Pre-announcement: Lyme Disease Research Network

Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

Deadlines

Academic Unit:

Memorial Deadline: Inquire with RGCS

External Deadline: March 2018

Description

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) and the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) – in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada – are pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a new Request for Applications (RFA) for a Lyme Disease Research Network, as announced by the Minister of Health in May 2017.

Anticipated timelines

Program Launch: October 2017
Application Deadline: March 2018
Notice of Decision: June 2018
Funding Start Date: June 2018

Background

Lyme disease (or Lyme borreliosis), a multisystem infection caused by the bacteria Borrelia and transmitted through the bite of infected blacklegged ticks (Ixodes species), is one of the most reported vector-borne diseases in North America. It is an emerging illness in Canada due to various factors, including the migration of ticks northward as the climate warms and as host vectors migrate.

Funds available

The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $4 million, enough to fund one research network grant at a maximum of $1 million/year for four years (five fiscal years).

Additional information on the Pre-Announcement is available on CIHR’s website.