Team Grant: Terry Fox New Frontiers Program in Cancer (LOI) – Funding Decisions Notification (December 2009 Competition: 200905TFL)

(Alternate Title: Team Grant: Terry Fox New Frontiers Program in Cancer (LOI))

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the Letter of Intent results of the Team Grant: Terry Fox New Frontiers Program in Cancer competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The primary objective of the '"Team Grant: Terry Fox New Frontiers Program in Cancer" program is:

• to support new frontiers in cancer research (i.e., breakthrough and transformative biomedical, clinical, and translational research providing information which may form the basis for innovative cancer prevention, diagnosis and/or treatment).

Secondary objectives are:

• to support expert teams of talented and experienced cancer researchers;
• to support high-quality research that addresses an important cancer problem or issue which is best approached through a collaborative team;
• to support high-risk projects of potentially large impact, where the research environment will maximize the chances of success; and
• to support the production of new knowledge and the translation of research findings into improvements in the health of Canadians and the Canadian cancer care system.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of 15 Letters of Intent were received of which 7 were invited to submit a full application.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

André Fortin
Team Lead (Acting)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-941-0651
Fax: 613-954-1800
Email: andre.fortin@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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

Inga Murawski, Ph.D.
Associate, Institute Strategic Initiatives
CIHR Institute of Cancer Research
3655 Promenade Sir William Osler, Suite 701
Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6
Phone: 514-398-2981
E-mail: inga.murawski@mcgill.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

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