Demers | Mesothelioma epidemiology and prognosis View report |
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 |