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Description
The New Investigator Salary Award program is designed to provide outstanding New Investigators the opportunity to develop and demonstrate their independence in initiating and conducting health research through provision of a contribution to their salary. A New Investigator is defined as a researcher who has held a full time research appointment for a period of 0 to 60 months as of the September competition deadline.
Priority Announcements on New Investigator Salary Award competitions offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas or mandates.
Funds Available
CIHR's contribution to the amount available for this initiative is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them.
Funds Available for Research in All Areas:
Funds are available for applications in all areas of research that address any important health problem or issue through the September 2007 (2007-09) competition of the New Investigator Salary Award: 2007-2008 program.
Funds Available for Research in Specific Areas:
In this competition, funds are available to encourage and support applications in specific areas that are aligned with CIHR's research priority areas and mandates. Information on the research areas to be funded as well as the maximum amounts per grant that can be requested is found in the "Objectives" section.
A. CIHR Research Priority Areas
- Aging
- Chiropractic Research (Small Health Organization Partnership Program)
- Clinical Research
- Gender and Health
- Health Services, Knowledge Translation, and Ethics Research in Reproductive and Child Health
- HIV/AIDS
- Hypertension
- Knowledge Translation
- Transfusion Science
- Women's Health
B. Prizes in CIHR Research Priority Areas
- Canada's Premier Young Researcher (Prize)
- Schizophrenia (Prize)
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Objectives
The specific objective of the New Investigator Salary Award Priority Announcement (Specific Research Areas) is to offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas and mandates.
A. CIHR Research Priority Areas
1. Aging. The CIHR Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) will fund applications that are determined to be relevant1 to the research priority areas described below:
(Updated: 2007-09-12)
Note: In completing the full application on ResearchNet, when you select either of the above research priority areas you will be required to attach an additional one page document explaining how the priority areas are addressed by your research proposal. If you do not require additional space to explain the relevance of your proposal to the research priorities, please copy the information you have entered in the “relevance description” field onto an additional page and attach it to your application.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years. CIHR anticipates that approximately two awards will be funded through this competition.
The CIHR-IA will also award to the highest ranked applicant a travel allowance supplement valued at a maximum of $5,000 through the CIHR-IA Recognition Prize in Research on Aging.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Gwendoline Simard, Associate, Strategic Initiatives, CIHR-IA
Telephone: 613-946-1270
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: gsimard@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
2. Chiropractic Research. CIHR through the Small Health Organization Partnership Program (SHOPP), in partnership with the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation (CCRF), will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the research priority areas described below:
- Chiropractic, manipulation, spine, arthritis, disc, degenerative, regenerative, disability, injury, health care, biomechanics, neurophysiology, musculoskeletal, population health, aging.
More information on the research priorities of the Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation can be found on their website.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years. CIHR anticipates that approximately three awards will be funded through this competition.
Additional Requirements:
- CCRF will not pay for parental leave but agrees to extend the term of the award by the duration of the leave.
- Title of the awards will be New Investigator/Chiropractic Research Chair.
- The candidate must hold a health professional degree (doctor of chiropractic degree) and an active license in a Canadian jurisdiction. The candidate must hold a PhD degree or be in the final year of a PhD program. The candidate must hold a faculty appointment at the rank of assistant professor in a Canadian university at the time of taking up the award. The award is tenable only in a Canadian university or a research institute or hospital in Canada affiliated with a Canadian university.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Rosa Venuta, Senior Advisor, Partnerships, CIHR
Telephone: 613-941-1006
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: rvenuta@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
3. Clinical Research. The CIHR Clinical Research Initiative will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the research priority areas described below:
This priority announcement is directed to qualified health care professionals3 who are also prepared to conduct clinical research (i.e. who function as career scientists with additional blocks of time also committed for clinical practice and education). In addition, it is strongly recommended that the candidate's supervisor or co-supervisor profile meet the "clinical research mentor4" requirement.
More information on the research priorities of the CIHR Clinical Research Initiative can be found on their website.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years. CIHR anticipates that approximately three awards will be funded through this competition.
