CIHR's partners help fund research, set research priorities, share best practices in research and its peer review, build research capacity, leverage knowledge translation efforts, and help to make more effective use of resources for research.

Partners are welcomed all across the organization. CIHR is comprised of 13 Institutes, each with its own specialization and mandate for health research. Many partnerships take place through the Institutes, but an increasing number of partnerships are also being built through CIHR's Branches and Initiatives. To find contacts and information on Institute / Branch mandates, please visit the CIHR Institute and Branch Priority Areas page.

CIHR Collaboration - at a glance

New, potential, and existing partners may all find an overview of CIHR's collaborative process useful:

• Collaborating with CIHR [ HTML | PDF (152 KB) | Help ]

To fund health research, CIHR uses a variety of funding mechanisms, or "tools." These tools include Operating Grants, Training Awards, and many more. For an introduction to the suite of funding tools available to CIHR, please browse through the "CIHR Toolbox":

• CIHR Toolbox (coming soon)

To find current partnership news, updates, and upcoming partnership opportunities, please visit the Partnership Matters newsletter page.

Matching Programs

Over the years, CIHR has developed a variety of successful "Matching Programs," in which CIHR dollars are matched by partner dollars at a fixed ratio (for example, 1:1 or 2:1). To find more information on these programs, please click on the links below:

• CIHR's Small Health Organization Partnership Program (SHOPP)
• CIHR's Regional Partnerships Program (RPP)

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact the Partnerships and Citizen Engagement Branch.