NSD-PFC Grant Award for Physiotherapy Research in Neurosciences

• Cover letter
• Research project proposal
• Project Funding and Budget Information Form
• Personal data lists for principal investigators, co-investigators, and consultants
• Publications lists for principal investigators, co-investigators, and consultants

Who is eligible?

• Eligible applicants are physiotherapists conducting neuroscience-related research in Canada. The principal investigator must hold a physiotherapy degree and meet the residency or citizenship requirements: Canadian citizen, landed immigrant, or resident in Canada during the award period with a valid work or student visa. The applicant must be a member in good standing of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and the Neurosciences Division. Early-career researchers are preferred, especially those whose project could build toward larger-scale research. Applicants with or without recent large research grants may apply, but they must explain how the proposed project is developmental or distinct from already funded work and how it could lead to future research.

Who is not eligible

Applicants who are not physiotherapists, do not hold a physiotherapy degree, or cannot meet the CPA and Neurosciences Division membership requirements are not eligible. Projects that are not directly relevant to the practice of physiotherapy in neurosciences should not be submitted to this award. A recipient cannot receive more than one PFC grant in the same year. Research funds cannot be used to pay the investigators directing the project, and they cannot cover indirect research costs or overhead. Applicants involved with PFC or Neurosciences Division committees may apply only if they are excluded from any decision-making or disposition process connected to their own application.

Eligible expenses

• Assistants, including technical or professional assistants and student trainees
• Professional advisors
• Materials, supplies, equipment, and supplies maintenance
• Research-specific software, consumables, and equipment under $500
• Field travel and travel to collect data
• Research methodology and statistical assistance

Ineligible Costs and Activities

• Remuneration of the investigators directing the project
• Indirect research costs, also known as overhead

Eligible geographic areas

• Canada

• Scientific merit
• Budget
• Composite score based on defined criteria
• Priority in case of a tie goes to applications that optimize clinician collaboration

• Applications are assessed by the Scientific Awards Committee against PFC research priorities and the criteria for the award.
• Funding is recommended to projects with the highest composite scores, subject to the award’s specific criteria.
• In the event of a tie or multiple highly rated applications, priority is given to the application that optimizes clinician collaboration.
• Applicants must sign an agreement at the time of application stating that the funds will be used exclusively for the purpose described in the proposal.
• PFC may suspend or reclaim funding in whole or in part.

• Applications are accepted only online through EventsAir.
• Applicants may apply to multiple PFC awards, but only one grant will be awarded to the same person in a given year.
• Written reviewer opinions and recommendations can be provided to applicants upon request.
• Applications may be submitted in either official language.