Details
| Opportunity Name | Health Research Training Program |
| Agency | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| Value | Up to $1,000,000/year |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | 6 years |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | TBD |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | TBD |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | TBD |
| Application due at agency | February 2024 |
Objective
The Health Research Training Platform (HRTP) funding opportunity is intended to support the development of interdisciplinary, inter-jurisdictional, and intersectoral research training platforms that will attract a diverse cadre of trainees and early career researchers (ECRs), and equip them with the foundational skills and knowledge required for a wide range of careers within and outside of academia. These research training platforms are focused on building capacity in established or emerging areas, within the scope of the research training areas identified in the funding pools outlined below.
The overarching objectives for the upcoming funding opportunity are to:
- support the development of structured, openly available, diverse, inclusive and sustainable training and mentoring platforms that build Canadian capacity in areas of health research, health issues, scientific opportunities and critical gaps; and
- support the development of skills that increase the likelihood of employability and career prospects of diverse trainees and ECRs across sectors.
Funding pools for this opportunity include:
- Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, and Health Data Sciences
- Brain Health and Cognitive Impairment in Aging
- Health System Impact Training Platform
- One Health: Antimicrobial Resistance
- One Health: Emerging Zoonoses
Eligibility
Further details will be available on the CIHR’s ResearchNet when the call is officially launched.
How to Apply
Applicants must notify their Faculty and the Office of Research Services (Abby Vogus, avogus@yorku.ca) as soon as possible about their intention to apply.
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.