Sponsor
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
For More Information
This funding opportunity is anticipated to be launched the week of June 7, 2021.
Please visit the CIHR website [1] for additional information including:
- Program guidelines
- Application forms
- Evaluation criteria
Description
The intent of this funding opportunity is to:
- Support rapid mitigation, as well as to inform policy and the development of approaches to address both recovery and longer-term consequences.
Important dates:
- Program launch: week of June 7, 2021
- Application deadline: week of July 26, 2021
- Funding start date: October 1, 2021
Maximum Project Value
$150,000 per grant for one year.
Special Notes
Please note that research activities carried out in the context of COVID-19 need to adhere to the University of Guelph COVID-19 research principles, policies, guidelines and processes as they may be updated from time to time and communicated on the Office of Research web-page [2].
How to Apply
Preliminary application details:
- Given the importance of engaging with knowledge users to ensure that the most relevant evidence is generated and utilized in a manner designed to maximize impact, a knowledge user must be included as part of the applicant team.
- Application requirements for the Full Application will be outlined in the Funding Opportunity details. [1] Full applications include a proposal (up to 5-pages for English applications and 6-page for French application) and are expected to outline how the application addresses the objective(s) and research area(s).
- Applications will need to include an integrated knowledge translation plan [3] (supplemental to the application page limit) as part of their proposal.