Additional Requirements:
- The relevance form must address training environment and clinical research mentor profile.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Julie Senécal, Team Lead, Clinical Research Initiative, CIHR
Telephone: 613-941-0057
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: jsenecal@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
4. Gender and Health. The CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH) will fund applications that respond to the objectives of the initiative and that are relevant to one or more research priority areas described below:
- Access and equity for vulnerable populations, including violence and health, health equity, and access to health-related services
- Promoting health in the context of chronic and infectious conditions and disabilities;
- Gender and health across the lifespan, including child and youth health, healthy aging, work, leisure and health, caregiving, reproductive and sexual health;
- Promoting positive health behaviours and preventing addictions;
- Gender and physical and social environments
The specific objectives of this initiative are: 1) To enable New Investigators across disciplines to generate new knowledge and outstanding research regarding gender, sex and health and the Institute of Gender and Health research priorities; and 2) to enhance research capacity in the Institute of Gender and Health mandate and research priorities through the funding of excellent researchers across disciplines.
More information on the mandate and research priorities of CIHR-IGH can be found on their website.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years.
Additional Requirements:
- This award is non-renewable.
- Applications deemed relevant to this priority announcement, which are funded in the CIHR New Investigator Salary Award competition or through this priority announcement will be designated "CIHR Gender and Health New Investigator Award."
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Louise Robert Associate Scientific Director, CIHR-IGH
Telephone: 613- 954-0616
Fax: 613- 954-1800
Email: lrobert@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
5. Health Services, Knowledge Translation, and Ethics Research in Reproductive and Child Health. The CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (CIHR-IHDCYH) will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to its research priority areas, as indicated below:
The objective of this Priority Announcement is to foster and augment capacity in the area of health services, knowledge translation, and ethics research in reproductive and child health. By providing salary support to new investigators in these key strategic areas, IHDCYH hopes to create and apply new knowledge, thereby improving the health and health services of mothers and children in Canada and throughout the world. Allied health professionals are encouraged to apply.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years. CIHR-IHDCYH anticipates that one award will be funded through this competition.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Anne-Cécile Desfaits, PhD, Assistant Director, CIHR-IHDCYH
Telephone: 514-412-4414
Fax: 514-412-4253
Email: adesfaits@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
6. HIV/AIDS. The CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity HIV/AIDS Research Initiative will fund applications that are determined to be relevant5 to the research priority areas described below:
- Health systems, services and policy
- Resilience, vulnerability and determinants of health
- Prevention technologies and interventions
- Drug development, toxicities and resistance
- Pathogenesis
- Issues of co-infection
More information on the research priorities of the HIV/AIDS Research Initiative can be found on the Institute of Infection and Immunity website. Research in the priority areas described above that focuses on at risk populations including people living with HIV/AIDS, men who have sex with men, injection drug users, Aboriginal Peoples, prison inmates, youth at risk, women at risk and people from countries where HIV is endemic, is encouraged.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years. CIHR anticipates that approximately two awards will be funded through this competition.
Additional Requirements:
- Applications to the HIV/AIDS Research Initiative are sought in two distinct funding streams - Biomedical/Clinical Research and Health Services/Population Health Research. Although projects which display a multidisciplinary approach across all four research pillars are strongly encouraged and accepted, applicants must clearly indicate the most relevant funding stream in the relevance field of their ResearchNet application.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Jennifer Ralph, Program Officer, HIV/AIDS Research Initiative
Telephone: 613-941-4464
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: jralph@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
7. Hypertension. The CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), in partnership with the Canadian Hypertension Society (CHS), will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the research priority area described below:
- All aspects of hypertension research (e.g. biomedical, clinical, health services and social, cultural, environmental; and population and public health).
