To carry out the first-ever External Review, CIHR assembled a 27-member International Review Panel made up of some of the world's pre-eminent researchers.
In early 2006, Panel members met with more than 100 young and well-established investigators, university and government leaders, partners in industry, the health charities and the provinces, and CIHR management and staff. Panel members were also provided evaluations of each of CIHR's 13 Institutes, surveys of funded and non-funded researchers and 270 submissions from across Canada.
