Spring 2020 CIHR Project Grant Competition
Greetings Institute members considering CIHR's Spring Project Scheme competition:
 
It's that time of year again! The Cumming School of Medicine requires its CIHR Project Scheme applicants to make use of the institute-supported Internal Peer Review (IPR) and the same advantage is available to O'Brien's non-CSM members.  
 
Internal Peer Review Registration with O'Brien Institute
 
It is recommended that applicants start the IPR process at least eight to twelve weeks prior to agency submission, so now is an excellent time to register for O’Brien Institute IPR, for CIHR’s early March submission deadline.
 
To register for IPR, login to Enterprise Collaboration Services and comple te the registration using the   IPH-IPR Upload Attachment Form found on the Internal Peer Review page. Registration at the CSM site will provide important updates from CSM and CIHR, and useful resources.

For applicants without access to the CSM link, please complete and submit the long form registration found in the Internal Peer Review page and send the form to iph@ucalgary.ca .
 
Note for applicants waiting until January 22 for anticipated Notice of Decision on pending CIHR Project grant submissions:

  • recall that the path to Project grant success often includes iterative 'revise and resubmit' cycles, benefiting from IPR each cycle; and
  • to reapply for IPR, notify iph@ucalgary.ca, including information on preferred reviewers.
Message from the Office of the Associate Dean Research:

Opportunity: Are you planning to apply for the CIHR Project Grant Spring 2020? Or will you be providing administrative or research support to faculty applying? If so this email is for you.
 
With the results of the Fall 2019 competition being announced soon (January 22 nd ) the Grant Development Office in the Office of the Associate Dean Research (OADR) is hard at work preparing for the Spring 2020 competition.  
 
Upcoming Information Sessions:   

Session details:

Preparing for a Resubmission

January 21 st , 2020
1:00pm – 2:30pm
HSC 1500
Intended for Early Career Researchers (or new applicants to CIHR) this session will go over demystifying the review process for this competition, how to do an effective response to reviewers, how to use your IPR committee for a resubmission, and other general grantsmanship suggestions for writing a CIHR Project Grant.   The session will rely on active discussion and participation from attendees.  

RSVP here
Session details:

CIHR Project Grant Fall 2019

January 20th, 2020 1:00pm – 2:30pm
HSC 1405B

To help potential applicants for the Spring 2020 competition join us to learn more about the requirements of the competition, advice and suggestions to improve your chances of success, the tools and resources available to you as an applicant, and also the internal deadlines and university requirements. 

RSVP here

Deadlines for Spring 2020

  • Registration deadline: February 5th, 2020
  • Anticipated Internal Deadline for Application: March 2nd, 2020
  • Anticipated Notice of Decision: July 8, 2020
  • Funding Start Date: October 1, 2020
 
Other resources:

  • If you are intending on applying you should now be considering setting up your Internal Peer Review (IPR) committee. Please log on to the CSM IPR site and register your committee or if you are having challenges reach out to your IPR review lead for more information.
  • The IPR site contains a number of resources including a list of the competition committee mandates and past reviewer names, sample successful applications, a budget calculator, Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity guide, a document highlighting the research support environment, and many others. These resources will be updated throughout the coming months, so check back often. For instance, new successful grants will be uploaded shortly after results for the Fall competition are announced. 
  • Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Grant Development Office (GDO), Jenna Slobozian, for any questions or concerns you may have. The GDO will be providing reviews of applications again this year, more details will be forthcoming. 

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