More information on the research priorities of Canadian Hypertension Society can be found on their website.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to three years. The CIHR-ICRH anticipates that one award will be funded through this competition.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Christine Lavictoire, Project Manager, CIHR-ICRH
Telephone: 613-941-4342
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: clavictoire@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
8. Knowledge Translation. CIHR will fund applications that are determined to be relevant6 to Knowledge Translation (KT), as described below:
- Research programs in knowledge translation science (implementation science).7
It is expected that this targeted investment will lead to a better understanding of concepts and theories that underlie effective Knowledge Translation. Knowledge translation is the exchange, synthesis and ethically-sound application of knowledge - within a complex system of interactions among researchers and users - to accelerate the capture of the benefits of research for Canadians through improved health, more effective services and products, and a strengthened health care system.
More information on the research priorities of the CIHR Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange Branch can be found on their website.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years. CIHR anticipates that one award will be funded through this competition.
Additional Information:
- Applications deemed relevant to this priority announcement, which are funded in the CIHR New Investigator competition or through this priority announcement will be named "CIHR Knowledge Translation New Investigator Award."
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Leah Jurkovic
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange Branch
Telephone: 613-941-0805
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: ljurkovic@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
9. Transfusion Science. The CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH), in partnership with Canadian Blood Services (CBS), will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the research priority area described below:
More information on the research priorities of Canadian Blood Services can be found on their website.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to three years. The CIHR-ICRH anticipates that one award will be funded through this competition.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Christine Lavictoire, Project Manager, CIHR-ICRH
Telephone: 613-941-4342
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: clavictoire@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
10. Women's Health. The Ontario Women's Health Council (OWHC) in partnership with the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH) will fund applications that respond to the objectives of the initiative and that are relevant8 to one or more research priority areas described below:
- Access and equity for vulnerable populations, including violence and health, health equity, and access to health-related services
- Promoting health in the context of chronic and infectious conditions and disabilities;
- Gender and health across the lifespan, including child and youth health, healthy aging, work, leisure and health, caregiving, reproductive and sexual health;
- Promoting positive health behaviours and preventing addictions;
- Gender and physical and social environments
The specific objectives of this initiative are: 1) To support highly qualified candidates who meet the eligibility requirements in extending their research experience by engaging in women's health research training at institutions in Ontario; and 2) To build capacity to conduct research in women's health as defined by the Council, viz.: Women's health involves women's emotional, social, cultural, spiritual and physical well-being, and is determined by the social, political and economic context of women's lives, as well as by biology. It is defined by, and recognizes the validity of, women's perceptions and life experiences of health and illness, the values and knowledge of women, and the role of women both as users and providers of health care.
More information on the research priorities of CIHR-IGH can be found on their website.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to five years. The total amount available for this initiative is up to $1,000,000 to be dispersed over several years (total to be split between the IGH-OWHC Doctoral Research Awards and Master's Awards Programs, as per need and demand in each program).
Additional Requirements:
- This award is non-renewable.
- The award must be held in Canada.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Louise Robert Associate Scientific Director, CIHR-IGH
Telephone: 613-954-0616
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: lrobert@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
B. Prizes in CIHR Research Priority Areas
11. Canada's Premier Young Researcher (Prize). The Peter Lougheed/CIHR New Investigator Award: Canada's Premier Young Researcher will provide a top-up to the award of the highest ranked candidate in the CIHR New Investigator Salary Award competition.
The maximum amount awarded for a single award in the CIHR New Investigator Salary Award: 2007-2008 competition is $60,000 per annum for up to 5 years. The Peter Lougheed/CIHR New Investigator Award: Canada's Premier Young Researcher top-up award consists of a research allowance of a value of $100,000 for the first year of the award and $75,000 for the second and third year of the award. CIHR anticipates that one top-up award will be funded through this competition.
Additional Information:
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Annik Pilon-Lefebvre, Program Delivery Officer
Research Capacity Development
Telephone: 613-954-1813
Fax: 613-954-18000
Email: apilon@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
12. Schizophrenia (Prize). In 1993, Dr. Michael Smith, who received the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1993 for his discovery and development of a crucial technique, known as site-directed mutagenesis, used in genetic engineering. His discovery enabled researchers to gain enormous insights into the structure and function of genes and proteins. Throughout his career, Dr. Smith strongly encouraged young people to pursue science as a career, and he has used his prize to promote science, encourage women to pursue interests in science and support research on severe mental illnesses, especially schizophrenia. To honor Dr. Smith's scientific accomplishments and his lifelong promotion of science, CIHR offers a New Investigator Salary Award in his name (CIHR Michael New Investigator Award for Research in Schizophrenia).
