Research Network on Lyme Disease – Full Application

Well-being, Health and Biomedical Discovery

Deadlines

Academic Unit: Inquire with Unit

Memorial Deadline: Friday 1st, June 2018

External Deadline: Wednesday 6th, June 2018

Description

A change has been made to the competition timeline and design. The application deadline of March 6, 2018 has changed to a mandatory registration. The application deadline is now on June 6, 2018.

The Federal Framework on Lyme Disease was released by the Government of Canada on May 2017. CIHR, in collaboration with PHAC, is committed to taking action to fight the emergence of Lyme disease. Along with the Framework, the Minister of Health announced up to $4 million over five fiscal years to establish a Lyme Disease Research Network.

Research Areas

This funding opportunity will support a Network that will generate new knowledge to improve diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease in Canada. The Network will encompass at least one of these relevant research areas:

Evaluation of current clinical diagnostic tests and exploration of the development of new tools;
A better understanding of patients who have experienced various chronic symptoms consistent with Lyme disease;
Determination of the impact of different bacterial strains on diagnosis and treatment of Lyme disease; and/or
Research on preventive measures, interventions, co-infections, modes of transmission and/or population health approaches to decrease the risk of occurrence of Lyme disease.

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 $4 million, enough to fund approximately one research network up to a maximum of $1,000,000 per year for four years. This amount may increase if additional funding partners participate.

Visit CIHR’s website for more information.