Team Grant: Cannabis Research in Priority Areas – LOI
Aboriginal Peoples
Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery
Deadlines
Academic Unit: Inquire with unit
Memorial Deadline:
External Deadline: Wednesday 15th, May 2019
Description
The purpose of the current Team Grant is to explore in more detail the potential therapeutic benefits and harms associated with cannabis use in a number of targeted areas identified through previous consultations. In particular, these Team Grants will address stakeholder priorities by supporting specific defined priority areas in targeted pools, to strengthen the evidence base and to build cannabis-related research capacity.
To ensure that applications address the ethical, environmental, economic, legal, social and cultural aspects associated with cannabis research, applications should demonstrate relevant interdisciplinary expertise encompassing research domains from natural sciences and engineering, health sciences, and social sciences and humanities, as appropriate, in their applications. Applicants must propose a knowledge translation plan and demonstrate how they will incorporate open science practices in their research program.
Applicants must integrate sex as a biological variable and gender as a social determinant of health, as appropriate, into their research to promote rigorous science that has the potential to expand our understanding of health determinants for all people. As such, applicants are required to indicate how they will account for sex (biological factor) and gender (socio-cultural factor) in the research design, methods, analysis and interpretation, and dissemination of findings. For more information and resources, please see the Sex, Gender and Health Research page on the CIHR website.
Research Areas
This funding opportunity will only support projects relevant to the following research areas:
- Cancer Pool: Research investigating the benefits and/or harms related to therapeutic use of cannabis in people living with cancer.
- Cardio-Respiratory/Sleep Pool: Research into the impact of cannabis use on cardiovascular, respiratory and/or sleep health. Emphasis may include but is not limited to the proinflammatory effects on the lungs, effects of cannabis smoke/vape (including second-hand smoke/vape), potential impacts on sleep and circadian rhythms etc…
- Neurodevelopment Pool: Research into neurodevelopmental outcomes associated with fetal/infant exposure through maternal cannabis use/exposure during pregnancy and/or early post-natal period, including breastfeeding.
- Indigenous Peoples’ Health Pool: Research into the impact of cannabis use on Indigenous Peoples’ health.
- IMHA Pain Pool: Research into the potential therapeutic use of cannabis in pain within Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis mandate areas.
- Arthritis Pain Pool: Research into the use of cannabis in the management of arthritis pain. Applications will be considered that involve basic science, clinical, health services and/or policy research approaches.
- Mental Health Pool: Research to investigate the potential harms and benefits of cannabis, the social determinants of health, as well as the needs of diverse populations experiencing cannabis use disorder and/or mental illness.
- Multiple Sclerosis Pool: Research into the use of cannabis to manage symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis. Applications will be considered that involve basic science, clinical, health services and/or policy research approaches.
Funds Available
CIHR and partner(s) financial contributions for this initiative are subject to availability of funds. Should CIHR or partner(s) funding levels not be available or are decreased due to unforeseen circumstances, CIHR and partner(s) reserve the right to reduce, defer or suspend financial contributions to grants received as a result of this funding opportunity.
- The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $16.5 million, enough to fund approximately 11 grants. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate. The maximum amount per grant is $300,000 per year for up to 5 years, for a total of $1.5 million per grant.