Funding, News and Announcements

1.    Funding Decisions
The results of the Inaugural Foundation Grants and Transitional OOGP competitions were released on July 15, 2015. CIHR is currently analyzing the results of the Foundation pilot competition and will share them at an upcoming University Delegates meeting.

2.    Upcoming Training Webinars on the 2015 Foundation “Live Pilot” Stage 1 Application
We would like to inform you that the webinars on the 2015 Foundation “Live Pilot” Stage 1 application have been scheduled. These webinars, which target eligible applicants and grant administrators, focus on the application process and the content that should be included in each section of the application. A question period will follow.

French and English sessions will be held in August. Webinar invitations have been sent to the targeted groups and we welcome your participation as well. The first of these webinars is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, August 12^th.
Please note that CIHR will be conducting its webinars using the WebEx web conferencing platform, and that registration is required. Click here to register now to the webinar of your choice.

For more information, please contact CIHR through the UD mailbox (University.Delegates@cihr-irsc.gc.ca).

3.    The Draft Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management
The draft Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management is now posted on science.gc.ca.  Below you will find an invitation to comment on the document.  We welcome you to forward the message among your networks.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (“the Agencies”) are federal granting agencies that promote and support research, research training, knowledge mobilization and innovation within Canada.

The Agencies are committed to fostering a robust environment for data stewardship in Canada and internationally, and to helping ensure that Canada is well positioned to contribute to and capitalize on data-intensive science and scholarship. To achieve this, and while recognizing the diversity of data practices and needs within the Canadian research community, SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR are in the process of reviewing and enhancing their data management requirements for Agency-supported researchers.

As a step in this process, the Agencies have developed a draft Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management. This builds on the 2013 consultation document, Toward a Policy Framework for Advancing Digital Scholarship in Canada, information provided by a Comprehensive Brief on Research Data Management Policies, and advice received through stakeholder engagement.

The draft Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management (the Statement) outlines the Agencies’ overarching expectations with regard to digital research data management, and the responsibilities of researchers, research communities, institutions and funders in meeting these expectations. It complements and builds upon existing Agency policies, and will serve as a guide to assist the research community in preparing for, and contributing to the development of, Tri-Agency data management requirements

Feedback
SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR invite institutions, associations, organizations and individuals to comment on the draft Statement, its comprehensiveness and balance, as well as its usefulness in advancing data stewardship in general and data management practices in particular. The Statement is available here.

Please note that the Agencies will be accepting feedback on the draft Statement until September 4, 2015. Feedback can be sent electronically to any of the following email addresses:
researchdata@sshrc-crsh.gc.ca
researchdata@nserc-crsng.gc.ca
researchdata@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Please indicate the section(s) of the draft being referred to in your feedback.

Next Steps
By the end of 2015, SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR will revise the Statement as appropriate and formally adopt it. In 2016, they plan to engage the research community to seek advice on realizing the principles expressed in the draft Statement, particularly with a view to developing new data management requirements.