CIHR recognizes the important role that international collaborations play in improving and advancing the health of Canadians and citizens around the world. As a result, CIHR wishes to encourage Canadian researchers to collaborate internationally in CIHR's priority areas of health research through the International Opportunities Program (IOP). This program offers two types of one-time funding grants, the Development/Planning Grant and the Collaborative Research Project Grant for Canadian researchers in different stages of an international collaboration. These one-time grants will enable Canadian researchers to develop new international collaborations and to participate on major international research projects, gain access to cutting edge research and technologies that are not currently available in Canada, and position CIHR as an international player in health research. Please note that this program does not support ongoing collaborative programs.
Specific Objectives
The International Opportunities Program will assist Canadian researchers to develop and establish new international collaborations with foreign researchers by offering one-time Development/Planning Grants. This one-time grant exists as a mechanism for Canadian researchers to engage in relationship development and explore new international collaborative opportunities in mutual areas of health research priorities to CIHR and/or the Institutes, and the foreign researcher(s).
Specific Objectives
The International Opportunities Program (IOP) will enable Canadian researchers to participate on major international research projects, gain access to cutting edge research and technologies by offering one-time Collaborative Research Project Grants. This one-time grant exists as a mechanism for Canadian researchers to engage in international research projects that are of mutual areas of health research priorities to CIHR and/or the Institutes, and the foreign researcher(s).
The applications approved for funding through the International Opportunity Program competitions are listed below.
| Competition Results | Applications Received | Applications Approved |
|---|---|---|
| International Opportunity Program- One-time Development/Planning Grants (September 2004) | 15 | 6 |
| International Opportunity Program - One-time Development/Planning Grants (December 2004) | 42 | 17 |
| International Opportunity Program - One-time Collaborative Research Grants (December 2004) | 11 | 4 |
| Principal Investigators Institution Paid Title |
Co-Applicant (s) | Average Annual Operating Amount | Term | Funding by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARBOUR, Laura T University of British Columbia Without borders: An international collaboration of the genetic and environmental basis of primary biliary cirrhosis in native peoples of the North West Coast |
FIELD, Lanora L YOSHIDA, Eric M |
$25,000 |
1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| FEINE, Jocelyne S McGill University An international transdiciplinary collaboration on oral health and nutritional state |
MORAIS, José A GRAY-DONALD, Katherine A |
$20,420 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| KASPAR, Violet The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) Development of a Spain-Canada collaboration for the study of contingent work and health |
TOMPA, Emile NOH, Samuel |
$24,996 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| ROOS, Noralou University of Manitoba A new public health strategy for children in care: Developing a Canadian/Australian collaboration |
BROWNELL, Marni D KOZYRSKYJ, Anita L ROOS, Leslie |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| SCHERER, Stephen W Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) A joint Canadian and Hong Kong China initiative in the study of autism spectrum disorders |
ROBERTS, Sheila SZATMARI, Peter |
$24,720 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| SLIM, Rima The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Building a network of gynecologists practicing in regions with high incidence of molar pregnancies to collect new familial cases |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| Principal Investigators Institution Paid Title |
Co-Applicant (s) | Average Annual Operating Amount | Term | Funding by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALLISON, Paul McGill University Developing a transdisciplinary international collaboration to study the aetiology of cancer in the upper areodigestive tract using a life-course approach |
NICOLAU, Belinda FRANCO, Eduardo SACKER, Amanda HUMPHRIS, Gerald NETUVELI Gopelakrishnan LALLOO, Ratilal KOWALSKI, Luiz Paulo |
$24,600 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| BHANDARI, Mohit GUYATT, Gordon McMaster University Development of an international hip fracture research collaborative |
SWIONTKOWSKI, Marc KREDER, Hans SCHEMITSCH, Emil PETRISOR, Brad LAFLAMME, Georges EINHORN, Thomas DIRSCHL, Douglas KOVAL, Kenneth JERAY, Kyle HEETVELD, Martin LEIGHTON, Ross SANDERS, David OBREMSKEY, William TORNETTA, Paul BERRY, Daniel SCHMIDT, Andrew HAIDUKEWYCH, George KEATING, John |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| ESTABROOKS, Carole Anne University of Alberta Development and testing of research implementation strategies in complex health care organizations in Canada and Sweden |
