Sponsor

Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB)

For More Information

For more information, please visit Workplace Safety and Insurance Board's website [1].

Description

WSIB is seeking to fund one new award for a systematic review of the scientific evidence examining if occupational asbestos exposure causes gastro-intestinal cancers.

Specifically, the review must address:

• Gastro-intestinal cancers and the individual cancers (i.e. cancers of the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon and rectum)
• Individual types of asbestos (i.e. chrysotile, crocidolite, amosite, tremolite, actinolite and anthophyllite) where possible
• Identification of 
  • Any dose-response relationships
  • Interdependent causes or synergistic relationships 
  • Subgroups of workers who have an increased risk of developing gastrointentinal cancers and/or any of the individual cancers
• Examine any evidence for a minimum interval (latency) between the first exposure to asbestos and the diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancer and/or any of the individual cancers

Eligibility

The research team will require a minimum of three (3) team members including:

• At least one member with a Doctorate in Epidemiology
• At least one member who has formal training in toxicology or industry hygiene (Masters Level or PhD)
• At least one member of the team must have demonstrated experience conducting systematic reviews including meta-analyses related to disease etiology

Expert researchers affiliated with an eligible applicant organization: 

• Publicly funded universities or colleges 
• Public hospitals with a specialized research area 
• Not-for-profit or registered charitable organizations with the capability and capacity to conduct research 
• Canadian non-governmental organizations with the capability and capacity to conduct research 
• Other organizations that have the capability and capacity to conduct research and are not privately owned and operated may also be eligible for a WSIB grant. 

Note: Private organizations are not eligible to apply for a WSIB research grant as a Project or Secondary Lead. Private organizations may be identified as a partner or collaborator of an eligible applicant organization. 

Funding Availability

One grant will be awarded with a funding term of up to 12 months and a total of $150,000.

Indirect Costs

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Special Notes

Please note that research activities carried out in the context of COVID-19 need to adhere to the University of Guelph COVID-19 research principles, policies, guidelines and processes as they may be updated from time to time and communicated on the Office of Research web-page [2].

How to Apply

To express interest and obtain an application form, please email grants@wsib.on.ca [4].