Posts Categorized: Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)

Catalyst Grant : Health Impacts of Gambling and Gaming – Registration

The majority of Canadians partake in some form of gambling, and for some, this can lead to the development of problematic gambling behaviours and even gambling disorder. This is associated not only with financial loss, but also with effects on the physical and/or mental health of the individual. The recent increase of gambling advertising, the… Read more »

CIHR Project Grants: Fall 2023 – Application

Academic Units are assuming the responsibility for institutional review and electronic submission of applications for the CIHR Project, CIHR Foundation, SSHRC Insight, SSHRC Insight Development, and NSERC Discovery and RTI Grants competitions.  Research Initiatives & Services will no longer be completing the electronic submission for these grants, but will be supporting Academic Units in their… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant: Lung Health

CIHR-ICRH is proud to support the Team Grant: Lung Health funding opportunity! The goal of this investment is to unite interdisciplinary research teams to address threats to lung health while leveraging past investments, existing capacity, available infrastructure, and research expertise. The purpose of the Team Grant funding opportunity is to fund interdisciplinary teams that will… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant: Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation – Application

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Canada is facing substantial health workforce challenges that threaten the ability of the system to provide timely,… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant: Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Network – Application

Please note: To be eligible for application an EOI must be completed. RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Rare Diseases (RDs) constitute an… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant: Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation – Registration

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Canada is facing substantial health workforce challenges that threaten the ability of the system to provide timely,… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant: Pediatric Rare Disease Clinical Network – EOI

Please note: To be eligible for application an EOI must be completed. RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) or Dr. Amanda Crompton (ajcrompt@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Rare Diseases (RDs) constitute an… Read more »

CAAIF/CIHR-III Food Allergy Research Grant

Please note: The Memorial Deadline for this competition has been extended by an additional day to accommodate Labour Day Break (September 4, 2023). GRANT OBJECTIVE The objective of the CAAIF/CIHR-III Food Allergy Research Grant is to fund a research grant focused on the area of food allergy research. VALUE OF THE AWARD There are two awards available… Read more »

CIHR Catalyst Grant : Crisis Line and App-based Support for Public Safety

The Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries in Public Safety Personnel (PTSI in PSP) initiative was announced in Budget 2018, with a commitment of $20 million over five years to support a new national research consortium between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Institute for Public Safety Research and Treatment (CIPSRT). This National Research… Read more »

CIHR Gold Leaf Prizes

Nominators are advised to contact Ellen Steinhauer,  Awards and Honours,  for information on these competitions. The CIHR Gold Leaf Prizes are among the highest honours that can be bestowed on an individual or team for excellence in health research and its translation into benefits for Canadians. Each CIHR Gold Leaf Prize has a value of $100,000…. Read more »

CIHR – Operating Grant: Mechanisms in Brain Aging and Dementia – Application

Please note: The Memorial Deadline has been extended by an additional day to accommodate Mid-July holiday. The goal of this Funding Opportunity (FO) is to advance the understanding about risk reduction and protective factors involved in promoting cognitive health and mitigating the changes that occur in the onset and progression of cognitive impairment and dementia… Read more »

CIHR – Operating Grant: Mechanisms in Brain Aging and Dementia – Registration

The goal of this Funding Opportunity (FO) is to advance the understanding about risk reduction and protective factors involved in promoting cognitive health and mitigating the changes that occur in the onset and progression of cognitive impairment and dementia in aging, while considering the intersection of different factors, including the social determinants of health and… Read more »

CIHR – Global Alliance for Chronic Disease – Application

Please note: Instructions on how to apply are now available on ResearchNet, here. RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. CIHR and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are… Read more »

CIHR – Catalyst Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research

The CIHR HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI) Community-Based Research (CBR) Program (hereafter referred to as the CBR Program) is one of four research funding areas of the CIHR HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative, and supports the mission to strengthen and support a diverse, inclusive and collaborative research community that applies community-based, holistic and inter- and… Read more »

CIHR – Transforming Health with Integrated Care (THINC) Knowledge Mobilization & Impact Hub – Application

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The Transforming Health with Integrated Care (THINC) Knowledge Mobilization & Impact Hub (herein called the THINC Impact Hub or Hub) is a… Read more »

