Issue 227
Contents
1) Peer Review
a) A personal message for CIHR peer reviewers
b) Do you provide fair and unbiased reviews?
c) Peer review timelines for the Foundation Grant: 2016-2017 and Project Grant: Fall 2016 competitions
2) Funding Opportunities
a) Funding opportunities posted between September 23 and October 28, 2016 by CIHR and its partners
b) Upcoming Funding Opportunity � Team Grant: GACD Mental Health � Canada-China
3) Application and Funding Policies
a) TCPS 2 (2014) - Proposed Revisions for Public Consultation
b) Tri-Agency Research Training Award Holder�s Guide now available
c) 2016 Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide now available
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a) A personal message for CIHR peer reviewers
In a personal video message, Dr. Paul Kubes, Executive Chair of the College of Reviewers, and Dr. Jeff Latimer, CIHR�s new Associate Vice-President, thank volunteers who have agreed to take part in the review process for the current Foundation Grant and Project Grant competitions.
They also take the opportunity to reflect on the peer reviewer experience during the 2015 competitions, discuss the importance of the review process, and outline CIHR�s commitments to reviewers moving forward. View the video.
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b) Do you provide fair and unbiased reviews?
Unconscious bias affects our judgment without us realizing it�and this can influence the review of a grant. Due to unconscious bias, peer reviewers may rate an application differently based on the gender, age, language, culture or even the affiliated institution of an applicant. To help identify potential sources of unconscious bias and mitigate them, CIHR has developed a learning module. The full module is now available online and is mandatory for peer reviewers.
Test yourself! Try the 19-minute Unconscious Bias in Peer Review training module now.
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c) Peer review timelines for the Foundation Grant: 2016-2017 and Project Grant: Fall 2016 competitions
Timelines for the Foundation Grant: 2016-2017 and Project Grant: Fall 2016 review processes are now available on the CIHR website.
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a) Funding opportunities posted between September 23 and October 28, 2016 by CIHR and its partners
The following is a funding opportunity which CIHR and its partners posted between September 23 and October 28, 2016.
To view this opportunity, please use the CIHR Funding Opportunity Database.
Simply select the opportunity from the list which is sorted alphabetically.
* Other: Canadian Immunization Research Network (2016)
Please refer to the ?Contact Information? section of the funding opportunity if you have additional questions about the funding opportunity.�
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b) Upcoming Funding Opportunity � Team Grant: GACD Mental Health � Canada-China
Dr. Steven J. Hoffman, Scientific Director, Institute of Population and Public Health/CIHR, is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of a new global health research funding opportunity to be jointly offered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Building on previous Canada-China research programs, this funding opportunity aims to promote the development of Canadian-Chinese scientific cooperation between universities, hospitals, research institutes and affiliated research organizations in both countries by supporting collaborative teams working on implementation research projects in the field of global mental health. Read more.
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3) Application and Funding Policies
a) TCPS 2 (2014) - Proposed Revisions for Public Consultation
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The Panel on Research Ethics is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the 2nd edition of the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans � TCPS 2 (2014). Written comments will be accepted until January 31, 2017.
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b) Tri-Agency Research Training Award Holder�s Guide now available
Recipients of research training awards by the three federal granting agencies � the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) � can now refer to a new harmonized Tri-Agency Research Training Award Holder�s Guide. The guide, which is effective immediately, supersedes previous training award holder�s policy documents. Learn more about the new guide.
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c) 2016 Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide now available
The three federal granting agencies�the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)�are pleased to announce the posting of the 2016 Tri-Agency Financial Administration Guide. Changes made to this year�s guide supersede previous version and take effect on October 1st, 2016.
We invite you to review the Summary of Changes, which highlights the most significant updates.
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CIHR Wants to Hear from You
Absence does not make the heart grow fonder � CIHR wants to hear from you as much as possible. There is a wonderful story to tell about the results and benefits of health research in Canada, but we need your help to truly make this a page turner. And, we need to keep telling this story. So, we encourage you to let us know when you have or, better still, are close to publishing the results of research funded by CIHR. Please drop us a line at mediarelations@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
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Contact Information
CIHR welcomes your questions and feedback and is committed to responding to your requests promptly.
Please direct all inquiries to the CIHR Contact Centre. Officers are available Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ET and until 8 p.m. ET on deadline days.
Contact Centre
Telephone: 613-954-1968
Toll Free: 1-888-603-4178
support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
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