Title:
Team Grant: Pan Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium
Agreement Value:
$38,996,933.00
Agreement Date:
Sep 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2025
Description:
The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are to:
• Establish a Pan-Canadian Clinical Trials Consortium that will enhance connections between domestic and international clinical trial networks to create efficiencies of scale and support high quality trials that are designed and sized to maximize their impact;
• Increase the impact of clinical trials through improved research design, increased recruitment, and enhanced clinical trial network capacity in Canada, including through the development and seed funding of new clinical trial networks where there are currently gaps;
• Build clinical trial capacity through training, mentorship, methods development, and information-sharing across member networks and other components of the CTF;
• Maximize research impact and knowledge mobilization¿within and beyond the Consortium to help ensure evidence is integrated in and used to inform health policy, decision making and planning; and
• Advance equitable access¿to clinical trials for Canadians regardless of geography, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status.
Organization:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Expected Results:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.
Location:
Hamilton, Ontario, CA L8N 3Z5
Reference Number:
236-2022-2023-Q3-00622
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Individual or sole proprietorship
Recipient's Legal Name:
Devereaux, Philip J
Research Organization:
McMaster University
Program:
Research in Priority Areas
Program Purpose:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.