Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) – Operating Grants: Pandemic Preparedness Research – Influenza Diagnostics, Transmission, Ethics Review and Antivirals

The CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) in collaboration with the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health , the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Foundation for Infectious Diseases/Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada are pleased to announce the results (see table below) of the ''Operating Grants: Pandemic Preparedness Research - Influenza Diagnostics, Transmission, Ethics Review and Antivirals'' competition.

The purpose of this Request for Applications was to strengthen the knowledge base and enhance research capacity in pandemic preparedness research by funding three-year enhanced operating grants to address questions of optimal use of existing antivirals, disease transmission, rapid diagnostics and the ethics review process. It is expected that this targeted investment will lead to increased knowledge, better methods and more efficient use of existing technology for responding to an influenza pandemic, controlling disease spread and treating affected individuals as well as improving the ethics review process for research proposals during an outbreak. It is anticipated that the research results will contribute to the body of knowledge used to develop the national pandemic preparedness plan.

The table below identifies the number of applications received and approved for funding through this competition.

Strategic Initiative	Applications Received	Applications Approved	Success Rate (%)
Operating Grants: Pandemic Preparedness Research - Influenza Diagnostics, Transmission, Ethics Review and Antivirals. [ HTML | PDF (84 KB) | Help ]	9	5	56%

For further information, please contact:

Lynne Côté
Program Delivery Officer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-957-6119
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: lynne.cote@cihr-irsc.gc.ca