Grants and Contributions

The CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) will provide funding for applications in which the objectives and aims are determined to be largely and directly relevant to the INMD mandate as described below:
o CIHR-INMD supports research to enhance health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions and problems associated with hormone, digestive system, kidney, and liver.
• These grants afford principal investigators an opportunity to resubmit their research proposal without the loss of momentum, staff or trainees.

The CIHR Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (INMD) will provide funding for applications in which the objectives and aims are determined to be largely and directly relevant to the INMD mandate as described below:
o CIHR-INMD supports research to enhance health in relation to diet, digestion, excretion, and metabolism; and to address causes, prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, support systems, and palliation for a wide range of conditions and problems associated with hormone, digestive system, kidney, and liver.
• These grants afford principal investigators an opportunity to resubmit their research proposal without the loss of momentum, staff or trainees.

The Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH) will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the mandate and research priority areas of CIHR-IPPH as described below:

Healthy Cities: Applications must be aligned with CIHR’s Healthy Cities Research Initiative (HCRI) and be focused on population health intervention research and/or implementation science as it relates to urban environments.
Equitable AI: Applications must be aligned with IPPH’s Equitable AI Initiative and focused on exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches or development of AI tools, to address public health challenges and promote health equity (*). IPPH is particularly interested in projects exploring the compounding influences of AI on public health at the intersections of various social determinants of health, including but not limited to sex and gender, race, ethnicity, Indigenous identity, and disability.
Global Health Policy: Applications must be focused on research areas within the mandate of IPPH and must be aligned with CIHR’s definition of global health and with the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research’s Principles for Global Health Research.
* Health Equity: The term ‘health equity’ is used to refer to the belief that “all people can reach their full health potential and should not be disadvantaged from attaining it because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, social class, language and minority status, socio-economic status, or other socially-determined circumstance.”

The Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH) will fund applications that are determined to be relevant to the mandate and research priority areas of CIHR-IPPH as described below:

Healthy Cities: Applications must be aligned with CIHR’s Healthy Cities Research Initiative (HCRI) and be focused on population health intervention research and/or implementation science as it relates to urban environments.
Equitable AI: Applications must be aligned with IPPH’s Equitable AI Initiative and focused on exploring the use of artificial intelligence (AI) approaches or development of AI tools, to address public health challenges and promote health equity (*). IPPH is particularly interested in projects exploring the compounding influences of AI on public health at the intersections of various social determinants of health, including but not limited to sex and gender, race, ethnicity, Indigenous identity, and disability.
Global Health Policy: Applications must be focused on research areas within the mandate of IPPH and must be aligned with CIHR’s definition of global health and with the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research’s Principles for Global Health Research.
* Health Equity: The term ‘health equity’ is used to refer to the belief that “all people can reach their full health potential and should not be disadvantaged from attaining it because of their race, ethnicity, gender, age, social class, language and minority status, socio-economic status, or other socially-determined circumstance.”

• Incorporating sex and gender into health research makes for better science that is more rigorous and more applicable to the needs of everybody. The Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) will provide bridge funding for applications that are relevant to its mandate:
o CIHR-IGH mandate is to foster research excellence regarding the influence of sex and gender on health and to apply these findings to identify and address pressing health challenges facing men, women, girls, boys and gender-diverse people.
• These one (1) year operating grants afford Principal Investigators an opportunity to resubmit their research proposal without the loss of momentum, staff, or trainees.

