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CIHR Funding Opportunities for Trainees

Simon Fraser University. DOMINIQUE LALONDE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PROGRAM DELIVERY RESEARCH CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT BRANCH DOMINIQUE.LALONDE@CIHR.GC.CA. CIHR Funding Opportunities for Trainees. SEPTEMBER 11, 2008. Today I will talk about …. What is CIHR? CIHR Funding Opportunities Database

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CIHR Funding Opportunities for Trainees

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  1. Simon Fraser University DOMINIQUE LALONDE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, PROGRAM DELIVERY RESEARCH CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT BRANCH DOMINIQUE.LALONDE@CIHR.GC.CA CIHR Funding Opportunities for Trainees SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

  2. Today I will talk about… • What is CIHR? • CIHR Funding Opportunities Database • Training Award Programs • Additional Funding Opportunities for Trainees • Application Process • Including Tips for Award Applicants • Peer Review Process for Awards • Program Statistics • What’s New at CIHR?

  3. What is CIHR?

  4. 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…” • CIHR is: • Government of Canada’s health research funding agency • Supporting the work of 1,000’s of researchers and trainees in universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes across Canada • Developing high-quality people, excellent science and training the next generation of health researchers • Funding research that improves Canadians’ health, health care system and quality of life • Fostering commercialization, moving research discoveries from academic setting to the marketplace

  5. 13 CIHR Institutes Gender and Health Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes Population and Public Health Circulatory and Respiratory Health Cancer Research Aboriginal Peoples’ Health Genetics Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction Human Development, Child and Youth Health Health Services and Policy Research Infection and Immunity Aging

  6. CIHR’s Research Themes • CIHR’s funds a broad spectrum of health research, categorized into four themes: • Biomedical Research • Clinical Research • Health Systems and Services • Population and Public Health (including the social, cultural, environmental and ethical dimensions of health)

  7. Research Capacity Development • Supporting the “Brightest Minds” • Training Students and Postdoctoral Fellows • Individual Trainee Awards, e.g., master’s, doctoral, postdoctoral • Training Grants (STIHR) • Partial or complete support from CIHR research grants • Salary Support for Independent Investigators • New Investigators • Chairs • Support for Collaborative Team Research • Team Grants • Emerging Team Grants

  8. CIHR Funding Opportunities Database

  9. CIHR Funding Opportunities database • http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/780.html • This database: • provides a complete listing of current and archived opportunities • is searchable • can be viewed by Institute, program type, or target applicant

  10. http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/780.html

  11. Option 1-View the complete list of opportunities

  12. Option 2-Search for an opportunity

  13. Option 3-View by program type/Institute/target applicant

  14. Funding Opportunities in General… • June and December • The next announcement of funding opportunities is scheduled for December 2008

  15. Training Award Programs

  16. Health Professional Student Research Awards • This program funds… students enrolled at a Canadian university in an undergraduate health professional program leading to Canadian licensure • $4,251 - $5,961 for a 13-week term • Funding is offered through a voucher process • Allocations are provided to the VP Research Office and are based on the number of health professional degree programs at the university • Applications are forwarded to CIHR by the nominating university • Deadline for applications is February 15

  17. Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) Master’s Awards • This program funds… Master’s students at Canadian universities • Valued at $17,500 per year for one year. • Application quotas are provided to each AUCC member university • Applications are forwarded to CIHR by the nominating university • Direct applications accepted only from students who are not registered at a Canadian university in the Fall semester prior to the CIHR deadline • CIHR Application Deadline for all applications isFebruary 1

  18. Doctoral Awards • Funding is available for… Doctoralstudents in Canada and abroad • Three envelopes of funding… • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (VCGS) • Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral Awards (CGSDA) • CIHR Doctoral Research Awards (CIHR DRA) • Canadian citizens and permanent residents apply directly to CIHR, whereas International students apply through the Canadian university where they plan to pursue their PhD program • CIHR Deadlines for application: • Canadian citizens and permanent residents: October 15, 2008 • International applicants: November 14, 2008

  19. Canada Graduate ScholarshipsForeign Study Supplements (CGS-FSS) • This program funds… existing Canadian CGS Master’s or Doctoral Award recipients that would like to pursue a short research period outside of Canada. In future years, Vanier CGS recipients will also be eligible. • Supplement: up to $6,000 • Term: usually four to six months • CIHR deadline for applications is December 10, 2008

