Operating Grant : Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health Through Research │ Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

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

1. The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be one of the following:
   • an independent researcher or a knowledge user, 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).
     OR
   • an individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge mobilization mandate.
     OR
   • a Canadian non-governmental organization (including Indigenous non-governmental organizations, community organizations and regional health authorities) with a research or knowledge mobilization mandate in 2S/LGBTQI+ health.
2. The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
3. The Institution Paid receives and administers the funds on behalf of the NPA and therefore must be authorized by CIHR before the funds can be released. If the Institution Paid is not on the List of CIHR Eligible Institutions, they are encouraged to contact the Contact Centre, in advance, to enquire about the authorization process and timelines.
4. The NPA* must have successfully completed 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 (see How to Apply for more details). Please select and complete the training module most applicable to your research project. For additional information on sex, gender and health research, applicants are encouraged to review the “How to integrate sex and gender in research” section on the CIHR website.
   *Organizations as NPAs: For organizations applying as the NPA, a representative of the organization must complete the training module on the organization’s behalf.
5. Co-Applicants may be independent researchers; knowledge users; trainees; people with lived and living experience (PWLLE); or other.
   • Inclusion of a trainee as a Co-Applicant is required.
   • Inclusion of additional Co-Applicants is optional.
6. Any applications involving Indigenous Peoples must include one applicant, in any role, who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) or provides evidence of having meaningful and culturally-safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples and must submit a one (1) page attachment describing how they meet this requirement. (see How to Apply section)
7. For the Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer, and Gender Diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis pool, the applicant team must include at least one Principal Applicant who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) or can provide evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples, and must submit a one (1) page attachment describing how they meet this requirement (see How to Apply section).
8. In order to be eligible to receive funds from Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Nominated Principal Applicant must be from a British Columbia-based institution.
9. An individual or an organization cannot submit more than one application as an NPA. If the NPA submits more than one application, CIHR will automatically withdraw the last application(s) submitted based on timestamp of submission.