CIHR SUPPLEMENTAL BULLETIN – WINTER 2011
NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
 CIHR Catalyst Grant: Ethics
 CIHR Operating Grant: Specific Research Areas
 CIHR Other: Evidence on Tap - Expedited Knowledge Synthesis
 CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grants
 CIHR Fellowship: CANADA-HOPE Scholarship Program
 CIHR Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research)
 CIHR: Knowledge Synthesis Grant
 CIHR Knowledge Synthesis Grant: Winter 2011 Priority Announcement
(Specific Research Areas)
 CIHR Team Grant: Bone Health
 CIHR Other: Clinical Investigatorship Award
CIHR Catalyst Grant: Ethics
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to build capacity in ethics as it applies to
health (including health research, health promotion and maintenance, clinical care,
population and public health, health systems and services, policy and governance) by
encouraging applications from nominated principal applicants who are new investigators
in the field of health ethics, or investigators new to the field of health ethics, by offering
one or two-year pilot project grants.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount per grant is $ 50,000 per year for up to 2 years.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1177&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR Operating Grant: Specific Research Areas
Priority Announcements offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications
that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas or mandates. When an
application is submitted to a priority area it is first considered for funding through the
general operating grant stream. If the application is not funded, the application will then
be considered for the Priority Announcement in which the researcher has chosen. A
researcher can choose up to a maximum of three priority areas.
CIHR Research Priority Areas:
 Aboriginal Chronic Disease Research
 Aboriginal Mental Health and/or Addictions Research
 Arthritis
 Blood Supply Risk
 Breast Cancer
 Epigenetics
 Ethics
 Hepatitis C
 HIV/AIDS
 Neuromuscular Research
 Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes Start Up Funds
 Obesity - Interventions to Prevent or Treat
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
Parkinson's Disease
Regional Partnerships Program (Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova
Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan)
 Reproductive & Child Health
 Sodium & Health
Research Related to CIHR Institute Mandates:
 Cancer Research in Alberta
 Cancer Research
 Genetics
 Genetics - Maud Menten New Principal Investigator Prizes
 Huntington 's
 Infection and Immunity
 Musculoskeletal Health, Arthritis, Skin and Oral Health
 Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
 Nutrition Metabolism and Diabetes
 Schizophrenia
AMOUNT: Varies depending on the priority area.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: February 1, 2011
APPLICATION DEADLINE: March 1, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1207&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR Other: Evidence on Tap - Expedited Knowledge Synthesis
Expedited Knowledge Synthesis is a tool that accelerates all phases of synthesis
production – application, review, research, knowledge translation – to offer timely,
accessible and relevant evidence to decision makers. This funding opportunity will
support a Qualified Evidence On Tap Research Team to conduct an expedited
knowledge synthesis related to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research. The review to support
the work of the Scientific Expert Working Group will focus on both diagnostic and
therapeutic issues related to the proposed Chronic Cerebro-Spinal Venous Insufficiency
(CCSVI) condition in MS patients.
The systematic review questions are:
 What is the evidence of the prevalence of extracranial venous malformation in
individuals with MS compared to individuals without MS?
 What is the evidence of the prevalence of abnormal cerebral venous drainage in
individuals with MS compared to individuals without MS?
 What is the evidence that abnormal variation in extracranial venous anatomy is
linked to abnormal cerebral venous drainage?
 What is the evidence regarding the reliability and validity of non-invasive testing
of extracranial veins (e.g. ultrasound, MR venography)?
 What is the evidence of the safety and efficacy of angioplasty of the extracranial
veins in patients with MS?
The synthesis should include:
 published and grey literature, including conference proceedings and abstracts;
 literature on living and deceased individuals (postmortem histology);
 a sexed-based and age-based analysis of the evidence where possible;
 analysis of the inter and intra-rater reliability of any of the diagnostic methods
included in the review;
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quality appraisal of the evidence using appropriate quality appraisal instruments;
at a minimum, the review team will include relevant expertise in diagnosing
CCSVI and imaging of veins (ultrasound, MRI, etc), MS, MS outcome
measurement (MRI, functional status, etc), neurology, radiology, vascular
surgery, clinical epidemiology, biostatics, library science, and the science of
synthesis.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $100,000 for 1 year.
DEADLINE: January 13, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1209&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grants
 Meeting, Planning and Dissemination Grants are being offered in the following areas:
 Aging
 Cancer Research
 Circulatory & Respiratory Health
 Dissemination Events
 Dissemination Events (Specific Research Areas). Priority areas include: Ethics;
Knowledge Translation; Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes; Rx&D Collaborative
Research
 Genetics
 Infection & Immunity
 Knowledge Translation Supplement
 Knowledge Translation Supplement (Specific Research Areas): Priority areas
include: Ethics; Health Services and Policy Research; Rx&D Collaborative Research
Program;
 Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
 Planning Grants
 Planning Grants (Specific Research Areas): Priority areas include: Aboriginal Health
Research Priority Setting - Regional; First Nations, Inuit and Métis Research Ethics
Review; Health Services and Policy Research; Knowledge Translation; Nutrition,
Metabolism and Diabetes; Partnerships for Health System Improvement Partnership Development Funds; Rx&D Collaborative Research
 Reproductive & Child Health
**See website for full details**
AMOUNT: Varies depending on the research area.