  20. Fellowship Awards • This program funds… trainees with PhD and/or health professional degrees that are proposing research training in Canada or abroad • Stipend per annum: $40,000 to $55,000; depending on the background of the awardee and where the award is held • Research Allowance per annum: $5,000 • Term: up to five years; depending on the intended use of the award • Application Deadlines: October 1 and February 1

  21. Additional Funding Opportunities • Available for Trainees

  22. Priority Announcements • Priority Announcements offer additional sources of funding for highly rated applications that are relevant to specific CIHR research priority areas or mandates. • Candidates may request that their application to a core program be considered for up to three priority announcement research areas per application, in each competition. • For the 2008-09 competition cycle, there will be Priority Announcements competitions for candidates applying to the Master’s Award, Doctoral Research Award and Fellowship programs.

  23. Summer Program in Japan • The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provides graduate students in health research with an eight-week research experience in Japan, an introduction to the science and science policy infrastructure in Japan, and an orientation to the culture and language. CIHR is one of the nominating Canadian authorities for this program. • The first week of the program will be dedicated to an orientation session, including an introduction to the language, culture and research systems of the host country, as well as activities. The following seven weeks (approximately) will be spent working on research activities at the host institution. • Stipend: $3,000 • Term: 8 weeks • CIHR Application Deadline: November 1

  24. Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research (STIHR) • A CIHR Training Program Grant is awarded to a group of excellent mentors/educators, accomplished in health research, who work collaboratively to offer a research training program of defined format and content to a group of trainees. • Potential trainees apply directly to successful Training Programs for program admission and for stipend support. These competitive training opportunities are advertised nationally and internationally. • To date, 87 Training Program Grants have been funded by CIHR and partners for a total of $160 million. • www.stihr.ca

  25. STIHR Objectives • Increase capacity • Recruitment/retention from Canada and abroad • Innovative, transdisciplinary programs • Engage new mentors and educators • Encourage programs that: • Embrace diverse research disciplines and methodologies • Integrate ethical issues • Develop professional skills, e.g., communication, teamwork, leadership • Translate knowledge into practice

  26. The Application Process

  27. CIHR Application Modules • Award programs are in the process of transitioning to an automated application process through the use of ResearchNet  • Until complete, some funding opportunities will continue to require the use of CIHR Webforms with a paper copy submission • Review the How to Apply section of the Funding Opportunity to which you are applying

  28. CIHR CV Module (Common CV) • The CV Module is used for almost all of CIHR grants and awards programs • Access the Common CV Website (www.ccv-cvc.ca) via the Webforms login or via the ResearchNet website (https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca) • The data entered into the Common CV Website will be automatically formatted to fit into the CIHR version of the CV Module when you choose CIHR as the agency to which you are applying.

  29. CIHR Sponsor’s Assessments • If applying to a program using electronic submission via ResearchNet, you will be required to identify sponsors and an e-mail will be sent to them through ResearchNet with forms attached. • Accessible via the List of Forms and Guidelines for Completion section of the CIHR Website or directly on ResearchNet for the programs that have electronic submission. • Candidates should send the link for the applicable Sponsor’s Assessment form to the potential sponsor as they are PDF fillable forms.

  30. Things to consider when applying…

  31. Tips for CIHR Award Applicants • follow instructions exactly • adhere to format guidelines (e.g., font, page limits) • applications MUST be completed using the media specified in the funding opportunity • use the full page allowances • start at least two months before the deadline

  32. Tips for CIHR Award Applicants • Applicants are encouraged to… • work on the research proposal in collaboration with their supervisor/mentor • proofread their application • show the complete application to their supervisor/mentor, peers and other researchers for feedback • Incomplete or late applications will not be accepted: • If you are submitting through ResearchNet, all tasks must be listed as complete in order to be allowed to submit the application successfully. • Do not wait up to the last minute to submit your application via Research-Net.

