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CIHR announces important Program Changes for the 2004/05 Competition Cycle

CIHR would like to advise the research community of important changes to its programs of research support for the 2004/05 competition cycle.


Program Changes - July 2004

CIHR will make every effort to rapidly update its program documentation (publications, web site, etc.) to reflect these program changes. In the meantime, the information contained in this message supersedes all other information that may be found elsewhere on the CIHR web site or in CIHR publications.

Program

Information Highlights or Changes

Registration / Application Due Dates

Operating Grants
(including Randomized Controlled Trials)

  • Limit of one new application (non-renewal) per Principal Investigator (whether Nominated Principal Investigator or Co-principal Investigator) in each competition.
  • Terminal grants in the case of unsuccessful renewals will no longer be provided.

Registration deadlines:
August 15,
February 1

Application deadlines:
September 15, March 1

NOTE: Deadlines for RCTs are different.

(A) Submission of OUTLINES:
August 1, October 1, January 15 and March 1.

(B) Registration of full applications:
August 1, October 1, January 15 and March 1.

Groups Program
  • Competition remains closed to new applicants.
  • Only renewal applications will be accepted.
  • The maximum term of funding will be limited to 3 years.
  • Terminal grants in the case of unsuccessful renewals will no longer be provided.

LOI deadline:
August 15

Equipment Grants
  • Competition is open as usual.

Registration deadlines:
August 15,
February 1

Application deadlines:
September 15,
March 1

Maintenance Grants
  • Competition is open as usual.

Registration deadlines:
August 15,
February 1

Application deadlines:
September 15,
March 1

Multi-User Equipment Grants

Maintenance Grants for Multi-user equipment
  • Two programs have been combined into the "Multi-User Equipment and Facilities (Acquisition and Maintenance) Grants".
  • The program has an expanded mandate to include the acquisition and/or maintenance of facilities such as databases (including cohorts, tissue banks and animal colonies)
  • Peer Review Panels may score the acquisition and maintenance portions of an application separately, if deemed necessary.
  • In cases where requests for the acquisition of equipment or other capital costs exceed $150,000, applicants must explain why they are not seeking funds from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Registration deadline:
August 15

Application deadline:
October 1

Health Professional Student Research Awards
  • Regular program continues with minor updates.
  • As part of CIHR's Clinical Research Initiative, CIHR is pleased to offer Undergraduate Health Professional Research Immersion Awards. These awards are designed to provide a one-year exposure of undergraduate health professional students to clinical research under the direct supervision of a successful and experienced clinician-investigator.

Institutions will receive their voucher allocations and detailed guidelines by February 15

Institutional Establishment Grants Program

  • Program remains suspended.

N/A

Senior Research Fellowships Program

  • Program remains suspended.

N/A

Investigators Programs

  • Program remains suspended.

N/A

Senior Investigators Program

  • Program remains suspended.
  • CIHR will continue to recognize exceptional achievements in health research through enhancements to the Michael Smith Prize in Health Research.

N/A


Policy Change Highlights - July 2004

  • A revised 2004 version of the CIHR Grants and Awards Guide is in preparation and will soon be posted on the CIHR website.
  • Co-applicants who are trainees or research associates are now permitted to receive a stipend or salary from the grant for which they applied. This policy recognizes the intellectual contributions to research projects that can be made by a research associate or trainee. (Specific policy statement will be available on the website within the revised 2004 Version of the Grants and Awards Guide).
  • Terminal grants in the case of unsuccessful renewals will no longer be provided.

Program Development Highlights - July 2004

  • Introduction of the CIHR Team Grant: In September of 2004, CIHR will introduce the CIHR Team Grant. CIHR is currently in consultation with our applicant community and our partners to ensure that the CIHR Team Grant is carefully designed as a flexible and inclusive funding vehicle that can accommodate all desirable aspects of collaborative research. Expected to be an on-going, annual competition, this program will replace the Interdisciplinary Health Research Team (IHRT) and Community Alliances in Health Research (CAHR) programs. Look for the first Request for Applications for this new program in early September with a January, 2005 deadline for Letters of Intent.
  • Short Term Clinician Investigator Awards: As part of CIHR's Clinical Research Initiative, CIHR is pleased to offer new Short Term Clinician Investigator Awards. This program is designed to reduce the burden of teaching, administrative and clinical responsibilities that impede excellent clinician-investigators from focusing their expertise, experience and training on achievement of their health research objectives. Clinician-Investigators will be enabled to integrate a commitment to health research into their professional pursuits through allocation of three months release time. A maximum of 10 three-month awards valued at $25,000 are available to begin in the period January 1 to March 1, 2005 . The Request for Applications for this program will be posted in mid-August with a deadline for applications of October 15. When the RFA is posted, each eligible institution will be notified of the number of applications they will be allowed to forward.
  • CIHR Task Force on Career Support: In July 2004, CIHR's Governing Council decided to establish a national Task Force to provide it with advice on CIHR's future role in providing career awards to health researchers at all stages of their research careers. The task force report and recommendations will be submitted for Council's consideration at its November 2004 meeting. Work is now underway to establish the task force and further information, including Task Force membership and terms of reference will be available on CIHR's web site by September, 2004. In the meantime, if you wish to submit comments to the Task Force, you may do so via: careerTF-GTcarriere@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
Modified: 2004-07-19

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