To be considered eligible for this award, the application must be relevant to the research priority areas described below:
- genetics, molecular genetics, imaging and biochemistry of the central nervous system with application to schizophrenia
The maximum amount awarded for a single award is $60,000 per annum for up to 5 years. One award will be funded through this competition.
Additional Information:
- The recipient of the award will be the top ranked schizophrenia researcher as identified through the results of the September 2007 (2007-09) competition of the CIHR New Investigator Salary Award: 2007-2008 program.
For questions about this initiative and research objectives contact:
Adrian Mota, Program Delivery Coordinator, Research Capacity Development, CIHR
Telephone: 613-946-0088
Fax: 613-954-18000
Email: amota@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
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Eligibility
Eligibility criteria for all CIHR research funding programs apply. The business office of the institution of an eligible Nominated Principal Applicant generally administers CIHR funds. Please refer to the Eligibility Requirements for CIHR Grants and Awards regarding the eligibility requirements for individuals and institutions.
Specific to CIHR salary awards, please refer to the General Guidelines for Salary Programs.
In order to increase capacity and allow as many researchers as possible to benefit from federal, peer-reviewed funding, individuals may not hold concurrently a CIHR salary award and another federally funded salary award, for example, a Canada Research Chair. Current Canada Research Chair holders are not eligible to apply for a CIHR salary award.
Individuals may only apply to one CIHR salary award competition in the same year (September 1 to August 31).
Candidates must:
- hold a health professional degree or a PhD degree;
- have shown promise of attaining competence as an independent investigator;
- not be registered for a higher degree during the tenure of the award;
- hold, or have a formal documented commitment to, an appointment as an independent investigator at the time of application;
- hold an appointment as an independent investigator at the time of taking up the award, and throughout the term of the award;
- have held a full time research appointment (e.g., faculty appointment providing eligibility to apply for grants and/or supervise trainees), for a period of 0 to 60 months as of the competition deadline (i.e. September 15). Time spent in research appointments in a non-academic setting (e.g., industry, government) count towards the 60-month limit if the candidate has been actively engaged in research, as demonstrated by the candidate's publication record, and the candidate was not considered to be in training (e.g., as a student or postdoctoral fellow).
- have a written commitment from the Institution, via letter from the Dean of Faculty or Research Director which accompanies the application, committing to:
- Institutional support of an appointment or pending appointment;
- a minimum of at least 75% protected research time for the duration of the award; and,
- details of the appointment, including teaching load, clinical and administrative duties, lab/office space, start up funds, etc.
- hold peer-reviewed operating funds as a principal investigator as of the earliest possible start date for the New Investigator award (i.e., the July 1 following the September application deadline). If the applicant does not meet this condition, it is mandatory to seek grant support in one of the following ways:
- by submitting an operating grant application to the CIHR September 15 Operating Grant competition. The research project must be the same in both the new investigator application and the operating grant application;
- by submitting an application in response to a CIHR funding opportunity (see Note 1 below) for which the application is similar in nature to an operating grant application and which has an application deadline in the period July 1 to October 1 of the year of application to the New Investigator Award and with peer review completed by January 31; or,
- by submitting a Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) Outline (see Note 1 below) with peer review completed by January 31.
Notes:
- In the event that you are responding to a funding opportunity or submitting an RCT Outline, you must inform the CIHR staff responsible for the New Investigator Program before the September New Investigator application deadline. Applicants considering submitting an RCT Outline are required to consult CIHR RCT staff and to familiarize themselves with the RCT specific guidelines and instructions, which are fully described in Randomized Controlled Trials.
- This requirement of applying for a grant is not applicable to candidates applying through the Industry-Partnered Programs. Applicants to Industry-Partnered Programs should refer to the General Guidelines for Industry Partnered Programs.
