1. CIHR Information Session
Lori L. Burrows – McMaster CIHR University Delegate
May

2. CIHR University Delegates are contact points between agency and community
Monthly Webex meetings
Annual face to face meeting in Ottawa
Agendas set by University Delegates Executive Committee (UDEC)

3. What’s new?
Over the last 7 years CIHR moved from investigator- initiated Open Operating Grants, awarded following face-to-face peer review, to a two-stream format (Foundation vs Project - 45:55 split $$) with a mixture of online and F2F review
Foundation grants 5-7 years, consolidating multiple CIHR grants, 2% per year increase
Project grants 1-5 years, smaller budgets
CIHR (under new President Mike Strong) decided to kill the Foundation grant program; the current competition will be the last (results July 16). Grant holders will complete their terms as usual.

4. Fewer female scientists were funded without equalization

5. Those who got Foundation grants were significantly older

6. Foundation grant holders are almost entirely at U15 universities

7. The ratio of Foundation applicants to grant holders in Pillar 1 is high

8. Now what?
The first round of 150 Foundation grants was awarded in 2014 (another 120 in 2015) – those investigators need to re-enter the larger pool of applicants soon
Average Fnd grant size is $2.7M for 2014, $2.4M for – many investigators held 2 or more grants
Early career investigators (ECI) that hold Foundation grants can apply for Project grants immediately
For more senior researchers, a reintegration plan is in progress – some attrition by retirement?

9. Where will the Foundation money go in future?
Tricouncil initiative: $275M for high risk high reward, transformational, international research

10. Project grants and CIHR initiatives
Project grants – two competitions a year (March & Sept); max two applications per competition (for now). You can ask for >5 years of money - if you can justify it.
Advance registration is required (~1 month before) - the summary is used by CIHR to identify appropriate peer reviewers
In addition to Project, there are many CIHR and institute-driven priority research initiatives; more than 25% of the CIHR budget goes to these grants
And, don’t forget about CHRP!
Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC Partnered)
HRS LOI Draft Deadline – June 12, 2019
Letter of Intent due to CIHR – June 25, 2019

11. How to contact me:
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By phone, x22029 On
In person, MDCL 2238 (Institute for Infectious Diseases Research)
Monthly updates:
Upcoming UD F2F meeting - June