Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's agency responsible for funding health research in Canada. CIHR was created in 2000 under the authority of the CIHR Act and reports to Parliament through the Minister of Health.

CIHR was created to transform health research in Canada by:

• funding more research on targeted priority areas
• building research capacity in under-developed areas such as population health and health services research
• training the next generation of health researchers
• focusing on knowledge translation, so that the results of research are transformed into policies, practices, procedures, products and services

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is one of the Tri-Council Agencies, along with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The Tri-Council Agencies are a major source of research funding for post-secondary institutions in Canada. All research that is funded by the Tri-Council Agencies must be in accordance with the Agreement on the Administration of Agency Grants and Awards by Research Institutions. This agreement describes the basic requirements for obtaining and maintaining institutional eligibility to administer research funds.

CIHR Project Grant: Fall 2020 Competition

Important Deadlines:

REGISTRATION PHASE: Institutional review and approval are NOT required during the registration phase.

CIHR Deadline: 6:00 pm September 16, 2020 (Edmonton time)

Instructions: http://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/49503.html 

The Nominated Principal Applicant must remain unchanged between registration and application. Other participants can be added, removed, or change roles between registration and application. A Common CV is not required for registration.

For Partnered/Integrated Knowledge Translation (iKT) Projects, you must identify at least one Principal Applicant who is a knowledge user as a participant if your project includes a "partner and knowledge user" or "a knowledge user only".

APPLICATION PHASE: Institutional review and approval ARE required during this phase.