Project Grant
Funds flagship Canadian health investigator grants for biomedical research to strengthen real-world implementation.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant is the agency's flagship investigator-initiated funding mechanism, supporting health research at any career stage across all four pillars: biomedical, clinical, health systems and services, and population health. CIHR disburses approximately CAD $1 billion annually in grants and awards, with the Project Grant program representing its …
All health research areas — biomedical, clinical, health systems and services, population health.
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