WALLIN, Lars NILSSON-KAJERMO, Kerstin TYDEN, Thomas REAY, Patricia DENIS, Jean-Louis |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| GRIGG, Michael E University of British Columbia Molecular analysis of a sexual clade of wild toxoplasma gondii |
CONRAD, Patricia MILLER, Melissa |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| HEBERT, Marilynne A University of Calgary International collaboration to explore the potential of e-mentoring support for rural health care practitioners |
TOEWS, John PARBOOSINGH, Ivan |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| KUHNLEIN, Harriet McGill University Indigenous peoples' traditional food systems methods for Africa |
OKEKE, Elizabeth VORSTER, Hester |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| MERGLER, Donna Université du Québec à Montréal An international collaborative programme for the study of pesticides and neuro development in children in latino and indigenous agricultural communities in Costa Rica: Integrating risk identification with risk reduction |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | |
| O'CONNOR, Deborah University of British Columbia Researching personhood in dementia: Investigating measurement issues |
SMALL, Jeff PHINNEY, Alison DONNELLY, Martha PURVES, Barbara DRANCE, Elisabeth GRAF, Peter SMITH, André |
$21,500 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| OSTRY, Aleck S University of British Columbia Building Canadian research capacity in the social determinants of workplace health: Adding value through international collaboration |
LAMONTAGNE, Anthony | $24,110 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| OSTRY, Aleck S University of British Columbia Determinants of urban and rural community strength and resilience in Canada and Australia: A comparative international investigation |
SHOVELLER, Jean | $25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| OUELLETTE, Marc Université Laval Development of interactions and grant proposals planning between the centre de recherche en infectiologie and COST B22 |
PAPADOPOULOU, Barbara | $25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| PAPADOPOULOU, Barbara University Laval International collaboration between Canada and Japan to initiate studies on translational control in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum |
KOROMILAS, Antoris MITAMURA, Toshihide |
$25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| SCHLECH, Walter Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) Development of a clinical trials satellite unit of the Canadian HIV clinical trials network at the Infectious Diseases Institute of Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda |
$20,160 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) | |
| TALBOT, Yves University of Toronto International alliance for reducing health disparities and to plan for implementing equity in health in Bolivia |
RIUTORT, Monica | $25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| VEIGA, Marcello University of British Columbia Social determinants of health in artisanal mining communities: Exploring the gender dimension through international collaboration |
OSTRY, Aleck HINTON, Jennifer |
$24,610 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| WOODGATE, Roberta University of Manitoba Development of an international pediatric oncology research network: Setting the stage for international collaborative psychosocial-behavioral research |
HALLSTROM, Inger VON ESSEN, Louise GIBSON, Faith WETTERGREN, Lena MONTEROSSO, Leanne NANCARROW-CLARKE, Juanne KLINE, Nancy |
$24,922 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| ZLOTKIN, Stanley Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) International collaboration to plan and implement research to inform and influence national nutrition policy on the control of anemia in the Philippines |
HYDER, Ziauddin | $25,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| Principal Investigators Institution Paid Title |
Co-Applicant (s) | Average Annual Operating Amount | Term | Funding by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, Pat York University Long-term care workers and workplaces: Comparing Canada and Nordic Europe |
DALY, Tamara OSTRY, Aleck ARMSTRONG, Hugh ORNSTEIN, Michael |
$99,934 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| OUELLETTE, Marc Université Laval Mechanisms of antimony resistance in Leishmania donovani responsible for Indian Kala Azar |
RENTALA, Madhubala | $77,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| RUDNICKI, Michael A Ottawa Health Research Institute The international regulome consortium |
GREENBLATT, Jack WODAK, Shoshanna |
$200,000 | 1 | Institute of Genetics (IG) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| TEMPIER, Raymond The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre Mental health and access to care in Canada, Australia and Europe: Sharing data, measurement techniques, and knowledge from population health surveys |
GOLDNER, Elliot MEADOWS, Graham LESAGE, Alain KOVESS, Vivianne |
$99,000 | 1 | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
