CIHR dedicated funding for European programs in key research areas
November 2021

2021 JPND Call: 2021 Working Groups “The impact of COVID-19 on Neurodegenerative Diseases research”
JPND is an international component of the CIHR Dementia Research Strategy

Description: To establish expert Working Groups to discuss research strategies concerning the impact of COVID-19 on the development and progression of neurodegenerative disease.

Funding: $78,000 from CIHR Institute of Aging and $78,000 from Public Health Agency of Canada, for a total of up to $156,000, to support the Canadian component of up to two (2) transnational working groups over one year. Maximum amount per grant is $78,000 over one (1) year.

Deadline: December 14, 2021 (full proposal).

EJP Rare Diseases Call: “Development of new analytic tools and pathways to accelerate diagnosis and diagnostic monitoring of rare diseases”
EJP-RD is an international component of the CIHR Personalized Health Initiative

Description: To enable scientists in different countries to build an effective collaboration on a common interdisciplinary research project focused on a group of rare diseases or a single rare disease and based on complementarities and sharing of expertise, with expected impact to use the results in the future for benefit of patients.

Funding: $1.35M from CIHR Institute of Genetics and $450,000 from Ataxia Canada and $450,000 from Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé (FRQ-S), for a total of up to $2.25M, to support the Canadian component of up to five (5) transnational teams, over three (3) years. Maximum amount per grant is $450,000 over three (3) years.

Deadline: February 16, 2022 (pre-proposal); June 15, 2022 (full proposal).

2022 JPND Call: “Understanding the mechanism of non-pharmacological interventions"
JPND is an international component of the CIHR Dementia Research Strategy

Description: To establish research projects aimed at understanding the biomedical, psychological and/or social mechanisms of non-pharmaceutical interventions.

Funding: $666,000 from CIHR Institute of Aging to support the Canadian component of up to two (2) transnational teams, over four (4) years. Maximum amount per grant is $333,000, over four (4) years.

Deadline: March 1, 2022 (pre-proposal); June 28, 2022 (full proposal).

JPIAMR Call: “Disrupting Drug Resistance Using Innovative Design”
JPIAMR is an international component of the CIHR Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative

Description: To establish research projects supporting research and therapeutic interventions based on the optimization of drug delivery or drug combinations to treat bacterial or fungal infections in One Health settings.

Funding: $900,000 from CIHR to support the Canadian component of up to two (2) transnational teams, over three (3) years. Maximum amount per grant $450,000 over three (3) years.

Deadline: March 8, 2022 (pre-proposal); July 5, 2022 (full proposal).

CoEN Call: “International CoEN Initiative in Neurodegeneration”
CoEN is an international component of the CIHR Dementia Research Strategy

Description: To establish research projects addressing the need for innovative research to underpin new approaches to therapeutic intervention.

Funding: $666,000 from CIHR Institute of Aging to support up to two (2) grants over three (3) years. Maximum amount per grant is up to $333,333, over three (3) years.

Deadline: May 10, 2022 (full proposal)