Fellowship: Official Language Minority Communities – Funding Decisions Notification (April 2009 Competition: 200904OLF)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Fellowship: Official Language Minority Communities competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The specific objectives of the funding opportunity "Fellowship: Official Language Minority Communities" were to:

• provide recognition and funding to academic researchers early in their career; and
• provide a reliable supply of highly skilled and qualified researchers.

Relevant Research Areas of the CIHR Fellowship Program were the following:

• Health determinants - The bio-psycho-social determinants of health of official language minority populations, the access these populations have to health services and how accessibility affects their health;
• Health service governance, management and delivery - The impact of greater participation by official language minority communities in governance and decision-making bodies;
• Language, culture and health - The relationship between language, culture and health and their impact on the health of Official language minority communities (OLMC).

Funding Competition Summary

One application was received and it was not approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Julien David
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:

Johanne Lapointe
Team Lead, Strategic Research Initiatives
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-954-2474
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: johanne.lapointe@cihr-irsc.gc.ca