Operating Grant: Small and Medium Enterprise (2008-2009) - Funding Decisions Notification (September 2008 Competition - 200809ISO)

(Alternate Title: CIHR/SME Research Program - Operating Grants)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: Small and Medium Enterprise (2008-2009) competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The objectives of the Operating Grant: Small and Medium Enterprise (2008-2009 funding opportunity were to:

• encouraging and facilitating university-industry collaborations in health research;
• stimulating research activity in Canada;
• stimulating jobs and growth in the Canadian economy;
• enhancing communications between senior management in industry and universities;
• creating attractive and stimulating job opportunities in Canada for the researchers who have been developed/trained in our universities and research hospitals;
• stimulating the health research programs of start-ups, university spin-offs and SMEs; and,
• facilitating transfer of discoveries to the marketplace or bedside.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of 3 applications were received of which 1 was approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Melody Sajedi
Program Delivery Officer
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-613-957-1188
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: melody.sajedi@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

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