Funding, News and Announcements

The CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity would like to inform its community of the following funding opportunity.

 PRE-ANNOUNCEMENT

 Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples: Implementation Research Team Grants – Component 1
 

Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples (Pathways) is a CIHR Signature Initiative with an overall goal to develop a better understanding of how to design, implement and scale-up population health interventions that will improve First Nations, Inuit and Métis health in four exemplar areas: suicide prevention, diabetes/obesity, tuberculosis, and oral health.

This Pathways Implementation Research Teams (IRTs) Funding Opportunity will provide funding for Component 1 Implementation Research Teams, which are team development grants to support research teams in building relationships with First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis communities and identifying promising or effective, multi-faceted population health interventions, in any of the 4 exemplar areas that are based in Indigenous practices, and scalable for inclusion in later components.

The funding for this component is intended to support teams as they work towards preparing an application to Component 2 and/or Component 3.

The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $800,000; enough to fund approximately 8 grants. The maximum amount per grant is $100,000 for up to 18 months.

Note: CIHR will be launching a separate Funding Opportunity for Component 2 applications across the exemplar areas at a later date. A Component 3 Funding Opportunity is planned for a later date.

Look for more details about this funding opportunity on the CIHR website in the coming weeks.

IMPORTANT DATES

Application Process Webinars: There will be 2 information webinars to learn more about this funding opportunity. For questions about the registration process, please contact Melanie Bergeron (melanie.bergeron@cihr-irsc.gc.ca).

•    June 4th 12-1pm EST (Register here)
•    June 9th 12-1pm EST (Register here)

 Phase 1 – Letter of Intent:
•    Planned Application deadline: June 30, 2014
•    Notice of Decision: August 8, 2014  

 Phase 2 – Full Application:
•    Application deadline: October 15, 2014
•    Notice of Decision: January 30, 2015
•    Funding start date: February 1, 2015
 For questions about this funding opportunity, please contact Sarah Viehbeck (Sarah.Viehbeck@uottawa.ca).