Sponsor

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

For More Information

Please see CIHR's Fall 2024 Project Grant Competition [1] website.  Note the key information regarding attachments that will no longer be accepted as part of the application package.  CIHR is now more stringent in their format review and compliance requirements.  Faculty should ensure all applications are formatted according to CIHR's guidelines [2].  

For additional information, visit the CIHR Project Grant  [3]Funding Opportunity Announcement for:

• Program guidelines
• Eligibility
• How to Apply: Full application instructions
• Evaluation criteria

Also see CIHR's Priority Announcement regarding Specific Research Areas [4].

Webinar: CIHR will be hosting informational webinars July 31, 2024 and August 15, 2024. To find out more information and register, visit the Webinars [5] page.

Description

The Project Grant program is designed to capture ideas with the greatest potential for important advances in fundamental or applied health-related knowledge, health care, health systems and/or health outcomes by supporting projects or programs of research proposed and conducted by individual researchers or groups of researchers in all areas of health. The best ideas may stem from new, incremental, innovative and/or high-risk lines of inquiry or knowledge translation approaches.

Research Areas

The Project Grant program is open to applicants in all areas of health research that are aligned with the CIHR mandate: "To excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system." 

The Project Grant program is expected to:

• Support a diverse portfolio of health-related research and knowledge translation proposals at any stage, from discovery to application, including commercialization
• Promote relevant collaborations across disciplines, professions and sectors
• Contribute to the creation and use of health-related knowledge

Funding Availability

The total amount available for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Project Grant Competitions is $650M.

Maximum Project Value

Within the investment allocated to each Project Grant competition, there will be a funding envelope of:

• $16.25M dedicated to large grants. Large grants are defined as those within the top 2% largest total grant amount requested by all applicants within the competition and varies with each competition. This budget envelope is not intended for series of projects to be bundled together for long-term support. Individual grant applications requesting a total of more than the total dedicated amount for the competition will be withdrawn.
• $14.95M (4.6%) dedicated to supporting applications with an Indigenous health research focus.
• a portion of the competition budget will also be reserved to ensure that the proportion of grants funded is at least equal to the proportion of applications submitted by early career researchers (ECRs) [6], female applicants and for applicants submitting applications written in French. Should the full amount set aside not be required, all remaining funds will be returned to the Project grant competition to further increase the number of grants funded.

Indirect Costs

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Special Notes

NEW in Fall 2024: Research Security

The granting agencies have introduced new measures to safeguard the integrity of research against risks to national and economic security. Depending on whether or not their research proposals involve private sector partner organizations or aim to advance a sensitive technology research area, applicants to the Fall 2024 Project Grant competition may need to complete new risk assessment and attestation forms. Learn more about research security at CIHR [7].