CIHR – Café Scientifique Program – Application

CIHR’s Strategic Plan 2021-2031 commits to 1) maximizing results for Canadians by prioritizing the dissemination and implementation of existing knowledge to inform health practice and policy and enhance health equity; and 2) improving the health literacy of Canadians and empowering them to take charge of their own health. Through this Café Scientifique funding opportunity, CIHR will… Read more »

CIHR – Global Alliance for Chronic Disease – LOI

*Please contact RIS for guidance on deadlines for this opportunity. RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Please note: Instructions on how to apply are now available on ResearchNet,… Read more »

CIHR-ICRH 2023 Spring Travel Awards

The CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) Travel Award competition is to support trainees registered in a master’s or doctoral program, or at the post-doctoral or post-health professional degree stage to present their research (oral or poster), relevant to the Institute’s strategic priorities and mandate, at national or international meetings, conferences or symposia. The ICRH Travel… Read more »

Research Security 2022-2023

The Government of Canada introduced new funding through the Research Support Fund (RSF) in Budget 2022 to further support the activities related to the indirect costs of research security and to support the National Security Guidelines for Research Partnerships. The funding will be added as a new priority area of the Incremental Project Grants to… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant : Intervention Trial in Inflammation for Chronic Conditions – LOI

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them A state of prolonged inflammation has been associated with many chronic health conditions, including but not limited to cancer, diabetes, metabolic syndrome,… Read more »

Institute Community Support (ICS) Program – Brain Star Award

Existing since March of 2001, Brain Star is a program of CIHR’s Institute of Neurosciences Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR-INMHA). Brain Star is administered under the Institute Community Support Grants and Awards program and is designed to recognize the excellence of research done in Canada by students and trainees in all fields and disciplines covered by CIHR-INMHA. The specific objectives of the Brain Star program… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant: Evaluation of population-level interventions to reduce AMR – Full Application

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical and growing global public threat that requires a unified global response for human, animal and environmental health. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that AMR threatens to reverse a century of medical progress and governments and health organizations around the world are paying increasingly more attention. Successfully addressing… Read more »

National Women’s Health Research Initiative: Pan-Canadian Women’s Health Coalition – Hubs – Application

Inequities persist in Canada’s health system, from research to care. Women are more likely to die of preventable illnesses and bear a higher burden of chronic illnesses. Significant health inequities and barriers to care also are experienced by Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and urban Indigenous communities), Black people, racialized people, sexually and gender… Read more »

Allergic Airways Disease Innovation Grant

GRANT OBJECTIVE The objective of the Allergic Airways Disease Innovation Grant is to fund innovative research of a “high-risk, high-reward” nature that will have impact on the prevention or treatment of allergic airways disease. VALUE OF THE AWARDS There are three awards available for a maximum value of $85,000 each. DURATION The Innovation Grant is for one… Read more »

CIHR – Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program Phase II (2022 funding opportunity) – Registration

Important Dates Competition 202302JCI Registration Deadline 2023-01-17 Application Deadline 2023-02-16 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2023-08-08 Funding Start Date 2023-11-01 Phase II of the Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (the Program) seeks to support cutting-edge research in the biomedical sciences and global health. This second call for proposals under Phase II is directed toward applicants conducting research in… Read more »

CIHR – Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program Phase II (2022 funding opportunity) – Application

*Please contact RIS for guidance on deadlines for this opportunity.  Important Dates Competition 202302JCI Registration Deadline 2023-01-17 Application Deadline 2023-02-16 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2023-08-08 Funding Start Date 2023-11-01 Phase II of the Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program (the Program) seeks to support cutting-edge research in the biomedical sciences and global health. This second call for proposals… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Sleep Research Consortium – Application

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. CIHR-ICRH in partnership with Mitacs is excited to announce a funding opportunity for the Sleep Research Consortium – Research Team. The purpose of… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant : Sleep Research Consortium – Registration

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. CIHR-ICRH in partnership with Mitacs is excited to announce a funding opportunity for the Sleep Research Consortium – Research Team. The purpose of… Read more »

CIHR Doctoral Research Award : Fall 2022 Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas)