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Guidelines
This program will follow the CIHR General Grants and Awards Policies. Applicants are encouraged to demonstrate the use of Gender and Sex-Based Analysis in applications.
Allowable Costs
- CIHR's contribution to the investigator's salary is $60,000 per annum (including fringe benefits), for a maximum of five years.
- Research Allowance: If an applicant is successful through the New Investigator Salary Award competition but is not successful in obtaining $50,000 in peer reviewed operating grant funding, the awardee is eligible to apply for a research allowance that would bring their total level of operating support, from all peer reviewed sources, to $50,000 per annum for up to five years, subject to annual review. Candidates must apply to CIHR to be considered for this research allowance. Candidates who would like to be considered for top-up funding should contact the Research Capacity Development Branch (by phone: 613-954-1960 or email: NewInvestigtors@cihr-irsc.gc.ca) for detailed application information. The annual deadline for receipt of top-up funding requests is July 1st.
- In order to be considered eligible for this research allowance, the awardee must submit an application for operating support, as a principal investigator, to a funding agency with an external peer review process, within the 12 months preceding the July 1 deadline of the request for a research allowance.
- This top-up funding is not applicable to Industry-Partnered Program awards and may not be applicable to awards funded through Request for Applications (RFAs) and Priority Announcements. Please see the relevant program descriptions for details.
- For the research allowance, awardees should review the Use of Grant Funds section of the Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) Financial Administration Guide for a complete listing and description of allowable costs and activities.
Conditions of Funding
All conditions specified in CIHR General Grants and Awards Policies shall apply to applications funded through this funding opportunity. Conditions cover areas such as Applicant and Institutional Responsibilities, Ethics, Official languages policy, Access to Information and Privacy Acts, and Acknowledgement of CIHR's Support. Successful applicants will be informed of any special financial conditions prior to the release of funds or when they receive CIHR's Authorization for Funding (AFF) document.
Awardees are expected to:
- devote at least 75% of their time to research. They may engage in teaching and consultation to a limited extent, and there is no restriction on the time they spend in the supervision of research trainees. Consultations in a clinical field should be related to the awardee's research and be undertaken with the agreement of the Head of the Department and the Dean of Faculty or Research Director.
- have read and agree to the communication requirements.
- accept the award within 2 months of the date of offer. The award may commence on the first day of any month between the July 1 following the date of offer and March 1 of the following year.
Access to Information Act and Privacy Act, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
All personal information collected by CIHR about applicants is used to review applications, to recruit reviewers, to administer and monitor grants and awards, to compile statistics, and to promote and support health research in Canada. Consistent with these purposes, applicants should also expect that information collected by CIHR may be shared as described in Use and Disclosure of Personal Information Provided to CIHR for Peer Review.
CIHR as a federal entity is subject to the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, therefore the requirements of these two statutes will apply to all information located in CIHR's premises including, without limitation, cost-sharing agreements related to this funding opportunity and all matters pertaining thereto.
While respecting the application of the Privacy Act to federal entities, all signing parties involved in a collaborative agreement will also be bound by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). All personal information (as identified by the PIPEDA) collected, used or disclosed in the course of any commercial activity under collaborative agreements related to the Funding opportunity will be collected, used and disclosed in compliance with the PIPEDA.
Communication Requirements
In addition to following the policies relating to Public Communication and Acknowledgement of CIHR's Support, award recipients will also be required to adhere to special branding requirements as a condition of receiving a CIHR Salary Support Award. The official Award name is "CIHR New Investigator Salary Award in (area of research)." In cases where there is another major funding partner a shared title should be considered. The format of a shared title is "CIHR/(partner name) New Investigator Salary Award in (area of research)." The Award name must be used in all communication and promotion relating to the CIHR Salary Support Awards. An award name must be proposed as part of the application for a CIHR New Investigator Salary Award. Successful applicants and their host institutions will be required to agree in writing to proper use of the award name as well as the CIHR (and applicable partners) logo(s) on appropriate communications materials such as brochures, letterhead, publications and media materials. Recognition guidelines, including instructions on logo use, will be provided to successful applicants as part of the approval package.
