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This funding opportunity on Implementation Research on the Primary Prevention of Chronic Lung Diseases in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMICs) is the third joint research program of the Global Alliance for Chronic Diseases (GACD).

With the burden of chronic non-communicable diseases rapidly increasing, the GACD partnership is launching a call for proposals with a focus on implementation research, which examines interventions that aim to prevent chronic lung diseases in LMICs and in vulnerable populations in high-income countries such as indigenous populations in Canada and Australia.

The primary focus of all proposals must be on tobacco control policies (across sectors), and how these are/are not addressing the equity gap (gender, indigenous populations, other minority populations) that currently exists in patterns of tobacco use and related disease outcomes.

As a contributing non-member of the GACD, Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a partner with CIHR in this joint research funding opportunity.

The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $5,000,000, enough to fund approximately two grants. The maximum amount per grant is $400,000 per annum for up to five years.

CIHR and IDRC aim to fund teams involving researchers from Canada and low or middle income countries (LMICs). CIHR will fund Canadian members of the research team and IDRC will fund supporting researchers from LMICs.

More information can be found here.

Interested faculty are asked to contact the International Research Facilitator (jennifer.morawiecki@dal.ca) in Dalhousie Research Services, for support in preparing an application.

Deadline: 24 February 2016