Priority Announcements on Doctoral Research Award competitions offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas or mandates. Applications are submitted through the “202210DFD” competition of the Doctoral Foreign Study Award (DFSA): 2022-2023 funding opportunity and the “202211FBD” competition of the Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award: 2022-2023 funding opportunity. Doctoral… Read more »

Team Grant: Monkeypox Rapid Research Response

Monkeypox is a neglected zoonotic disease of global public health importance caused by an orthopoxvirus. It is closely related to smallpox and is endemic to parts of Central and West Africa, where it has been re-emerging in recent years. While Africa typically sees thousands of endemic cases reported annually, monkeypox cases outside of Africa are… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : Knowledge Development and Exchange Hub (KDE Hub) – MHITEY

This directed grant for the Knowledge Development and Exchange Hub for Mental Health Promotion (KDE Hub) builds on the Team Grant: Mental Health in the Early Years (MHITEY) Implementation Science funding opportunity. The grant will support the expansion of the existing child and youth focused mental health promotion KDE Hub to provide dedicated, coordinated and complementary knowledge mobilization, networking… Read more »

Travel Awards – AIDS 2022 Conference (Second round of funding)

CIHR’s HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative, with strategic leadership from the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity (III), will provide funding to applicants requesting support to attend the 24th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2022). AIDS 2022, which is the largest gathering on HIV and AIDS in the world, is being organized by the International AIDS Society (IAS)… Read more »

Operating Grant : Diabetes, Psychosocial Health, Prevention and Self-Management

Research has shown an increasingly clear relationship between diabetes (both type 1 [T1D] and type 2 diabetes [T2D]) and a variety of psychosocial factors. Psychosocial factors are defined as complex environmental, social, behavioural, and emotional factors and these can influence living well with diabetes, achieving satisfactory diabetes-related medical outcomes and psychological well-being (1). Diabetes has… Read more »

INMD Training and Community Support Grant (2022/2023)

The CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) supports research to enhance health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions and problems associated with hormone, digestive system, kidney, and liver function. For information about INMD,… Read more »

INMD Early Career Researcher Partnership Prize (2022/2023)

Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until November 1, 2022 INMD supports research to enhance health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions and problems associated with hormone, digestive system, kidney, and liver function. The INMD… Read more »

NSERC/SSHRC/CIHR – Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine)

The Government of Canada has announced special funding, in the form of supplements to existing research grants, that will provide relief and assistance to research trainees from Ukraine. The Special Response Fund for Trainees (Ukraine) is administered by Canada’s three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering… Read more »

CIHR HostSeq Fellowship

The CGEn HostSeq/CIHR Joint Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support highly-qualified postdoctoral trainees whose research involves the study of human genetics and the challenges of COVID-19 disease in Canada using bioinformatic approaches. Successful applicants to the Fellowship Program must apply for access to and use CGEn’s host genome sequencing (HostSeq) Databank to support their postdoctoral research… Read more »

Team Grant : CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes and Precision Medicine – Full Application

Precision medicine is an important “approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle”1. Often described as the provision of the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, precision medicine focuses on integrating multidimensional data about genetic, molecular, and environmental factors to improve disease… Read more »

Team Grant : CIHR-JDRF Type 1 Diabetes and Precision Medicine – Registration

Precision medicine is an important “approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle”1. Often described as the provision of the right treatment for the right patient at the right time, precision medicine focuses on integrating multidimensional data about genetic, molecular, and environmental factors to improve disease… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant: Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy – Full Application

The Canadian Drug and Substances Strategy (CDSS) is the Government of Canada’s comprehensive, collaborative, compassionate, and evidence based approach to addressing drug and substance policy including innovative approaches to treatment and harm reduction. The current funding opportunity will expand the evidence base around psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to inform practical policies and regulations that aim to improve… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy – Registration

The Canadian Drug and Substances Strategy (CDSS) is the Government of Canada’s comprehensive, collaborative, compassionate, and evidence based approach to addressing drug and substance policy including innovative approaches to treatment and harm reduction. The current funding opportunity will expand the evidence base around psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy to inform practical policies and regulations that aim to improve… Read more »

CIHR Training Grant : Clinical Trials Training Platforms – Full Application

The 2021 Federal Budget announced funding for CIHR’s Clinical Trials Fund (CTF), an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy (BLSS). In support of this, the CTF will provide funding through three specific vehicles: platforms with the development of a pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium; people with the funding of training platforms; and, projects through the funding of… Read more »