DEADLINE: February 15, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/srch.do?all=1&search=true&org=CIHR&sort=program&masterList
=true&view=currentOpps&fodAgency=CIHR&fodLanguage=E
CIHR Fellowship: CANADA-HOPE Scholarship Program
The primary goal of the CANADA-HOPE Scholarship Program is to further develop
international collaborative efforts between researchers. The short term goal is to enable
promising individuals to be mentored by prominent Canadian researchers. The long term
objective of the Program is to enable promising scientists and clinicians from Low and
Middle Income Countries (LMIC), as identified by the Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) and the United Nations (UN), to be exposed to some of the
best science, laboratories and training environments in Canada. This round will focus on
sub continental South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $174,000 for up to four
years.
DEADLINE: March 31, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1197&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research)
The CIHR HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research (CBR) Program assists communitybased organizations, non-governmental organizations and institutions in developing the
knowledge necessary to carry out their HIV/AIDS work in the most effective manner, and
in creating expertise within these communities to conduct their own research. The aim
of this Catalyst Grant is to provide seed money, on a short-term basis, to support health
research activities which represent a first step towards the pursuit of more
comprehensive funding opportunities (e.g., operating grants).
AMOUNT: The maximum amount per grant is $ 33,000 for up to one year
DEADLINE: April 1, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1188&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR: Knowledge Synthesis Grant
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support teams of researchers and
knowledge users to produce knowledge syntheses and scoping reviews that will
contribute to the use of synthesized evidence in decision-making and practice. This
funding opportunity will support two types of projects: knowledge syntheses and scoping
reviews.
Knowledge syntheses
All forms of knowledge synthesis are eligible, including systematic reviews, realist
syntheses, narrative syntheses, meta-analyses, meta-syntheses, meta-ethnography and
practice guidelines that synthesize evidence. Syntheses in this funding opportunity may
synthesize results from qualitative, quantitative or multi-method research. The types of
knowledge than can be synthesized are broad and can include empirical as well as
theoretical knowledge. All syntheses in this funding opportunity must assemble, analyse
and summarize knowledge. Standard protocols, handbooks and checklists exist to guide
the conduct of some syntheses, and A Guide to Knowledge Synthesis is available on
CIHR's web site. Applicants are encouraged to make use of and cite these resources
where appropriate.
Scoping reviews
Scoping reviews are exploratory projects that systematically map the literature available
on a topic, identifying the key concepts, theories, sources of evidence, and gaps in the
research. They are often preliminary to full syntheses, undertaken when feasibility is a
concern - either because the potentially relevant literature is thought to be especially
vast and diverse (varying by method, theoretical orientation or discipline) or there is
suspicion that not enough literature exists. These entail the systematic selection,
collection and summarization of existing knowledge in a broad thematic area for the
purpose of identifying where there is sufficient evidence to conduct a full synthesis or
where insufficient evidence exists and further primary research is necessary.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount awarded for a knowledge synthesis is $100,000 for
one year. The maximum amount awarded for a scoping review is $50,000 for one year.
DEADLINE: April 1, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1181&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR Knowledge Synthesis Grant: Winter 2011 Priority Announcement (Specific
Research Areas)
The purpose of this funding opportunity is to support teams of researchers and
knowledge users to produce knowledge syntheses and scoping reviews that will
contribute to the use of synthesized evidence in decision-making and practice. This
funding opportunity will support two types of projects: knowledge syntheses and scoping
reviews.
Priority Areas
 Age-supportive Built Environment
 Clinical Interventions for Cardiovascular Disease: Enhancing Effectiveness
 Knowledge Translation
 Regional Partnerships Program - Newfoundland and Labrador
AMOUNT: Varies depending on priority area. See website for full details.
DEADLINE: April 1, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1199&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR Team Grant: Bone Health
This "Team Grant: Bone Health" is being offered to encourage and stimulate new and
established investigators to undertake new, high priority research challenges in the field
of bone health.
IMHA has three research priority areas that align activities across our six foci: MSK
rehabilitation, arthritis, bone, muscle, oral, and skin health. These priorities include:
 Physical activity, mobility and health
 Tissue injury, repair, and replacement
 Pain, disability, and chronic disease
These bone health teams will focus on at least one of these research priority areas. This
competition is open to applications that address issues related to health and disease,
health care and the health system.
AMOUNT: The maximum amount per grant is $500,000 per annum for up to 5 years.
The equipment amount, where applicable, is awarded in year one.
LOI DEADLINE: April 1, 2011
INVITED APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 16, 2012
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1195&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true
CIHR Other: Clinical Investigatorship Award
The IG Clinical Investigatorship Award affords recipients the opportunity to demonstrate
their ability to initiate and conduct research - in the area of clinical genetics - by
contributing to their salary. This award is designed to provide protected time for earlycareer clinical investigators to undertake clinical or translational genetics research.
AMOUNT: The maximum salary amount for a single award is $140,000 per annum
(including fringe benefits) for up to two years, renewable once
DEADLINE: May 2, 2011
WEBSITE: http://www.researchnetrecherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=1169&&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&t
ype=AND&resultCount=25&sort=program&all=1&masterList=true