Issue 245
Contents
1) CIHR executive appointments
2) Canada’s top health researchers recognized for their life-changing work
3) Application data from CIHR’s investigator initiated competitions now available
4) Funding opportunities posted between April 8 and April 26, 2017 by CIHR and its partners
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1) CIHR executive appointments
On April 21, 2017 Dr. McInnes announced the appointment of Michel Perron as CIHR’s Executive Vice-President (EVP) and Jeff Latimer as Vice-President, Competition Management (which replaces the former Associate Vice President, Program Operations).
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2) Canada’s top health researchers recognized for their life-changing work
CIHR is pleased to announce the names of the four outstanding researchers who are the recipients of the inaugural CIHR Gold Leaf Prizes, which recognize excellence in health research and its translation into benefits for Canadians. Each prize has a value of $100,000. The winners will receive their medals at a recognition ceremony to be held later this year. Read more.
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3) Application data from CIHR’s investigator initiated competitions now available
Members of Canada’s health research community have expressed interest in obtaining data derived from CIHR’s competition processes to conduct analyses around a variety of important issues (e.g., the balance of funding across career stage and gender). To help researchers carry out such analyses, CIHR funding information from a number of competitions is now available in the form of a Public-Use Microdata File.
CIHR also wants to hear from the community on how to enhance data sharing about competition processes. To that end, CIHR will organize a meeting with members of the community interested in this topic on June 20, 2017 in Ottawa. Access data and read more.
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4) Funding opportunities posted between April 8 and April 26, 2017 by CIHR and its partners
The following is a list of funding opportunities which CIHR and its partners posted between April 8 and April 26, 2017.
To view these opportunities, consult the CIHR Funding Opportunity Database.
Simply select the opportunity from the list which is sorted alphabetically.
* Fellowship: Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program (2017-2018)
* Other: Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (2017-2018)
Specific inquiries on the funding opportunity may be directed to contact person listed at the bottom of the funding opportunity.
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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
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Françoise Hinca
Advisor-Research Documentation / Operations Support
Canadian Institutes of Health Research / Government of Canada
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Conseillère-Documentation liée à la recherche / Soutien opérationnel
Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
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