• Incorporating sex and gender into health research makes for better science that is more rigorous and more applicable to the needs of everybody. The Institute of Gender and Health (IGH) will provide bridge funding for applications that are relevant to its mandate:
o CIHR-IGH mandate is to foster research excellence regarding the influence of sex and gender on health and to apply these findings to identify and address pressing health challenges facing men, women, girls, boys and gender-diverse people.
• These one (1) year operating grants afford Principal Investigators an opportunity to resubmit their research proposal without the loss of momentum, staff, or trainees.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

Research, identify, address and/or share best and wise program and policy practices, and/or critical knowledge gaps, including the collection and management and analysis of high-quality and real-time data, related to addressing the immediate impacts and future consequences of COVID-19, among distinct Indigenous populations, communities and individuals;
Research and enable a comprehensive and timely understanding of the implications and impact of COVID-19, including emerging variants and the long COVID condition, within distinct Indigenous communities, and their relevance for public health, health systems and policy;
Identify, implement, evaluate and/or share culturally safe, distinctions-based and Indigenous-led and/or Indigenous community-led solutions to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, among Indigenous communities;
Accelerate distinctions-based and Indigenous-led and/or Indigenous community-led research and knowledge mobilization activities related to COVID-19 within the context of Indigenous health while supporting Indigenous community capacity development in research and knowledge mobilization; and
Expand or adapt existing programs and infrastructure, in Indigenous communities to support capacity development of Indigenous communities to design, lead, and meaningfully participate in culturally safe responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic and/or future pandemic preparedness.

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:

Research, identify, address and/or share best and wise program and policy practices, and/or critical knowledge gaps, including the collection and management and analysis of high-quality and real-time data, related to addressing the immediate impacts and future consequences of COVID-19, among distinct Indigenous populations, communities and individuals;
Research and enable a comprehensive and timely understanding of the implications and impact of COVID-19, including emerging variants and the long COVID condition, within distinct Indigenous communities, and their relevance for public health, health systems and policy;
Identify, implement, evaluate and/or share culturally safe, distinctions-based and Indigenous-led and/or Indigenous community-led solutions to address the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences, among Indigenous communities;
Accelerate distinctions-based and Indigenous-led and/or Indigenous community-led research and knowledge mobilization activities related to COVID-19 within the context of Indigenous health while supporting Indigenous community capacity development in research and knowledge mobilization; and
Expand or adapt existing programs and infrastructure, in Indigenous communities to support capacity development of Indigenous communities to design, lead, and meaningfully participate in culturally safe responses to the current COVID-19 pandemic and/or future pandemic preparedness.

The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) has a mandate to support innovative research, capacity-building and knowledge translation initiatives designed to improve the way health care services are organized, regulated, managed, financed, paid for, used and delivered, in the interest of improving the health and quality of life of all Canadians. The CIHR-IHSPR also recently launched its Strategic Plan for 2021 to 2026, entitled “Accelerate health system transformation through research to achieve the Quadruple Aim and equity for all”. More information about the strategic plan can be found here.
Funding will be provided for applications that specifically align with IHSPR’s mandate and one or more of the following priority areas:
Models of care that optimize inter-professional collaboration and/or integration of services across sectors and that achieve the Quadruple Aim (namely improved value, improved patient and provider experiences, and better health outcomes), and health equity for all Canadians.
Health care system transformation (i.e., organization, management, funding and delivery of care, health care workforce) in primary, home, and community care.
Organization and delivery of long-term care in Canada. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, innovation in care delivery, health care workforce planning, funding models, and regulatory approaches to assure quality and safety (e.g., legislation, regulation, accreditation).
The health care workforce, including, funding and remuneration, training and support, licensing, accreditation, scopes of practice, interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration, and data systems for planning.
Integration of upstream prevention within health care delivery settings (e.g., primary health care teams) to improve health, health equity and well-being, and addresses the social determinants of health
Implementation and evaluation of virtual care technologies, referral and coordination mechanisms (such as e-referral and e-consult), and remote monitoring solutions, that aim to improve health and patient/provider experience outcomes
Advancing the science (methods, theories, frameworks, measures) of real-world impact in health services and policy research (HSPR), including concepts of impact, pathways to HSPR impact, enablers and barriers of HSPR impact, and strategies to demonstrate and communicate HSPR impact.

The CIHR Institute of Aging Voluntary Sector Knowledge Mobilization Support Grant is a knowledge mobilization award that recognizes and supports up to two exceptional groups working in non-profit and voluntary sector in their knowledge mobilization efforts in the area of aging