Issue 243
Contents
1) Governance
a) Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews to serve as Acting Vice-President, Research, Knowledge Translation, and Ethics
2) Program Related Information
a) Overview of Stage 1 of the Project Grant Fall 2016 competition
3) Funding Opportunities
a) Funding opportunities posted between March 22 and April 7, 2017 by CIHR and its partners
4) Application and Funding Policies
a) Contact Centre extended hours of operation
b) Change in parental leave policy for training award holders
5) College of Reviewers
a) College of Reviewers will start enrolling members this summer
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a) Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews to serve as Acting Vice-President, Research, Knowledge Translation, and Ethics
Dr. Roderick McInnes is delighted to announce that Dr. Anne Martin-Matthews has agreed to serve as Acting Vice-President, Research, Knowledge Translation, and Ethics of CIHR. Read more.
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2) Program Related Information
a) Overview of Stage 1 of the Project Grant Fall 2016 competition
The first stage of peer review for the Project Grant: Fall 2016 competition is now complete. There were 2884 applications submitted to the competition, which means that the Stage 1 peer review process involved more than 12,000 reviews from 1331 dedicated peer reviewers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the reviewers involved in Stage 1, and we would also like to give the research community a brief update about the competition overall. Read more.
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a) Funding opportunities posted between March 22 and April 7, 2017 by CIHR and its partners
The following is a list of funding opportunities which CIHR and its partners posted between March 22 and April 7, 2017.
To view these opportunities, please use the CIHR Funding Opportunity Database.
Simply select the opportunity from the list which is sorted alphabetically.
* Operating Grant: Active and Assisted Living Joint Program
* Other: Healthy and Productive Work – Partnership Grants
* Team Grant: European Research Projects of Neuroscience (2017)
* Team Grant: HIV/AIDS Comorbidities Prevention and Healthy Living
Please direct specific inquiries on the funding opportunity to the contact person listed at the bottom of the funding opportunity.
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4) Application and Funding Policies
a) Contact Centre extended hours of operation
We are pleased to announce the extension of the CIHR Contact Centre's hours of operation. This is an important step in ensuring that consistent and full support is offered to stakeholders coast-to-coast. Contact Centre staff are now available to provide assistance from 7:00 - 20:00 Eastern Time, Monday to Friday. CIHR has also implemented service standards which will be monitored and reported on periodically. Get in touch with staff at the Contact Centre.
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b) Change in parental leave policy for training award holders
All CIHR, SSHRC and NSERC training award holders are now eligible for paid parental leave. Until now, training award holders had to confirm they were not eligible for other parental leave benefits programs in order to be eligible. The Tri-Agency Research Training Award Holder’s Guide was updated accordingly on April 1, 2017.
For any question regarding this change or any questions about training award programs, please contact: support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
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a) College of Reviewers will start enrolling members this summer
On behalf of the College Chairs, Dr. Paul Kubes and Dr. Jane Rylett are pleased to announce that membership enrolment will start in June 2017. Read more.
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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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Useful CIHR Contacts
Contact Centre: 613-954-1968 or toll free 1-888-603-4178
Media Relations: 613-941-4563
CIHR’s website
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Françoise Hinca
Advisor-Research Documentation / Operations Support
Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Government of Canada
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Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
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