2013 ICR News

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  • Harper Government supports Canadian National Transplant Research Program
    The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health announced the launch of a new national transplantation research program that will develop new knowledge and health care practices that address barriers to tissue and organ donation and will improve health outcomes for transplant recipients in Canada. The CNTRP brings together over 105 investigators across 9 provinces and is the first program in the world to unite and integrate the solid organ transplant, bone marrow transplant and the donation and critical care research communities together in a ground-breaking national research endeavour. Funding for this program, in the order of $13.85M, is being provided through CIHR (including ICR) in partnership with Canadian Blood Services, Canadian Liver Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Canada, Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé, Genome BC, and the Kidney Foundation of Canada.
  • Funding Decision: Transplantation Research – Full Application – 201212TFU
  • Through this video clip, Génome Québec commends the excellence of Québec researchers and congratulates them for their exceptional performance in the Genomics and Personalized Health competition launched by Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, which includes the support of ICR.
  • Research Profile on Medical Imaging Research

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February

There are several cancer funding opportunites that have been launched and that are of interest to the research community:

January