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Performance Measurement
CIHR is committed to demonstrating results to Canadians for the money invested in health research. Therefore, processes for monitoring progress and appropriate use of funds, as well as for performance measurement and program evaluation are in place. As a result, funding recipients must:
- contribute to the monitoring, review and evaluation of CIHR's programs, policies and processes by participating in evaluation studies, surveys, workshops, audits and providing data or reports as required for the purpose of collecting information to assess progress and results;
- encourage their associates, trainees and administration to participate in the monitoring, review and evaluation of CIHR's programs, policies and processes as required.
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Review Process and Evaluation
Relevance Review
A. CIHR Research Priority Areas:
CIHR and partner organizations will provide funding for applications that are relevant to (in alignment with) the objectives and research priority areas described under "CIHR Research Priority Areas" within the "Objectives" section.
Relevance of the applications to the research priorities will be determined in the following manner.
Prior to peer review, CIHR and the partner organizations will review applications to determine the relevance, or alignment, of the research proposed to the research priority area(s) described above.
To conduct relevance review, these representatives will have access to a completed relevance form in addition to anonymized project titles and summaries, provided that applicants have consented to the sharing of information in consideration for other funding opportunities as well as to the sharing of information to observers in completing their ResearchNet application.
Upon completion of peer review, the CIHR and the partner organizations will receive the ratings, rankings and peer review committee recommendations on funding level and grant or award term for those applications that 1) are found to be relevant to the specific objectives of the research initiative and the research priority areas described under "CIHR Research Priority Areas"; and 2) are rated within the CIHR fundable range but are not funded through the regular CIHR competition to which they were submitted. These applications will be funded from the top down in order of ranking as far as budgets will allow. Applications that receive a ranking below 3.5 will not be funded.
Applications deemed relevant to a priority announcement, which are funded in the regular CIHR New Investigator competition or through a priority announcement will be named "New Investigator in the area of [specific research area] research" (e.g., "New Investigator in the area of aging research").
Peer review committees will not be informed of applications submitted for funding through this announcement.
B. Prizes in CIHR Research Priority Areas:
Upon completion of peer review, representatives of CIHR and/or partner organizations will receive an anonymized ranking list, funding level and peer review committee recommendations on grant term for all applications 1) that are funded in the regular CIHR New Investigator competition(s); and 2) that are identified as relevant through a keyword search. This information will be used to conduct relevance review when required and to determine the recipient(s) of the prize(s). These applications will be selected from the top down in order of ranking as far as budgets will allow. Applications that receive a rating below the regular CIHR New Investigator competition cut-off will not be considered for prizes.
Peer review committees will not be informed of applications submitted for funding through this announcement.
Peer Review
A CIHR peer review committee will evaluate the applications. Committee members are selected based on suggestions from many sources following CIHR's Policy on Confidentiality, Conflict of Interest and Privacy Issues in Peer and Relevance Review (CCIP). For information on CIHR's peer review process in general, see the Peer Review section of CIHR's website.
Evaluation Criteria
Peer review will be conducted in accordance with the CIHR Peer Review Process - Policies and Responsibilities of Grants Committee Members.
The following standard criteria for evaluating applications will apply:
- Applicant Track Record
- Research Proposal
- Environment and Support
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How to Apply
Applications are submitted through the September 2007 (2007-09) competition of the New Investigator Salary Award: 2007-2008 program. The application instructions are outlined in the "How to Apply" section of the CIHR New Investigator Salary Award: 2007-2008 program.
Please note that all applicants to the CIHR New Investigator Salary Award Program are now required to submit their Registrations and Full Applications electronically using ResearchNet.
Additional Instructions
A. CIHR Research Priority Areas:
Priority announcements for research in specific CIHR priority areas are listed in the "Objectives" section of this funding opportunity, under "CIHR Research Priority Areas."
