Operating Grant: Winter 2009 Priority Announcement (Neuromuscular Research - Neuromuscular Research Partnership Program) – Funding Decisions Notification (March 2009 Competition: 200903JNM)

(Alternate Title: Neuromuscular Research Partnership)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: Winter 2009 Priority Announcement (Neuromuscular Research - Neuromuscular Research Partnership Program) competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The Neuromuscular Research Partnership (NRP) is a result of an agreement between the ALS Society of Canada, Muscular Dystrophy Canada (MDC), CIHR's Institute of Genetics, the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction and the Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis.

Collectively, the partners have invested approximately $11 million in research between 2000-2001 and 2007-2009 and another $3.2 million in future year commitments towards funding research that will ultimately result in discovering the causes, treatments and an eventual cure for neuromuscular disorders.

The Partners are pleased to announce the results of the NRP competition. Twenty-two relevant operating grant applications were received for the March 1, 2009 deadline, of which three were approved for funding through the Open Operating Grant Program (OGP) and four were approved for funding through the NRP.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of 22 applications were received of which 4 were approved for funding through the NRP and 3 through the Open Operating Grant Program (OGP).

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Karolyne Beaudry
Program Delivery Coordinator
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-952-0763
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: karolyne.beaudry@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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

Muscular Dystrophy Canada
Marla Spiegel
Director of Research, Education and Advocacy
Suite 900-2345 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON, M4P 2E5
Telephone: 416-488-0030 ext. 134
Fax: 416-488-7523
Email: marla.spiegel@muscle.ca

ALS Society of Canada
Denise Figlewicz
Director of Research
265 Yorkland Boulevard, Suite 300,
Toronto, Ontario, M2J 1S5
Telephone: 416-497-2267 x 202
Fax: 416-497-1256
Email: daf@als.ca

CIHR Institute of Genetics
Allison Jackson
Assistant Director, Ottawa
Telephone: 613-954-0533
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: allison.jackson@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis
Elizabeth Stirling
Assistant Scientific Director
Telephone: 613-957-8678
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: liz.stirling@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
Barbara Beckett
Assistant Director, Ottawa
Telephone: 613-948-4877
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: barbara.beckett@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

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