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1. Full name of the applicant.

2. Contact information of the applicant (email, phone number).

3. Project title.

4. Brief summary of the proposed research project.

5. Description of how the proposed research addresses diagnostic or treatment uncertainty for individuals receiving monitoring and/or treatment under subtitle B of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.

6. Inclusion criteria for enrolled WTC responders and certified-eligible WTC survivors in the research project.

7. Explanation of how lifestyle medicine is applicable to managing and reversing WTC-related health conditions.

8. Details of the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition and diet, sleep hygiene, stress management and positive psychology, physical activity, social connectedness, and avoidance of substance misuse.

9. Explanation of how lifestyle medicine can limit disease progression, prevent additional chronic diseases, and improve health outcomes, well-being, quality of life, and member satisfaction.

10. Description of the scope and objectives of the proposed lifestyle medicine research.

11. Explanation of how the research project aims to achieve a suitable mix of projects and interventions related to sustainable health behaviors and lifestyle factors.

12. Discussion of how sustainable health behaviors and lifestyle factors impact quality of life, disease progression and recurrence, survival, adverse events, and other health-related outcomes among WTC Health Program members.

13. Explanation of how the proposed research is in the early and conceptual stages, assessing the feasibility of novel areas of investigation.

14. Description of how the proposed research has the potential to enhance the effectiveness of treatment and diagnostic practice.

15. Discussion of how the proposed research may lead to breakthroughs in a particular area or the development of novel techniques, agents, methodologies, models, or applications with a major clinical impact.

16. Overview of the expected research approaches and the availability (or lack) of preliminary data.

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Amount of Funding

Up to 50% funding to a maximum $50,000 grant per project;
Applicants may receive up to 50% of eligible costs for up to $10,000 to $50,000 in grant funding per project;
The applicant is responsible for the remaining 50% of costs;
The annual CanExport contribution maximum is $99,999 (in the event of multiple projects approved in the same government fiscal year);
A group of related companies cannot receive >$200,000 in funding in a single fiscal year. Projects budgets should be between $20,000-100,000; and
Applicants can apply for funding multiple times as long as their prior CanExport application has been completed all reporting is finished.

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Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for the CanExport program, Canadian businesses must:

Maintain 1 to <500 full-time employees;
Earn annual revenues ranging from $100,000 to $100,000,000;
Be federally incorporated federally or classified as a limited liability partnership (LLP);
Create eligible project expenses of $20,000 or more; and
Be financially stable and able to pay all project expenses not covered by the program.

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