Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2009-2010) – Funding Decisions Notification (May 2009 Competition: 200905CBR and 200905CBA)

(Alternate Titles:

• HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General - Operating Grant
• HIV/AIDS CBR Program - Aboriginal – Operating)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2009-2010) 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) (2009-2010)" competition is one of several funding tools used by the HIV/AIDS CBR Program.

The objectives of the "Operating Grant: HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research) (2009-2010)" 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

200905CBR - General Stream:

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

200904CBA - Aboriginal Stream:

One application was received and it was not 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:

HIV/AIDS Research Initiative
Institute of Infection and Immunity
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: HIVAIDS-VIHSIDA@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

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