CIHR Training Grant: Clinical Trials Training Platforms – Registration

The 2021 Federal Budget announced funding for CIHR’s Clinical Trials Fund (CTF), an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy (BLSS). In support of this, the CTF will provide funding through three specific vehicles: platforms with the development of a pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium; people with the funding of training platforms; and, projects through the funding of… Read more »

Training Grant : Patient-Oriented Research Training Grant – Health System Stream

RIS will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them.  The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners, including patients (a term inclusive of individuals with personal… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant: Transforming Health with Integrated Care (THINC) – Implementation Science Teams Grants

The Transforming Health with Integrated Care (THINC) Implementation Science Team (IST) Grants funding opportunity focuses on improving our understanding of how to implement, evaluate, adapt, and/or spread/scale evidence-informed integrated care policies and interventions that encompass intersectoral collaborations within and/or beyond the formal health care delivery system in order to advance the Quadruple Aim and health equity (sometimes known as… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant: Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium – Full application

CIHR will schedule a collaboration call with those who submitted an LOI, on May 30th, 2022, to explore collaborations across teams. It is mandatory for all Nominated Principal Applicants (NPAs) who submitted an LOI to attend this call. Linkage Tool CIHR is providing a linkage tool that is intended to facilitate connections and collaborations (domestically… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium – Letter of Intent

CIHR will schedule a collaboration call with those who submitted an LOI, on May 30th, 2022, to explore collaborations across teams. It is mandatory for all Nominated Principal Applicants (NPAs) who submitted an LOI to attend this call. Linkage Tool CIHR is providing a linkage tool that is intended to facilitate connections and collaborations (domestically… Read more »

Pre-announcement of the Clinical Trials Fund (CTF)

CIHR is pleased to provide this pre-announcement of the Clinical Trials Fund (CTF) in order to allow the research community time to prepare and respond to what will be an expedited process. This $250 million funding opportunity over 3 years stems from 2021 Federal Budget announcements and in the first phase, is an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Cohort Research Study (I-HeLTI)

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 60% of deaths globally, and 80% of NCD deaths occur in countries that have experienced rapid changes in population demographics (over 2 to 4 generations) and environments, including urbanization, lifestyle changes and changes in diet1. To address these issues, CIHR developed Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI), which follows… Read more »

CIHR Research Network: Rare Diseases

Causative genes for human genetic disease are now being discovered at a remarkable rate. In some cases, these genes have well-known functions, but in many other cases they have not been the subject of much previous study and little or nothing is known about their function. As recognized in International Rare Diseases Research Consortium’s (IRDiRC)… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Pediatric Cancer Consortium

Background Every year in Canada there are nearly 1000 children diagnosed with cancer. It is the most common disease-related cause of death among Canadian children – more than asthma, diabetes, cystic fibrosis and AIDS combined. Although survival rates for many of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in children and youth continue to improve, it is… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research

The CIHR HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBI) Community-Based Research (CBR) Program (hereafter referred to as the CBR Program) is one of four research funding areas of the CIHR HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative. The CIHR HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative is responsible for the research components of the Government of Canada’s initiatives to address HIV/AIDS… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : Canadian Pediatric COVID-19 Research Platform

This funding opportunity is part of the Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The SARS-Co-V2 (COVID-19) pandemic has had dramatic effects on children and families in Canada. School closures, parental work from home measures, virtual classroom learning and the effects of COVID-19 infections in children (e.g., myocarditis, multisystem inflammatory… Read more »

CIHR – Operating Grant: Canadian Pediatric (Hospital) COVID Vaccination Platform competition

PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT Notice of upcoming COVID-19 research funding opportunity CIHR would like to provide information to the research community on an upcoming rapid funding opportunity that is part of the Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Operating Grant: Canadian Pediatric (Hospital) COVID Vaccination Platform competition will launch… Read more »

CIHR – Network Grants in Oral Health and Bone Health – Application

Important Dates Competition 202203OBH Registration Deadline 2022-02-22 Application Deadline 2022-03-08 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2022-06-28 Funding Start Date 2022-07-01 This funding opportunity will provide support for the creation of two networks: one in the priority area of Oral Health and one in the priority area of Bone Health. The aim of these networks will be… Read more »

