Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2008-2009) – Funding Decisions Notification (November 2008 Competition – 200811CBR and 200811CBA)

Alternate Titles:

• 200811CBR: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General - Operating Grant
• 200811CBA: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - Aboriginal - Operating Grant

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2008-2009) competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative is supported by the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada. The HIV/AIDS CBR Program, which is part of the CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Initiative, assists community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations and institutions in developing the knowledge necessary to carry out their HIV/AIDS work in the most effective manner, and in creating the expertise within these communities to conduct their own research. The Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2008-2009) competition is one of the six funding tools of the HIV/AIDS CBR Program.

The objectives of the Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2008-2009) were to:

• Promote the creation of new knowledge that is relevant to communities and to the goals of the Federal Initiative;
• Promote the dissemination of new knowledge so that it may positively impact the response of community-based organizations to the HIV/AIDS epidemic; and
• Develop partnerships between researchers and affected communities.

Funding Competition Summary

Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2008-2009) - General Stream (200811CBR)

A total of eight applications were received of which three were approved for funding.

Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2008-2009) - Aboriginal Stream (200811CBA)

One application was received and this application was approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Julien David
HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research Program Delivery Coordinator
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-941-6493
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: julien.david@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

For further information about this initiative and the objectives of this funding opportunity please contact:

Chaidwick Leneis
HIV/AIDS Research Initiative Officer
Institute of Infection and Immunity
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-948-9396
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: chaidwick.leneis@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

Access the "HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General - Operating Grant" (200811CBR) funding decisions data report.

Access the "HIV/AIDS CBR Program - Aboriginal - Operating Grant" (200811CBA) funding decisions data report.