Dear CLICK4HP subscribers:

You may be interested in the following call for Letters of Interest (LOI) from
The Allergy, Genes and Environment Network of Centres of Excellence (AllerGen
NCE).  AllerGen NCE is a new federal Networks of Centres of Excellence
established in November 2004.  This is AllerGen's initial request for Letters
of Interest to outline applications which will lead to participation in the
Network's research program.

Consult the following website:  http://www.allergen-nce.ca/

The LOI form is available at the following web site:
http://www.allergen-nce.ca/proposals.html

Letters of Interest Deadline:  December 6, 2004

OBJECTIVE:

To support innovative and inter-disciplinary research that will involve
partners in academic, public and private sectors, representing
expertise in medicine, genetics, molecular biology (genomics and
proteomics); environmental, occupational and population health;
epidemiology; health economics, and health policy; ethics, psychology,
sociology, and medical geography; and anthropology. Research will be
aimed at understanding both the physiological and psychosocial aspects
of allergic/immune diseases and at addressing a wide range of allergic
disease related challenges.

AllerGen`s research goals are to make significant contributions to:

1. The development of new bio-molecular research-based tools and
processes in the fields of allergy and asthma;

2. Product and service innovations in tertiary, secondary, and primary
allergic disease and asthma management;

3. Innovations in population- and community-specific health promotion;

4. New school, housing, food and workplace public policies;

5. Innovations to clinical practice and guidelines; and

6. Innovative initiatives to train highly qualified personnel in
research, industry and health care practice.

VALUE:

$50,000 - $200,000 per annum.

DURATION:

one-year for initial grants, which will then, based on satisfactory
progress as assessed in a competitive process, be renewable for up to a
maximum of four years.

DEADLINE: December 6, 2004

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