To apply for funding through these priority announcements, select the priority announcement title and relevant research area(s) addressed by your New Investigator Salary Award research proposal in the "Identify Priority Announcements and Relevant Research Area" section of your ResearchNet application.
You may request that your application be considered for up to three priority announcement research areas per application, in each New Investigator Salary Award competition.
B. Prizes in CIHR Research Priority Areas:
Priority Announcement prizes are listed in the "Objectives" section of this funding opportunity.
Your application will automatically be entered into Priority Announcement prize competitions. Refer to the "Review Process and Evaluation Criteria" above for further details. Consideration for funding through priority announcements prizes is in addition to consideration for priority announcement funding in specific research priority areas.
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Contact Information
For questions on CIHR funding guidelines, how to apply, and the peer review process contact:
Adrian Mota
Program Delivery Coordinator
Research Capacity Development
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-946-0088
Email: amota@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your ResearchNet account or the e-Submission process contact:
CIHR ResearchNet Support
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-941-9080
Email: support@researchnet-recherchenet.ca
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Additional Information
- Aging. CIHR-IA will evaluate for relevance using the following criteria which must be addressed in separate paragraphs within the relevance field of your ResearchNet application. You may upload one additional page to the relevance field of your ResearchNet application if necessary.
- Criterion #1: Extent to which the proposal addresses one or more of the five IA relevant research areas;
- Criterion #2: Extent to which the research and research design address issues of aging and/or the aged are essential elements of the research objectives, hypotheses and analyses (e.g., dynamics of aging, age-relevant models and/or aged subjects; uniqueness of aging or aged population).
- Clinical Research. Clinical research is that part of the continuum of health research which is conducted on humans or on materials, specimens, or data derived from humans and populations with a focus on:
- Mechanisms of human health and disease;
- Bench to bedside to bench research;
- Clinical Trials and observational studies of prevention and therapy and;
- Clinical Epidemiological studies.
In addition, clinical research may utilize the methods of health care services/systems research and population health research as they relate to clinical encounters.
- Clinical Research. Audiologist/Speech-language Pathologist, Chiropodist/Podiatrist, Chiropractor, Dentist/Dental Surgeon, Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist, Medical Laboratory Technologist, Medical Radiation Technologist, Midwife, Naturopath, Occupational Therapist, Optometrist, Pharmacist, Physician/Surgeon, Physiotherapist, Psychologist, Registered Nurse, Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Respiratory Therapy, Social Worker, Veterinarian, etc.
- Clinical Research. Clinical research mentor (supervisor or co-supervisor):
- Must have a proven "track record" as a principal investigator in clinical research;
- Must have a proven track record in training graduate students;
- Can provide the candidate with a fertile environment that is conducive to training in clinical research.
- HIV/AIDS. The following criteria will be used in conducting the relevance review: The primary research focus must be HIV/AIDS; the research must focus on one or more of the identified relevant research areas.
- Knowledge Translation. The following criteria will be used in conducting the relevance review:
- Support KT Research: Advancing research related to the use of health-related knowledge across the various levels of decision-making in the health system;
- Building KT Networks: Developing and sustaining a broad range of researchers and individuals involved in the exchange and use of health-related knowledge;
- Support Excellence in KT: Developing and sustaining innovative environments that enable and catalyze the effective use of health knowledge.
- Knowledge Translation. Examples of research that might be conducted are the following: Advancing the theory and methods for accelerating the uptake and use of knowledge and evidence in health fields and studying: approaches for developing KT interventions; the determinants of knowledge/research use; the effectiveness of interventions to improve the application of knowledge and research knowledge. These examples are not intended to be exhaustive and there is no intent to imply that applications in these research areas would be more successful than those in other research areas.
- Women's Health. The following criteria will be used in conducting the relevance review. These must be addressed in separate paragraphs on the relevance form.
- Extent to which the proposed research relates to women's health.
- Location of proposed research at Ontario Institution.
- Relevance of proposal to the strategic interests of partners as identified in the 'Objectives' section.
- Relevance of proposal to the mandates and/or strategic priorities of the OWHC and IGH.
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