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Chair: |
Louise Nadeau |
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Members: |
Denise Alcock |
Kevin Keough |
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Staff: |
Carol Anne Esnard |
Mary Ann Linseman |
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Elizabeth Dickson |
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1. Nominations for the Standing Committee on Oversight of Grants and Awards Competitions (SCOGAC)
The Nominating Committee reviewed a proposed slate of candidates for the Standing Committee on Oversight of Grants and Awards Competitions.
Particular attention was given to selecting candidates who were active researchers, who were recipients of grants from either CIHR, or granting institutes of equal stature, had expertise in one of CIHRs' four thematic research areas (biomedical, clinical, health systems, and population health), and who had served on CIHR peer review committees, or committees of comparable organizations. Factors of geographical representation, gender, language, and university affiliation were also taken into consideration, as was the need to have an international candidate.
A slate of fifteen candidates as well as alternates were agreed to. The slate would be submitted to the CIHR Executive Committee for approval and ratification.
2. Update on Institute Advisory Board (IAB) Membership
The range of advice and guidance given by the Nominating Committee with respect to ensuring the IAB membership reflects the appropriate balance of CIHR research themes, gender, language, geography, and universities across thirteen Institutes, as well as the interactions required with the Scientific Directors and President, requires more time. It will not be possible to have a final slate of members ready for CIHR Executive Committee approval before the end of December, 2000.
It was recommended that the Nominating Committee meet again in early January. The Committee will view the close-to-final slate from all perspectives in order to ensure that the members reflect the diversity of the health research community, as well as the broad mandate of each institute.
Staff was instructed to continue efforts to improve the lists based on guidance provided and to distribute a revised draft of the IAB membership lists to Nominating Committee members in advance of its next meeting, which would be scheduled for early January.
3. Guidelines for IAB Membership
Draft guidelines with respect to IAB terms of membership will be prepared, in response to questions raised by Scientific Directors, for which answers could not be found within the proposed IAB terms of reference. These guidelines will be discussed at the next Nominating Committee meeting.