  33. Tips for CIHR Award Applicants • Common issues with Award Applications: • Missing CV modules: most training award applications require the CIHR CV Module for the candidate and the proposed supervisor(s) • Official transcripts are required…certified copies will not be accepted • Completed Sponsor’s Assessments should be sent to CIHR to meet the application deadline • Ensure all components of the application are completed and included when the application is submitted…incomplete applications are withdrawn from the competition

  34. Useful Links • Current funding opportunities: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/780.html • CIHR funding policy (incl. the Grants & Awards Guide): http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/204.html • CIHR Funding Database of funded research: • http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/826.html • Peer review links: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/820.html • Details about peer review processes: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/23467.html • Peer review committees and mandates: http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/4657.html

  35. Peer Review for Award Programs

  36. Peer Review for Award Programs • Each CIHR award program has a set of peer review committees that are created specifically to review applications for that program: • 2 Master’s Awards committees • 2 Doctoral Research Award (DRA) committees • 5 Fellowships committees • Each set of peer review committees is grouped into committees that review specific themes; generally themes 1 and 2 or 3 and 4, however, there are a few committees that review applications from all themes, i.e., 1 through 4. • Committees for the Master’s Awards, Doctoral Research Awards and Fellowships use a ‘’virtual’’ review process. Reviews are done off-site and submitted to CIHR via ResearchNet.

  37. Review Criteria for Award Programs • The following general criteria are used for evaluating applications for Master’s Awards, Doctoral Research Awards, Fellowships: • Achievements and Activities of the Candidate • Characteristics and Abilities of the Candidate • Research Training Environment

  38. Program Statistics

  39. Master’s AwardsOpen and Strategic Competitions High success rate is due to the pre-selection process completed at the universities. Number of Applications Success Rate

  40. Doctoral Research AwardsOpen and Strategic Competitions STIHR began Additional CGS CGS began Number of Applications Success Rates

  41. FellowshipsOpen and Strategic Competitions STIHR began Number of Applications Success Rates

  42. Theme Analysis of Awards for 2007-2008 • Does not include trainees funded from STIHR and research grants. • Totals may not be equal to sum of parts due to rounding.

  43. CIHR – Building Research Capacity Number of Individuals Supported in 2007-2008 Plus at least 900 Fellows, 1100 Doctoral Students, 1600 Masters’, and 2000 Undergraduates supported by research grants Master’s, • Includes awards that received a CIHR payment or external partner contribution. • The numbers of trainees supported by research grants were derived from 2006-07 Form 300 data as 2007-08 figures • are not available and are considered estimates. • STIHR: The trainees on Training Grants are estimated as “Full Time Equivalents” being paid from these grants. • 2006-2007 STIHR figures were used as 2007-2008 figures are not available.

  44. What’s New at CIHR?

  45. Budget 2008 & CIHR • $34 M increase to base budget • targeted to health needs of northern communities, environment, food and drug safety • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships • Designed to attract the world’s best doctoral students to Canadian universities • Will support 500 top Canadian and international doctoral students (166 offered each year) • $50,000 per year for 3 years • CGS Foreign Study Stipends • Will support up to 250 CGS recipients each year for a period of foreign study • Contribution of up to $6,000 towards expenses

  46. New President • Dr. Alain Beaudet • Montreal physician and neuroscience researcher • Former President of the Quebec government's health research funding agency, the FRSQ • Started July 1

  47. ResearchNet…Current Status ResearchNet Offers a one stop shop for the research community and consolidates processes for submission of applications and peer review. • Where are we now? • From the Awards perspective, the Master’s, Doctoral Awards and Fellowships programs use ResearchNet for the review process and to post decisions • Response to an Offer of Award captured on-line for the Master’s, Doctoral Awards and Fellowships programs • On-line Confirmation of Commencement response for Master’s Awards, Doctoral Awards and Fellowships • eSubmission for Doctoral Award applications since October 2007 competition

  48. ResearchNet…Upcoming • What’s Upcoming? • eSubmission for Fellowship applications for the October 2008 competition is now available • For Master’s Awards, CIHR has been working with Institutions to define requirements for data exchange and develop a process for University approval and access to applications.

  49. If you have questions or comments, please contact… ResearchNet Support support@researchnet-recherchenet.ca (613) 941-9080

  50. Contact the • Research Capacity Development Branch • with your questions…

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