CHEO – Child and Youth Mental Health Research Grants

Purpose: The grants support research of direct relevance to child and youth (0-18 years) mental health in Ontario.

Priority Areas: The Centre funds high quality, applied research of “significant and direct” relevance to child and youth mental health in Ontario and is primarily interested in funding outcomes-based research and research that will produce scientifically sound evidence-based practice.
The 2008-2009 Research Grant competition is focused on 2 target areas of research. Grant applications should address one of the following areas of concentration:

• Uptake of evidence-based practice in an applied setting;
• Cross-sectoral collaboration in the provision of child and youth mental health services.

Eligibility: Collaborative partnerships must be established between university-based agencies and community-based agencies. UWO Principal applicants must be eligible to hold a research grant at UWO.

Amount of award: maximum of $100,000 for up to 1 year.

Deadlines:
Faculty of Education Associate Dean’s Office: 1 week prior to agency deadline (2-3 weeks prior if you would like feedback on your proposal)
Research Development: 3 days prior to agency deadline
CHEO:(2 phase process)
Letter of Intent (LOI): September 8, 2008
Full Application: January 16, 2009

More information and applications….

Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF.

Kehler’s Research Featured in London Free Press and UWO Homepage

Research currently underway by Dr. Michael Kehler, Faculty of Education, was featured in today’s London Free Press and on yesterday’s UWO Home Page. Co-investigators for the study are Dr. Kevin Wamsley, Faculty of Health Sciences and Dr. Michael Atkinson, University of Loughborough, U. K.

Excerpt from London Free Press story:

“Some young men are reluctant and anxious to participate in phys-ed. A young man told me the other day how awkward he felt when it came to phys-ed and that he didn’t feel physically adept,” Kehler said.

Male adolescents who show little interest in phys-ed don’t often talk about their experiences in the gymnasium or on the playing field because they’re afraid of getting labelled “feminine” or “gay,” Kehler said.

The results can be harmful — particularly in an era when obesity rates among adolescents are rising fast — because teens will feel discouraged about keeping active, he said.

Kehler said little research has been done on the role of gender in physical education, especially in boys.

He was awarded $111,000 yesterday by the Social Sciences Health Research Council to turn his pilot project at area Thames Valley schools into a national three-year study.

Other coverage: CanWest, Medical News Today