Competition

* Unless explicitly noted, all times indicated for deadlines are for the appropriate NL timezone (NST or NDT)

This funding opportunity focuses on Knowledge Sharing about the outcomes and knowledge of Indigenous Gender and Wellness research using strengths- and distinctions-based, community-engaged approaches. This focus aims to ensure that research learnings about First Nations, Inuit and Métis Gender and Wellness effectively reach those who need to hear them – including First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals, communities and community partners, clinicians, decision-makers, the research community, research funders, trainees, and the general public, among others. This funding opportunity encourages the use of culturally relevant and/or arts-based methods to acknowledge and uphold Indigenous approaches to Knowledge Sharing in Gender and Wellness, and support work that is meaningful and culturally safe for First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis communities. In this context, wellness should be broadly defined to encompass an Indigenous, holistic view of health.

Possible topics or project themes might include, but are not limited to:

• – Gender and wellness across the lifespan, including in children, youth, adults and Elders

• – Gender, wellness, and aging

• – Gender, storytelling and intergenerational learning

• – Two-Spirit and/or Indigenous LGBTQI+ wellness

• – Gender expansive identities, roles and wellness

• – HIV and/or other STBBI

• – Men, boys, masculinities and wellness

• – Women, girls, femininities and wellness

• – Matriarchs and wellness

• – Perinatal and child health and wellness

• – Gender, family relations and/or parenting (e.g. fatherhood, motherhood, parenthood)

• – First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis understandings of gender, and how they related to wellness

• – Gender, language and wellness

• – Gender-based violence prevention and resilience

• – Prevention and resilience to the effects of colonization on Indigenous health and wellness, through a gendered lens

• – Gender and Land, body and spirit connections

• – Climate change and wellness, through a gendered lens

• – Gender and physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and/or cultural health and wellness

• – Gender and wellness considerations for health services and/or in the context of a specific health condition or outcome

This funding opportunity does not support conducting of Clinical trials.

This application’s Letter of Intent (LOI) does not require review by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) or Research Initiatives Services (RIS). Full application, however, requires Departmental, HSS Dean's office, and RIS review and approval. Therefore, in addition to the external funding agency’s submission procedures, you will also be required to submit the proposal through Memorial's Researcher Portal (RP) for full application. In order to facilitate the HSS Faculty’s administrative review, please ensure "Heather C. O'Brien (Grants Facilitator)" and “Matthew Milner (Grants Facilitator)” are added as "Team Members" on your RP file.

In accordance with University-wide approval protocols, all tabs of the RP file must be completed, the completed application must be uploaded to the “Attachments” tab, all supporting documentation including support for cash and in-kind commitments and/or letters of support must also be uploaded, and “Submit” must be pressed prior to the HSS internal deadline listed below. HSS cannot guarantee completion of an administrative review for application files that are incomplete and/or are submitted after the HSS deadline. For more detailed submission instructions and information, please consult the HSS Research Support Services website.

If you plan to apply to this competition or other research funding opportunities (as either PI or CI), e-mail an HSS Grants Facilitator, Heather C. O’Brien (HSSResearchAdmin@mun.ca or 864-8603) or Matthew Milner (HSSResearchGrants@mun.ca or 864-8050), to notify the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of your intent to apply. E-mailing the intent to apply as early as possible will help to facilitate an efficient review. A Grants Facilitator can answer any questions you may have about internal or external submission procedures and may also be able to help with proposal development.