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Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34309.html
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Sponsor/Award: |
CANADIAN INSTITUTE HEALTH RESEARCH - CATALYST GRANT - POST MARKE DRUG SAFTEY & EFFECTIVENESS-2009 FALL COMPETITION |
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Grant Amount: |
UPTO $100,000 FOR ONE YEAR |
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Deadline: |
Dean's: Oct 16, 2009
Internal: Oct 23, 2009
Sponsor's: Oct 30, 2009
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Subject Areas: |
Real-world Applications, Drug Delivery Systems, Health Research, Drug Policy, Drug Safety, Drug Effectiveness |
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Description: |
The CIHR Catalyst Grant program provides seed money, on a short-term basis, to support health research activities which represent a first step towards the pursuit of more comprehensive funding opportunities. This funding opportunity is intended to provide one year of support for research projects that address gaps in knowledge concerning real-world drug safety and effectiveness in which research evidence is generally understood to be lacking.
It has been long recognized that there are significant gaps in the research to make evidence-based decisions with respect to the safety and effectiveness of drug products across the Canadian healthcare system. It is also understood that investigator driven research does not always align with the information needs of decision makers. Decision makers often need new information within relatively short periods of time and efforts are needed to improve the utility of research to support evidence-based decision making. In order to increase the evidence currently available to decision makers, CIHR is launching this Catalyst Grant to fund research on the post market safety and effectiveness of drugs used in the "real world". |
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Application Details: |
Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) will not be considered through this program. For projects of a high risk nature, the potential for great scientific gain should offset the risk of failure. There should be minimal or no overlap with other funded work. Separate funding pools have been established to ensure that at least one meritorious application is funded in each of the eight relevant research areas. Applications will be funded within each pool in rank order according to the specifications in the relevant research areas section.
Each of the relevant research areas contains one or more topics for investigation and applications must focus on a single topic. Applicants are invited to submit more than one application to this funding opportunity provided that each application addresses a different topic.
If after peer review there are an insufficient number of applications deemed fundable within a pool, unspent funds will be re-allocated to a general pool. The general pool will consist of the remaining topics from the relevant research areas; topics already funded will not be included in the general pool. Funds will be allocated in rank order within the general pool for no more than one application responding to any of the remaining topics until exhausted.INDIRECT COSTS ARE NOT SUPPORTED BY THIS PROGRAM |
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NOTE: Letters of Intent and Full Applications are to be processed through Research Development Services for institutional signatures, and are to be accompanied by a completed RDAF form (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean signatures). Requests for Institutional signatures should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. |
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Western Contacts: |
Russelo,Theresa M
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Sponsor Contacts: |
JOHANNE.LAPOINTE@CHIR-IRS.GC.CA
160 Elgin Street, 9th Floor
Address Locator 4809A
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 941-2672
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