CIHR – Network Grants in Oral Health and Bone Health – Registration

Important Dates Competition 202203OBH Registration Deadline 2022-02-22 Application Deadline 2022-03-08 Anticipated Notice of Decision 2022-06-28 Funding Start Date 2022-07-01 This funding opportunity will provide support for the creation of two networks: one in the priority area of Oral Health and one in the priority area of Bone Health. The aim of these networks will be… Read more »

CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network – Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards

The CTN Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards Program facilitates research in HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) and related health conditions by providing funding to candidates who wish to write a trial protocol, research program, and develop and run their own trial. Each award is worth $50,000 plus up to $5,000… Read more »

CIHR- Team Grant: Transitions in Care Phase 2 – Application

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The focus of Transitions in Care (TiC) Team Grants Phase 2 is to support inter-disciplinary teams that are poised and ready to optimize… Read more »

CIHR : Other : SPOR Primary Care Network – Application

The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partner, including patients (a term inclusive of individuals with personal experience of a health issue and informal caregivers, including family and friends), health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, private sector, and others, dedicated to the integration of research… Read more »

CIHR/SSHRC- Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative

The goal of the Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative is to support community-based and community-led research partnerships with postsecondary institutions that are grounded in the lived experience of underrepresented or disadvantaged groups and that analyze the causes and persistence of systemic racism and discrimination. Leadership by people from underrepresented or disadvantaged groups in research projects… Read more »

CIHR – Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral Award: 2021-2022

The Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral (CGS D) program supports and promotes research excellence in a wide variety of disciplines and broad fields of health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research. This support allows scholars to fully concentrate on their doctoral studies, to seek out the best research… Read more »

CIHR – Operating Grant : Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities July 2021 – Application

This funding opportunity is part of Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic and international organizations (e.g. Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, United States National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization) have played critical roles in providing guidance, sharing data… Read more »

CIHR – Operating Grant : Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities July 2021 – Registration

This funding opportunity is part of Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic and international organizations (e.g. Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, United States National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization) have played critical roles in providing guidance, sharing data… Read more »

CIHR Team Grant : Sleep Research Consortium – Application

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support a Sleep Research Consortium focused on sleep hygiene and insomnia through the lifecycle. The… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant : Sleep Research Consortium – Registration

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support a Sleep Research Consortium focused on sleep hygiene and insomnia through the lifecycle. The… Read more »

CIHR Operating Grant : COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence

Vaccination is one of the most effective prophylactic interventions in the history of public health. Widespread vaccine uptake has eradicated smallpox worldwide, and eliminated polio, measles, rubella, and congenital rubella syndrome in the Americas. Despite these historic successes, in 2019, the World Health Organization declared vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten global health… Read more »

CIHR : Operating Grant : Understanding and mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children, youth and families in Canada – Application

As the COVID-19 pandemic has grown and progressed, globally as well as in Canada, the focus of much of the mitigation measures, including research, public health and policy, has been on dealing with the immediate crisis associated with infection and spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus, and implementing measures designed to impede the spread of the… Read more »

CCS/CIHR-ICR Initiative in Primary Cancer Prevention – Application

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health (CIHR-IIPH), and partners have committed approximately $5M over one year to jointly fund up to 25 Proof-of-Concept Grants focused on interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention. The long-term objective… Read more »

CCS/CIHR Action Grants: Proof-of-Concept Interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention – Registration

The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research – Institute of Cancer Research (CIHR-ICR), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health (CIHR-IIPH), and partners have committed approximately $5M over one year to jointly fund up to 25 Proof-of-Concept Grants focused on interventions in Primary Cancer Prevention. The long-term objective… Read more »

CIHR – Team Grant : Heart Failure Research Network – Application

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Heart failure (HF) is a chronic, progressive and multifactorial condition where the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the body’s… Read more »

CIHR -Team Grant : Heart Failure Research Network – Registration

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Heart failure (HF) is a chronic, progressive and multifactorial condition where the heart is unable to pump sufficient blood to meet the body’s… Read more »

