Team Grant : Beyond Treatment – Advancing Cancer Survivorship │ Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

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

• The Nominated Principal Applicant (NPA) must be one of the following:
  • 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).
    OR
  • An individual affiliated with an Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
    OR
  • An Indigenous non-governmental organization in Canada with a research and/or knowledge translation mandate.
• The NPA must have their substantive role in Canada for the duration of the requested grant term.
• 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.
• The research team must be interdisciplinary, and at a minimum, must include each of the two (2) participant types listed below. Note that an individual can fulfill multiple participant types.
  • An Early Career Researcher (ECR) as NPA, Principal Applicant (PA), or Co-Applicant. ECR eligibility status must be met by the full application deadline date.
  • A knowledge user (including but not limited to PWLLE, practitioners, decision makers, policy makers, community leaders).
• For any research applications involving First Nations, Inuit, and/or Métis populations, research teams must include at least one applicant who self-identifies as Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, or Métis) and/or provides evidence of having meaningful and culturally safe involvement with Indigenous Peoples (see How to Apply for more details) in order to:
  • Prioritize First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples and communities in leading research and/or knowledge mobilization mandates;
  • Promote cultural safety and appropriate engagements by researchers working with Indigenous Peoples in meaningful ways to ensure that respectful relations are established;
  • Add value to the research through the use of culturally relevant, theoretical, conceptual, and/or practical frameworks, including culturally appropriate methodologies and practices; and
  • Promote equity and development of trainees, researchers and knowledge users who are of Indigenous ancestry.
• The NPA and all PAs must have successfully completed one of the Sex and Gender Training Modules available online through the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health and submit a Certificate of Completion by the full application deadline (see How to Apply for more details).
• An individual cannot submit more than one (1) application to this funding opportunity as an NPA. If the NPA submits more than one application, CIHR will automatically withdraw the subsequent application(s) submitted based on timestamp of submission.