IG Institute Community Support Program (2013-14)

The Institute Community Support (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.

The ICS Program is not intended to support the direct cost of research (e.g., pilot projects, feasibility studies or operating grants), principal investigator and co-investigator salaries, or research equipment.

Institute of Genetics (IG) ICS Program

In exceptional cases, IG will consider requests that are aligned with its mandate and that fall within the general objectives of the ICS program, as described above. Applicants seeking funds from IG for community support activities need to follow the ICS program application process which is available on the ICS Program funding opportunity page.

In addition, IG has developed two funding programs under the framework of the ICS Program:

• Lap-Chee Tsui Publication Award (next competition is scheduled to be launched in summer 2013)
• Summer Program in Taiwan (next competition is scheduled to be launched in summer 2013)

For those seeking workshop and symposium support, please refer to the Meeting, Planning and Dissemination Grants funding opportunity in the CIHR Funding Opportunities Database.

For those seeking support for IG related Café Scientifique, please refer to the CIHR Café Scientifique Program.

Funds Available

The IG's contribution to the amount available for this program is subject to availability of funds voted annually to CIHR by parliamentary appropriations, and the conditions that may be attached to them.

The total amount available for this program, including targeted programming, is up to $124,000.

• IG-ICS Program: $70,000 in fiscal year 2013-14
• Lap-Chee Tsui Publication Award: $4,000 in fiscal year 2013-14
• Summer Program in Taiwan: $50,000 in fiscal year 2014-15