Strategic Funding Opportunities

The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) recently announced the June 2003 strategic funding opportunities. The titles and deadlines are listed below.

Further information on these programs can be found on the CIHR Web site at

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/services/funding/opportunities/institutes/2003/index_e.shtml.

Additional funding opportunities will be announced by CIHR on June 23.

June 2003 Institute Funding Opportunity Announcements

  • Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environments; Registration Deadline: Nov. 1, 2003; Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2004
  • Planning Immunization Research Targeting Aboriginal People; Registration Deadline: Nov. 1, 2003; Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2004
  • Mid Career Awards in Aging; Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2004
  • Pilot Project Grants in Aging; Registration Deadline: Aug. 15, 2003; Application Deadline: Sept. 15, 2003
  • Career Transition Award; Application Deadline: Feb. 1, 2004
  • New Emerging Team Grant Program – Neuroethics; Letter of Intent Deadline: Sept. 1, 2003; Application Deadline: Feb. 1, 2004
  • Vascular Health and Dementia – Research Operating Grant Initiative; Deadlines: see RFA for details
  • GlaxoSmithKline-CIHR Research Chair Award; Deadlines: see RFA for details
  • NRC-CIHR Science & Technology Convergence for Health Innovation; Registration Deadline: Aug. 15, 2003; Full Proposal Deadline: Sept. 15, 2003
  • Proof of Principle Initiative; Letter of Intent Deadline: Sept. 1, 2003; Full Proposal Deadline: Oct. 1, 2003

RFAs under the Strategic Initiative: Research Excellence and Innovation to Enhance the Quality of Life

  • Team Planning and Development Grants – Developing New Research Teams to Improve the Quality of Life; Registration Deadline: Aug. 15, 2003; Application Deadline: Sept. 15, 2003
  • New Emerging Team (NET) Grants – New Research Teams to Improve the Quality of Life; Registration Deadline: Nov. 1, 2003; Application Deadline: Jan. 15, 2004
  • Training Program Grants to Improve the Quality of Life; Letter of Intent Deadline: Sept. 1, 2003; Application Deadline: Feb. 1, 2004

RFAs under the Strategic Initiative: Excellence, Innovation and Advancement in the Study of Obesity and Healthy Body Weight

  • Environmental Approaches to Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Healthy Body Weight; Registration Deadline: Oct. 15, 2003; Application Deadline: Nov. 1, 2003
  • New Emerging Team (NET) Grants; Letter of Intent Deadline: Sept. 1, 2003; Application Deadline: Feb. 1, 2004
  • Institutional Establishment Grants; Application Deadline: June 1, 2004; Exceptional promise, will also be considered.
  • Operating Grants; Registration Deadline (Fall): Aug. 15, 2003; Application Deadline (Fall): Sept. 15, 2003; Registration Deadline (Spring): Feb. 1, 2004; Application Deadline (Spring): March 1, 2004
  • Randomized Controlled Trials; Applications will be accepted four times per year (see RFA for details)
  • Pilot Project Grants; Application Deadline (Fall): Nov. 1, 2003; Application Deadline (Spring): May 1, 2004