CIHR – POR Awards – Transition to Leadership Stream – Phase 2

Timelines: To minimize gaps in funding when transitioning from Phase 1 to Phase 2, applicants must carefully review the program deadlines below to understand which deadline is most applicable to their situation considering their Phase 1 Award end date and their desired Phase 2 Award start date. Awardees must consider the following information: The start dates below are currently… Read more »

CIHR-CEPI Leadership Award for Vaccine Research

Canadian experiences with the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Ebola epidemics, and most recently with the COVID-19 pandemic, emphasize the importance of ensuring Canadian researchers remain leaders in vaccine development and continue to build expertise in epidemic preparedness. Mobilization of a rapid and effective research response, as illustrated by our current experience with COVID-19,… Read more »

Operating Grant : Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity – Application

This funding opportunity is part of Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic and international organizations (e.g. Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, United States National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization) have played critical roles in providing guidance, sharing data… Read more »

Operating Grant : Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps and Priorities Funding Opportunity – LOI

This funding opportunity is part of Government of Canada’s continued response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic and international organizations (e.g. Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, United States National Institutes of Health, and World Health Organization) have played critical roles in providing guidance, sharing data… Read more »

Team Grant : Food Security and Climate Change in the Canadian North – LOI ***

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. In 2014, the Council of Canadian Academies released a report entitled, Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge…. Read more »

Other : Hepatitis C Research

Since 1999, PHAC and CIHR have collaborated on the Hepatitis C Research Initiative as part of PHAC’s Hepatitis C Prevention, Support and Research Program to support research efforts aimed to further understand hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and reduce the burden of hepatitis C through the generation, application and use of new knowledge. The availability… Read more »

Operating Grant : CIHR Network for Emerging Variants Research

This funding opportunity is part of the Government of Canada’s continued rapid response to address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will enable a rapid and timely research response to the current phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and around the globe. This funding opportunity is focused on research associated with the emergence… Read more »

Operating Grant : HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research

The CIHR HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research (CBR) Program (hereafter referred to as the CBR Program) is one of four research funding areas of the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative. The CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative is responsible for the research components of the Government of Canada’s initiatives to address HIV/AIDS and other STBBI, in line with the Pan-Canadian STBBI… Read more »

Team Grant: Indirect Socio-Economic Burden of Inherited Diseases – Registration

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. This funding opportunity lies within the scope of the efforts deployed over the past few years by the CIHR Institute of Genetics to… Read more »

Team Grant: Indigenous Gender and Wellness-Registration

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Gender plays an important, but often overlooked role in Indigenous wellness. In the case of Indigenous Peoples in Canada (i.e., First Nations, Inuit… Read more »

Team Grant: Indigenous Gender and Wellness – Application

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Gender plays an important, but often overlooked role in Indigenous wellness. In the case of Indigenous Peoples in Canada (i.e., First Nations, Inuit… Read more »

Team Grant : Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative Cohort Research Study (I-HeLTI)

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 60% of deaths globally, and 80% of NCD deaths occur in countries that have experienced… Read more »

Team Grant : Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: Resilience and Wellness = Full Application

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. . In 2021, Canada will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, for which Drs. Banting and Macleod received a Nobel… Read more »

Early Career Investigator in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth (2020) – Full Application

Application Deadline: January 26, 2021 This funding opportunity is a collaboration between two CIHR institutes with a goal to build research capacity, generate new knowledge, and support knowledge exchange and translation in maternal, reproductive, child and youth health by funding operating grants to early career investigators. The program will fund research across the four CIHR research… Read more »

Early Career Investigator in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health (2020) – Registration

Registration Deadline: December 15, 2020 Application Deadline: January 26, 2021 This funding opportunity is a collaboration between two CIHR institutes with a goal to build research capacity, generate new knowledge, and support knowledge exchange and translation in maternal, reproductive, child and youth health by funding operating grants to early career investigators. The program will fund… Read more »

Team Grant : Preparation to Trial: Inflammation for Chronic Conditions – LOI

SIRI will be offering support with application development for this opportunity. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact Jennifer Stevens (v5js@mun.ca) early during the development process to discuss the services available to them. A state of prolonged inflammation has been associated with many chronic health conditions, including, but not limited to cancer, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, stroke,… Read more »