Grants and Contributions

The objectives of this funding opportunity are to:
1. Support Canadian registered charities or non-profit organizations with work in the area of aging in the mobilization and dissemination of knowledge to those who would benefit from being better informed Areas must be relevant to at least one of the CIHR Institute of Aging’s Strategic Research Directions.
2. Enhance the impact of available knowledge concerning the area of aging.

• The CIHR Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (CIHR-ICRH) will provide funding for applications determined to be specifically relevant to the CIHR-ICRH broad mandate and to support research and the development of research capacity in the areas of circulatory and respiratory health including disease mechanisms, disease prevention, management and treatment, health systems and policies, and health promotion through public policy.
• More information on the CIHR-ICRH mandate and strategic priorities can be found on their website.
• Applications that address health equity, sex and gender and/or Indigenous health and wellness issues in any of the research priority areas are encouraged.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

• Support the growth of emerging research foci and priorities that have the potential to advance the health and well-being of youth in Canada,
• Support the development of collaboration, both within the research community, as well as with knowledge users, policy makers and other key partners, including youth, that will enhance interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approaches to research and knowledge mobilization, and,
• Build capacity, both in terms of the researcher career pathway, and the engagement of youth throughout the research process to enhance youth health research.

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is:

• To catalyze and support research efforts of Canadian researchers to use the available CLSA data in order to better understand how biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and/or economic aspects of people’s lives have an impact on both maintaining health and the development of disease and disability as people age.

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is:

• To catalyze and support research efforts of Canadian researchers to use the available CLSA data in order to better understand how biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and/or economic aspects of people’s lives have an impact on both maintaining health and the development of disease and disability as people age.

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is:

• To catalyze and support research efforts of Canadian researchers to use the available CLSA data in order to better understand how biological, medical, psychological, social, lifestyle and/or economic aspects of people’s lives have an impact on both maintaining health and the development of disease and disability as people age.

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is to:

• Create new knowledge through the analysis of existing cohorts, data platforms and/or administrative datasets specific to human development, child, and/or youth health and in turn improve health outcomes and inform population and public health decision-making.

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is to:

• Create new knowledge through the analysis of existing cohorts, data platforms and/or administrative datasets specific to human development, child, and/or youth health and in turn improve health outcomes and inform population and public health decision-making.

• This prize was established to honour the past Scientific Director of the Institute of Aging, Yves Joanette, for his outstanding contributions to the area of research on aging in Canada and Internationally.
• This prize will be given annually to the highest-ranking funded project in the Project Grant competition that is relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s areas as outlined in the CIHR IA Strategic Plan 2023-2028: Reframing Aging Empowering Older Adults.
• This prize is a supplemental grant to support research and has to be used according to the CIHR Grants and Awards Guide. The prize is not a personal award and is non-renewable.
• More information on the research priorities of CIHR-IA can be found on their website.

The CIHR Institute of Aging (CIHR-IA) will fund applications that are relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s Strategic Directions as outlined in the CIHR IA Strategic Plan 2023-2028: Reframing Aging Empowering Older Adults.