Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Aging (Spring 2009 Competition) – Funding Decisions Notification (June 2009 Competition: 200906MPA)

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Aging (Spring 2009 Competition) competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The objectives of the funding opportunity "Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Aging (Spring 2009 Competition)" were to:

• identify and advance critical research directions in Canada, within CIHR Institute of Aging's five priority topics;
• enable knowledge translation, transfer or exchange, by and with relevant stakeholders and partners;
• contribute significantly to the visibility of the CIHR Institute of Aging and research on aging in Canada on the national and / or international stage;
• explore and develop new Canadian and, when appropriate, international research collaborations in aging; and
• engage trainees, researchers and partners not currently affiliated with aging research or the CIHR Institute of Aging, in any of the above.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of six applications were received of which four were approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant Program
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-948-2024
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: MPD-SRPD@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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

Susan Crawford
Assistant Director - Vancouver
Institute of Aging
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 604-822-9075
Fax: 604-822-9304
Email: susanmc@interchange.ubc.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

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