CIHR

CIHR Project Scheme

The Project Scheme is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential to advance health-related knowledge, health research, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes. It supports projects with a specific purpose and a defined endpoint. The best ideas may stem from new, incremental, innovative, and/or high-risk lines of inquiry or knowledge translation approaches.

The Project Scheme is expected to:

  • Support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation projects at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization;
  • Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge;
  • Promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions, and sectors.
Important Dates
Competition 201603PJT
Registration Deadline 2016-01-25
Application Deadline 2016-03-01
Anticipated Notice of Decision 2016-07-15
Funding Start Date 2016-07-01

For more information see Funding Opportunities Details on ResearchNet.

CIHR Foundation Grant

The Foundation Scheme is designed by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to contribute to a sustainable foundation of health research leaders, by providing long-term support of innovative, high-impact programs of research. Programs of research are expected to include integrated, thematically-linked research, knowledge translation and mentoring/training components. The Foundation Scheme includes a separate stream for new/early career investigators with excellent training and early-career success, and will provide them with an opportunity to build promising programs of research. The Foundation Scheme is expected to:

  • Support a broad base of researcher leaders across career stages, areas, and disciplines relevant to health;
  • Develop and maintain Canadian capacity in research and other health-related fields;
  • Provide research leaders with the flexibility to pursue new, innovative lines of inquiry;
  • Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge through a wide range of research and/or knowledge translation activities, including any relevant collaboration.

Value: $50,000-1.5 million per year
Duration: 5 Years (Early career/emerging investigators); 7 years (established investigators)

Important Dates
Competition Deadline
Registration 2015-07-27
Application - Stage 1 2015-09-15
Application - Stage 2 2016-02-05
Anticipation Notice of Decision - Stage 1 2015-12-01
Anticipation Notice of Decision - Final Assessment Stage 2016-07-15
Funding Start Date 2016-07-01

For more information see Funding Opportunities Details on ResearchNet.