Research Western
Funding Opportunites - Research
Further details regarding this announcement can be found at:
https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=2576&view=currentOpps&org=CIHR&type=EXACT&resultCou
Sponsor/Award: CANADIAN INSTITUTES HEALTH RESEARCH - OPERATING GRANT : INNOVATIVE BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL HIV/AID - 2017 COMPETITION

Grant Amount: $250,000 OVER 18 MONTHS
Deadline: Dean's: Contact your Faculty Research Office for deadline details.
Internal: Feb 21, 2017
Sponsor's: Feb 28, 2017

Subject Areas: HIV/AIDS, Vaccine
Description:

The goal of this funding opportunity is to foster a culture of innovation in Canada by supporting innovative or high-risk biomedical and clinical projects related to preventive and therapeutic vaccines with potential for transformative advances in the area of HIV/AIDS. It will also support the next generation of researchers by funding grant proposals from promising new investigators.

The specific objectives of the funding opportunity are to: Enable new and established investigators to undertake innovative research projects in new areas of investigation or take previous discoveries in new directions; Promote the development and testing of novel research tools and methodologies; and Support high-risk research projects with the potential for high impact, breakthrough and/or transformative advances.

Application Details: Your Application must be submitted using ResearchNet. Scan and upload the signed signature pages including the routing slip in the Print/Upload Signature Pages task in ResearchNet prior to submitting your application. Signatures must be included for all applicants (except Collaborators), and individual(s) with signing authority from the Institution Paid.
NOTE: All Letters of Intent and Full Applications must be processed through Research Development & Services for institutional approval. Requests for Institutional approvals should be received no less than 3 days prior to the posted Sponsor deadline. A ROLA Proposal (bearing applicant, Chair and Dean electronic approvals) is required for each submission.
Western Contacts: Moxey,Laura
Kilianski,Louise
Hancock,Jennifer Anne

Sponsor Contacts:

160 Elgin Street, 9th Floor
Address Locator 4809A
OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada
613 941-2672