BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

The CIHR HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research (CBR) Program assists community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations and institutions in developing the knowledge necessary to carry out their HIV/AIDS work in the most effective manner, and in creating expertise within these communities to conduct their own research. The aim of this Collaborative Centres of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research funding opportunity is to build HIV/AIDS CBR capacity across Canada, to create new and maintain existing partnerships between community and academia, and to foster the development of new HIV/AIDS CBR projects and applications for funding.

CIHR integrates research through a unique interdisciplinary structure made up of 13 virtual Institutes. The Institutes are networks of researchers and stakeholders brought together to focus on important health problems, with each Institute dedicated to a specific area of focus, linking and supporting researchers pursuing common goals. One of the mechanisms for the Institutes to achieve their mandates is the Institute Community Support (ICS) Program. The ICS Program is designed to foster community development by providing grants and awards to individuals and organizations for the purposes of:
- Aiding research and knowledge translation activities where the circumstances fall outside of CIHR’s current suite of funding programs.
- Supporting individuals and organizations whose goals are consistent with CIHR and its Institutes’ vision, mandate and strategic directions.
Deadline: Various

In this competition, funds are available to encourage and support applications in specific areas that are aligned with CIHR’s research priority areas and mandates. Information on the research areas to be funded as well as the maximum amounts per grant that can be requested is found in the "Objectives" section.

The specific objective of this funding opportunity is to support events/activities that contribute to the dissemination, exchange and uptake of research evidence.
Events/activities may focus on, but are not limited to, the following:
- Education of groups such as patients, health professionals, community organizations, policy-makers, the general public;
- Education of stakeholders regarding partnership best practices;
- Knowledge dissemination that will inform practice, clinical care, policy and decision making;
- Dissemination and/or discussion of research findings at scientific meetings, workshops, conferences, congresses or symposia.

CIHR’s mandate is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system. CIHR recognizes that an important part of this process is the planning required to build active and meaningful collaborations and/or effectively scan and understand the health research landscape before embarking on a grant application.

This Catalyst Grant: Pilot Projects in Aging is being offered to encourage and stimulate new and established investigators to undertake new, high priority research challenges in the field of aging. It is expected that this targeted investment will enable researchers to generate preliminary data, validate methodology or tools, and/or explore novel (high risk) research ideas towards enhancing the success of subsequent applications to the CIHR open and strategic competitions focused on priority areas in aging.

The CIHR HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Program assists community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations and institutions in developing the knowledge necessary to carry out their HIV/AIDS work in the most effective manner, and in creating expertise within these communities to conduct their own research.