Operating Grant: Intervention Research – Funding Decisions Notification (May 2009 Competition: 200905GIR)

(Alternate Title: Operating Grant: Intervention Research (Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention))

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is pleased to announce the results of the Operating Grant: Intervention Research competition.

Funding Opportunity Summary

The objectives of the funding opportunity "Operating Grant: Intervention Research "were to:

• support research on rapidly unfolding "natural experiments" that address chronic disease prevention at the population level.
• encourage innovative research in collaboration with community, non-profit, private, and/or public partners, where appropriate.
• develop bidirectional knowledge exchange opportunities between researchers and community, non-profit, private, and/or public partners.

Funding Competition Summary

A total of 15 applications were received of which 6 were approved for funding.

Contact Information

For further information about this competition, please contact:

Wendy Street
Team Lead
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-952-5701
Email: wendy.street@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

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

Paul Bélanger
Assistant Director
Institute of Nutrition Metabolism and Diabetes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: 613-941-6465
Email: paul.belanger@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Funding Decisions Data Report

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