Project Grant: Spring 2019 Competition Results

382 grants funded, $275M total investment, 21 bridge grants

The Project Grant: Spring 2019 competition has approved 382 research grants, plus an additional 21 bridge grants, for a total investment of approximately $275M.Footnote 1

In addition, 15 priority announcement bridge grants were funded for a total amount of $1,496,333. Of these, five were granted as top-up awards for a total amount of $498,000.

The 382 grants approved were awarded to 373 individual nominated principal investigators (9 NPIs were awarded two grants). Of the 382 grants, 85 were awarded to early career researchers and 14 were awarded for Indigenous health research projects.

The average grant size/duration is approximately $714,240 over 4.33 years.

Province Number of applications submitted % of applications submitted Number of applications funded % of applications funded Province-specific success rate
British Columbia 248 10.1% 44 11.5% 17.7%
Alberta 260 10.6% 45 11.8% 17.3%
Saskatchewan 34 1.4% 3 0.8% 8.8%
Manitoba 60 2.5% 7 1.8% 11.7%
Ontario 1,031 42.2% 150 39.3% 14.5%
Québec 723 29.6% 121 31.7% 16.7%
New Brunswick 9 0.4% 1 0.3% 11.1% 
Nova Scotia 61 2.5% 9 2.4% 14.8%
Prince Edward Island 0 - - - -
Newfoundland and Labrador 19 0.8% 2 0.5% 10.5%
Total 2,445   382    
The success rate does not include bridge grants.

Full list of Project Grant recipients

Full list of competition bridge grant recipients

Full list of Institute Priority Announcement bridge grant recipients

Note:  The applications that were approved conditionally will not appear in the detailed funding decisions database until the conditions have been resolved.

Additional details

Breakdown of competition results
Application breakdown Number of applications submitted % of applications submitted Number of applications funded % of applications funded Category-specific success rate
Early career researchers (ECRs) 541 22.1% 85 22.3% 15.7%
Mid-career investigators 1,027 42% 160 41.9% 15.6%
Senior investigators 875 35.8% 137 35.9% 15.7%
Knowledge Users 2 0.1% 0 0% - 
Integrated KT 482 19.7% 78 20.4% 16.2%
Investigators who identify as female 871 35.6% 146 38.2% 16.8%
Indigenous Health 26 1.1% 14 3.7% 53.8%
Submitted in French 34 1.4% 4 1% 11.8%
Biomedical (Pillar 1) 1,456 59.6% 225 58.9% 15.5%
Clinical (Pillar 2) 508 20.8% 76 19.9% 15%
Health systems/services (Pillar 3) 231 9.4% 36 9.4% 15.6%
Social/Cultural/Environmental/Population Health (Pillar 4) 248 10.1% 45 11.8% 18.1%
The success rate does not include bridge grants.

Large grants awarded

Large grants are defined as being in the top 2% of total grant value within a competition.

A total of 5 large grants were funded using a budget envelope of $13.75M. Two additional large grants were awarded a one-year bridge grant.

Early Career Researchers

The success rate for early career researchers (ECRs) was equalized. This means that the proportion of ECRs funded equals the proportion of ECR applicants to the competition. This equalization is for the competition as a whole, not by committee.

The total number of fully funded projects for applicants in this career stage went from 56 (before equalization) to 85 (after equalization).

Indigenous Health Research

All applications reviewed by the Indigenous Health Research committee went through an iterative peer review process.

Based on the recommendation of the review committee, 14 Indigenous health research projects were awarded funding and 7 additional projects were awarded a one-year bridge grant. CIHR is proud to support these projects as part of its commitment to invest 4.6% of its annual budget in Indigenous health research.

Peer Review

Details about the Project Grant: Spring 2019 peer review participants will be available shortly.

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