Joint Canada-Israel Health Research Program │ Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

For an application to be eligible, all the requirements stated below must be met:

• For administrative purposes only, the Nominated Principal Applicant must be the Canadian investigator co-leading the team.
  • The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be an independent researcher, affiliated with a Canadian postsecondary institution and/or its affiliated institutions (including hospitals, research institutes and other non-profit organizations with a mandate for health research and/or knowledge mobilization).
  • The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
• One Principal Applicant must be identified as the Israeli investigator co-leading the team.
• One Principal Applicant must be identified as the LMIC investigator co-leading the team.
• For the Canadian arm of the team, applications involving First Nations, Inuit, Métis and/or Urban Indigenous populations must include at least one participant who self-identifies as First Nations, Inuit, or Métis and/or who can demonstrate their experience of meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples in an Indigenous Health Research environment on the research team. At least one participant meeting this criterion must submit an “Other” attachment describing their experience working in an Indigenous Health Research environment.
• For the LMIC arm of the team, if relevant, applications involving Indigenous communities from the eligible LMIC country must include at least one member who self-identifies as Indigenous or provide evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples in an Indigenous Health research environment.
• In your knowledge mobilization plan, as a minimum eligibility requirement, all proposals must support at least one of the following activities aimed at supporting capacity and scientific relationships:
  • significant training opportunities such as scientific workshops, graduate training in low- and middle-income countries, Canada and Israel or summer schools benefiting researchers/trainees in eligible LMIC; and/or
  • inclusion of trainees from LMIC, Canada and Israel in carrying out the research.

Notes:

• Each Canadian, Israeli, and LMIC investigator co-leading a team can only submit and/or participate in ONE application in the competition.
• Canadian, Israeli, and LMIC investigators co-leading a team are not eligible to hold a grant under this competition if they hold an active grant from Phase II of the JCIHRP at the funding start date for this funding opportunity.
• The Canadian, Israeli, and LMIC investigators co-leading a team are strongly encouraged to complete one of the sex- and gender-based analysis training modules available online through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and submit a certificate of completion. Applicants should select and complete the training module most applicable to their research project. Applicants are encouraged to review the “How to integrate sex and gender in research” section of the CIHR website.